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Sewing, reading and watching tv - the way a woman does it. (Moderated by Deepika, EleanorSews)
Posted on: 12/28/13 10:14 PM ET
Does any woman simply sit and just watch tv? Isn't there most always something in hand - hand sewing, knitting, hard print book, e reader, computer, tablet.......?
Please share your experience. Progressives? Bifocals? The progressives sounded so sensible......would it end up being like this?
Side to Side Head Bobbing!!!
I dipped my toes in the water - disaster! (to be explained in subsequent post). Please share your experiences and your final choices.
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Please share your experience. Progressives? Bifocals? The progressives sounded so sensible......would it end up being like this?
Side to Side Head Bobbing!!!
I dipped my toes in the water - disaster! (to be explained in subsequent post). Please share your experiences and your final choices.
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and nurtured by The Master Gardener.
Posted on: 12/28/13 10:27 PM ET
In reply to a7yrstitch
I have been wearing progressives, (I have no idea what the difference between bifocals and progressives is except no line) for 2 years.
I also spend part of each day looking over the top of my lenses, like when I thread a needle.
For TV they are okay, I can crochet or knit and watch TV without any problems.
Right now I am using my laptop and have it in my lap. This allows me to look through the lower part of my lenses with out tipping my head back.
Doing cross stitch is a challenge. I cannot do it and watch TV. I have to take my glasses off to do the stitches (holding the project close to my face) and put them on the read the pattern.
At work I use a computer and I find by the end of the day it is challenging to focus on the smaller fonts on the screen.
I am short sighted and have worn glasses for well over 30 years. I tried contacts, but at the time I had to have hard lenses and they were really expensive. I have not looked into them again and just wear readers as needed.
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I also spend part of each day looking over the top of my lenses, like when I thread a needle.
For TV they are okay, I can crochet or knit and watch TV without any problems.
Right now I am using my laptop and have it in my lap. This allows me to look through the lower part of my lenses with out tipping my head back.
Doing cross stitch is a challenge. I cannot do it and watch TV. I have to take my glasses off to do the stitches (holding the project close to my face) and put them on the read the pattern.
At work I use a computer and I find by the end of the day it is challenging to focus on the smaller fonts on the screen.
I am short sighted and have worn glasses for well over 30 years. I tried contacts, but at the time I had to have hard lenses and they were really expensive. I have not looked into them again and just wear readers as needed.
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Posted on: 12/28/13 10:30 PM ET
My vote: Bausch & Lomb Pure Vision MultiFocal contact lenses.
On the 8th day, God gave someone the brains to create these awesome little things!
All kidding aside, I've had them for 3 years now... and I can't tell you how nice it is to not use readers for anything "normal".
I had great vision all of my life.. but then started to need to wear readers when I did cross stitch or tiny beading when I was about 47. Darn arms got short. lol
My eye doc was resistant towards me trying these - because I guess alot of people get frustrated with them in the first days/weeks - but I was determined! (A person's brain has to work out what part of the eye to look out through for different distances ... it's not really something that I got worried about ... I just decided I would relax into them and it would work out - and it did.)
The only time they are a little wonky for me is when I'm out fishing... there is something about shiny things (think lures or bobbers in water! lol) at about 30-40 feet that I have a hard time getting a perfect focus on. I think it's because it's just not a normal thing on a day to day basis that I call on my grey matter to figure out.
But everything close (sewing, reading, computer, etc) is amazingly effortless. So are distances past that 40' mark or so.
So for looking at anything within a room, they're just *awesome*.
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On the 8th day, God gave someone the brains to create these awesome little things!
All kidding aside, I've had them for 3 years now... and I can't tell you how nice it is to not use readers for anything "normal".
I had great vision all of my life.. but then started to need to wear readers when I did cross stitch or tiny beading when I was about 47. Darn arms got short. lol
My eye doc was resistant towards me trying these - because I guess alot of people get frustrated with them in the first days/weeks - but I was determined! (A person's brain has to work out what part of the eye to look out through for different distances ... it's not really something that I got worried about ... I just decided I would relax into them and it would work out - and it did.)
The only time they are a little wonky for me is when I'm out fishing... there is something about shiny things (think lures or bobbers in water! lol) at about 30-40 feet that I have a hard time getting a perfect focus on. I think it's because it's just not a normal thing on a day to day basis that I call on my grey matter to figure out.

