On Apr 6, 8:05*pm, "The Other Kim" wrote:
Mirjam wrote:

On Apr 4, 5:44 pm, "The Other Kim" wrote:





Bernadette wrote:
On Thu, 03 Apr 2008 05:16:38 +0000, Murielle wrote:

I know there's a special day for that, but I may have missed it.
Anyway,
I was knitting in the car, knitting in Humpty's and Smitty's and I
knitted
in the X-Ray lab.

I needed to knit as much as possible, and it was fun!

Murielle

It is fun Murielle and the reactions you get from people are
generally
positive.

Last Monday Rob had a hospital check up (there were good results) so
I
took my crochet with me knowing there is usually a delay before
seeing
the
doctor. Several people who were also waiting came over and asked me
either
what I was doing or to show them how it worked. The time passes very
quickly then. :-)

Sure does, and you never know who you may inspire. When I started
attending UCLA football games again a couple years ago I made sure to
bring along my latest sock-in-progress to knit in the stands. Another
band member saw me and said, "Oh good, now they won't laugh at me any
more," and pulled out what she was working on. I've had children come
over to see what I was doing, and I've offered to show some of them
how
to get started if they want. We'll see who takes that offer this year
:-)

The best response I've gotten so far was about a year ago. I had just
dropped my car off to get new tires and was waiting outside for
someone
to come pick me up. I pulled out the bag I was working on and started
in. A car pulled up in the driveway to turn onto the street, and the
gentleman in the car called to me and said something like, "It's nice
to
see young people still doing needlework. Keep it up!"

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That was kind and a bit ignorant, since so many young people do a lot
of handcratfs
mirjam

Not here in Southern California, at least not that I see. *It's still
considered "unusual" for someone to actually be knitting in public, or
doing any kind of needlework where others can see.

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There were when a woman NOT doing a hand craft in public , was almost
Immoral . how times change ,,,
mirjam