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country lawyer
True Blue Farmgirl
1022 Posts
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 Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 04:44:30 AM
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Who taught you to embroider? or crochet? or knit? Was it Mom (or Dad...being gender neutral here) or Grandma (or Grandpa) or the local rec. dept? How long did it take you to learn to do it well? Did anyone teach themselves? How? By a book? Or, trial and error? Just wondering how y'all learned and got so good!
"The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time."
James Taylor
www.ragstoroses.blogspot.com
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knewslady
True Blue Farmgirl
555 Posts
Kathy
Russellville
KY
USA
555 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 04:55:14 AM
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My grandmother taught me how to crochet. My mother tried but that did not work at all, so my grandmother was finally able to master the teaching lesson. I don't know how to knit, I wish I did though, but never have taken the time to learn. As far as sewing, painting, and other crafts, I pretty much taught myself but always tried to find a source to ask questions if I got stumped.
Kathy
Will always be a farmgirl at heart |
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Marybeth
True Blue Farmgirl
6418 Posts
Mary Beth
Stanwood
Wa 98292
USA
6418 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 05:39:15 AM
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My grandmother taught me also. WE cousins all had sewing lessons from her. We learned all sewing disciplines. I remember going to her house (all cousins) at the same time and trying to do what she taught. I only like to embroider.
I guess I have to add I didn't really appeciate any lessons. I would rather be outside playing horses. MB
www.strawberryhillsfarm.blogspot.com
www.day4plus.blogspot.com
"Life may not be the party we hoped for...but while we are here we might as well dance!" |
Edited by - Marybeth on Jan 24 2007 06:42:44 AM |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 05:47:51 AM
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I learned most all the things I love to do from my beloved Grandma ( I called her Mom) I love my mom but she wasn't very domestic. My grandma let me hang out with her and taught me to sew, embroider,quilt, crochet and cook, can and garden among other things. I learned how to do all the animal things I love from my Grandpa (Pappy) her husband. I loved to be at their place and was there alot when I was little. I miss them both every day.
I did learn to knit from an aunt..my grandma didn't knit.
Jenny in Utah
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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ktknits
True Blue Farmgirl
582 Posts
Kathy
Northwest Indiana
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 05:53:08 AM
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| Pretty much taught myself until I took a semester of needlework as my Home Ec class in high school. I thought I'd died & gone to heaven. That was the year I won the "Crisco Outstanding Home Ec" student of the year. I still have the award--30+ years later--pretty funny, huh?? None of my parents or grandparents or aunts really did much of that. So, I ended up getting my great-grandma's tatting shuttles & crochet hooks--precious to me! I now learn whatever, whenever I can--books, seminars, friends, etc. I just wish I had more time! |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 06:07:20 AM
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Gram and Mom taught me sewing, embroidery, crafting and Gram also crocheted and knitted but I never wanted to learn those(until now!) She also quilted which definitely caught my attention and I made my first quilt with both of them. My Mom and Aunt taught me about the joy of drawing and painting. A cousin and I started making baskets together. Gramp taught me to love growing everything and my Dad and his oldest brother made me love playing an instrument. My 4-H leader was wonderful and never said no to ANY project we were interested in as long as there was a project book!
The world has so much to learn and explore, how could we ever be BORED?!!!!
with a happy heart |
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cmandle
True Blue Farmgirl
846 Posts
Catherine
Minneapolis
MN
846 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 06:15:39 AM
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I taught myself how to cross-stitch when I was in grade school and then took a community education class to learn to knit about six years ago. I found out just after learning to knit that my mom did know how to knit, she just never liked it and never wanted to pass it on! I (obviously) got addicted to it right away and have never looked back. My mom passed along my late Grandma's knitting needles for me to learn on, so I always felt like she was teaching me, in some distant sort of way.
Catherine
http://yogurtandgranola.blogspot.com |
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nitere
True Blue Farmgirl
482 Posts
Amy
Hickory
NC
USA
482 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 06:52:36 AM
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My grandma (you can see her on my blog) made most of my clothes when I was little-and thankfully my mom saved them! She taught me how to sew when I was five. She would give me scraps and I would make all sorts of random stuff. One of my first projects was a holder for a deck of cards! (She also, by the way taught me how to bake-thank goodness!) I still take things that I sew and show her. And she kindly critiques and offers advice. My mom taught me how to cross stich when I was six. I taught myself how to embroider, mostly from looking at pieces and figuring it out. I learned how to quilt from a class I took in my early 20s. And I just recently, at 29, learned how to knit from a friend.
