{"id":41409,"date":"2017-03-09T11:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-03-09T16:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/?p=41409"},"modified":"2023-03-06T12:49:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T17:49:29","slug":"question-learn-knit-crochet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/question-learn-knit-crochet\/","title":{"rendered":"When Did You Learn to Knit or Crochet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/learn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">learn<\/a> to knit or crochet at different points in our lives. Some are taught as children, while others don&#8217;t pick it up until retirement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41412 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-1-38-30-PM-600x593.jpg\" alt=\"learn-crochet-hook\" width=\"600\" height=\"593\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41412 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/community\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-1-38-30-PM-600x593.jpg\" alt=\"learn-crochet-hook\" width=\"600\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-1-38-30-PM-600x593.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-1-38-30-PM-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com/community/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/3-8-2017-1-38-30-PM.jpg 602w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>So, right now, we&nbsp;ask you:<\/p>\n<h3>When did you learn to knit or crochet?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>A follow up to that is, if you know how to do both, which did you learn first, and at what ages did you pick up each craft?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To answer my own question, I learned to knit when I was 24. After my grandmother passed away, I was helping clean out her house and found a bag of old knitting needles and some extremely scratchy yarn. I eventually replaced both of those things with my own tools (which included some Lion Brand Wool-Ease\u00ae Thick &amp; Quick\u00ae). However, finding that bag of stuff&nbsp;is what set me on my knitting path.<\/p>\n<p>As for crochet, I tried a few times over the years, but didn&#8217;t take it up&nbsp;in earnest until starting my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lionbrand.com\/pages\/how-to-crochet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn to Crochet<\/a> series at the beginning of this year.<\/p>\n<p>Let us know your answer in the comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all learn to knit or crochet at different points in our lives. Some are taught as children, while others don&#8217;t pick it up until retirement. So, right now, we&nbsp;ask you: When did you learn to knit or crochet? 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