Hey Folks! Make sure to check out Stephanie’s new post over on Active History, looking at her family history and hooked rugs. It’s fantastic! Here’s a preview:
When my sister and I imagined ourselves getting married as kids, we imagined our Mémére being there, just as she had been for all our moments, big and small. Mémére was everything for us. Mother, protector, teacher, and provider. My memories of her as a child are wild and varied, and would likely not align with most people’s archetypal French-Canadian “grandmother” figure. I remember her chopping wood in the backyard. I remember her teaching me how to cook an egg and crêpes. I remember the enormous meals she would prepare for company, and the time that I got stung by a wasp and she grabbed the wasp’s nest with her bare hands and threw it into a fire out of pure spite. But most of all, I remember watching her hook rugs in the evenings, after the day’s work was done.
Check out the rest of it here!
Stephanie,
Fantastic article! I have to talk with my 95-year grandmother about her quilting, knitting and crocheting now. I received my quilt from here when I went to university. My wife got one when we married, and both my kids received one as a birth present. The kids like them because they have a nice “weight” to them making you fell snug.
Excellent job combining material, gender and family history.
Brad Shoebottom