100-year-old knitter shares her talents

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  • Опубліковано 2 лип 2017
  • Virginia Carmichael, a 100-year-old knitter, has been making baby sweaters and blankets for newborns in need for many years. She goes to Westside Baby in West Seattle to see what happens after she donates them. (Ellen M. Banner/The Seattle Times)

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  • @Jacelyn5440
    @Jacelyn5440 3 роки тому +21

    I know this is an older video, but I wanted to say how precious this lady is. Once she was young and took care of her family, no doubt had children, etc. Now, she is giving back. What an example for we younger ones. The Bible tells the older women to teach the younger women. I believe that is what she is doing, as well helping so many precious babies.

  • @suzannemortimer9752
    @suzannemortimer9752 3 роки тому +108

    Ah bless her. My mother last knitted for me when she was 100 yrs old. She knitted me a ribbed cowl. Nowadays at nearly 103(!) and with advanced Ahzeimers, she can only knit a few rows.

    • @susanfryer1616
      @susanfryer1616 3 роки тому +11

      Suzanne Mortimer she has done really well bless her

    • @HandiworksbyClyne
      @HandiworksbyClyne 3 роки тому +1

      Oh. GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY❤️💖

    • @susanfryer1616
      @susanfryer1616 3 роки тому +1

      Bless her that's wonderful

    • @kfam1250
      @kfam1250 2 роки тому

      I wish grand health upon your family, as your story is very nice and you share the same first name as my mother. Cheers, and God bless 🙏

  • @susanmouncey616
    @susanmouncey616 3 роки тому +86

    This lady is an inspiration. Doing so much for others. I loved learning about her. She is wonderful.

  • @mikerope5785
    @mikerope5785 3 роки тому +5

    this lady knows the value of delayed gratification. That, it seems to me, is the secret to joy in life: mastery through delayed gratification. Which is why knitting and learning to play an instrument is so rewarding.

  • @reneeputhu8052
    @reneeputhu8052 2 роки тому +2

    You are my inspiration. I am 80 and have been hooked on knitting since 8.

  • @FormWerkstoff
    @FormWerkstoff 3 роки тому +30

    The woman reminds me of my grandma. When she was 15 she wanted to give me a knitted sweater. But at the time I didn't want this because I was afraid of losing recognition in the group. It wasn't fashion back then. I still have memories of how she knitted. Today she is dead. I am 50 years old and am developing an interest in knitting with a knitting machine.
    At that time she was probably a little sad that I couldn't appreciate her effort. This is how times and values ​​change.

  • @judylee3589
    @judylee3589 3 роки тому +17

    What a thoughtful and kind lady. After all her years, she still wants to give to others and make herself useful! Thank you Virginia!!!

  • @robinmartinez220
    @robinmartinez220 3 роки тому +30

    What an amazing woman. She is an inspirational woman. 😍👍

  • @sewndebisdream6953
    @sewndebisdream6953 Рік тому +2

    Amen! Knitting is the greatest thing! I taught myself when I was 18. Thank you for sharing!

  • @msg4925
    @msg4925 3 роки тому +19

    This warms my heart ❤️ I pray, if I’m granted long life that I’ll still be knitting.

  • @gardenglory6624
    @gardenglory6624 3 роки тому +47

    cant even deal with HOW adorable this sweetheart is. love you so much. bless you my dear.

  • @antoovly
    @antoovly 3 роки тому +39

    Hopefully shes still alive making those lovely projects 🥰

  • @danteelegante4601
    @danteelegante4601 3 роки тому +29

    She's my inspiration. I want to be like her 🥰💜

  • @knitpurlsquirrelwithgrannydee
    @knitpurlsquirrelwithgrannydee 3 роки тому +13

    So inspiring! I pray to live that long and do as well as this lovely lady - I need to live that long to work up all the yarn in the yarnscape!

  • @m.c.2899
    @m.c.2899 2 роки тому +2

    She's incredible. I will keep in knitting if I can live to be a hundred.

  • @ebennett8178
    @ebennett8178 3 роки тому +10

    Wonderful lady I ve been knitting for years and hope I still can when I m hundred. Great hobby for relieving stress and helps others as well.

  • @bluemoon472
    @bluemoon472 3 роки тому +6

    Beautiful. Warms my heart seeing this wonderful, century old woman knitting sweaters
    for babies brand new to the world. Circle of life knit together with love.

