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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Hi Bernice and Tracy, and, I as well as I am of Irish Heritage as well as of English heritage. My Maternal Grandfather was from the fishing village of Penzance, Cornwall which is at the Southern most tip of England.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Grandfather learned to knit and to crochet from watching the fishermen as they mended their nets or talked about what they were knitting on to pass the time while out to sea and not busy hauling in the nets of fish or to tending to every day tasks on the fishing boats.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>I also learned from watching my Maternal Aunts as they knitted or Crocheted many beautiful Irish items of sweaters or scarves.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>My apologies for rambling on about some of my heritage, but, I have just inspired myself to try to find Irishman Fisherman, English and Scottish patterns of whatever I can find that is out there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Would anyone care to join or to help me?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Has this group (either as the new NFB-Blind-Crafters group or the old Krafters Korner group ever done a Knit or Crochet Along?)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Henry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bernice Bird via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 3, 2024 2:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Bernice Bird <bernice.j.bird@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] I'm back<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I would have loved to talk with the Irish people about the fisherman kknits. They are my favorite patterns for afghans.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bernice<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='mso-ligatures:none'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 3, 2024 2:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'List for Blind Crafters and Artists' <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:carcione@access.net">carcione@access.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFB-Blind-Crafters] I'm back<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m back. Thanks ReNae for watching the list while I was away. I see it was very quiet. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’m pretty tired today, but tomorrow I’ll tell the group about the craft-related things I saw in Ireland.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tracy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>