What did Grandma knit for you?

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.

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 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.

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.

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!

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.

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!!!!?

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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)

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

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...

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.

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 Nan's knitting was hit and miss. I hated the school jumpers, one arm always being a slightly different green than the rest of the jumper, due to not buying enough wool in the first place. The best ever, and I still have it for sentimental reasons, was a very 60s fashionable bolero.

My Nan always knitted a cardigan for me for the new school term in September.They were always plain with two stripes around the bottom,When they were buttoned up the stripes never met in a line.She taught me to knit when I was about three and I've done it ever since, mostly baby clothes or children's Aran's.

lemongrove neither of my nannas were knitters. I don't know who taught my mother because she was an accomplished knitter and made all our winter woollies as well as making most of our clothes.

My Grandma made me cardigans, both as a child and as an adult - but would happily make me anything, either knitted or crochet, if I bought the wool! She also taught me to knit and crochet, so in later life, I made my own! I have kept the last cardigan she ever made me (It's shapeless now, made in white wool in a lacy pattern, and with short sleeves). She passed away when I was 29.

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Nothing that I know of. Like Callistemon‘s, one of my GM’s died when I was four, the other had been dead for nearly 40 years by the time I arrived on the scene.

Its’s always been a case of what you’ve never had, you never miss, for me until lately. Now I’m a gran myself, and as I watch my GC grow and developed their personalities, I wonder what my GP’s were like and whether any of their characteristics have passed through the generations.

I never really missed my grandparents because I never got to know them but this thread is making me wish I had.

I do have a couple of photos and that is all.

Neither of my grandmas knitted anything for me (or anyone else). My mother knitted all my cardigans and jumpers. She also knitted a skirt with a matching jumper once in a peculiar tweedy brown wool with a banana yellow stripe round the bottom - it was itchy and saggy so I hated it, but had to wear it. Then there was the knitted bathing suit - UGH!
She also sewed and made some really nice clothes for me when I was a teenager as she went on a fashion course at the local technical college. I had a military style maxi coat, a black crepe jumpsuit, a suit with a short skirt and bomber jacket. She made my first formal evening dress and I loved it. She also made my first wedding dress, which wasn't to my taste and a huge cathedral veil - when I got married for the second time I made my own dress from a Bruce Oldfield Vogue pattern.

My maternal grandma didn't knit but she was a works canteen manageress, and she called in on her way home from work one day a week, aand always brought us a fruit pie she had baked - wonderful memories