But everything close (sewing, reading, computer, etc) is amazingly effortless. So are distances past that 40' mark or so.
So for looking at anything within a room, they're just *awesome*.
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2019:Juki TL-2010Q, Babylock Triumph Serger
2018: Babylock Solaris
2016: Bernina 720, 570qe (the wonderful 5.5mm, CB hook model)
2015: Pfaff Passport, Babylock Sashiko, Babylock Ovation Serger
2014: Bernina 880 Sterling Edition, Bernina 550(sold in 2016)
2012: Janome 7700 (sold in 2014) Babylock Ellisimo Gold (sold in 2015)
Granddaughter: Bernina 560
Posted on: 12/28/13 10:31 PM ET
When I was first given the dire news that my eyes were aging, I had zero experience with eyeglasses. He asked about daily activities, and as soon as I said "I need to be able to read and sew and watch TV all at once", he said "progressives it is." They've been working fine for me for - ummm - a few years. Lots of few years. I wear them every waking hour - for computer work, driving, sewing, reading, bonbon eating and because I never take them off, I never have to look for them.
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Where are we going, and what am I doing in this handbasket?
Matthew 25:40 (New International Version)
The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me.'
Posted on: 12/28/13 11:00 PM ET
I'm with Karla.
She just says it better.
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She just says it better.
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Posted on: 12/28/13 11:57 PM ET
Okay, ladies, you're encouraging. I've accumulated some nice distance glasses for driving and going to the theater since that prescription has been consistent. Decided to give this thing a proper start by using this year's insurance for getting the reading glasses.
When I went to pick them up on Friday, I was so disappointed. Nothing was working right with the left eye and it was not a good day to be making decisions about what to do.
Been working with the optician connected to our doctor's office for years. They will make it right. I just needed to read your posts to let me know that it is worth any frustration that I might be feeling about it. Left the glasses with her and will go back after next week as they will be swamped on Monday and Tuesday.
What I ordered.......
Progressive lens with reading correction at the bottom progressing to no distance correction at top since I only use the distance correction for driving.
Correction for astigmatism throughout from top to bottom.
Super HiVision EX3 Recharge lense to filter harmful blue light from electronic devices.
I want to be able to glance up and down and over to hubbie and back like I do now, with no glasses. I don't want to be moving my head about or shoving glasses up and down my nose.
And, I want to be able to look up from machine work on black fabrics to the sewing machine screen, or ipad, or a sewing book or embroidery instructions. You all know what I mean.
After the first try on I wondered if I should just get straight reading glasses but it sounds like the progressives are the way to go - I just need to be patient with the adjustments. When I go back I will be taking reading samples with me. iPad, Kindle, a sewing manual, back of insurance card, tiny food ingredient labels, black thread with needle and black fabric. That should help hone in on what I need.
Thank you.

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When I went to pick them up on Friday, I was so disappointed. Nothing was working right with the left eye and it was not a good day to be making decisions about what to do.
Been working with the optician connected to our doctor's office for years. They will make it right. I just needed to read your posts to let me know that it is worth any frustration that I might be feeling about it. Left the glasses with her and will go back after next week as they will be swamped on Monday and Tuesday.
What I ordered.......
Progressive lens with reading correction at the bottom progressing to no distance correction at top since I only use the distance correction for driving.
Correction for astigmatism throughout from top to bottom.
Super HiVision EX3 Recharge lense to filter harmful blue light from electronic devices.
I want to be able to glance up and down and over to hubbie and back like I do now, with no glasses. I don't want to be moving my head about or shoving glasses up and down my nose.
And, I want to be able to look up from machine work on black fabrics to the sewing machine screen, or ipad, or a sewing book or embroidery instructions. You all know what I mean.
After the first try on I wondered if I should just get straight reading glasses but it sounds like the progressives are the way to go - I just need to be patient with the adjustments. When I go back I will be taking reading samples with me. iPad, Kindle, a sewing manual, back of insurance card, tiny food ingredient labels, black thread with needle and black fabric. That should help hone in on what I need.
Thank you.

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Each fallen petal reveals a life pollinated by a colony
and nurtured by The Master Gardener.
and nurtured by The Master Gardener.
Posted on: 12/29/13 0:14 AM ET
My distance vision has been horrible for years (I've worn contacts since I was 13), but I became farsighted and needed readers when I was pregnant. I tried contacts + readers for a few months but switched to wearing progressive glasses full time last summer, and I love them. So much easier than taking readers off and on constantly.
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Posted on: 12/29/13 0:26 AM ET
I also wear glasses for distance, since I was 16, but I don't need glasses for reading. But I can't read with the distance glasses on. I've tried bifocals and progressives so I don't have to rip my glasses off all day long. I gave up and just look down under the glasses and not through them when I need to read.
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Posted on: 12/29/13 0:33 AM ET
I am still looking for the perfect solution. Totally hate not just the bifocals, but all glasses. I had multifocal contacts and loved them until I started having problems with dry eyes. Now I have distance only contacts for swimming and excercise but am lost when I need to read if I don't have the cheaters handy.
At home I mostly wear the glasses and spend a lot of time taking them off to read or thread needles.
At home I mostly wear the glasses and spend a lot of time taking them off to read or thread needles.
Posted on: 12/29/13 1:18 AM ET
I'm now retired and have been wearing glasses got about thirty years. First single vision, then bifocals, and now trifocals. When I first started wearing glasses, I tried contact lens and could never get the vision I felt I could get with my glasses. When bifocals came along, I tried the progressive lens. My job at the time consisted of matching up documents all around my desk. Moving my head all around made my vision blurry, making me feel dizzy. I then went to line bifocals. When trifocals came into my life, I just went with the lines also. I have Silhouette frames now and forget I have them on. They're very light.
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