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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>I’ll pencil you in on my calendar, lol.<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>From:</b> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ericka via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 4, 2024 5:36 PM<br><b>To:</b> List for Blind Crafters and Artists <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Ericka <dotwriter1@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] I'm back<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Write me off list of general schedule when you’re around and I will figure a time that works. Thursday and Tuesdays in the afternoon are good generally. Weekends generally are good too.<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I hate calendar conflicts! They’ve been ruling my life for too long. :-)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ericka Nelson<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>KD9VBX<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Nov 3, 2024, at 3:13 PM, henry osborne jr via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Well, call me at your convenience, and, we’ll get you to making some Loom Knitted hats or whatever else you want to make.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>We’ll start you off with simple, and go from there, big smile.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> </span><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>From:</b> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ericka via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 3, 2024 4:03 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> Ericka <<a href="mailto:dotwriter1@gmail.com">dotwriter1@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] I'm back<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yes! Hats are some thing that I think I could handle if I knew more. I think I can still wrap the yarn around the circular loom. Someone showed me like almost 10 years ago. But after that, I’m pretty lost.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ericka Nelson<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>KD9VBX<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Nov 3, 2024, at 2:56 PM, henry osborne jr via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Hi Ericka, so, let’s work together on finding these things, and, we can teach each other.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Henry</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> </span><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>From:</b> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ericka via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, November 3, 2024 3:47 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> Ericka <<a href="mailto:dotwriter1@gmail.com">dotwriter1@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] I'm back<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Looking for traditional, Scottish or Irish patterns is really cool. I wish I had learned that young. I’ve seen some of the Norwegian stuff and it’s pretty intricate. Harder for example.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ericka Nelson<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>KD9VBX<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>On Nov 3, 2024, at 2:20 PM, henry osborne jr via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p></o:p></p><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.</span><o:p></o:p></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.</span><o:p></o:p></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.</span><o:p></o:p></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.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Would anyone care to join or to help me?</span><o:p></o:p></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?)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>Henry</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'> </span><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>From:</b> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> <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' <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> Bernice Bird <<a href="mailto:bernice.j.bird@gmail.com">bernice.j.bird@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] I'm back<o:p></o:p></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>From:</b> 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></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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>_______________________________________________<br>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org">NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/dotwriter1%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/dotwriter1%40gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>_______________________________________________<br>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org">NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/dotwriter1%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/dotwriter1%40gmail.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'>_______________________________________________<br>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<br><a href="mailto:NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org">NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</a><br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</a><br>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<br><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/dotwriter1%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/dotwriter1%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>