tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855752.post116379484020422539..comments2024-02-09T05:20:33.040-05:00Comments on Å Strikke: The Benefits of a Crafty ChildhoodKate A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04862446913952308018noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855752.post-1164053135539471022006-11-20T15:05:00.000-05:002006-11-20T15:05:00.000-05:00Your childhood sounds an awful lot like mine. I h...Your childhood sounds an awful lot like mine. I have some more thinking to do about this--and perhaps a post...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your wonderful blog and all it has added to my days.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09543197858284977937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855752.post-1164042175383488652006-11-20T12:02:00.000-05:002006-11-20T12:02:00.000-05:00lovely post! i think a friend of mine had those b...lovely post! i think a friend of mine had those books. <BR/><BR/>is it just me or does the dad on the spine of the "guide for parents" look like bobby kennedy?Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17109910521429088196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855752.post-1163973100240907722006-11-19T16:51:00.000-05:002006-11-19T16:51:00.000-05:00Wonderful post! You made me all nostalgic too.Wonderful post! You made me all nostalgic too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855752.post-1163895517851231372006-11-18T19:18:00.000-05:002006-11-18T19:18:00.000-05:00I so enjoyed your post today. What a lucky little...I so enjoyed your post today. What a lucky little girl you were and happiness comes in many different forms. If you are interested in crafting, knitting and doing crafts with children, you might enjoy www.knittingiris.typepad.com She is a beautiful knitter, but she home schools her two little boys and they do the most fantastic crafts. Have a little look!Peg-woolinmysouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03790536800383924646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855752.post-1163861330752706232006-11-18T09:48:00.000-05:002006-11-18T09:48:00.000-05:00See, that's what I was talking about...and btw, yo...See, that's what I was talking about...and btw, your mother, what a beauty! I love that photo. What a bundle of information (yes, I am an observer and thinker, introverted, maker,reader also, from I swear, day one). My first husband and I didn't make it terribly long, just long enough to produce 2 of my three, but I always made sure (with help from my parents) that there were books, and lots of them, and all that inexpensive stuff to be had for creating, collecting all the old bottles, filling the wagon with them, you know different amounts of water in each and parading to the little woodsy area and making music..taking them down to the river's edge (which was just on the trail in back of the house) to watch for animal prints and figuring out who they belonged to, there's something to be said for not having lots of money...did a lot of sewing which they were all interested in, especially when they knew the garments were for them, special, and helping to design simple sweaters (yep, sorry but just enough for acrylic in those days) but they were soft and so washable, and most importantly, they loved them. You are the same age as my second son, your brother the age of my firstborn son, Havala showed up 18 months later (whew), I'm thinking your mom and I are the same age. I have asked each of my kids (and believe me they're all different) if they felt they had happy childhoods, my oldest, Aardron, who was the dark and broody type (even asked me once, why I had those other two) and I used to worry about him...thought for a few minutes and a huge sweet smile lit up his face and he said, "well yeah....". <BR/>Now with grandchildren (believe it or not, Aardron has been the only one brave enough to marry and reproduce) I get to do all of that again, and have had the great opportunity to spend lots of time with them, caring for them during the week, and so getting to really know them..it really is special.<BR/>Kate, you are going to be a great Mom, and eventually a fabulous Grandmother, and although *I* may not be around for the grandmother bit I'm hoping that the blogging thing will continue long enough that I get to see you being a Mom. Thanks for the post. Oh, and hey, I'm really glad you had a happy childhood, they're all different for everyone, like you, give me some space, a book, (I had an old upright piano in my room I got to create with), stuff to make things with, I was one very happy camper, and nope, we didn't have much money either....It wasn't such a bad thing at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855752.post-1163810913720988422006-11-17T19:48:00.000-05:002006-11-17T19:48:00.000-05:00Like you (though a few decades earlierm heh!) I wa...Like you (though a few decades earlierm heh!) I was also a child enamoured of books and craft supplies. I always made sure my kids had both too. None of us are ever bored! However, I worry about families like my nephew's, 3 kids and nary a book or newspaper to be seen in his house. Just because he's dyslexic doesn't mean his kids should be denied the power of text! Videos, computer games, and tv aren't everything. Do not get me started!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855752.post-1163809415747396502006-11-17T19:23:00.000-05:002006-11-17T19:23:00.000-05:00We had that Childcraft set too. To this day I pac...We had that Childcraft set too. To this day I pack a things to make and do bag when going on a trip.Sonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03676228724944263850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28855752.post-1163799310658229002006-11-17T16:35:00.000-05:002006-11-17T16:35:00.000-05:00Oh man! I had that whole series of books...."Chil...Oh man! I had that whole series of books...."Child-" something.... "Make and Do". Those were the days, manDharmafeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12361897526639491732noreply@blogger.com