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_Rebecca_
True Blue Farmgirl
568 Posts
Rebecca
OK
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 07:06:37 AM
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Have we already done this topic? Maybe I'm just having deja vu. My grandma & dad taught me how to crochet & sew. My sister taught me how to embroider & cross stich. My mom taught me how to cook. I really wish I had learned to garden. I can drive a tractor & brush hog! LOL!
.·:*¨¨* :·.Rebecca.·:*¨¨* :·.
Wife of Jonathan, Mother of Joel, Caitlyn, Elia, Nathanael |
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Chix-N-Dirt
Farmgirl in Training
10 Posts
South Eastern
Kentucky
USA
10 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 07:24:26 AM
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| My great grandmother used to make house slippers. I can't remember now if she knit or crocheted them. Her family would sell them for her for a little extra money. I can remember her doing this as long as she lived (90's). It kept her busy and she always seemed calm. I guess that is what inspired me to learn to knit and crochet! I had a great aunt that crocheted a lot and she taught me to make a chain as a child but I never did anything much until I was grown and then I learned from books. It seems like I just did not get it for a while...I don't know if the books got easier or if I got smarter, LOL, but now I can crochet and nave made a couple of knitting projects. The knitting shows on TV have helped too. To be able to see someone do a techniqe and explain it is really helpful!!! |
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FarmGirl~K
True Blue Farmgirl
512 Posts
Kelly
TX
USA
512 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 07:59:37 AM
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My family was never in the crafty way!! I learned to crochet from a friend that I work with. Just taught me a basic single crochet. When I wanted to learn more, I bought a book that breaks everything down. I have done some cross stitch. I did that myself. Started with a printed on pattern which I still find easier than finding the center & going from there. Haven't done that in ages though. A lot of the cooking I learned from my MIL & doing it myself.
"Work as if you were to live a hundred years, pray as if you were to die tomorrow." ~Benjamin Franklin~ |
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Leezard
True Blue Farmgirl
950 Posts
Elizabeth
Novi
MI
USA
950 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 08:21:51 AM
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My grandma taught me to make a chain as a kid and a few years ago I taught myself, from a book, more but I'd like to see if I can get my grandma to teach me how to do the fancy stuff because I can't quite seem to figure that out from a book. I also taught myself to embroider from a book. I learned sewing from my mom and my 4-H leader.
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Norma
Farmgirl in Training
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Norma
Texarkana
AR
USA
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Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 08:28:50 AM
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I remember my grandmother's attempts to teach me to sew...I fear it was not a pleasant experience for her. My mother later taught me MUCH about the craft. I highly value everything I learned from her, from sewing to crocheting, cooking, baking, painting, crafting. There was no end to her encouragement of my skill development! I miss her daily. I remember my grandmother (Mammaw) trying to teach me to embroider, a task which I'm sure she gave up quickly. I was not exactly excited about learning back then - and oh, how I wish I had! I still have Mammaw's embroidery hoops - old wooden ones with her name "Norma" written in pencil on the sides. She no doubt embroidered with other ladies.
I will say that I admire all of you who sew/quilt/paint/craft things in front of your children. You are making an everlasting impression on them. Teach them your skills - they'll thank you for it one day, I promise!
Mother crocheted and taught me how to make granny squares. We made many an afghan, me making the squares and her putting the pieces together! Some times I think I lack that ability to put all the "pieces" together! LOL
Twice a week my mother drove me to my piano lessons and I remember her sitting in the car waiting for me, with some sewing project she was working on in her hands. She never just SAT there, or even thumbed through a magazine (one of my joys) -- she was always, always, always busy and never idle. Oh, to be as productive as she was! |
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faithymom
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Faith
Sandpoint
ID
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 09:41:20 AM
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My grandma on my dad's side was a master seamstress. Unfortunately she passed before my passion for sewing was kindled. I regret not learning from her...however, she taught my mom and my mom taught me, so I guess I did receive some of it.
My mom taught me sewing, embroidery, cooking/baking, and mothering (the hardest 'art' to master lol)
She must have started when I was really small though, because I don't remember actually being taught.
