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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Gosh Cindy, that\u2019s terrible! Poor me, a toxic robot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>Tracy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><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='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>slery via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 11, 2025 12:27 AM<br><b>To:</b> Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org><br><b>Cc:</b> slery <slerythema@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting groups<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Tracy, my auto correct thinks you are poison and wants to correct your name to Carcinogen.<br>Cindy<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 5/10/2025 4:32 PM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Ramona, those sound like very fun things to do! </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Facebook thinks I\u2019m a robot. Meanwhile, they let in millions of real robots. Oh well.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Tracy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",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><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org"><nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ramona Walhof via NFB-Blind-Crafters<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 10, 2025 11:25 AM<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> Ramona Walhof <a href="mailto:walhoframona@gmail.com"><walhoframona@gmail.com></a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting groups</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>There is a big group of crafters in my area on facebook. Small groups of them get together at announced times. I haven't made one of them yet, but hope to. There is also a crafting group at the senior community where I live and another at my church. So they are plentiful here. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Most interesting, there is an alpaca farm maybe 40 miles west of Boise, and it offers various tours and lessons. I hope to visit it some time, but I have quite a list of things I want to do. There is a fiddlers festival in a little nearby town in June. I am short on drivers right now, but I can dream! <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best, <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ramona<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="98%" align=center></div><div id=divRplyFwdMsg><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters-bounces@nfbnet.org</a>> on behalf of Tracy Carcione via NFB-Blind-Crafters <<a href="mailto:nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org">nfb-blind-crafters@nfbnet.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 10, 2025 1:00 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> <<a href="mailto:carcione@access.net">carcione@access.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [NFB-Blind-Crafters] Knitting groups</span> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><div><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I joined a new knitting group this week. A friend told me about it. She\u2019s one of the organizers. It\u2019s a cancer support group, and it meets at a bakery/café a couple blocks from me. Very convenient. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I really enjoy having a knitting group. It\u2019s fun to knit and chat, and I can be inspired by what other people are making. Sometimes I can help someone, or someone can help me. It\u2019s nice to get out and socialize.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I\u2019d be interested to hear how other people find craft groups to join. I found this one through a friend. There used to be 2 at a local yarn store, which sadly closed. I know Terry P and Henry knit at their church. Are there other ways to find a group?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Tracy</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=xmsonormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><pre>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></pre><pre>NFB-Blind-Crafters mailing list<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="mailto:NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org">NFB-Blind-Crafters@nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org</a><o:p></o:p></pre><pre>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for NFB-Blind-Crafters:<o:p></o:p></pre><pre><a href="http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/slerythema%40gmail.com">http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nfb-blind-crafters_nfbnet.org/slerythema%40gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></pre></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>