I remember my Irish grandmother teaching me to knit. I couldn’t have been but six years old. Trying to manipulate the needles, keeping the tension uniform, yarn over, slide through; it was hard but I persisted. Little did I know it would become a lifelong past time.
I taught myself to crochet in order to make doll clothes that my parents couldn’t afford to buy. At Brownies (Girl Scouts) I made an apron. For girls of a certain era, learning to sew was an required skillset.
I still have my childhood sewing basket with my Brownie pin inside.
My mother made all my dance costumes and in high school I got my first sewing machine. I never was a seamstress.
From knitting and crocheting my adult interest turned to quilting.
Of late I’ve picked up a needle and thread and began ‘slow stitching ‘.
To my surprise and great pleasure, my granddaughters seem to be interested in stitching.
Maybe I will leave a legacy after all.
DOS TORTAS
the adventures of dos tortas 
You’ve brought some itchy memories flooding back. My mother used to knit back in the day. It was necessary, particularly when money was tight, as it often was when I was young. I wrote about it in Itchy Knits.
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Now a days the yarn is baby soft. LOTS of men are finding the meditative and creative outlet of knitting. I only gave it up because I live in the jungle and it’s way too hot!
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I might just give it a go! ;-D
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I read an article online just today about how GenZ folks are taking up “grandma hobbies”, like knitting and quilting. So happy that these are not totally dying arts. I learned to knit, crochet, macrame, and sew as a teen and enjoyed doing all of these for many years, also a bit of quilting. My mother sewed extensively and made most of my clothes when I was a kiddo, so I couldn’t wait to learn how to do that myself, though my interests ran more to pillows and curtains than clothing.
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Grandma hobbies! Don’t ya love it? I sew a bit of clothes but my sewing machine gets the better if me. Thanks for stopping by.
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