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<DIV><SPAN class=052190113-09062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Greetings and
welcome, Joanne!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=052190113-09062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>I am Gerita
della Mara, erstwhile knitter, sempstress, and pathetic student of Sprang and
other forms of textile-making. I have here a beautiful spinning wheel to
learn to use some day, but alas, my life doesn't allow for too much fun in one
day. Dog rescue is also my passion. DFWCares, here in Dallas and
environs is one of my haunts, and I work with Japanese Chin dogs. Special
Education was one of the driving forces in my life until I was badly hurt
picking up a quadriplegic child. So now I study and analyze crime.
Fascinating subject, but not as much as those children! </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=052190113-09062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>There are
many opportunities to find and learn from other fiber workers in
Ansteorra. Very soon, for example, there is King's College with several
classes available in interesting forms of fiberwork, including Sprang. I
encourage you to attend that event, if you can, and look for us - we're usually
toting a bag of some sort of fiber and working busily away whilst listening to
someone talk.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=052190113-09062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Ever in
service, </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=052190113-09062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Gerita della
Mara</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Japanese Chin Rescue and
Care</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dallas Northwest
Coordinator</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>The years that a woman subtracts from
her age are not lost. They are added to the ages of other women. --
Diane de Poitiers (1499 - 1566)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
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[mailto:ansteorra-textiles-bounces@lists.ansteorra.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>davenjo<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 08, 2006 7:57 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Gentle Fiber
Folk,</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Please accept a small
introduction. I am Joanne from Seawinds. I am a
spinner-weaver-embroiderer-luceter-knitter-fiberholic who has joined the
community of Seawinds. My passion at the moment is spinner on spindle, wheel
or charka. I live west of the mundane town of Corpus Christi with some alpaca
and the “Lost Dogs” I take part in dachshund rescue, Project Linus, Special
Education (which sorely interferes with my activities, but alas, pays the
bills) and as much activity at Seawinds as I can. I am interested in learning
all things fibery and am being gently “pushed along” by John Lightfoot (I can
see him cringing behind his monitor). I hope to meet as many of you as I can
and to learn new reasons to enrich my store of fibers.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Joanne the spinner at
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