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I am an expert crocheter, thanks to my grandma’s teaching, yet an equally-inept knitter and seamstress, despite my grandma’s teaching. From a very young age, my grandma was a gifted seamstress, knitter, and crocheter. (Her dad had been a tailor. She figured she must have “inherited” her talent from him.) When...
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In 1997 with my retirement from the Navy approaching, Doug and I wanted to explore our beautiful country by traveling in our motor home. There were several things required to prepare for this adventure. Our "stuff" was sorted and important items placed in storage, several garage sales held, the house leased for a year and mail...
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Joyce tells us that from the age of 4 she started working with wool. From Mats for tea pots, knitted squares (which her mother turned into rugs), scarves and baby clothes, Joyce has been a knitter all of her life.
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Margaret tells us that she didn't have many days off while working for her father in 1943, however she and her sister were silver medallist dancers and attended the school dances (even though they had left school). They also went for walks and did a lot of reading. When she joined...
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I was really reluctant to start the engine in the old car. You see, I had a big problem. Actually it was a two-part problem I faced as I sat there next to the gas pump of a C-Store in Tucson. The first part I couldn’t do anything about because somewhere...
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