Article about needlework etc

Posted by Edna on April 26, 2009, 6:12 am

This article appeared in Saturdays Sydney Morning Herald.
Thought it might interest someone.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/arts/young-artists-embrace-their-inner-nanna/2009/04/24/1240079859653.html

Edna in Sydney

Posted by Cheryl Isaak on April 26, 2009, 6:26 am

On 4/26/09 6:12 AM, in article

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Thank you, that was fun!

Posted by on April 26, 2009, 6:50 am

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It was very interesting, I believe the trend ebbs and flows but think
needlework will always be there in one form or another, why not, it's
been there since before time.

I thought this passage was true too

The sculptor Kate Just first picked up a pair of knitting needles at
26 and from her first scarf she was hooked. "Children of today are
raised in a consumer-focused environment and then as adults they can't
sew or cook or make things," she says. "They feel a loss so they seek
out those skills-based experiences to feel a sense of self-reliance
and ability."

That's not to say all, but it is true of many.

Posted by Dawne Peterson on April 27, 2009, 3:24 am

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I think there are people in every generation who are raised to be
self-sufficient, and those who aren't. I couldn't cook when I married the
first time--but I could read, and if you can read, you can cook. 3 of my
Dad's 4 sisters had no domestic skills either--never learned, because they
were training to be teachers and nurses.

Dawne

Posted by Bruce Fletcher (remove denture on April 27, 2009, 4:17 am

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When we see young (and not-so-young) mothers with a couple of children
in tow who fill their supermarket trolley with ready-prepared food
(burgers etc) and tinned produce Maureen often comments that with what
they spent they could buy a couple of joints of meat and some fresh
vegetables and, for the cost of an hour or two in preparation, give
their family several decent, much healthier and tastier meals.
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney UK
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