[Nfb-krafters-korner] Fwd: Crafting Patterns Website For The Blind and Podcasts to Get You Started - Rmail

[David Andrews]

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><http://www.feedburner.com>FreePatterns.com Web site lacked vision-impaired access. 
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>As a result, the company researched vision-impaired accessibility and made the necessary technological changes. Now, all of its free patterns are tagged to enable screen readers to translate them into audio. 
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>Every pattern on <http://www.freepatterns.com>FreePatterns.com is now tagged to enable screen reading. This is a great resource for visually impaired crafters because there are nearly 2,000 craft and needlecraft patterns to download from the site. 
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><http://www.freepatterns.com>FreePatterns.com is available to the general public at no charge, and includes patterns in knit, crochet, paper crafting, quilting, sewing, tatting, plastic canvas, woodworking and general crafts. Members can download patterns from the Web site at <http://www.freepatterns.com>www.freepatterns.com. 
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>DRG Publishing encompasses leading brands, including Annie's Attic, American School of Needlework, House of White Birches, Clotilde and The Needlecraft Shop. DRG publishes 15 magazines in the quilting, crochet, plastic canvas, knitting, nostalgia, woodworking, paper craft and cooking fields. It also publishes hardcover consumer books and instruction books that are sold direct to consumers and through wholesale and trade channels.
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>Knitting Podcasts and Books from APH
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>All these great patterns do you no good if you don't know how to knit. Here's a few podcasts to get you started.
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>    * <http://scifiville.typepad.com/knitcast/>KnitCast: The podcast about knitting by Marie Irshad 
>    * <http://www.cast-on.com/?p>Cast-On: A Podcast for Knitters 
>    * <http://knittingnewscast.blogspot.com>Knitting News Cast 
>    * <http://www.pointysticks.org>Pointy Sticks 
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>You say you don't have a <http://fredsheadcompanion.blogspot.com/2006/01/audio-to-go-with-book-port.html>Book Port to listen to podcasts? No problem! You can go right to the websites I listed above and listen to the episodes on your computer.
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>Kids Knitting: Projects for Kids of All Ages
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>by Melanie Falick
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>In 15 easy projects, knitting expert Melanie Falick teaches kids of all ages through step-by-step instructions. (Grades 4-7 +)
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>Braille -- T-N1179-70
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><http://shop.aph.org/quickentry.asp>Click here to purchase this book through our Quick Order Entry page: http://shop.aph.org/quickentry.asp
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>If you need assistance, <http://tinyurl.com/9ezka>click this link to read the Fred's Head Companion post "Purchasing Products From The APH Website Is Easy".
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>American Printing House for the Blind, Inc.
>1839 Frankfort Avenue
>Mailing Address: P.O. Box 6085
>Louisville, Kentucky 40206-0085
>Toll Free: 800-223-1839
>Phone: 502-895-2405
>Fax: 502-899-2274
>E-mail: <mailto:info at aph.org>info at aph.org
>Web site: <http://www.aph.org>http://www.aph.org 
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>Planet Patchwork: The Ultimate Address in Quilting
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>Another site that may be helpful is <http://planetpatchwork.com>http://planetpatchwork.com. This site includes a quilt gallery, a Beginning Quilters Resource Page, reviews of books and videos, product reviews of tools and software, info on international techniques, info on quilting discussion groups, and more.
><http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/FredsHeadCompanion/~3/159584345/crafting-patterns-website-for-blind.html>Link - Michael McCarty - Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:48:12 GMT - <http://www.r-mail.org/profiles.aspx/feeds.feedburner.com/fredsheadcompanion>Feed (1 subs) 
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