Clip on magnifiers?

" snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com" ,in rec.crafts.textiles.needleworkwrote: and entertained us with

I like the magnifiers you can clip on your stand, frame or somewhere nearby and adjust so it does the best magnification for your eyesight. If not those, I also have a pair of drug store half glasses I bought, just for closeup stuff. They don't need to be prescription for the stitching purpose and I think I paid less than $20 for them.

Don't rule out the cheap reading glasses yet. Pop the lens out of the side on which you are farsighted and that might do the trick. Even if it isn't a perfect solution you aren't out much money. DH is also nearsighted in one eye and far in the other.

Tegan,

I have been using the clip on magnifiers for years. I wear bifocal contact lenses, and when I am wearing them I use reading glasses. When I take my contacts out at night (when I do most of my stitching), I use the clip on magnifiers with my bifocal glasses.

I have several pair of clip ons with different magnifications depending on the piece I am working on.

I used to buy the clip ons at the Long's the local drug store, but they no longer carry them. It is harder and harder to find the clip ons, especially in 3.25 strength (which is my favorite strength).

Hope this helps.

Marianne T. (ready to stitch and watch baseball after reading this newsgroup!!!!!)

Both my mother and I suffer the same affliction. :-) Obviously, the nearsighted eye is not a problem. She used the cheap reading glasses for years by simply removing the lens from the near sighted eye.

Tara

Mine work fine--when I remember to use them. I'll pop them in the mail to you.

LOL... well, if I'm going to be disgustingly honest, even the nearsighted eye is beginning to show signs of my arms being too short. It could be time for new glasses, but gosh, seems like I just did that last year.

I've tried the clip on magnifiers, but the problem there is She Who Must Be Adored (otherwise known as Chen Li). She seems to think it's put there strictly for HER amusement and simply must rub against it constantly. And since I humor her (okay, read spoil there) completely, it just makes me nuts to keep adjusting it, just so she can move it again. She'll be 18 in December, so I pretty much let her rule the house. She's even been known to push her way close enough to the Mageyes to adorn it with her scent. While I'm wearing them... Nope.. no spoiled cat in THIS house..

I suppose now that summer is almost over, I can tolerate the Mageyes aga> On 25 Aug 2006 17:10:08 -0700, " snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com" > wrote: >

That would be great, but don't you use them, even occasionally? I'm curious about them, but I don't want to deprive you of them, either.

And btw, I think I'm going to try and be at the Mill on Sunday. Laura said something about them having a Fiber Fest (?) and would I like to meet her there. I'm working graveyard Friday through Tuesday this week, so if I do make it there, it will probably be around 2-3pm. Call me and we'll see if I'm up. Tegan

LizardGumbo wrote:

Same here.

Their Majesties made it quite clear to me this morning that they did not want Beef for breakfast. Since the next can in the stack was Lamb And Rice, I humored their request. I am now being informed that perhaps I misunderstood, we want FISH! One is trying to bury it to make sure I get the message that Their Majesties are displeased.

Easiest way to tell. close one eye while wearing them. Then repeat with the other eye. It will be obvious which lens to remove.

Tara

Naw. Too much trouble with having to run catch crumb crunchers. I had bifocals when I was a child and grew out of them around 18. Here it is

20 years later and every eye doc appt I beg for bifocals back and they won't give 'em to me. (Note to self: Make eye doc appt.)

If they hung (a lot) lower, so I could use them AS bifocals, then I'd hang onto them for dear life.

Okie dokie.

Our pure white, green-eyed cat, Surrey (named after Richard III's favourite horse!) can be very "picky" about food. The current technique is to buy several cans of each flavour of catfood (same make - "Felix") and feed the cat the same flavour for a week. When the first tin of the "new" flavour is opened, Surrey purrs with delight regardless of what the flavour is.

Me, too. But, DH who is nearsighted reminds me well, as he takes off his glasses to do some really teeny splinter removal.

FWIW, I actually finally had prescription readers made, as my vision is nearly perfect in 1 eye, and not so in the other. The doc wrote the scrip for me to be able to use specifically for fine handwork. But, when I don't have those around I use cute, cheap reading glasses - half-height.

Also I have a magnifier from K's creations. Mine bolts thru a stand, rather than clipping on, but it's a great, optical magnifier.

http://www.kscreati> Ack! Maybe I did have it backwards. I always get the two confused. > Listen to Tara.

Well, after thinking about my stitching habits a bit more (and getting a reminder that it's been two years since my last eye exam), I've decided that I'm going to take my chosen fabric with me (I just wanna be able to see 32 count with just my glasses!) and go get an eye exam in the very near future and then see what they can do for me. What's so odd, is that I'm sitting here now, typing on the computer with no glasses on, because I can see it just fine (actually better) without them.

What made me rethink the clip ons, is that I usually have the tv on while stitching, and since I'm wearing bifocals, I'm used to looking through the top of the lens to see the tv. As near as I can tell, the clipons seem to park right there in front of the top of the lens, so I'd be looking through the top of my lens to see. (does that make sense?) And truthfully, I just WANT new glasses because I'm tired of the frames I have. I wanna indulge in photograys (or whatever they call them these days).

Thanks every> Me, too. But, DH who is nearsighted reminds me well, as he takes off his

When I spent 8 hours a day on the computer, the good doctor told me to measure the distance between my eyes and the screen and she'd set the focal distance for that. The last time I went in, since I'm no longer spending 8 hours staring at the screen, I took my Fanny Frame. (As usual, it had some over-one piece on it that made Doc's eyes cross at the notion that someone my age was doing such fine work without magnification.) We set the focal distance to where I needed it to see my stitching.

I still see just fine close up. The problem is that over the years, "close-up" has deteriorated to a maximum of 6 inches. That's no longer far enough to see the spot where it's comfortable to stitch or read.

And truthfully, I just WANT new glasses because I'm tired of

My boss had some of those - lasted about 10 months before he got rid of them. Despite the vast improvements, they still don't change fast enough, especially when going from bright to dark.

Linda (who wears contacts and uses "cheaters")

I agree. Especially when driving along country lanes and suddenly in heavy shade between trees. Mine I had to change almost immediately.

Good for you for getting your eyes checked! I have bifocals too, and also watch tv through the top part. When I need magnification, which depends on what stitch on what color fabric more than count, I've been using Mageyes, which I can also look over to see the tv. My newest pair is also photogray, which I believe is called transitions now. They don't darken much in the car, but they're great at the beach or in the yard.

Sara

I bought a really-cheap pair of half-height +3.5 reading glasses that come in a tube like a toothbrush case, take them everywhere, and wear them over my prescription glasses.

Didn't take them off before jumping up to open a door, and nearly broke up the people I was letting in! (They were passing through; I was stitching in a vestibule.)

I can see over them quite well, but nearly always take them off when I put the work down. Also take them off when I drop a needle, or need to break off a new thread. If I don't have a table to put the work down on, I have the case open and sticking out of my purse.

Joy Beeson