"You're to young"

[Silver Mist]

I'm always being told I "look to young" to be able to sew, crochet, bead, and a whole pile of other crafting/art things. ESPECIALLY that I'm to young to crochet or make period costuming. ARG! Since when was there an age limit on these things?

I'm assuming in a guild full of teenagers and 20-somethings, we've all gotten this at one time or another. So, whats your story?  

[nax is back]

Well, I've never been told that, but it gets implied every now and then. How old are you? *14*  

[AriRashkae]

I've had knitting needles, crochet hooks, sewing needles, tapestry needles, etc, in my hands as long as I can remember. I would have learned to spin a lot younger than when I did (13?) but Grandma didn't get around to fixing her wheels until then. mrgreen

For people who say you're too young, blow them off and do it anyway. Or ask them at what age you get your learner's permit for knitting needles. rofl  

[Kumiko21]

Apparently my boyfriend has a real problem with me knitting when i am over his place. I am pretty sure there are several reasons that he is not telling me but one reason that he has given me is that I am too young. WHAT EVER!!! This is the way i look at it. If i wait until i am "old" to start knitting then I will have to work even harder to get to the skill level i have achieved in such a short amount of time.  

[AngwyMallard]

Pfft age prejudice. I only -wish- I had been practicing my hands to do my crafts from early on. My grandmother's generation learned to make crochet lace and knit socks well before they went to school, and I can just envy the works they've done. Why couldn't you attempt that in 21st century, eh? Why did a couple generations suddenly become too young to do these things?

I say do what ever you want. Ask the busy mouths what can -they- do. Be proud that you can do something practical!  

[Tes]

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I mostly get something to the effect that there should be more young people in crafting... totally disregarding that is becoming more and more popular among the youth.
Though I have had people distrust my advice on crafting because of my age, the consult other ladies at work who have more years than I do.
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[Silver Mist]

I tend to get it more in the implied sense, then the out and out "You look to young". And as I'm nearly 20, I think its odd that people think I'm to young. But since moving up north, I've been told this like 5 seperate times. Vastly irritating. I normally get them to leave me alone by pointing out I learned at about 8, and most kids learn at 8 or so.

The woman who told me yesterday? Her 11 year old was buying herself new knitting needles. So it was especially illogical.  

[Brunette_Star]

I haven't gotten the "too young" reaction yet (I'm 24). I have gotten the reaction that Azure got though - that people are happy their craft will last.  

[Yugure no Tasogare]

I've gotten the too young reaction before, when I was crocheting in 4th grade, but now people are looking at me with a "wtf are you doing" sort of look when I knit.

it's actually kinda funny, I'm the.... 4th to oldest person in the knitting class, and I help teach it since I know almost as much as the 2nd teacher we have there even if I'm only a beginner.  

[kochi~mochi]

I occasionally get a "Wow, your so young!" but almost never 'too young'.  

[Tes]

Yugure no Tasogare

I've gotten the too young reaction before, when I was crocheting in 4th grade, but now people are looking at me with a "wtf are you doing" sort of look when I knit.

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Haha that reminds me, February when I was going on vacation I took one of my small sewing projects with me to work on while on the plane, there were these three probably colledge age boys across the isle one turned to the other and whispered, "what is she dooing?"; to which he got the response "she's sewwwing *gasp*". I just cackled to myself, more people need to be exposed to crafting still.
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[RocknRollDragon]

I can't stand when people do that to me. When ever I crochet out in public people say I should be doing other stuff like sports or something. And then I'll take it to school and the kids say that I have no life... It's stress relief!!! sheesh...  

[AriRashkae]

I remember one time, in the 8th grade (many many moons ago!) we had to do some sort of project about a book we were reading. Most of the other class went with posters and the like.

I decided to sew dolls and make a shoebox diorama. (They were simple dolls, basically 2 gingerbread people seamed and stuffed, and clothes.)

I took one of them on the bus for a field trip, to finish it up (I think it was the last doll) and everyone was giving me the WTF? look.

Except the teacher. She though it was cool because a) it was different than the others, and b) I was handsewing. mrgreen