Boy's Don't Knit!

I can't understand the subject line - or the book title.

I have three sons and two daughters. They all learned to knit, only one of them does now.

I have six grandsons and four granddaughters. Two are too young to learn to knit (at 22 and 13 months you have to agree). Only two of them knit now, both boys.

Mary

--------------- Mary on our side of the big pond (US) it is still a bit unusual to see males knitting these days. I do sense that times are changing and more of us boys are knitting. The book develops a appreciation for knitted items in general and encourages boys to knit specifically.

Padishar

I believe it's unusual here too but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen :-)

Mary

My granfather taught my mother who helped show me a few things. My Gram never learned to knit, but I do have the only thing she ever crochetted- an afghan she hated with a passion.

-georg knitter of socks

Thanks Padishar,

What a great story to pass on. Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail

YEARS ago there was a Book in Israel "LaBat ve gam Laben Lo Yazik Ladaat " For the Daughter , but also for the Son it wouldn`t hurt to know .. At those time Teenager books of any kind were quite rare. in one of the articles/stories The writer tells , that she just could Not knit thus one year her mother gave her a Birthday present Hidden /rolled into the wool balls ,,, which she had to knit , to get her present. And than her Father Helped her ,,, he learned to knit onesummer when he was in Hospital with a broken leg .... mirjam

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My husband was in hospital for a month in the 1980s, with some still unidentified neurological condition. He's a very practical man who hates doing nothing with his hands, reading wasn't satisfying enough.

So I took him some balls of wool and an inkle loom, he'd never even heard of such a thing - nor had I, it was a friend's. There were no instructions but he worked it out and made yards and yards of decorative banding which was very much in demand for straps, leg binders and favours.

Now he makes inkle looms (among lots of other textile equipment). He's the textile worker in this house - apart from knitting and hand sewing which I prefer so don't allow him to take it from me.

Mary

Great!

Thank you Mirjam, Dennis

Mary,

You would not believe how close that story hits home.

I spent 3 weeks at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. I never received a diagnosis, I was told I was an anomaly. My neurological problem was never completely diagnosed accept for be told I have so many neurological disorders they can't pick one out to blame things on.

I learned to knit and crochet many years before Mayo but, your letter made me laugh, yes you have to laugh for cry. I choose to laugh and enjoy life, it is good.

Hugs & God bless, Dennis & Gail Mary Fisher wrote:

Mirjam, I love the idea of hiding a gift inside a ball of wool for someone to knit (or crochet) in order to find the gift. What a novel way of getting someone into yarnwork. ;o)

Mary, I had never heard of Inkle Weaving before your message. I just googled it and came up with a few pages, but this one

I don't blame the medics, they're not magicians. I'm just pleased that they know enough to have saved our lives :-)

Oh yes. When you've been close to death you realise how good life is.

Mary

I know, sometimes he makes me sick :-) He can do anything - except computer stuff. It's nice to have him ask how to do something :-)

Hugs,

Mary