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Aug 2011
8:44pm, 31 Aug 2011
7,907 posts
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oceanspirit
oh...i've just remembered there is a sewing club for teachers after school...or there was last school year....but i really couldn't get away with taking it into the classroom...supposed to actually be teaching or something like that.
have to go look up a quilters knot now and attack my quilt that needs quilting. 
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Aug 2011
8:45pm, 31 Aug 2011
5,796 posts
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runner duck
i began learning at primary school and then continued with a school friend's mother (pink teddybear) and my auntie (yellow pan holder in basketweave). by which time i'd picked up the basics, which never left me despite the fact i don't think i picked up any needles for about another decade!
the only thing i didn't learn was to keep wind the wool round the needle whilst keeping hold of the needle. i am therefore very slow. one day i will learn but so far i have always been too impatient to get on with the next project when i decide to knit. and in fallow periods i'm not in the mood for knitting.
cross stitch and tapestry were easy to pick up having done binka (sp?) work at primary school again. where we learnt things like herringbone and blanket stitches as well.
it slightly puzzles me now that i obviously enjoyed it but didn't pursue it. probably because it was so ingrained not to bother mum with anything, especially if it would involve her time and or money so i just didn't. a shame really.
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Aug 2011
8:54pm, 31 Aug 2011
75 posts
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fraggle
My granny taught me to knit when I was little. She always had to cast on for me as it took me years to get the hang of it. I regret that I didn't ask her to teach me crochet - have tried to teach myself from a book, but just can't get the hang of it
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Aug 2011
9:04pm, 31 Aug 2011
32,466 posts
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mad4purple
Knitting I was 'taught' by someone aaaages ago but could remember it when I wanted to do some last year so I watched some very good you tube vids and that worked for me.
Crochet again watched you tube as a start then Grid's mum went through it with me.
I have 2 good books too which have great pics in and so if I need a reminder I'll look in there. But there are some good vids on you tube
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Aug 2011
9:09pm, 31 Aug 2011
2,650 posts
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Star x
my mum - but I think i picked up some bad habits - I'm not a very neat knitter. my gran taught me every now and again how to crochet - but I kept forgetting. one of the local shops offer lessons and I keep meaning to go....
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Aug 2011
9:29pm, 31 Aug 2011
268 posts
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wobblingTime
My Mum taught me to knit, but I stopped in my teens. She also taught me the basics of cross-stitch, and some embroidery. She was a bit disappointed when I stopped, and then rather pleased when I started cross stitching again about 7 years ago.
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Aug 2011
9:34pm, 31 Aug 2011
5,799 posts
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runner duck
i keep trying to persuade my daughter to learn but she doesn't want to
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Aug 2011
9:37pm, 31 Aug 2011
7,936 posts
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Girlie
I was taught my mum and nan. I think I learned more from nan though!
I also have tried a few times to teach LMG to knit, but she doesn't have the patience for a more slow growing craft. #She does have a sewing machine and enjoys having a go on that with help from her Granny (my mother) who does dressmaking and is teaching her!
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Aug 2011
9:39pm, 31 Aug 2011
17,080 posts
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Velociraptor
My daughters aren't interested in learning needlework either
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Aug 2011
9:56pm, 31 Aug 2011
1,766 posts
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sallykate
My daughter (almost 6) like sewing patterns with a darning needle using that big weave fabric whose proper name escapes me. I am hoping this will develop into an interest in all things crafty, at least the stuff I have half a chance of teaching her.
Boys should learn too of course. I've gained a few bottles of wine in exchange for simple things like taking up trouser hems in my student days.
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