Knitting and sewing are life skills, like knowing how to balance a checkbook. Or how to find a husband. Or how to make a lunch for your kids. Or how to cook and not just dump snack food and fast food on your children.
I agree. My grandmother taught me how to knit and sew. But the point I am making is there isnt a demand for kintters and sewers in the job market. There is however a demand for people that know how to run the automatick knitting and sewing machines...do you get what I am saying?