lighting recommendations for stitching

I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a light to stitch
with that could be mounted to my Grip-It Legend floorstand? I know the
Ott light seems popular, but I'm not familiar with how it would work on
a stand. Would I need any additional attachments for the floorstand?
Any advice would be helpful!

Thanks,
Barbara HJ

Any clip light that you can find that will hold the Ott replacement bulb
that actually looks like two small flourescent bulbs together will work.
They are about 10 inches long I think. Then go to Office Depot and get the
replacement bulb for about $14 for your lite. Works great for me! Office
Depot also has several lights to choose from...you might even find a clip
lite there.
Julie in Hondo
"Barbara Hass" wrote in message
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I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a light to stitch with
that could be mounted to my Grip-It Legend floorstand? I know the Ott
light seems popular, but I'm not familiar with how it would work on a
stand. Would I need any additional attachments for the floorstand? Any
advice would be helpful!

Thanks,
Barbara HJ

Barbara Hass
I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a light to stitch

with that could be mounted to my Grip-It Legend floorstand? ....

Julie has given you a great suggestion about the clip light so I just
wanted to add a little info. I'm not sure which age group you fit into
but as we age, we need more light from **different** directions If you
are having trouble seeing, consider more than one light source. I have
THREE! I read somewhere that up until about mid-30's, a single light
source is adequate. In our 40's, there should be two different light
sources from different areas and in your 50's (that's MOI) you need
three. By the time we reach our 60's and 70's, we're gonna need
football stadium ighting -- LOL!
But seriously, once you get a clip light you like, if it's not
enough, try adding another light of some sort on your other side. I
have a table lamp on my left, one of those funky floor lamps with the 3
movable lights behind me on my right and my Ott floor lamp up close and
personal on my right. I can see REAL good now :-)! CiaoMeow ^;;^

Tia Mary wrote:
Barbara Hass
I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a light to stitch

with that could be mounted to my Grip-It Legend floorstand? ....

Julie has given you a great suggestion about the clip light so I just
wanted to add a little info. I'm not sure which age group you fit into
but as we age, we need more light from **different** directions If you
are having trouble seeing, consider more than one light source. I have
THREE! I read somewhere that up until about mid-30's, a single light
source is adequate. In our 40's, there should be two different light
sources from different areas and in your 50's (that's MOI) you need
three. By the time we reach our 60's and 70's, we're gonna need
football stadium ighting -- LOL!
But seriously, once you get a clip light you like, if it's not
enough, try adding another light of some sort on your other side. I
have a table lamp on my left, one of those funky floor lamps with the 3
movable lights behind me on my right and my Ott floor lamp up close and
personal on my right. I can see REAL good now :-)! CiaoMeow ^;;^

Thanks Tia Mary and Julie,

I just hit the big 3-0; I'm usually OK with one light, especially if I
can shine it right close to the fabric, although I have a halogen behind
my chair that I also stitch with which is better at getting rid of some
of the shadows from the other lights in the room (the whole "different
directions" thing). I like to stitch while watching movies with DH,
though, which means he likes the main lights in the room off, but a clip
light would be sufficient to light my little corner. Off to the store
to look at lights.....thanks for the help!

Barbara

Hi:

Let me add something here......from personal experience. Make sure your
light sources are different types of lighting. Use your ott lite, use your
soft white light and possibly just a regular bulb glarier type for back
lighting. This lack of different types of lighting, heavy computer use and
stitching--is what caused my eye problems. We're talking 10 to 15 hours a
day between the computer and stitching. Every day.

It's taken 8 years, 4 doctors and 2 eye surgeries to get my vision back to
normal. Had I know than what I know now..............well water under the
bridge. But according to the Doctors--it's the spectrum as well as the
brightness that your eyes need. Limit one or the other and this is when
problems develop.

Dorsey in VA
"Tia Mary" wrote in message
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Barbara Hass
I am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a light to stitch

with that could be mounted to my Grip-It Legend floorstand? ....

Julie has given you a great suggestion about the clip light so I just
wanted to add a little info. I'm not sure which age group you fit into
but as we age, we need more light from **different** directions If you
are having trouble seeing, consider more than one light source. I have
THREE! I read somewhere that up until about mid-30's, a single light
source is adequate. In our 40's, there should be two different light
sources from different areas and in your 50's (that's MOI) you need
three. By the time we reach our 60's and 70's, we're gonna need
football stadium ighting -- LOL!
But seriously, once you get a clip light you like, if it's not
enough, try adding another light of some sort on your other side. I
have a table lamp on my left, one of those funky floor lamps with the 3
movable lights behind me on my right and my Ott floor lamp up close and
personal on my right. I can see REAL good now :-)! CiaoMeow ^;;^

Won't it be nice when we can use daylight! That won't hurt your eyes I
bet !