20 skills from my grandma

Great video, TY What is the companion article, is there a link? Or another video?

My granddaughter is 8 years old and has been asking me to teach her how to sew so I did, like my grandmother taught me, and she sewed a heart on my shirt. She had the idea to put the shirt over the back of a chair so the front and the back of the shirt don't get sewn together.

Always liked the saying my grandmother taught my mom....."Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.".

Cannot buy the freshness of clothes drying on the line! I love it!

I am 65, I live in Norway and I grew up in a place where many of those skills were in daily use. We did not live on a farm, but lived next to a couple of those and I experienced a lot from that. One little thing I want to tell. In the evening, at dusk, before the lamps were lit, my father used to sit still for a little while and just rest. Once the lamps were lit, there was activity again

I only knew one grandmother as a baby, and my mother died when we were all still young. However I never missed a chance to learn from anyone that could teach me something, at any age, and I still do. One reason I love YouTube. Anything at all I care to learn is there. Even though I am a grandmother myself now, but there still is plenty more to learn, and skills to master. ❤😊

I will be 70 in a couple of months. I remember my grandmother moving her one light bulb from the kitchen to the living room as evenings came on and everyone gathering around the coal stove in cold weather. This was in the 1960s.

My great grandmother was my favorite person! Can’t wait to see her again. She was born in 1890.

Curious how many of these skills are also memories from my early childhood, an ocean away in rural west Devon, UK! sitting on the back porch (no front porch, well away from the road) shelling peas & watching the sun go down, making jams & pickles, sitting under the table listening to the rhythm of my mother's hand-cranked sewing machine, looking out for & sharing with the neighbours, baking, collecting eggs from our chickens, passing the time with people down in the village. Seems to me we've lost a lot, in our rush for more, newer, hygienic, "better"...

You're right about learning the 'old ways' from our grandmothers. By the time I figured it out they were gone. Oh boy do I regret that. I started watching Eastern European Grandmothers and West Asian Grandmothers cook outside year round. I was fascinated, learned a lot and started canning and cooking from scratch. I embraced my 'womanhood and I love it.

Thank you so much Sweetie, I'm learning that I save money like crazy and my baked goods are great! My kitchen smells like a bakery :) I appreciate you so much. Kind regards.

My Grandmother was born in 1889. Many stories i keep close to my heart

We take for granted today’s modern conveniences.

A while back the electricity went out. I'm fortunate enough to live where when this happens it usually doesn't last long but it was just so inconvenient. I couldn't cook dinner, get my dishes done, whine whine. While I was whining I started imagining what my grandmothers, whom I never met would be saying about me. How disappointed they would be. So out came the camp stove for dinner and to heat the water for the dishes. Both small things but I hope it would have made them smile.

Very refreshing talk. I certainly hope there are young folks listening and seeking out learning these skills. I grew up learning gardening, sewing, quilting, knitting, cooking, foraging etc. mostly from my grandmother, but also from women in my small town community. I try to be that woman in my community now. You can share that knowledge and its a joy to do so. Anyone showing interest in learning is listened to and offered an opportunity to learn without a fee. Lifeskills for me are not an opportunity to turn a profit, but rather enrich someone which is a gift.

My grandmother's day to do baking was on Fridays, Saturdays was cleaning & 1 pot meals, Sunday was church & company. She baked enough to last almost the whole week aside from bread.

You're so right about cooking from scratch!!!

Sitting on the front porch reading and watching the traffic go by. Great way to pass the time.

My grandma was a city girl, but she baked bread every week. She was a great cook, and canned everything available. My mother refused to can, she had a deep freezer and we froze everything. We also took things we had in quantity to an Amish cannery (which was fun, if we didn't label the cans as to their contents, we got a surprise when it came time to cook it!) My mom was great at embroidery and crocheting, afghans, potholders, dishcloths were her specialty. My grandma could knit and crochet but didn't do much of either; she tried to teach me when I was little, but I was too uncoordinated to learn. They both sewed. Now, I sew some, don't cook much, crochet and knit as the spirit moves me; right now I'm making a double-bed size thermal blanket to use up the scrap yarn I have laying around. I decided when I retired that I'd learn to knit, and have made mittens and socks and hats as long as I have a pattern to go by. Thanks to years of Girl Scouts, I can cook over an open fire if I have to. My poor husband hasn't a clue; if the power was off for days he'd starve. I saw a book, years ago, that told everything about how things were done in the past...wish now I'd bought it.

Whenever I make pickles or jam I feel connected to generations of women in my family. It's a profound an lovely feeling. Almost the same when I am crocheting. For gardening I feel close to my dad. I remember the pig bucket.