  • @neelamchugh4951
    @neelamchugh4951 3 роки тому +13

    Feeling so proud and excited to see more of your lovely items. Pray for you to be healthy way ahead🙏

  • @pstcali7152
    @pstcali7152 3 роки тому +9

    Oh I just love this beautiful lady, and her knits are gorgeous 😘❤️🇨🇴

  • @marleenneil7542
    @marleenneil7542 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for your kindness and generosity💜

  • @iloveknitting4497
    @iloveknitting4497 4 роки тому +36

    She buys such pretty colours of yarn! I wonder where they come from

  • @carmencruz6971
    @carmencruz6971 3 роки тому +7

    God Bless you. God bless your hands your beautiful talented woman. Thank you for sharing with the world. 🌿🌺🌵🌸🌵🌺🌿💕

  • @aminakribi3409
    @aminakribi3409 3 роки тому +1

    I am so happy that youtube brought me here, God bless her.

  • @connieroberts1180
    @connieroberts1180 3 роки тому +2

    Blessings to you, dear sweet lady! Your post is so uplifting. Thank you!

  • @P.M.P.181
    @P.M.P.181 3 роки тому +1

    I can't give her enough ❤ God bless her for sharing ❤

  • @user-lm7qt6cm6w
    @user-lm7qt6cm6w 3 роки тому +10

    Adorable lady🌹❤🎉 Keep doing your magic! Graciela

  • @goldengirl6805
    @goldengirl6805 3 роки тому +1

    Love her. So wonderful that she does this. 💋❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🤍💯

  • @anamadrigal2503
    @anamadrigal2503 3 роки тому +5

    Es un ejemplo a seguir,que valiente,Dios la bendiga.

  • @emanmahmoud9439
    @emanmahmoud9439 3 роки тому +2

    She's really talented and amazing.
    It's never too late.

  • @user-jg3kq8zq9i
    @user-jg3kq8zq9i 3 роки тому +2

    Woooow just hearing her voice made me happy. ❤️

  • @dilmaarzapalo340
    @dilmaarzapalo340 3 роки тому +2

    Que linda abuelita es un ejemplo a seguir ella teje muy bonito Dios lo Bendiga siempre

  • @LourdesPerezlourpe
    @LourdesPerezlourpe 3 роки тому +3

    Una bendición y un ejemplo de señora, un placer conocer su labor.❤️🙏🏼

  • @jacquelinereynolds562
    @jacquelinereynolds562 3 роки тому

    Wrapped up in pure love! So exciting to see your knitting on the sweet baby. You are amazing .

  • @krisk6011
    @krisk6011 3 роки тому +2

    What a wonderful lady and such a great story to hear on Thanksgiving Eve 2020. Stay safe and well to all.
    Take care, Kris K from CT

  • @user-Elle41
    @user-Elle41 3 роки тому +2

    Beautiful work

  • @happy1831
    @happy1831 3 роки тому

    Dearest Virginia, my beloved Grama knitted over 90 yrs, living to 97. She has her flower gardens, gifting to so many and scarves, hats, mittens, all of which many I still have (when I realized the importance of saving for her future generation) and her final piece I saved special along with the last ball of verigated yarn I wrapped into a ball. How blessed are the babies who will be warmly dressed by your loving handiwork, and the gift you are to our world. 🙏🏼🌹🌹🌹🙏🏼 Thank you 😍😘🤗😃💝👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💋

  • @user-hl1ci2ct3n
    @user-hl1ci2ct3n 3 роки тому +9

    God bless the beautiful soul.

  • @dorismoreno9552
    @dorismoreno9552 3 роки тому +1

    What a wonderful lady you are.God Bless you.

  • @Midnight-rj4ed
    @Midnight-rj4ed 3 роки тому +12

    Everything is lovely. I crochet and find knitting much more difficult than crochet. Keep doing your good work!

    • @ClaireNicole33
      @ClaireNicole33 3 роки тому +2

      Same❤❤

    • @ebennett8178
      @ebennett8178 3 роки тому +3

      I m the opposite I think crochet is harder cant get used to one hook rather than two needles, but crocheted items are lovely.

    • @masuganut2082
      @masuganut2082 3 роки тому +6

      UA-cam everyone! Trust me! And be patient with yourselves. I knit and crochet but struggled a long long time to get good. Couldn’t figure out knitting for over a decade. UA-cam really changed it all for me. That and help from my mother.
      You can do it. I have faith in all of you ❤️❤️❤️

    • @lolaboden2641
      @lolaboden2641 3 роки тому

      @@masuganut2082 , absolutely! I’ve become quite a good sewer, thanks to UA-cam.

