Basic skills - would you admit to lacking?

I have an O Level in Needlework. We all had to take an Art/Practical subject and as I couldn’t draw for toffee and wasn’t that interested in cookery, that was my choice. It has actually been useful, because I can wield a needle for almost anything, having reupholstered a chair and in the past made loose covers for a three piece suite and also curtains. I also mended my son’s sofa on a visit to his home in the US!

Is it possible that the person that asked for the volunteers has severe arthritis and is physically unable to sew on a button? I've never been good at sewing but I could sew on a button once upon a time, but I couldn't now due to arthritis.

I am grateful for the basic sewing skills I was taught at school, but I have no talent for anything practical or creative. I usually sew on name tapes for my grandchildren. But was not asked this year. My daughter actually sent me a photo of two she had done!
I have no real interest in learning new skills, and nowadays my back and shoulders and poor grip prevent me doing things like decorating.

I cant swim either and am not interested in cooking although I can put together a basic meal for myself. Just not interested in anything which smacks of "housework". Useless at looking after sick people and I dont suffer fools gladly.

I am good at decoratng, basic DIY like putting up shelves, painting, wallpapering, interior design, knitting, sewing, crochet and embroidery. I can fill up forms (especially benefit forms as I know how to manipulate the wording) reading, writing, public speaking and running a business. Spent my working life dealing with customers and clients in various forms but use various techniques to manage them.

Think it's about time schools introduced basic living skills. Asking for someone to sew on buttons, the person is so lazy not to even look on the Internet for hints. Beyond belief. Bet they didn't even have a needle or thread.

I can do most useful practical things eg. sew, knit, crochet, embroider, make curtains, paint & wallpaper (better than my husband), fix a dripping tap, unblock the sink and loo, change a tyre, wire a plug, drive, ride a horse, draw and paint, cut the grass, prune the plants, use all our power tools (even my husband's scroll saw), upholster a sofa and trim and groom the dog!

If I want to know how to do something get a book from the library or Google it.

I can't swim, ride a bike, play an instrument, or cook - I'm just not interested in cooking which makes me resent the time it spent doing it.

I never learned to drive - found it stressful

I never learned to play a musical instrument or read music

I know how to text but find it clumsy and slow compared to typing

Never interested in sport or running around like a manwoman

Never learned to look after babies or change a nappy - never wanted any

I know what I am good at and its not any of these things.

I'm obviously no typist though ?

I can cook, sew, hang wallpaper, put flat pack furniture together etc. Always watched my parents who did mist things themselves. I've just got divorced and have found that I am more than csoable of going most things. That said I have decided after years of doing most of the work round our marital home that I will pay for someone else to do the Jobs I don't want to do. So I have had all downstairs (so far painted), I have a regular window cleaner and my bins washed and disinfected twice a month (hated that job). Any heavy work in the garden has been done by a gardener and am getting someone in to tile the kitchen splashbacks. I don't do anything on my car there's a garage and car wash that. Having done the lions share during the last 40 years I am now picking the jobs I want to do and thank my parents and my school for showing me how to do most of the practical jobs.

Galaxy ; do not want to be rude but you are just a bit patronizing to what skills a woman should have. I would be ashamed to admit that I could not even put together a meal
or want to step into my kitchen even if I was Loraine Kelly. Just because she presents the morning show she could still cook something.
I think teaching children to do some basic needlework is important and so is sewing on buttons etc, My grand-daughter was not getting taught needlework as a lesson but there was an after school group that ran a sewing class and she thoroughly enjoyed it, sadly when Covid struck the school it all stopped, and grand-daughter was really unhappy.
I taught her some basic needlework myself at home which she enjoyed.
I do agree with you that I.T skills are important also budgeting first aid and information about tax are equally important.
I am hopeless with smart phones and had to be given lessons by two young grand-daughters who could use them as if there were no problems.

People like to help & it forms wider networks & friendships.

