tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17831692.post115393753847171177..comments2023-06-19T07:12:02.270-04:00Comments on Soapturtle Knits: Irritationlaurahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04929066248533503076noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17831692.post-1154104722596905012006-07-28T12:38:00.000-04:002006-07-28T12:38:00.000-04:00You think knitting is bad, try mentioning the hobb...You think knitting is bad, try mentioning the hobby/skill of 'tatting'! That one won't even get you a rude grannies comment - it'll get you a totally blank look! I learned to knit from my Grams who soon after gave it up to tat lace instead - apparently that was easier for her than knitting???? <I>(....the mind reels.....)</I>Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11604476568934217709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17831692.post-1154008434169555022006-07-27T09:53:00.000-04:002006-07-27T09:53:00.000-04:00This was a great reminder to me. I often reflect ...This was a great reminder to me. I often reflect negatively on my local knitting guild because of the age of the average member (because they tend to treat me like a kid) but you are right, without these women we wouldn't have the craft we love. They are amazing, and so are we for embracing something so traditional and each, in our own way, remaking it to suit who we are. Very well put! Thanks.K2 Knitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13385317630633012950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17831692.post-1153960364331091302006-07-26T20:32:00.000-04:002006-07-26T20:32:00.000-04:00Dismissing the value of experience is something ou...Dismissing the value of experience is something our society does too much. Just because the knowledge is in the mind of an older person does not meant that the knowledge is bad. Or boring. Or useless. My parents taught me that all knowledge is useful. Whenever one of us learned something (including my parents) that had no immediate usefullness, we called it "Trivia pursuit info". That was our way of saying that no knowledge is useless. It may come in handy at the darndest time. Like playing Trivia Pursuit.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047009380102911866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17831692.post-1153939087396049402006-07-26T14:38:00.000-04:002006-07-26T14:38:00.000-04:00Hey, I hear ya. Whenever I go to anything that has...Hey, I hear ya. Whenever I go to anything that has to do about knitting I always say "I'm off to knit with the grannies." My girls have even picked up on the phrase.Jolenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10715125195414415797noreply@blogger.com