  • @charlottebarnes6761
    @charlottebarnes6761 3 роки тому +14

    I love to knit hope i can make it to 100 and continue to knit GOD BLESS. HER

  • @pollykaur3146
    @pollykaur3146 3 роки тому +1

    Love the effort you put in making the baby knitted garments i am going to do the same as I can't sit for long without nothing to do as I get older

  • @charanjeetreen7175
    @charanjeetreen7175 3 роки тому +1

    Mam at this age also you ate inspiring with your skill.may God keep you healthy

  • @dianaosuna8615
    @dianaosuna8615 3 роки тому +4

    Hermoso todo lo que hace.. Es una señora muy admirable!

  • @nildaaimini8387
    @nildaaimini8387 2 роки тому +1

    She is 100years,how nice her Eyes are healthy,and she likes to knit baby garments to keep the babies warm

  • @purplemandala
    @purplemandala 3 роки тому

    What an absolute treasure this lady is. I hope she is still knitting.

  • @mamabear3191
    @mamabear3191 3 роки тому

    What a beautiful lady and she does beautiful work
    Thanks for sharing

  • @doroteajangada161
    @doroteajangada161 3 роки тому

    Thank you for your job. Loved

  • @jonaswood2305
    @jonaswood2305 Рік тому +1

    This is wholesome yet sad. She sounds like she is crying when she talks yoy can just hear all she's been through

  • @ximenaosorio9673
    @ximenaosorio9673 3 роки тому +1

    Love the way amazing human beings able to function when they have living heart

  • @karenh2890
    @karenh2890 3 роки тому +3

    What a wonderful lady!

  • @debjewett7279
    @debjewett7279 3 роки тому

    I love her! Such a blessing.

  • @latang3656
    @latang3656 3 роки тому +3

    You are an angle 😇 god bless🙏❤️
    Wishing thats more some one like you on this planet earth .

  • @rebeccagrimsley7260
    @rebeccagrimsley7260 3 роки тому +1

    A wonderful role model for us all

  • @kamaljit-9811
    @kamaljit-9811 3 роки тому

    Wow! Good job ! You set milestone ..God bless you my dear

  • @clarayanez9073
    @clarayanez9073 4 роки тому +2

    Simplemente hermoso, bella señora! Un gran ejemplo!

  • @courag1
    @courag1 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, you are so inspirational! People who sit and worry about getting Alzheimer's when life is about doing. My father died of Alzheimer's so I am older now than he was when dementia began for him. I also am an avid knitter. Knitting is actually good for the brain's blood circulation as the blood is drawn from the brain stem and flows through the brain to its surface under the skull. This is what controls the hands. So whatever we are doing with our hands from typing to doing dishes to gardening or knitting, just don't stop doing. Life is about doing for others and having the giving spirit, is good for the souls who live to give. God bless you, lovely lady!

  • @paperchain1239
    @paperchain1239 3 роки тому

    Bless your heart and greetings from the UK 🇬🇧.

  • @chronicstitcher7933
    @chronicstitcher7933 3 роки тому

    Its these video's that make me eternally grateful that I bothered to learn to crochet and knit when I was a kid.

  • @mentor_sakshi
    @mentor_sakshi 3 роки тому

    Woww... you are such an inspiration for all of us... i rarely comment on videos.. but i had to appreciate this one...

  • @susanfryer1616
    @susanfryer1616 3 роки тому

    As my Mum used to say a baby looks really loved with a hand knitt xxx

  • @ceciliamack1195
    @ceciliamack1195 3 роки тому

    You do Beautiful work!!!

  • @writingsbymeenu
    @writingsbymeenu 3 роки тому

    U make me remind of my grandmom❤️😘
    My grandmother is 96 or 98 years old
    She is our heart

  • @AemiliaJacobus
    @AemiliaJacobus 3 роки тому

    Knitting is a beautiful craft. May it never become obsolete.

  • @sandraimboden6660
    @sandraimboden6660 3 роки тому

    I love your comment ‘Why Bother?’ It’s not about noses and numbers, just about Love! It has given you and them joy.
    What a blessing you are!

  • @neutral5376
    @neutral5376 3 роки тому

    What a lovely lady . Bless her

  • @ragininaik3179
    @ragininaik3179 3 роки тому

    Lovely work....❤️ So nice and beautiful ...salute👍👍

  • @megagloria01
    @megagloria01 3 роки тому

    Lovely you r a angel thank you for your beautiful work.