I can't even do an ordinary whistle, let alone one of those piercing 2finger ones. Neither can I ride a bike despite trying many times. My fear of heights clicks in when I try to ride a horse,
However, a young friend needed to sew up the hem of her daughter's school dress, and didn't know how to do it. I did it for her and she was impressed. I had been the dunce of the needlework class too. To go back to the original post, I can also sew on buttons properly, darn and embroider. Many years ago I struggled to change an old style light bulb and the 16 year old baby sitter had to do it. I have never forgotten the look of disbelief on her face.

I can do loud whistles, fix my car and I can sew very well
but I cannot follow a knitting pattern really or crochet

There may of been a reason why the person was unable to do this simple task.

I can swim… sort of. I can do a width but only if I go really fast, because somehow I struggle to keep my legs up in the water. By the time I get across to the other side I am almost walking! I am hopeless at anything I don’t enjoy, decorating and gardening, car maintenance. But I am really good at knitting and crochet, even design my own patterns. I used to iron for people and some of them described my work as perfect. I can draw and write reasonably well, but my house is a tip because I hate housework and I am messy.

Callistemon

the M should have helped too LauraNorder
But why are they in the same slot?

P and R have their own slots.

Give me a gear stick any day!

What's a gearstick?

I can knit and sew basic things but.... i just can not master crocheting. A lady i know does the most delicate items in crochet and many other items of clothing, she tried to teach me but i feel all cack handed when i try.
I use to do all the decorating with my DH but due to health issues now have to get a decorator in, once the rooms in my home are completed that will be it till i pop my clogs, the cost is sooo expensive. Likewise with the garden digging is beyond me. I am currently trying to find someone to make ashed base for me as my shed needs renewing, it is a difficult task to find someone.

Lorraine kelly wont need to cook, I wouldnt be cooking in her shoes either, she has a different skill that means she doesnt have to.
I wouldnt have wanted my children to be taught needlework to be honest, I think I have probably sewn a button on a handful of times in my life and I have never needed to sew anything else. IT skills, budgeting, first aid, information about tax, etc are much more important.

I've been in my own for years now and can look after the house and garden pretty well. I can use a drill, decorate, build flat packs, sew, etc, but I do get a guy to have a look over my car before it goes for its MOT, although I can check tyre pressure, etc. When I left my ex he text me asking how to turn on the mower, think that says it all.

I can sew on a button/s mend a hem if some stitching has come out also remember having to sew my sons school blazer pockets or mend his school trousers as boys always were harder on their clothes than the girls.

I was amazed this morning when watching Loraine Kelly on TV and she was talking to someone on the show Loraine explained she never cooks at all at home she cannot cook and she has never learnt. It went through my mind I wonder who does all the food catering in her house as she has a daughter and husband.
I can put together some decent meals although I admit to not be a good baker, I would like to bake better cakes and puddings.

Difficult to believe that sewing on a button is beyond someone's capabilities unless of course they are handicapped or injured. Many years ago at the office I lost a button on my
right cuff ( I'm right handed) and one of the boys in the office sewed it on for me very proficiently and it was a first for him. I would be ashamed to post a request for this.

Same as Grandma70 I have few practical skills but I'm very good at organising other people to do things.

I used to be quite handy, have always been able to cook and do basic DIY and the car before it all became electronic, and I can sew a button on but am hopeless at any other sewing/knitting/crocheting! I can ride a horse and used to run a fleet of lorries and cars and am also a trained nurse, so reasonably practical but give me a TV to set up and am useless!!

I knit, crochet, sew and make my own greetings cards. My daughter has never shown an interest in anything of this nature and would readily admit to not being able to sew on a button, preferring to pass items on to me. I'm sure if I wasn't so readily available she'd give it a go.

I can't sing or dance as I have no sense of timing. I can knit crochet a little, do embroidery. I love baking, I just made Banana and chocolate muffins and a tray of shortbread. I can iron but don't. I can check tyre pressures and put air in if necessary. I enjoy cooking but am not up for anything too fancy( no dinner party stuff ). My worst nightmare is remembering names and faces.

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