I started wearing glasses aged 11, I now use varifocals, putting them on
before I get out of bed and taking them off as I get back into bed at night.
I spend my evenings working on my lace and watching the tv. If I want to
see something specifically I look up more and work slightly less lace but I
still enjoy watching some television and also make lace. Without specs I
cant see to make lace or the television but can stitch with the fabric and
needle just a few inches from my nose. I work under an anglepoise lamp over
the pillow and use the magnifying lense when I need to. I have sjogrens
syndrome (the disease Venise Williams was recently diagnosed with) which
causes dry eyes (I have no natural moisture in them at all now so need lots
of eye drops of artificial tears) but I have managed to keep them lubricated
enough over the years so not to have scratched them or caused any
ulceration, :-)
I do notice very slight changes in my eyes so perhaps need to change my
lenses more often then many but the optician has been very helpful with
this.
I cant imagine a world where I cant make lace, or knit, or read or watch
television during parts of my day or in the evenings.
My DH bought me a replica lace makers lamp several years ago which is a
fabulous ornament and I have used it once or twice (once when we had a power
cut, :-) and bless the inventor of the electric light, often.
Sue T
Dorset UK where the sun is beautiful but the temps low and very chilly.
I would agree wholeheartedly with Clay there.... (and others).
As a short sighted 'lefty' I too was wearing specs before the age of 13.
I needed glasses to see the blackboard at school and also the tv at home.
I cannot see to drive without my specs, however people in our lace class
will tell you that I take my specs off to make lace!! (or look over the
top of my reading glasses!!) This is particularly useful when working
honiton or the piece of beds at the mo, (there's a pin hole behind other
pins that's worked and others just cannot see the hole without
magnification etc!!!)
Sue in East Yorkshire
On 27 Oct 2012, at 02:31, Clay Blackwell wrote:
An interesting discussion! By the time I was 13 years old, it was
apparent that I was near-sighted, not far-sighted. My vision continued
to change as I grew older. However, regardless of how hard it was for me
to see at a distance, all I had to do was take my glasses off and and
could see in perfect vision at very close- up!! As a lacemaker, I often
embrace this gift when wanting to see something more clearly... I just
poke the glasses up on my nose and look under them!
My theory is that those young people who turned out to be farsighted as
adults had to struggle, and then were considered blind. But those who
were near-sighted were actually more prone to succeed in the field.
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