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Senior women: How many of you taught your daughters needle work, crochet, knitting, tatting, sewing?

January 28, 2012 - 6:56 am 24 Comments

Question by Life in the slow lane: Senior women: How many of you taught your daughters needle work, crochet, knitting, tatting, sewing?
Do YOU know how to do these things? Are these lost arts that will never return? Your thinking please.

Best answer:

Answer by NanaT
My mom never taught me any of the above. I’m 45. I can’t even sew on a button that doesn’t immediately fall off.

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Senior Scene

July 18, 2010 - 8:42 am No Comments

Senior Scene
Ambler Senior Activities Center, 45 Forest Ave., Ambler, presents a variety of activities daily, including fun and fitness, table games, cards, yoga, ballroom dancing, piano lessons, woodcarving, billiards, computers, knitting and crocheting, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with lunch served at noon. Wii games 10:30 a.m. Mondays. Call if you can offer an hour a day, weekly or monthly. New aerobic dance class …
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Park Manor resident makes award-winning afghan for senior fair

June 14, 2010 - 11:50 pm No Comments

Park Manor resident makes award-winning afghan for senior fair
Crocheting afghans, blankets and other items has always been a favorite hobby of Carol Patterson.
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