The little dog learns a new trick
Em picked up crochet and knitting in her teens, when China was in the dawn of an opening era. Living in the age when supply and materials were in great scarcity and large-scaled machine production was still remote, people were subject to hand-make almost everything, from food to clothes, from furniture to toys. But decades later, when machine making trumps in the world, when machine learning is what people are fascinated with, when a robot can do most of jobs, able to even write a poet, we would think that handmaking would retreat and one day go non-existent. Fortunately this is not the case. It still holds its distinctive place in the evolving world.
J was never taught how to do knitting or crochet. When she, in her twenties, asked her mom Em to teach her, Em gave it a shrug, telling her disparagingly that it would be a waste of time to learn. Industrialization saves labor and time and solves every of our need, efficiently. Why bother and revert to time-consuming manual work?
Em was proved wrong this time. J came home this winter and showed her the fad on Tiktok, along with her self-taught skill: crocheting. One night, Em found back her old-style crochet needle, sat by J, and primed for any question. Under the lamplight, J leaned against the bed rail, her nimble fingers crisscrossing the yarns adeptly, her face glowing with confidence and gratification. When a single straight thread turned to be interlocked with beautiful flowery patterns, Em knows that her girl, who did not even know how to sew a button, surpasses her, blossoming into a handy person who has learned a new trick without her presence.
Em concludes that the world is not just progressing linearly forward but sometimes regressing a bit. People are nostalgic, and come back to hold on to things that are dear to their ancestors. Good things are never to be forgotten, Em thought to herself.
In a sense, crochet is like an artwork, an expression of identity. Girls would delight in putting on what they create by their own hands -- a scarf, a bag, a toy or a sweater, to declare to the world that they are what they wear, and that their life could be dyed just as colorful as yarns.
暖冬女兒中文厲害啊,可以和你文字交流!我家孩子和我麵對談話時,我可以要求他們說中文,但他們不會書寫不會閱讀。
你女兒巧手而且有恒心,第一次鉤針作品就是一件漂亮的背包,大讚!我是太放任孩子了,他們也學過不少東西,但經常是雷聲大雨點小,沒啥成樣的。
一直有印象暖冬對女兒的母愛之深,孩子大了,我們都得學會放手了!說起來容易,做起來還是難的。我家老二今天晚上開車去紐約,這是他第一次自己開長途,還帶了三個同學,紐約今天又下大雨,我這心也是一直懸著。我們一起繼續學習放手吧!
I recently came across the word "chic" again, but I never saw its comparative form "chicer". My first impression is it is a typo of "choicer".
Thanks for your input and insight. I agree that AI won't take over everything:)
Humans need to use their body and create meaning. The progress that holds them back won't scratch the need. No one would race trains like the Superman, but meanwhile running has never been chicer. My high-schooler enjoys gardening and is learning ceramics.
AI's not taking over everything. I'm almost sure :-) Cheers!
這些攤上賣的小玩意真是cute,人見人愛的。不過我走過去沒見人買,倒是有小姑娘問衣服的價錢。謝謝沈香臨帖留言!
暖冬拍的市場的鉤針編織作品都好漂亮,好喜歡,如果遇上,我一定要買一些。讚暖冬溫馨好文!順祝暖冬周中愉快!春安!
謝謝你又特意來誇女兒的中文,其實還是很有限,比較讀得太少,不過我們一直鼓勵她。謝謝你啊,甫田,祝你鉤針愉快,樂在其中!
你說的是啊,燕兒,不能再以長者自居了,做朋友,讓她願意跟我們說話,這才是最重要的。謝謝燕兒!(你怎麽又關門了:))
當然不是自己去手工編織賺錢,這種太費時間了,可以考慮在抖音上放視頻賺錢:)靠流量,但是我知道要做的好做的有特色也不容易。我自己連怎麽樣拍視頻都不懂的。
女兒的中文也是很有限的,以前的一點點基礎,工作後碰到一些中國同事,覺得有用,加上我們不停地誇她中文好,所以她也願意用中文跟我們交流。謝謝七月啊!
