I have been making cross stitch Christmas stockings for people, and the latest one made has been for Juan. 'Juan' is a Manx name, pronounced 'Jew-an' with the stress fairly balanced, but with a smidge more on the first syllable. It is another variation on the name 'John'.
The particular Juan this stocking was made for is blind. Whilst I was in the local craft shop (Joan's of Onchan), I saw some beautiful 6mm glass beads. Inspiration struck, and I realised that instead of embroidering his name onto the stocking, I could instead used the beads to write his name in Braille!
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