What did Grandma knit for you?

I had both GMs until after I was married, but I don’t think either of them ever knitted anything. Maybe just as well, going by some of the posts!

My MiL was a knitter - I still have a couple of jumpers she made for dds when still young. I’ve been keeping them for little Gdcs to grow into, but their other granny is a prolific knitter for them, so I doubt they’ll ever be needed.

I only had one grandma - the other one had died before I was born - and if she knitted I don't remember being given any thing she made?
But my darling mum was an amazing knitter and when I had my first baby - her first grandchild - she knitted a beautiful shawl for her. All 3 of my children wore it to their christenings and back in January my darling grandson wore it to his christening.

Paternal grandmother did not knit or sew, she only had one eye so may have had problems.
Maternal grandmother was an amazing seamstress and her knitting and crochet work was beautiful, she won prizes for her work but did not extend to us.
My youngest aunt used to knit me a new bonnet every winter which I had to wear right up until I was 14 and then she developed a thing about crochet waistcoats.

Neither of my grannies knitted, so nothing. One granny taught me to crochet, but I only got as far as making dish cloths, which were supposed to be square but usually ended up triangular!

DM was a knitting fiend and was never without something on the go. She made we three girls (at ages 4, 2 and 1) matching knitted bathing costumes! We must have looked cute on the beach when they were dry, but I dread to think what we looked like after a dip in the chilly sea!

I only knew one of my grans and she never knitted for me. My mother knitted constantly; cardigans, socks, hats, gloves, the lot. Although she saw very little of my children because we didn’t live near (often abroad), she knitted for them too. She sent a huge parcel of matinee jackets to Singapore for DS when he was born, but of course, he couldn’t wear them. In the last days of her life, she was very ill and we made a dash home as it was thought she wouldn’t last. When we arrived she was sitting up in bed knitting a sweater for DS. Two days later she died and the sweater was unfinished but I kept it for years, intending to finish it myself but somehow couldn’t bring myself to do it. I still have all her needles.

Hats, scarves and Aran jumpers mainly. She also crocheted anything from blankets to doilies. She taught me to crochet shawls when I was going through my hippie phase. I wish I’d kept some of it.

My granny knitted us ‘woolly vests’. They were knitted with the finest ivory coloured wool and must have been knitted on tiny needles. We wore them over our cotton vests as an extra layer. Looking back they were a real labour of love. New ones appeared for us every winter. My mum knitted us cardigans and jumpers.

My granny knitted everything for us. School jumpers and hockey socks on 4 needles.

When we were teenagers and shawls were fashionable she made us all beautiful ones with her crochet. She must have been pleased to reuse an old skill she had used when much younger . She was a Victorian born in 1870 and her hands were never still.

I only knew my paternal Grandma and don’t remember her knitting or sewing. My Mum did knit, we all had the Aran jumpers too! I remember they smelt funny as the wool was oiled? Apparently it kept them waterproof.

My Scottish Granny knitted lovely Arrans, the last one I kept for many years. My Northumberland Granny knitted me jumpers as well. If I stayed with them I’d get the left over bits to knit for my dolls.
I can’t remember which one taught me to knit, but in the 70s I knitted DH two Fair Isle tank tops. He’s still got them and at the time women would approach him, lift them up to look at the reverse side to see if the wool lay flat!
I always wanted a loopy hat, maybe I could knit myself one now!

One of my grandmothers used to knit school jumpers for me and my siblings. We all wore uniforms for school and a hand knitted 'V' necked jumper was much appreciated on cold days! The other grandmother didn't or couldn't knit.

My grandma couldn't knit, so no clothes from her.

My mum, however, could both knit and sew, so she made me lots of things to wear, and as she was very up-to-date fashion-wise, they were always stylish. She also kept my sons well-supplied with lovely jumpers when they were growing up.

Neither of my Grandmother’s could knit, but I can remember Mum’s Mother making proggy mats from time to time.
DHs Mother ‘thought’ she could knit and would knit an oblong, fold it in half, sew up 2 sides and say she’d made my girls mittens (with no thumbs!). We didn’t live very close, so she never knew they weren’t worn.

My Granny was far to glamorous to do anything as mundane as knitting.

My nan, on the other hand knitted and sewed most things we wore. When I started grammar school she knitted my cardigan with 'plenty of room to grow'. I was mortified and would have given any thing to have an M&S one, just like pantglas.

It was my Mum rather than either of my Grannies who knitted. I had several Fair Isle jumpers which I see are back in fashion.

I remember the loopy hats as well Vampirequeen everyone seemed to wear them at that time. My mother used to knit beautifully and often without a pattern. I had to stand still whilst the garment was measured against me. Cardigans etc always had pretty buttons I remember some ladybird ones on a red cardigan.

Both my grandmothers had stopped knitting by the time I arrived but had taught their daughters well as my mother and aunts all knitted and sewed.

I never had a shop bought cardigan or jumper as a kid and I was so jealous of my friends who’d M&S ones! However, my mam’s knitting was so admired by the dinner ladies at primary school that they used to make me do a catwalk in the canteen kitchen!

Both my Grannies died before I was born but I had two wonderful Great-Aunts who took the place of Grannies. They lived together.

One of them was blind but was a wonderful knitter despite that and I remember especially a bright red bonnet she knitted for me The other one (retired teacher) taught me to read and also to knit but her speciality was tatting, which fascinated me. She also did a lot of crotchet and I still have dressing table mats (not used) which she made. Loved them both dearly. Long gone now.

My grandmother didn't knit, she sewed and when I was a child she made all my "church" dresses (and an identical one for my sister in a different colour). She crocheted beautifully and in the '60s when I was about 20, she crocheted an entire dress for me, low-waisted, mini-skirted, in ecru. Oh how I wish I had kept it! It was fabulous and I wore it often.

I have several of her embroidered tray cloths, edged in lace crochet. I use them to line my bedside drawers. It quietens noisy bottles etc when I rummage. Makes me happy.

Never knew any grandparents. I assume they knitted, but not for me.

One year my grandmother knitted warm socks for all of us. Different colours for Dad, Mom, we girls, and the boys. Grandma also crocheted a bunch of snowflakes that could be hung on the Christmas tree.

Luckily, my grandmother wasn't a 'knitting' person. I am, but I only knit for babies and toddlers - plus an assortment of random scarves, slippers, mittens, toys, hairbands etc. that the grandchildren can use or 'adopt' and take home if they want to. Right now, knitted ducklings are popular here!

My grandma didn't knit. She was a widow and much too busy. She kept an immaculate house even doing all the decorating. She had a bedridden daughter. My wonderful aunty. She knitted beautifully. I remember a little white cardigan with blue figures around the edge. Her embroidery, of which I still have some tray cloths was perfect
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My other grandma wouldn't have known what to do with knitting needles .

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 have a photo of me wearing my knitted swimming costume.
Which reminds me that I must find it before anyone else clears my house!