Knitting, sewing or crochet?

LETHAL LADY

I believe that AH is full of gentlemen so I am wondering how many of you were taught these skills in school, most of the chaps I know have had some lessons and can do plain or pearl.

marshbaboon

I forget how to knit and crochet, but I can still sew.

Home Economics, like a boss!

1ZRed

marshbaboon wrote: »

I forget how to knit and crochet, but I can still sew.

Home Economics, like a boss!

I can't knit or sew because I could never get it. Took engineering at school instead. Now I can weld, lathe function parts and build projects...but I can't feed myself


WTF is crochet?

LETHAL LADY

marshbaboon wrote: »

I forget how to knit and crochet, but I can still sew.

Home Economics, like a boss!

Im impressed keep it up, my hubby superglued the crotch back on his jeans. Patches were the style of the times.

Tombi!

I went to school in the 90s; by then all of this kinda stuff was gone I think.

Or maybe they felt it was sexist since it was a mixed school and the lads clearly would be disadvantaged. :pac:

leggo

I have a radio in my car.

ITS_A_BADGER

took home economics and did fook all, baked stuff and attemped to sew, i never ate anything i made because it was so bad but my mate wasnt long eating the lot

TL;dr wasnt able to bake or sew to save me life in school 10 years later nothings changed :D:D

LETHAL LADY

1ZRed wrote: »

I can't knit or sew because I could never get it. Took engineering at school instead. Now I can weld, lathe function parts and build projects...but I can't feed myself


WTF is crochet?

this is it.jpg you likey?

krd

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

I believe that AH is full of gentlemen so I am wondering how many of you were taught these skills in school, most of the chaps I know have had some lessons and can do plain or pearl.

Believe it or not, it helps children's handwriting. They get more control of their fingers.

marshbaboon

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

Im impressed keep it up, my hubby superglued the crotch back on his jeans. Patches were the style of the times.

TBH I learned very little in school. What they taught was absolute crap. Particularly with cooking.

I've been able to cook & bake since I was about 10. Learned a bit from my Mam, mostly taught myself.

1ZRed

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

this is it.jpg you likey?

No. Even that's verging on too gay for me tbh :pac:

NegativeCreep

In primary school we used to do tapestry and embroidery. I done one that was supposed to look like a puppy but it just looked like a brown smudge. I was absolutely terrible and never did it again. I refused Made a welcome mat/rug thing in primary school once though and it turned out brilliantly

I have no idea how to sew or do anything like it. I've never had to do it, that's what mammy's are for

mauzo

I love cross stitching ....my favourite thing to do to pass time

Besides drinking and smoking

wmpdd3

I was taught to knit by an aincent nun when i was 4, best thing ever, total zone out while knitting.
A german neighbour taught me to sew and embrioder.
I taught myself to crochet.
Took home ec 6 weeks before the leaving, as i was sure id fail french , got a c3 in honors. Probably the only way i got into college.
Took welding and cnc and leath work, found they so easy compared to kniting and crochet.

DEFTLEFTHAND

When I was in primary school the boys went hurling and the girls had knitting lessons. Always felt sorry them.

kylith

1ZRed wrote: »

I can't knit or sew because I could never get it. Took engineering at school instead. Now I can weld, lathe function parts and build projects...but I can't feed myself


WTF is crochet?

It's like knitting, but with one hook instead of two needles. I find it much easier.

phasers

They tried to teach me to knit in Primary school but I just couldn't get it. My Mam knitted the cushion we were forced to make for me.

brummytom

We were taught how to sew in Primary and Secondary schools. Wouldn't have a clue how to do it now though.

mattjack

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

I believe that AH is full of gentlemen so I am wondering how many of you were taught these skills in school, most of the chaps I know have had some lessons and can do plain or pearl.

Is that stuff not woman magic ?

ScumLord

They taught us Knitting in school, we used the needles to stab the guy sitting in front of us so they'd get in trouble when they yelped.

Of course knitting has it's advantages when the zombie apocalypse comes, with a ready supply of sheep all over the country we'll be able to knit all the clothes and accessories we need.

ejmaztec

I thought this kind of thing was only done in far-eastern sweat-shops by three-year old malnourished kids?

ScumLord

ejmaztec wrote: »

I thought this kind of thing was only done in far-eastern sweat-shops by three-year old malnourished kids?

This was the 80s in Ireland, we were the 3 year old malnourished kids. The knitwear was then shipped out to African boutiques.

ejmaztec

ScumLord wrote: »

This was the 80s in Ireland, we were the 3 year old malnourished kids. The knitwear was then shipped out to African boutiques.

Those Magdalene jumpers are still being worn by Nigerian princes.

Capt'n Midnight

If you've ever seen a knitting machine in action you quickly loose all interest in hand knitting.

Especially when you know you can hook it up to a computer and 'print' pictures with it. http://learn.adafruit.com/electroknit

ballsymchugh

phasers wrote: »

They tried to teach me to knit in Primary school but I just couldn't get it. My Mam knitted the cushion we were forced to make for me.

snap. i think we did it in first class, but my sister used to finish off whatever stuff i'd attempted.

Esel

I learned how to make a St Bridget's Cross in Low Babies.

policarp

LETHAL LADY wrote: »

I believe that AH is full of gentlemen so I am wondering how many of you were taught these skills in school, most of the chaps I know have had some lessons and can do plain or pearl.

Is it not purl?

Miss Lizzie Jones

I love to knit.

Esel

A stitch, in time,
Keeps a thread,
Long dead,
In the slime.

ArnieSilvia

I do! Wouldn't call myself a sewist but it's a great family fun on long winter evenings. I'm a "machine operator" and my kids cut out fabrics and watch.
Early in my career I was a machine operator and my mum & dad sew small things at home so I had an easy start (my wife can't sew but she's very good with hand stitching)

I started to sew only last year, when my wife wanted to finish off the blinds. The toy sewing machine we had was horrible so I bought myself a Janome 525s and it went from there. First I was hemming trousers, then shortening my suit jackets and moving onto more difficult projects/fabrics as I went along.
Last Christmas I decided to make a matching dress for my wife and my daughter. I drew a general design, went to the shops, bought pattern, fabrics. It was tricky to do the small dress as I had to scale down the pattern and adjust to different shape (no breasts!). You'd love to see the authentic shock and excitement on faces of my girls when they tried them for first time.

Another outcome of this hobby is that I become very aware what I wear design wise, learned to judge clothes on fabric used and amount of work that went into creating the piece. I appreciate what I wear a lot more now. And I no longer have to wear suit jackets with too long arms and trousers that were always too short or too long.

Shenshen

My brothers did some bits of knitting and crochet in primary school - the traditional set of crochet pot holders, and some little knitted stuffed animals (cats I think it was).

One of them never touched a needle again, but the other one approached me when he was around 14 asking me to teach him knitting again as he had forgotten.
He spent the next year or so knitting himself a monster of a Dr Who scarf.

Miss Lizzie Jones

Shenshen wrote: »

He spent the next year or so knitting himself a monster of a Dr Who scarf.

I'm actually thinking about making a Dr. Who scarf myself.

In Lonesome Dove

I love knitting so much. I learned a little bit of knitting in primary schooLl and it was something I liked very much in school. I took up knitting within the past year and half. Just took a notion one day. Bought a book, needles and wool one day and that was that. The little bit that I learned in school came back to me so easily. I learned so much since taking knitting up. I learned from a book and YouTube. Knitting is so therapeutic (not too sure of spelling here).