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I've used this website as a source for a long time now and its great, dependable and wanted to share it with ya'll:

http://www.crochetpatterncentral.com/directory.php

Along with another one that was fwd:

http://www.myhq.com/public/c/r/crochetpoet/

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The Knit Stitch, American and Continental Way

be lated father's day 19 june 2010, continental knitting - my way....

Father's Day is a recognized public holiday in Lithuania and some parts of Spain and was regarded as such in Italy until 1977. It is a national holiday in Estonia, Samoa, and equivalently in South Korea, where it is celebrated as Parents' Day. The holiday complements similar celebrations honoring family members, such as Mother's Day, Siblings Day, and Grandparents' Day. India Father's Day is not an original custom of India but is rather followed by the influence of the western world. It is observed on the third Sunday of June. This event is not a public holiday. The day is usually celebrated only in larger cities like Hyderabad, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, New Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Pune and others. It is a huge holiday in the North Eastern state of Nagaland and Kerala where prayers are held in church on Sunday Services. After this day was first observed in the United States in 1908 and gradually gained popularity, Indian metropolitan cities, much later, followed suit by recognising this event. In India, the day is usually celebrated with children giving gifts such as greeting cards, electronic gadgets, shirts, gold necklaces, coffee mugs or books to their fathers. Indonesia In Indonesia, Father's Day is celebrated on 12 November and is not a public holiday. Father's Day in Indonesia was first declared in 2006 in Surakarta City Hall attended by hundreds of people from various community groups, including people from community of inter-religion communication. Because of its recent declaration, there is not much hype about the celebration, compared to the celebration of Mother's Day on 22 December.Google also created its doodle for Indonesia in 2019 and 2020. Israel In Israel, Father's Day is usually celebrated as part of Family Day on 30 Shevat, though some celebrate on 1 May together with Workers' Day or Labor Day. Japan In Japan, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Common presents are sake, shochu, fashion items, some kinds of gourmet food, sports equipment and various sweets. Kazakhstan Since 2012, Kazakhstan celebrates Defender of the Fatherland Day to commemorate the foundation of the armed forces. It is also called Army Day and it is celebrated on 7 May. Kazakh society perceives it as ‘a men’s day’ and honoring men so it is vaguely a celebration of fathers. (source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father%27s_Day) Good buy dad!!!

KOlKATA TOUR...

My daughter had to go to receive her award for her poem to Kolkata last week, and invited me to go with her. Even though it was cold, we had a great time!

We stayed at the beautiful bhartiya bhasha prisad building at Shakespeare sarni, a beautiful stay.

She was invited by the management com mete to receive her award at

for her poem published in "vagarth"see the link

http://www.bhartiyabhashaparishad.com/

She won prize for her poem "puliya par mochi"

Several time see requested me to interview that cobbler she used to visit daily on her way to school when she was a kid and later on way to her college too, mending shoes under a tree, sitting on a very sorry state.

At last(several years waiting, from my side) she wrote a poem considering that cobbler and won award for the poem!

my daughter on dice at stage..

again on stage with co- winners and writers..

when free we visited Victoria Memorial. with all her co writers and winners of award for their poems too...

Victoria Memoriall..

The building Victoria is 184 feet high. The groups of figures above the north porch represent motherhood, prudence and learning. Surrounding the main dome are figures of art, architecture, justice ( The British Type) and charity.

The memorial is situated on 64 acres of land with the building covering 338 feet by 228 feet. Inside memorial one can get glimpse of priceless paintings, B and W photographs, arms, old books and manuscripts( Photography inside is not allowed)….

We had only one day at our disposable and we made it memorable.....

wish all should have the opportunity like this...I'm proud of my daughter!

Happy Day !