My husband was a very tough Lancs man fought for peoples rights all his life
swam the English channel (only the fourth man to do it on breast stroke)
swam most of the Lakes in Gt Britain and climbed most of the mountains.
He would knit the most complicated patterns as he relaxed and watched TV. He
knitted on round needles and made us all Icelantic sweaters. Glad you like
the poem bw Sally J
>From: Sally Evans <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: new sub Hawthorn Blossom
>Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 04:43:15 +0100
>
>Yes, men knit in Yorkshire and Lancashire dont they! You used to be able to
>see men knitting in Dentdale I am told.
>bw
>SallyE
>
>on 28/5/04 10:54 pm, Sally James at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > Thanks so much Ann the lines you suggest are great. I am glad you got
>the
> > meaning of the patterns in nature. How lovely that the poem brought to
>your
> > mind the family patterns. My husband used to knit us wonderful jumpers
>with
> > complicated patterns. I am always enthralled by the shifts in nature
> > especially the trees and the feminity of the blossom I love the
>Hawthorn
> > blossom and the month of May, Bw Sally J
> >
> >
> >> From: "V. W." <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: [log in to unmask]
> >> Subject: Re: new sub Hawthorn Blossom
> >> Date: Fri, 28 May 2004 15:09:40 EDT
> >>
> >> Dear Sally
> >> love this, at first it reminded me of the jumpers crafted by
> >> fisher wives whose handed down traditional family patterns were
>sometimes
> >> the only
> >> way of identifying those lost at sea and washed ashore. Patterning in
> >> nature
> >> as in life I suppose strikes me as a comforting security
> >>
> >> Try Blossoms drop like loose stitches / from the knitted
>pattern of
> >> secrets
> >>
> >> I would ditch the two ands at the beginning of the lines if this were
>mine
> >>
> >> Great poem, great last two lines to finish
> >>
> >>
> >> regards Ann
> >
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