[secret garden]

My grandmother was a wonderful crochet and knit artisan and I could not have cared less when I was a kid. I ended up teaching myself when I became old enough to appreciate her designs, since she was already gone. My loss. I taught my son, at his request, how to do a chain stitch so of course, he made a whip...sigh...boys...

[xsmommy]

my gram taught me to do embroidery (i did many a stamped pillow case) and knitting and crocheting. i will never need to make an afghan, bc we have the lithuanian grandma's afghans and xshub's dago grandma's output as well. we are well stocked on afghans!

[Gabz]

My grandmother did crocheting, knitting and needlepoint...I could never get the hang of knitting.

Growing up I lived on the same block as the grammar school and convent. One of the nuns invited a group of the girls from the block to learn to crochet. I remember going to the convent 2x a week for those lessons - I just loved doing it.

As a thank you sister came to our house for dinner every other week and my mother would do her hair for her!!!