magnification

When I was teaching merezhka on Monday I learned of some amazing products that I’d never seen before. They were small acrylic domes that you placed on whatever you needed to magnify, and because of the shape of the dome, it magnified it beautifully.

There was no need to “position” yourself correctly, or try to focus properly – the magnification just happened.

I can see all sorts of applications for tools like this:

• you can place it on your pattern to magnify the bit you’re up to
• you can place it on a piece of needlework to get a better, closer view of how its been done
• you can place it on your own needlework to get a better view of what you’ve just done (to fix a mistake or identify a mistake, etc – not that *you’d* ever make a mistake!)
• you can use it to teach your children about refraction of light (yes, I know, slightly odd, but this is something I would do with one!)

The photo is of one of these loupes called a “lumidome”. It shows a US one cent piece magnified in it, with a 3x magnification. Such a simple tool! I’m looking at getting some of these to sell, so if you are interested, please let me know.