Knitting,

[alfred]

It seems long ago long before the computer had arrived it wasn't out of place to see women either on a bus or train pull out knitting needles and a ball of wool, to day i wonder would young girls  bother to take up this say hobby and enjoy using their hands to produce something warm or cuddly,  even making dolls cloths , of course it is most likely out of date and even old fashioned but in these troubled times  knitting is a way of escape,  for the world and all it problems comes at a cost,

my wife knew a young girl with a small family un picking old woollen jumpers  and the re knit a new ole using odd bits of wool ,   today people go to the charity shops but even they  have regular customers who find a bargain or two especially if they dont have the time or cant knit,

Q; are you good with the needles  if so will you tell us what you have knitted,

[Raven]

I enjoy knitting and have done since mum taught me when I was around 5/6 years old. We had to knit a scarf at school and she decided to teach me properly as I make a real mess of it.
I knitted lots of sweaters and school ones as well for the kids when they were growing up, these days it's big winter sweaters, they take me longer as I have other things to do but Regan likes a new one every Christmas and so does Dunc. I did take a pic of the one I did last Christmas for herself but I need to rake for it. Will post it when I find it, it's in my 100s of FB pics.

[klondike]

My wife used to knit. Couldn't sit next to her when she did. Clickety click. Knitety knit. Pokety poke. It was always a thing to knit stuff for new babies but new mums stopped wanting that sort of thing years back.

[GrannyMac]

My mum was a beautiful knitter. She taught me, but I've never been patient enough. My daughter can knit, but never has time!

[Alex]

I've never been able to knit, I blame being left handed I could never get the hang of it.    Mind I blame being left handed for my inability to master line dancing too ! 

[Raven]

Found it, took forever to rake through.

[Michael Rolls]

looks good    . Mum was a good knitter and knitted sweaters for us as children, including unpicking ones out of which we had grown and reusing the wool to make a bigger one!

[Scrumpy]

I knitted a coat .. way back.. It was made up of squares sewn together... Very trendy.. I taught my grandchildren to knit.. I wish I had kept their results..
I don't find knitting very interesting really .. The French had the right idea.. They used the guillotine to keep knitters amused..

[Sheila]

I do a lot of knitting mainly for the local hospital.  People with dementia tend to pull out their cannula so I make cannula sleeves with lots of safe 'twiddles'.  I have recently made a couple of twiddle muffs and experimented with a knitted Doctor Dolly.  
I went to a new knit and natter group yesterday and they made me very welcome and loved the Dolly.  The ladies make beautiful post box toppers and I was 'bullied' into crocheting a lot of flowers for the next one.

[GrannyMac]

I love the post box toppers. They started appearing during lockdown.

[dextrous63]

I've never been able to knit, I blame being left handed I could never get the hang of it.    Mind I blame being left handed for my inability to master line dancing too ! 

I blame the fact that nobody makes left handed pianos for my inability to have become a concert pianist!!

My mother used to knit, but sadly I don't.

[Scrumpy]

... and I can only do 'Stage right' and not 'Stage left' and that is why I am not the worlds greatest actress..

[dextrous63]

Plus restaurants keep putting the cutlery on the wrong sides or facing the wrong way.  It's difficult eating custard with the handle end of a spoon!

[Scrumpy]

.. try using the fork ..  It takes a while but it's okay to for the lumps..

[Alex]

I blame the fact that nobody makes left handed pianos for my inability to have become a concert pianist!!

But you can get left handed pianos, so it's never too late to learn