100-year-old knitter shares her talents

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
    @Jacelyn54403 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @mikerope5785
    @mikerope57853 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @susanmouncey616
    @susanmouncey6163 жыл бұрын

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

  • @suzannemortimer9752
    @suzannemortimer97523 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    Suzanne Mortimer she has done really well bless her

  • @HandiworksbyClyne

    @HandiworksbyClyne

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh. GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY❤️💖

  • @susanfryer1616

    @susanfryer1616

    3 жыл бұрын

    Bless her that's wonderful

  • @kfam1250

    @kfam1250

    2 жыл бұрын

    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 🙏

  • @reneeputhu8052
    @reneeputhu80522 жыл бұрын

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

  • @FormWerkstoff
    @FormWerkstoff3 жыл бұрын

    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
    @judylee35893 жыл бұрын

    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
    @robinmartinez2203 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sewndebisdream6953
    @sewndebisdream6953 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @danteelegante4601
    @danteelegante46013 жыл бұрын

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

  • @gardenglory6624
    @gardenglory66243 жыл бұрын

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

  • @msg4925
    @msg49253 жыл бұрын

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

  • @antoovly
    @antoovly3 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully shes still alive making those lovely projects 🥰

  • @elizafern3139

    @elizafern3139

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats what I thought too.

  • @knitpurlsquirrelwithgrannydee
    @knitpurlsquirrelwithgrannydee3 жыл бұрын

    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.28992 жыл бұрын

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

  • @pstcali7152
    @pstcali71523 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ebennett8178
    @ebennett81783 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @marleenneil7542
    @marleenneil7542 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your kindness and generosity💜

  • @bluemoon472
    @bluemoon4723 жыл бұрын

    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
    @neelamchugh49513 жыл бұрын

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

  • @carmencruz6971
    @carmencruz69713 жыл бұрын

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

  • @iloveknitting4497
    @iloveknitting44974 жыл бұрын

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

  • @user-lm7qt6cm6w
    @user-lm7qt6cm6w3 жыл бұрын

    Adorable lady🌹❤🎉 Keep doing your magic! Graciela

  • @connieroberts1180
    @connieroberts11803 жыл бұрын

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

  • @aminakribi3409
    @aminakribi34093 жыл бұрын

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

  • @P.M.P.181
    @P.M.P.1813 жыл бұрын

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

  • @goldengirl6805
    @goldengirl68053 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nildaaimini8387
    @nildaaimini83872 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Midnight-rj4ed
    @Midnight-rj4ed3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ClaireNicole33

    @ClaireNicole33

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same❤❤

  • @ebennett8178

    @ebennett8178

    3 жыл бұрын

    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 жыл бұрын

    KZread 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. KZread 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 жыл бұрын

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

  • @charlottebarnes6761
    @charlottebarnes67613 жыл бұрын

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

  • @happy1831
    @happy18313 жыл бұрын

    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-jg3kq8zq9i
    @user-jg3kq8zq9i3 жыл бұрын

    Woooow just hearing her voice made me happy. ❤️

  • @emanmahmoud9439
    @emanmahmoud94393 жыл бұрын

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

  • @LourdesPerezlourpe
    @LourdesPerezlourpe3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @anamadrigal2503
    @anamadrigal25033 жыл бұрын

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

  • @courag1
    @courag13 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @dilmaarzapalo340
    @dilmaarzapalo3403 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jacquelinereynolds562
    @jacquelinereynolds5623 жыл бұрын

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

  • @krisk6011
    @krisk60113 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @charanjeetreen7175
    @charanjeetreen71753 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dorismoreno9552
    @dorismoreno95523 жыл бұрын

    What a wonderful lady you are.God Bless you.

  • @dianaosuna8615
    @dianaosuna86153 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ximenaosorio9673
    @ximenaosorio96733 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jonaswood2305
    @jonaswood2305 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @user-hl1ci2ct3n
    @user-hl1ci2ct3n3 жыл бұрын

    God bless the beautiful soul.

  • @user-Elle41
    @user-Elle413 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful work

  • @mamabear3191
    @mamabear31913 жыл бұрын

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

  • @patriciamiranda1453
    @patriciamiranda14533 жыл бұрын

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

  • @pollykaur3146
    @pollykaur31463 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @debjewett7279
    @debjewett72793 жыл бұрын

    I love her! Such a blessing.

