My mum is the best cook and baker and it's what she does to relax. I would starve to death if it wasn't for biscuits! I am lucky to be a very good baker but I don't choose to do it for fun, only if guests are coming.
However...
I sew, knit, crochet, cross stitch, tile, plaster, build kitchens.... I was gifted with "hands for anything".
I got the knitting from my mum, the crochet from my granny and I have a very crafty family. Of course it wasn't called craft when they did it, it was called necessity.
My friend couldn't hammer a nail into a turnip and has no interest so I taught all three of her children to knit. (Two boys and a left handed girl
).
At primary school we learnt to sew by hand and on treadle machines which were ancient even then but I loved it. I was first to master pulling the wheel to ensure I was going forwards and not backwards when I treadled.
I made a blue flowery gathered skirt in school when I was 8 and cried when I finally grew out of it.
Give them a little taste of everything and they'll pick and mix.
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