by sirvineperry@att.net | Oct 26, 2016 | adaptive technique, color, How To/DIY, Inspirations, Knitting, Needle Arts, projects, Special education resource, teaching resource, Textiles, vision loss
This photo shows I compared the mohair sweater sides with my original sweater pattern inspiration for my desired length. Once I got the desired side length, I continued in the round to keep the pattern of the greens. Imagine a picture of rolling hills with... 
by sirvineperry@att.net | Oct 20, 2016 | adaptive technique, Blind, books, Braided Rugs, clothing, color, How To/DIY, Inspirations, Knitting, Needle Arts, Needle Threading, notion/tool, projects, Resource, Special education resource, teaching resource, Textiles, vision loss
My sweater is coming along. I will share more adaptive techniques in this blog post and future ones as I let you journey through the process of this sweater with me. For me the slow knitter, I have decided to knit the whole sweater body in the round utilizing a few... 
by sirvineperry@att.net | Oct 5, 2016 | adaptive technique, books, How To/DIY, Inspirations, Knitting, Needle Arts, projects, Resource, teaching resource, Textiles, Uncategorized
Since I am doing some traveling this winter, I decided I needed a warm lightweight sweater to coordinate with my traveling wardrobe of greens, burgundy and navy. Looking through my yarn stash I found some beautiful hand dyed variegated green mohair yarn that has been... 
by sirvineperry@att.net | Sep 22, 2016 | clothing, Fashion, Inspirations, Needle Arts, projects, Sewing, sewing project, Textiles
I mentioned in a previous blog that I have been doing more sewing than writing. Here are photos of a few projects made for and worn this summer. Before making these pieces, a friend and I decided to make duct-tape-dress forms to help us when fitting our garments. This... 
by sirvineperry@att.net | Sep 18, 2016 | clothing, Fashion, Inspirations, Resource, Sewing, teaching resource, Textiles
Looking at this season’s fashions and reading what I wrote last year, “Looks for Fall/Winter 2015”, there is little difference from last year in fabric types, texture, weaves and layering. Even the same past decades and global folkloric influences are seen in the... 
by sirvineperry@att.net | Sep 8, 2016 | Hand Sewing, Inspirations, Machine Sewing, Needle Arts, Resource, Sewing, teaching resource, Textiles, Uncategorized
The logo has denim blue background with two parallel lines of yellow and orange ric-rac. Above the ric-rac on the right is a lighter blue 6-petal flower with a orange button center. White, yellow and orange above mentioned print overlay the previous mentioned design.... 