多年前看見鎮上手工藝術店裏有賣帶鉤織圖樣並配好線和填充棉的編製小動物材料包,非常喜歡,買回家後卻一直沒時間研究和製作,現在已經找不到了。謝謝你拍下的那些編織動物,收了那片有兔子的,太可愛了~~。
說起孩子的教育,有不少時候,是孩子教育了我們。:)回過頭來看,和孩子盡量溝通好,和孩子的關係融洽,讓孩子把我們當知心朋友,遠比費盡心思指點孩子“走正路”重要。:)
靠手工創收太難了,幾乎不可能:) 本來我的花苗可以創收的,嘻嘻。 最近不少朋友和同事喜歡,那就改主意送禮了。 剛剛了解到,送朋友花, 最好用稍微漂亮點的花盆,presentation比較好。 同胞朋友不在乎,說自己會找喜歡的花盆。 我在買花盆的網頁上看到好多老美都說,要送人,或者要義賣,需要物美價廉的花盆。 我三天前買了一套12個盆,換了新盆,顯得整齊漂亮,比原來的育苗盆好太多了。今天又下單了好幾套。創收的項目變成超支的了,哈哈。 不過,擺弄花盆的過程帶來的快樂,千金難買。
謝謝你喜歡這個顏色搭配,我也很喜歡這個搭配出來的效果。她這個心織的應該是對的,因為擠著一起,加上縫合時的有緊有鬆,導致有點out of shape,另外也需要用熨鬥燙一下才更平整美觀。也希望她能找到她的Mr. Right! 謝謝唐西留言!
https://www.etsy.com/listing/572852029/turkey-hat-with-drumstick-ear-flaps
七月說的是,我們做家長的不就是把自己認為最好的推給孩子,但是孩子不一定這麽認為的。Happy如果有一天做媽媽了,會體會到你的良苦用心。
關於鉤針,是我自己老土,從小學的就是有舌的鉤針,我知道大多數人用的都是沒有舌頭的,但是我就是不會,有舌的不用扭一下,直接拉起來就好了,無舌的穿越時要稍微扭一下方向的:))
謝謝七月啊,你是編織老手,你看看我照片後麵的,好可愛的,據說抖音上鉤針很popular的,所以你除了蟹爪蘭可以創收,鉤針也可以的:))祝七月養花編織快樂!
顏色的搭配,超級捧。料不說,顏色就能吸引人。
糟糕!估計小Mr.Right 來了。
心圖沒有鉤好,但有心就行。
南方人就是心靈手巧,
哈哈,算了,技術問題,不重要。
我非常理解你早期push女兒把精力花在“正事”上的心思。 我也會那麽做的。 隻是我女兒到現在都沒有摸過毛衣針。 她倒是簡單,凡是媽媽做的,她都不做,連大學選專業也一定要跟我不一樣的。
另外,你說的有舌的鉤針和無舌的鉤針,我也第一次聽說呢。 回頭也得搜搜。 自以為是老鉤針用戶了,稍不留神,就被時代甩後邊了。
土雞帽子是啥樣啊? 我去搜了,還是沒有搜到確切的答案。 暖冬跟女兒提過想要土雞帽?
讚同暖冬的許多感悟,“學會放手,學會讚美,學會做一個聽眾,學會做知己”,
我也是,與女兒做朋友,放手讓她飛,社會和生活會教育她們,讓她們自己去曆練:))
暖冬的女兒真是貼心的小棉襖,不僅聰明能幹,還心靈手巧,這件手工編織品很棒,鉤織的漂亮又勻稱,,很可愛!
暖冬嗓音這麽好,女兒一定也是,還要鼓勵女兒唱歌,業餘生活更豐富多彩:))
暖冬的小棉襖手太巧了,好漂亮別致的手工品!修身養性真好!我也有很多要向暖冬學的,學讚美,學英文!:)
愛子女,同時也要愛自己,自己生活的陽光溫暖了,才會讓孩子感受到榜樣的力量和希望。
暖冬教育孩子已經很成功了。小孩成年了,就讓她們自己去判斷和行動。當父母的就不要添亂了。:-)