It's wonderful to hear about a culture that supports something as lovely as knitting. I have an aunt that always was working on something when visiting the grandparents almost every Sunday after church. Aunt Barb usually was crocheting something. I feel like it was her influence that sparked my interest when I was 18 years old to want to learn how to crochet from my then boyfriend's mom. Later I taught myself (before youtube tutorials) at 21 years old to knit using books checked out from the library. Around 10 -12 books later I figured it out! What I learned from that experience was that if I wanted to learn how to do something I could, with enough time and stubborn determination.
Lovely story of your creative journey @shanibeer!
Hello @yoginiofoz, how are you? It's good to see you again 🙂. How's your chicken? I hope she is fully recovered now.
It's lovely that you wanted to learn crochet, and fabulous that you were able to find your way to knitting through books. I guess as I was growing up, or at least during my childhood, it was very much part of the culture, partly that would have been through necessity and partly, that was just how things were.
I'm glad you enjoyed the story 😍
Hello @shanibeer! I am well and I hope you are too.
That chicken lived a full life for one so timid when we got her. She was killed by an owl we think one summer. I still have a few of her feathers saved since she was such a special bird.
While I did try to teach my daughter how to knit decades ago, she didn’t stick with it back then. She does crochet now, which makes me happy. It’s nice to see people taking up anything to do with fiber arts these days and is wonderful that you had that influence and support growing up.