  • @dawnwright5422
    @dawnwright5422 3 роки тому

    Lovely lady with a kind heart ❤.

  • @maryanngilbert2806
    @maryanngilbert2806 3 роки тому

    What’s a lovely mother you are!

  • @patriciamiranda1453
    @patriciamiranda1453 3 роки тому +1

    MARAVILLOSA ¡ PRECIOSA ¡ MUJER ¡
    MUCHA BENDICION ¡ TIENEN ESAS
    MANOS ¡¡¡
    🙏🙏🙏
    SANTIAGO - CHILE

  • @sangeetapiki6713
    @sangeetapiki6713 3 роки тому

    U r a true inspiration for all of us 👍👍👍🙏

  • @gardenglory6624
    @gardenglory6624 3 роки тому +3

    sweetheart pieces. lovely.

  • @amritamuttoo6397
    @amritamuttoo6397 3 роки тому

    She is amazing.God bless her.

  • @nancyjames9471
    @nancyjames9471 3 роки тому

    You are an inspiration!

  • @eclaire_x88x
    @eclaire_x88x 3 роки тому +1

    How lovely what a wonderful thing to do ❤

  • @Sunn777
    @Sunn777 3 роки тому

    God bless this amazing lady!

  • @ariannaarchuleta5626
    @ariannaarchuleta5626 3 роки тому

    I love this lady she is so caring

  • @susieinthecountry4434
    @susieinthecountry4434 3 роки тому +1

    an American treasure! Hope she is still knitting♥

  • @barryjacobs8524
    @barryjacobs8524 3 роки тому

    What a wonderful story. I love knitting and now crotcheting. G

  • @VigneshVignesh-fn9mj
    @VigneshVignesh-fn9mj 3 роки тому

    Heart touching vedio....with all my blessings

  • @craftinglisascrochetknitti3134
    @craftinglisascrochetknitti3134 3 роки тому +6

    AWESOME!! 🙂🙂🙂

  • @sheilaallen2146
    @sheilaallen2146 3 роки тому

    God Bless you your awesome and so is your work

  • @ronnaurban7435
    @ronnaurban7435 3 роки тому

    Bless you what a beautiful soul

  • @minidwarfdude9230
    @minidwarfdude9230 2 роки тому

    I’m a 20 year old “man” and have recently started knitting as I’ve always had a curiosity about it. Its really easy and rewarding to do

  • @neelamchugh4951
    @neelamchugh4951 2 роки тому +1

    Madam your inspiration wil strengthen me
    May I have your blessings pl 🙏🏾🙏🏾

  • @falgunigohil9870
    @falgunigohil9870 3 роки тому

    Waw ...u proof it no age of work..I appreciate your art & work..

  • @redredwine1277
    @redredwine1277 3 роки тому

    God bless, Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄

  • @jaishivshanker
    @jaishivshanker 3 роки тому

    It's so much fun to knit.

  • @susanfryer1616
    @susanfryer1616 3 роки тому +2

    How lovely

  • @abigailhagos168
    @abigailhagos168 3 роки тому +2

    Well done 👏

  • @angeladrago6401
    @angeladrago6401 3 роки тому +2

    Bravo!! Você é linda! Muita inspiração.

  • @cececheairs
    @cececheairs 3 роки тому +1

    What a beautiful lady ❤️

  • @mariaduran1178
    @mariaduran1178 3 роки тому

    Amassing, I admire her!

  • @Anandini50
    @Anandini50 3 роки тому

    Excellent work and keep up the great work. Would mind sharing 1 of your easy pattern.

  • @lilianahorjea8183
    @lilianahorjea8183 3 роки тому +2

    Blessed

  • @Petra44YT
    @Petra44YT 3 роки тому +1

    Oh, don't worry. The yellow and green sweater is perfectly fine. :-) I'm sure the baby will like it.

  • @jayajayakumar4474
    @jayajayakumar4474 3 роки тому

    So cute great inspiration

  • @carrolynschollianostuni6724
    @carrolynschollianostuni6724 3 роки тому

    I do this. Makes great gifts. Something I just enjoy doing. I really love making the set, sweater, hat, and bootie set. I also do the Afghans with fleece on the backside of some of mine for extra warmth.

  • @mamacamano7507
    @mamacamano7507 3 роки тому

    God bless you beautiful lady 🥰❤❤. I want to be able to knit and crochet for as long as I live too!

  • @nikkireid4714
    @nikkireid4714 3 роки тому

    Love her!!!!