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Crafts

Warpy

(111,169 posts)

11. Or nursing homes

Reply to My Good Babushka (Reply #9)

Sat Mar 1, 2014, 07:27 PM

Mar 2014

A lot of women who are there for health issues and not mental issues knit full time to keep from going crazy from the boredom.

They favor pastel acrylic, OK for baby blankets but not much else.

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"No, you cannot pay me to make you a blanket" [View all] MissMillie Jan 2014 OP

My dear MissMillie... CaliforniaPeggy Jan 2014 #1

Like you, I give most of my crocheted and knitted items away. Arkansas Granny Jan 2014 #2

You can always tell when someone has SheilaT Jan 2014 #3

same here miss mille! Howler Jan 2014 #4

Quilter here. I smile and bat my eyelashes, and sweetly say, kcass1954 Jan 2014 #5

me too,,,, KarenS Feb 2014 #8

I make bobbin lace. Ednahilda Jan 2014 #6

Same here KC Feb 2014 #7

You could direct them to Etsy My Good Babushka Feb 2014 #9

Or nursing homes Warpy Mar 2014 #11

What I have found is Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2016 #14

I add up the hours it takes and tell them what my hourly pay was at my last job Warpy Mar 2014 #10

I actually have a scarf I crochet SheilaT Mar 2014 #12

Same here, and... pipi_k Apr 2014 #13