Is knitting and crocheting hereditary? Well my grandmother knitted and made thousands of slippers, and also many, many granny squares, which eventually became blankets (I have one, it's classic). I learned the yarn and needle habit from her, by watching her slip the stitches over and over, for hours. She spent all her days either in the kitchen cooking, or knitting slippers.
Forty some years later, that's all I want to do...knit and cook. Work consumes my day, and at the end it's really back to the needle and yarn for me. I can switch back and forth from crocheting to knitting, never bored by either one.
My mother was an extraordinarily crafty person. She could literally make anything out of thread, yarn, needles, rug hooks, crochet hooks, and follow any pattern and complete almost all projects (eventually). Her stash was overflowing, and she was happy to have all the yarn a person could possible store. (SABLE - Stash Accumulated Beyond Life Expectancy). When she passed away 4 years ago, I inherited it all. I have patterns from the 40's, 50's - 90's, a whole lifetime of possiblities and accomplishments. I can't part with these boxes.
A happy moment is watching my daughters knit...they started when they were both young, and never once complained about it. My most cherished moments is when all of us, grandmothers, aunts, mothers, and daughters could all sit around the house and move the yarn around the needles, and have moments of laughter, moments of quiet times, and seconds of appreciation for this lost art....Michelle just designed a scarf herself, and is starting a new trend in SB...I just finished my socks!! Now I think I need to make a pair for Sara (damn blog, she keeps bringing up the comment about love = socks)Sara needs to finish her scarf for Lu before next Wednesday or a friendship may be shattered....and our tradition goes on, and hopefully passed on with all the pleasures to anyone who wants to pick up the needles...
