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bad etiquette?
Hi everyone
I always thought it would be considered "bad etiquette" to knit in church. Not that I know much about these things, but it was just something I dared not do. But a couple of weeks ago, I saw somebody else doing it...knitting in church! For those of you more experienced, is it okay to do this, or is it sorta rude? It was around Christmas, so maybe she had to finish something up. *shrug* Allaya |
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On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 17:45:31 -0500, Allaya Diep wrote:
Hi everyone I always thought it would be considered "bad etiquette" to knit in church. Not that I know much about these things, but it was just something I dared not do. But a couple of weeks ago, I saw somebody else doing it...knitting in church! For those of you more experienced, is it okay to do this, or is it sorta rude? It was around Christmas, so maybe she had to finish something up. *shrug* Allaya I wouldn't. I have seen one person do it.... and it WAS to finish something, a crocheted edged on a cossack for a clergyman. Noreen |
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I know that I personally would feel wierd crocheting in church. I have
never seen anyone doing it in my church. But one thing I have done is crocheted on our church bus trips! Sometimes we go down to the Little Baker's Dinner Theatre about 2 hours away. I get a lot of work done on those trips! Diane ******************** "Allaya Diep" wrote in message news:UmIBd.18290$Q%4.6524@fed1read06... Hi everyone I always thought it would be considered "bad etiquette" to knit in church. Not that I know much about these things, but it was just something I dared not do. But a couple of weeks ago, I saw somebody else doing it...knitting in church! For those of you more experienced, is it okay to do this, or is it sorta rude? It was around Christmas, so maybe she had to finish something up. *shrug* Allaya |
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I would also feel weird bringing my knitting to church with me. It'd
be like I was saying that I'm not interested in the sermon or the minister was boring or something. But that's just me. |
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Allaya Diep wrote:
Hi everyone I always thought it would be considered "bad etiquette" to knit in church. Not that I know much about these things, but it was just something I dared not do. But a couple of weeks ago, I saw somebody else doing it...knitting in church! For those of you more experienced, is it okay to do this, or is it sorta rude? It was around Christmas, so maybe she had to finish something up. *shrug* I think that it is bad etiquette, Allaya. There are places to knit and places not to knit, and church is one of the "not" places. Just MHO, of course. Katherine |
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In article , Noreen's Knit*che
wrote: On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 17:45:31 -0500, Allaya Diep wrote: Hi everyone I always thought it would be considered "bad etiquette" to knit in church. Not that I know much about these things, but it was just something I dared not do. But a couple of weeks ago, I saw somebody else doing it...knitting in church! For those of you more experienced, is it okay to do this, or is it sorta rude? It was around Christmas, so maybe she had to finish something up. *shrug* Allaya I wouldn't. I have seen one person do it.... and it WAS to finish something, a crocheted edged on a cossack for a clergyman. Noreen Roaring with laughter....Noreen, I can't see how she would be in trouble......, I can't see why you can't knit during a church sermon....as long as you are respectful and listening, I would think it OK, do take in account that I am not a church goer Els -- hate spam not welcome |
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On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 20:06:22 -0800, Els van Dam wrote:
Roaring with laughter....Noreen, I can't see how she would be in trouble......, I can't see why you can't knit during a church sermon....as long as you are respectful and listening, I would think it OK, do take in account that I am not a church goer Els Els, the person I *saw* doing it was my own mother! Yes, as a kid, when I was Catholic (I'm not now, btw), my mom was really into making the crocheted edges on the priest's cossacks... this particular priest was a family friend, and he admired the lace edgings on most European priests cossacks (which were *probably* bobbinlace or tatted), so my mom took it upon herself to crochet lace edgings for him! (Nowadays methinks *she* thought she could buy her way into heaven, grin!) Anyway, she DID finish one in Church! LOL, Noreen |
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I Rememberin former times , that in kieboets meetings almost all the
women knitted [ and the odd man as well] , This was the only way to get sweaters as times were hard . You got cupons for the amount of wool and if you hadn`t a mate you were asked to knit for one of the single man as well. Of course all kids had knited sweaters which were handed down as soon as one outgrew them. And you saw woman knitting in buses , in the waiting rooms etc... it is coming back now [ of course many of us never stopped , only moderated the places we did it !!!] . Strangely enough when we were in the USA 20 ++ years ago i sat and knitted several times i was told by Usa women that it was Primitive behaviour [ i am sure many of those are now Primitivized themselves and knit as well !!!] , I know some women who are around my age who still think so ,, that it sort of " isn`t Done"[ i am not speaking about Church ,and such places but waiting rooms etc]. There was a time that even the feminist movement saw it as a form of enslaving one`s time ,, now that we can relax some of our Feminist idea [ not that we have all the rights] , we can expect other to understand that this is a FREE CHOICE of us to use those minutes or hours , with doing something we DO ENJOY , as well as it is making some essential to our way of life ,,, mirjam |
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Katherine wrote:
Allaya Diep wrote: Hi everyone I always thought it would be considered "bad etiquette" to knit in church. Not that I know much about these things, but it was just something I dared not do. But a couple of weeks ago, I saw somebody else doing it...knitting in church! For those of you more experienced, is it okay to do this, or is it sorta rude? It was around Christmas, so maybe she had to finish something up. *shrug* I think that it is bad etiquette, Allaya. There are places to knit and places not to knit, and church is one of the "not" places. Just MHO, of course. Katherine I'm with you, Katherine. I'd be shocked if I saw someone knitting in church -- but then I'm shocked when I see people who bring in coloring books to occupy their child during Mass (that's what the church nursery is for!). I would also find it very distracting to have that kind of motion going on near me as I was trying to focus on the service. |
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Noreen's Knit*che wrote:
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 20:06:22 -0800, Els van Dam wrote: Roaring with laughter....Noreen, I can't see how she would be in trouble......, I can't see why you can't knit during a church sermon....as long as you are respectful and listening, I would think it OK, do take in account that I am not a church goer Els Els, the person I *saw* doing it was my own mother! Yes, as a kid, when I was Catholic (I'm not now, btw), my mom was really into making the crocheted edges on the priest's cossacks... this particular priest was a family friend, and he admired the lace edgings on most European priests cossacks (which were *probably* bobbinlace or tatted), so my mom took it upon herself to crochet lace edgings for him! (Nowadays methinks *she* thought she could buy her way into heaven, grin!) Anyway, she DID finish one in Church! LOL, Noreen Noreen, This is very interesting; I don't think I've ever seen lace edgings on a cassock (on the white gowns worn under the fancy chasubles at Mass, yes). Were the edgings black to match the cassocks? (Oh, and do you remember the nuns' shawls, that were like wider versions of what we'd call a shrug now?) |
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