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Ok - I've finally had to make the switch to readers and distance to correct
my vision enough to stitch, read and drive. Love the distance - I can do 80% of my normal daily stuff with them, even the computer if I up the font size a few points Reading is a dream and stitching is getting better. But not fast enough for me...I don't know if it because I hold my head differently to stitch than to read. Or if I'm still too distracted by the TV not being in focus if I look up... So any advice from those of you who use "readers" to stitch? Cheryl |
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In message , Cheryl Isaak
writes Ok - I've finally had to make the switch to readers and distance to correct my vision enough to stitch, read and drive. Love the distance - I can do 80% of my normal daily stuff with them, even the computer if I up the font size a few points Reading is a dream and stitching is getting better. But not fast enough for me...I don't know if it because I hold my head differently to stitch than to read. Or if I'm still too distracted by the TV not being in focus if I look up... So any advice from those of you who use "readers" to stitch? Cheryl Maybe you would be better with progressive lenses or varilux as we call them. They enable you to see close, middle and far distance. I have been wearing them for nearly 30 years. Hugs Shirley -- Shirley Shone http://www.allcrafts.org.uk |
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On 10/18/09 9:12 AM, "Cheryl Isaak" wrote:
Ok - I've finally had to make the switch to readers and distance to correct my vision enough to stitch, read and drive. Love the distance - I can do 80% of my normal daily stuff with them, even the computer if I up the font size a few points Reading is a dream and stitching is getting better. But not fast enough for me...I don't know if it because I hold my head differently to stitch than to read. Or if I'm still too distracted by the TV not being in focus if I look up... So any advice from those of you who use "readers" to stitch? Cheryl Hmm- for me using the readers took a little practice. And I've made sure that I can see over the frames of mine - I look thru them to stitch, but if I'm in the TV vicinity, am able to raise my eyes above to look over. As you've said, may have to do with your head position, where your stitching is - are you in hand, or on a frame. For me, once I started using a stand of some sort - even my little lap stand - in my lap - keeping the piece a pretty constant distance for focal length - helped. Same reason I like using magnifier clamped to piece or stand - so it's not moving around and making me seasick ;^) Did you not get a pair of bi-focals so that you could do distance thru top and read thru bottom? I've actually seen some folks put readers on in front of their normal specs (distance, I guess). Maybe you'll have to do the bi-focal thing for stitching so that you can watch TV and stitch. My friends that wear them said it took some adjusting, but now love them. Personally, since I don't wear glasses for anything else except stitching/reading I don't have that disturbance when I peer over the top. Hope it all works out soon. Maybe it's going to books on tape or music for the other background when you're stitching instead of TV. Ellice in chilly NoVA |
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On 10/18/09 4:15 PM, in article , "ellice"
wrote: On 10/18/09 9:12 AM, "Cheryl Isaak" wrote: Ok - I've finally had to make the switch to readers and distance to correct my vision enough to stitch, read and drive. Love the distance - I can do 80% of my normal daily stuff with them, even the computer if I up the font size a few points Reading is a dream and stitching is getting better. But not fast enough for me...I don't know if it because I hold my head differently to stitch than to read. Or if I'm still too distracted by the TV not being in focus if I look up... So any advice from those of you who use "readers" to stitch? Cheryl Hmm- for me using the readers took a little practice. And I've made sure that I can see over the frames of mine - I look thru them to stitch, but if I'm in the TV vicinity, am able to raise my eyes above to look over. As you've said, may have to do with your head position, where your stitching is - are you in hand, or on a frame. For me, once I started using a stand of some sort - even my little lap stand - in my lap - keeping the piece a pretty constant distance for focal length - helped. Same reason I like using magnifier clamped to piece or stand - so it's not moving around and making me seasick ;^) Did you not get a pair of bi-focals so that you could do distance thru top and read thru bottom? I've actually seen some folks put readers on in front of their normal specs (distance, I guess). Maybe you'll have to do the bi-focal thing for stitching so that you can watch TV and stitch. My friends that wear them said it took some adjusting, but now love them. Personally, since I don't wear glasses for anything else except stitching/reading I don't have that disturbance when I peer over the top. Hope it all works out soon. Maybe it's going to books on tape or music for the other background when you're stitching instead of TV. Ellice in chilly NoVA Bifocals just didn't work - there are some folks that just don't make the adjustment. A big part of the problem was night driving for me - the headlights/taillights would starburst with the bottoms (also a problem with the combined script) and make night driving exhausting. Well - I'm off to read a bit before bedtime. Driving to and from the rink in the snow was tiring. Cheryl |
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"Cheryl Isaak" wrote Bifocals just didn't work - there are some folks that just don't make the adjustment. A big part of the problem was night driving for me - the headlights/taillights would starburst with the bottoms (also a problem with the combined script) and make night driving exhausting. Well - I'm off to read a bit before bedtime. Driving to and from the rink in the snow was tiring. Aha! THAT'S who took my snow. Thanks Cheryl!! I have several friends who have trouble with night driving--our eyes differ greatly on how quickly they recover from headlight glare, especially as we get older (well, add more years; we will never be old). And snow doesn't help one bit with the glare either. Dawne |
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On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:15:50 -0400, ellice
wrote: I've actually seen some folks put readers on in front of their normal specs (distance, I guess). If you have astigmatism or your eyes don't match, it's the only way to go. Of course one *could* get a pair of prescription glasses for each magnification one required . . . I've also had good luck with a neck-hung magnifier when I wanted small magnification a little farther from my eyes. Joy Beeson -- joy beeson at comcast dot net http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ -- sewing http://n3f.home.comcast.net/ -- Writers' Exchange The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
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Joy Beeson wrote:
I've also had good luck with a neck-hung magnifier when I wanted small magnification a little farther from my eyes. One of my hobbies is finescale model railways (railroads). Many fellow modellers whose vision is not what it was tend to use something like this http://www.chinavasion.com/product_info.php/pName/head-visor-magnifying-glasses This enables them to produce something like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEiAC_8obfI which is scaled at 2mm = 1 foot (i.e. the rails are about 9mm apart) -- Bruce Fletcher Stronsay, Orkney UK http://claremont.islandblogging.co.uk "Resistance is NOT futile, it's voltage divided by current" |
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