I do remember trying to sew on her machine and it jamming up EVERY time I sat down.
She'd sew, and it worked fine, she'd get up and I'd sit down, it'd mess up... so for years I'd just sew by hand.
When I was 16 I finally discovered sewing in a major way after I sewed myself a dress. This was thanks to a friend who gave me the simple pattern.
I haven't really stopped since then, and almost all of my 'home-biz' ideas revolve around sewing something...I just can't decide on what that should be.
And I asked my mother-in-law to teach me knitting recently.
"All television is educational television. The only question is, what is it teaching?"-Fmr. FCC Commissioner Nicholas Johnson |
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
1681 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 09:42:28 AM
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I can't sew well but all my fiber arts I learned from my very dear older friend Marion who died this past October. I miss her so much. If I have a question I don't have her to bounce it off but I have her books, equipment and all the love she gave me.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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horse
True Blue Farmgirl
371 Posts
laura
pontotoc
mississippi
USA
371 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 12:43:25 PM
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My mon taught me to sew, crochet and tat. My dad's mom taught me to cook, me dad taught me the way of the soil and my granddad taught me how to cuse and spit. (JUST JOKING in a small way)I didn't really take all the sewing and things to heart until I got married the first time.
Laura
www.2lmzfarms.blogspot.com |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 4:16:00 PM
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My Mema (grandma) and her neighbor, Mrs. Burns, taught me how to knit when I was down for the count with chicken pox. My mother and Mema taught me how to sew. I'm still trying to teach myself how to crochet without much luck, so I'm looking for someone to teach me. I taught myself how to cook and took over the duties when I was 11 (my Mom had to work) with some help from Mema. Cooking is not really my mom's thing.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 5:21:35 PM
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I got my first knitting lesson from my Girl Scout leader when I was 12. I made a ski headband - I still remember the white yarn with green specks in it - looked like mint Christmas taffy - and still have the gold-colored needles size 7 I got for this lesson. We spent a day at her house - snowmobiling, some nature project around the frozen pond, then inside for hot cocoa and cookies and then the knitting lesson.
Her daughter, Denise, was the envy of the entire sixth grade. She had beautiful hand-knit sweaters for every day of the week. Denise said her mom knit all the time, even in bed at night. I remember one particular royal blue sweater of hers with evenly-spaced full-fashioned increases all the way up the sleeves. I was fascinated with it - I counted the increases during our grammar lesson in Mrs. Masters' class.
Denise had juvenile diabetes and unfortunately passed away when we were college-aged. Her family moved away from the area but I have frequently wondered where they went - I'd love to see her mom again and let her know how much she inspired me.
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
Visit my blog at http://brightmeadowfarms.blogspot.com ,web site store at http://www.watkinsonline.com/fish or my homepage at http://home.earthlink.net/~brightmeadow |
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faithymom
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Faith
Sandpoint
ID
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - Jan 24 2007 : 10:33:31 PM
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Debbie, if you don't find anyone closer to teach you crochet, let me know. I'm in Sandpoint and I have crocheted for as long as I can remember. I'd be happy to teach you.
We could make an Idaho farmgirl day of it....?
Faith
"All television is educational television. The only question is, what is it teaching?"-Fmr. FCC Commissioner Nicholas Johnson |
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Beemoosie
True Blue Farmgirl
2077 Posts
Bonnie
New York
USA
2077 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2007 : 03:13:40 AM
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My Grandmother definately got me interested in sewing and embroidery, but we live so far away I taught myself for the most part. But I wanted to learn because Grandma did it. I made a quilt before taking a class, but classes have been instrumental in my ablility and interest.
My mother has tried and tried to teach me to crochet. It just hasn't clicked yet!
My soul magnifies the Lord, And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior. Luke 1:46,47
www.beequilting.blogspot.com
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cindi
Farmgirl in Training
39 Posts
cindi
sedalia
mo
USA
39 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2007 : 04:41:48 AM
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| i learned embrodey in girl scouts, when i was in 3rd grade. I just learned to knit this decemberat our pastor's open house. My mother doesn't do any needle work. |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - Jan 25 2007 : 10:17:00 AM
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Faith,
Thanks. I may take you up on that.
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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GaiasRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2552 Posts
Tasha-Rose
St. Paul
Minnesota
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