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It's a conspiracy that women don't knit and sew anymore.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 3053613:MV8xNzQwMjE1XzI4ODI1MTQ2XzE0QkM1MzQ=] [quote:Da Purple Chicken:MV8xNzQwMjE1XzI4ODI1MDY5X0EyMDBEMDEw] [quote:Anonymous Coward 3053613:MV8xNzQwMjE1XzI4ODI0NjI5XzdBNUQwRUMz] [quote:Earth Daughter:MV8xNzQwMjE1XzI4ODI0MTg1XzhDNEJCQ0U3] [quote:BOWMAN:MV8xNzQwMjE1XzI4ODI0MTI3Xzk4QUEzNTQx] Well at one time it was practically a necessity to know how to sew. But our modern day culture has become so consumer/manufacture based, that the 'need' for it just isn't there anymore. ------ [/quote] That's one of the problems though. I suppose the corporations love us buying stuff we'll just dispose of, instead of fix and keep. That's why they are making things more flimsy these days. [/quote] i was just saying this about cast iron pots...less people have them b/c it teaches you to take care of something that will last longer than your life and of course we would rather have something coated in teflon poison instead....once more and i really hope someone watches this...consuming kids the commercialization of childhood http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uUU7cjfcdM ....and also the story of stuff http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLBE5QAYXp8 [/quote] Oh! I LOVE cast iron! I have a collection you'd be quite envious of - I even have cast iron cassarole pans and my oldest frying pan is from the 1800s. Take care of them and they become family heirlooms. :) [/quote] i just got my first one for christmas...i missed my mothers collection a lot...you just cant cook some foods the same without one. [/quote]
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It seems like the majority of 'average' women I meet don't know how to see or knit, and have no desire to learn. Mostly they look at me like I'm weird, and ask where I get the time.
Is it that they think it makes them too 'domesticated'? Like it's soooo 1950s to make clothes by hand.
I don't have a sewing machine right now, so I'm not sewing anything. I do know how to see by hand though, which I think is a great and necessary skill. And I really enjoy knitting. I mostly make stuff for my kids, and I'm getting better at it all the time. I can't wait until my daughter is old enough to learn how to knit and sew, it's going to be so much fun to make things with her (I've offered to teach my boy, but he says it's for old ladies).
So what's up with women not caring about this kind of stuff anymore? Is it a huge conspiracy? Or am I just old fashioned?
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