What did Grandma knit for you?

Not my grandmothers but my DM knitted everything for me and my DC including a beautiful christening shawl. She had the most amazing talent for it and used to knit anything and everything to sell in our local wool shops (remember them?!) as she was that good. I can knit but certainly nowhere near to her standard.

My grandmothers knitted cardigans and jumpers for me when I was a child as did my mother and one of my grandmothers sewed the most beautiful dresses for me with smocking. When l was engaged both grandmothers embroidered table cloths for me, which l display on a side table with ornaments in the living room. One has more summery flowers and the other one has hyacinths so l can switch them for the seasons.
When l had my three children they both knitted copiously, beautiful little garments, as did my mother again. My sewing grandma also knitted a beautiful shawl for my first baby and again for my third. I was so lucky.

A beautiful blue dressing gown with my initials in red on the pocket. My highly talented and artistic sister painted a portrait of me in it, which I still have of course...

Nothing ......she was too busy drinking her Guinness!

Hello..I never knew My Grandparents...One of My Nans died in 1927 ..I wasnt born until 1965 ...I am enjoying finding things out on Ancestory (Sorry off topic)

My Granny used to knit cardigans and jumpers for my two sisters and me.

The last jumper she ever made for me was a polo neck, red body and black yoke and roll neck.

I absolutely loved it, it was very fashionable at the time.

My maternal gd. Never bought or gave us anything apart once when she looked after me a roast dinner and Rock cakes. But she was quite elderly by then and more kinder to me and my siblings.
My paternal gd died before I was born.

Long woolly vests which made me itch terribly. And a swimsuit once... I never wore it again.

My Gran didn't knit - apart from socks for my Uncles. My eldest Aunt used to do the most beautiful crochet work, she made bedspreads and settee/chairback covers. My Auntie Joan could do Fair Isle knitting and she was always making a jumper/scarf/hat/mittens for either my Uncle Bill or my cousin Graham. My Gran did like to embroider though, and I remember helping her with a massive tablecloth she was working on.

I also remember having to sit with my hands apart holding the wool whilst my mother made the hanks into balls. So boring.

I also had a much loved Golliwog, and my grandma, in addition to lovely cardigans for me also knitted a set of coordinated outfits for a set of 10 brown dolls .. which I adored and maybe, just maybe be, stored somewhere in the loft. I hope so because they were a most precious possession during my childhood. Dare not print what we called them now as it is not PC anymore.

My bottle green school cardigan, which I still have 50+ years on. I have literally just got off the phone to my 93 year old mum and we were talking about this very thing!!!!?

My Grandma was a trained tailoress and I remember she sewed my younger sister and I some beautiful duster coats to wear for church when they were in fashion.
However one Christmas she decided to knit us emerald green jumpers with fair-isle yokes. They were awful- we hated the colour (not girly), the yokes were too tight, the bodies were baggy and the wool was so itchy! Luckily we didn't see her much, but when we did our Mum made us wear them and we hated it.

Mine didn't knit either nor do I remember any presents they ever gave me but I do remember them being there, being fun and never judging me or commenting, especially when I was in my teens and quite 'odd and difficult'! Grandmas have a very special role to play in the hearts of growing children, enjoy the privilege if you can , by knitting balaclavas or not!

Cardigans and jumpers. Most remembered are pretty knitted short socks in summertime. The cotton yarn was, apparently, not rationed. She had three war baby granddaughters so she was kept busy.

My paternal grandma died when I was a baby and I only remember my maternal grandmother as an alcoholic who carried a bottle of gin in her handbag and sang bawdy songs and cackled with laughter when she visited us. My mother was a prolific knitter and churned out socks, gloves, hats, jumpers, skirts, dresses and a lovely zip-up hooded cardigan for me when I was a teen. we were all devastated when she had a stroke and could no longer knit.

My grandmother didn’t knit but my mother knitted the most beautiful Arran jumpers and she also knitted lovely dresses for my sister and I when we were very young and lovely Fair Isle jumpers.

I amazed myself knitting school jumpers, grey with green ‘v’ necks many years ago now when we didn’t have a lot of spare cash. They were lovely.

My maternal grandmother was a compulsive knitter, who fortunately was very good at it. She knitted us jerseys, cardigans, woolly hats, mittens, dolls' clothes, pram covers, both for us and later for our dolls, all of which we loved.

Unfortunately, she also knitted us baby pink or blue undervests in scratchy wool and bathing suits , that weighed a ton when wet.

She also embroidered beautifully, so she made us dresses, coats and hats.

My paternal grandmother kept her end up with bed-jackets and socks, slippers, more undervests, scarves and mittens.
She could be coaxed away from her knitting needles to the sewing machine and when the mending was done, she produced dolls' bedlinen and nighties.

Various aunties were knitters of dolls' dresses, skirts, jumpers, cardigans and socks with properly turned heels, believe it or not.

My mother contributed cardies, scarves and hats in my early childhood, but developed a inflammation of her wrist when my sister was a baby that put paid to knitting.

She was still able to sew on the machine and produced summer dresses, which we wished she hadn't and the most fantastic dressing up clothes for Halloween parties.

Most of the knitters contributed socks for my father as well.

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Every autumn Grandma would knit me a new hat for winter. It was always a loopy design in the most disgusting shade of green. I had to wear it all through winter and wear the previous year's to sleep in.

Did your Grandma knit you things?

That picture of the hat had me trembling!

I had one, not knitted by anyone I know, but it was so itchy!

I can still feel the prickles as I fiddled around with it.

My Nan made me a multicoloured poncho at my request ( don’t laugh..they were a thing back then?‍♀️?) I loved it and I can remember standing over her saying ‘please do one more row today’while she was knitting it!!

I remember having lots of different colour jumpers and cardigans which mum knitted in her favourite stitch---blackberry. She churned them out like a factory belt in progress. Knitted dungarees for brother.

Neither of my Nanas made anything for us (twins) but our Mum was a great knitter, sewer and did embroidery. She passed her skills on to my twin sister and I, but our younger sister had no interest. Mum also made pewter bowls and pictures. She passed away at age 93 a few months ago and many of her embroideries and metalwork have been passed round the family. I also paint watercolours and draw and I'm asked to draw and paint my GDs and GNs which is an absolute pleasure - I also knit and sew for them. I've always got a project on the go - just like Mum.

My Grandma didn't knit for me but my mother knitted all my jumpers and cardigans until I was around 12. I used to help her with holding the wool to be wound into a ball when small. When older I used to do some of the knitting for my father's and brother's jumpers, leaving her to do the complicated bits.
My mother was also a good dressmaker.

A lovely cream jumper with Mary Mary picture knitted in. I have a photo of me feeding Grandad's chickens whilst wearing it.

Nana was a seamstress and Grandma did crochet.. so no knitting. I have followed in their footsteps and can sew and crochet but although I can physically knit stitches I can't make them into anything useful!

The loopy hat in the OP is similar to one I crocheted for DD1 in rainbow yarn. with matching mitts & boottees and a pram blanket!