I am so cutting edge! I taught myself to knit and crochet over a year ago :-)
Posted on 11/16/2010 2:27:11 PM PST by T Minus Four
WEST JORDAN -- More women--and some men, too-- are turning to knitting or crocheting. It's something meaningful they can do for others without spending a lot of money.
At Kamille's knit and crochet shop at Gardner Village, owner Kamille Bauer said their classes have never been so popular.
"People will say, 'Where did you buy that? You made that? No way, how did you make that?' And it's really a fun confidence builder," she said.
Bauer said people are finding out they can save a lot of money by making a cute beanie, headband, socks, blanket or gloves themselves. But they also love giving their handiwork to others.
"I think one of the most special gifts you can give somebody is the gift of your time," she said.
She says one year, she and her husband made scarves for everyone for Christmas gifts.
"So many things are trendy and cute and handmade that you want to make. You'll go into high-end boutiques or baby shops and spend $30 on a beanie, when you could make that in an hour and a half," she said.
Their moms and kids classes are popular, and in other classes Bauer sees 18-year-olds and 64-year-olds sitting next to each other finding things in common as they knit or crochet.
She said there's some nostalgia attached too -- their knit Christmas stocking classes and patterns are very popular, and people tell her the stockings remind them of something their grandma used to make
I am so cutting edge! I taught myself to knit and crochet over a year ago :-)
ping :-)
The nuns did their best to teach me to knit, but their endeavors were for naught.
I can’t sew or knit. :)
I do admire those who can, however.
So’s paying for groceries with change.
I taught myself many years ago to knit and crochet. It was one way I was able to quit biting my fingernails. No kidding!
I knit all the time, if we get in the car to take a trip my knitting goes along. I have made so many house slippers I can’t even guess the number. My granddaughter sells them to her friends. My grandson wore them under his basketball shoes.
Knitting needles can be very effective flechettes in an air pistol.
Knitting is not in the plan!!
BORING....But then again, I am fortunate to be able to get around...
I do mall walking...But I have to leave my credit cards and money at home.
I love to knit! I make hats, scarves, mittens, slippers. They are always a hit with my neices/nephews. I’m working on a shawl for my mother-in-law - I got the pattern here: http://jaslamb.weebly.com/candlelight-shawl.html
only with yarn and not tribbles!
reupholstering should become big also, very cost effective compared to buying new.
Good to see one useful hobby making a comeback. It was our family tradition to teach knitting to daughters and I failed to keep it going.
Grabbed my needles a few years ago - I had forgotten how relaxing and rewarding it is.
k1.p2;)
Absolutely...put some new life in all those recliners. I had that done for my folks years ago. Better than new and the results looked like ‘custom-made.’
The ladies in the church craft guild in Oklahoma tried to teach me to knit. Finally, one said, “Our mother knitted everything for us, and she only had one hand! There must be something wrong with you!”
Maybe someday I’ll try again.
My mother used to knit things for my kids, but she has arthritis in her hands, now, so Monkey Face is doing it!
Can shirts, and pants be ‘knitted’ at home? Why pay money to China, if you can make a shirt domestically and personally?
LOL! My mother (now gone) and three of my sisters could/can knit and sew. None of us can cook very well, although when desperate, I can make a mean faux omelet. One sister actually serves canned turkey soup to her children for Thanksgiving, but that is another issue.
My grandmother and her sisters were fantastic cooks, quilters, seamstresses, bakers and whatnot. Neither my mother nor any of us inherited much in the way of their talents.
What can I tell you? :)
My grandmother almost died when I told her I couldn’t cut up a chicken. “They sell skinless, boneless chicken breasts at the H.E.B., Grandma!”
I can sew (hand and machine) in a basic way ... mending, buttons, make a skirt or a jumper. But you can buy clothes at The Salvation Army for less than the price of notions!
I do that too :-)
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