  • @writingsbymeenu
    @writingsbymeenu3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @susanfryer1616
    @susanfryer16163 жыл бұрын

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

  • @latang3656
    @latang36563 жыл бұрын

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

  • @clarayanez9073
    @clarayanez90734 жыл бұрын

    Simplemente hermoso, bella señora! Un gran ejemplo!

  • @purplemandala
    @purplemandala3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @karenh2890
    @karenh28903 жыл бұрын

    What a wonderful lady!

  • @sandraimboden6660
    @sandraimboden66603 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @mentor_sakshi
    @mentor_sakshi3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @amritamuttoo6397
    @amritamuttoo63973 жыл бұрын

    She is amazing.God bless her.

  • @chronicstitcher7933
    @chronicstitcher79333 жыл бұрын

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

  • @rebeccagrimsley7260
    @rebeccagrimsley72603 жыл бұрын

    A wonderful role model for us all

  • @kamaljit-9811
    @kamaljit-98113 жыл бұрын

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

  • @minidwarfdude9230
    @minidwarfdude92302 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @sangeetapiki6713
    @sangeetapiki67133 жыл бұрын

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

  • @doroteajangada161
    @doroteajangada1613 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your job. Loved

  • @ragininaik3179
    @ragininaik31793 жыл бұрын

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

  • @paperchain1239
    @paperchain12393 жыл бұрын

    Bless your heart and greetings from the UK 🇬🇧.

  • @neutral5376
    @neutral53763 жыл бұрын

    What a lovely lady . Bless her

  • @AemiliaJacobus
    @AemiliaJacobus3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dawnwright5422
    @dawnwright54223 жыл бұрын

    Lovely lady with a kind heart ❤.

  • @maryanngilbert2806
    @maryanngilbert28063 жыл бұрын

    What’s a lovely mother you are!

  • @megagloria01
    @megagloria013 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ariannaarchuleta5626
    @ariannaarchuleta56263 жыл бұрын

    I love this lady she is so caring

  • @gardenglory6624
    @gardenglory66243 жыл бұрын

    sweetheart pieces. lovely.

  • @ceciliamack1195
    @ceciliamack11953 жыл бұрын

    You do Beautiful work!!!

  • @VigneshVignesh-fn9mj
    @VigneshVignesh-fn9mj3 жыл бұрын

    Heart touching vedio....with all my blessings

  • @neelamchugh4951
    @neelamchugh49512 жыл бұрын

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

  • @eclaire_x88x
    @eclaire_x88x3 жыл бұрын

    How lovely what a wonderful thing to do ❤

  • @Sunn777
    @Sunn7773 жыл бұрын

    God bless this amazing lady!

  • @nancyjames9471
    @nancyjames94713 жыл бұрын

    You are an inspiration!

  • @craftinglisascrochetknitti3134
    @craftinglisascrochetknitti31343 жыл бұрын

    AWESOME!! 🙂🙂🙂

  • @shreehandcraft1331
    @shreehandcraft13313 жыл бұрын

    She's my inspiration🙏🙏

  • @susieinthecountry4434
    @susieinthecountry44343 жыл бұрын

    an American treasure! Hope she is still knitting♥

  • @sheilaallen2146
    @sheilaallen21463 жыл бұрын

    God Bless you your awesome and so is your work

  • @ronnaurban7435
    @ronnaurban74353 жыл бұрын

    Bless you what a beautiful soul

  • @falgunigohil9870
    @falgunigohil98703 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jaishivshanker
    @jaishivshanker3 жыл бұрын

    It's so much fun to knit.

  • @barryjacobs8524
    @barryjacobs85243 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mariaduran1178
    @mariaduran11783 жыл бұрын

    Amassing, I admire her!

  • @simonecarvallhoartes2614
    @simonecarvallhoartes26142 жыл бұрын

    Belíssimos trabalhos em tricô e crochê 👏👏👏👏

  • @angeladrago6401
    @angeladrago64013 жыл бұрын

    Bravo!! Você é linda! Muita inspiração.

  • @Petra44YT
    @Petra44YT3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @anjanikaropady4864
    @anjanikaropady48643 жыл бұрын

    Very nice 👍 Wow Thanks 🙏

  • @cececheairs
    @cececheairs3 жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful lady ❤️

  • @abigailhagos168
    @abigailhagos1683 жыл бұрын

    Well done 👏

  • @susanfryer1616
    @susanfryer16163 жыл бұрын

    How lovely

  • @nikkireid4714
    @nikkireid47143 жыл бұрын

    Love her!!!!

  • @redredwine1277
    @redredwine12773 жыл бұрын

    God bless, Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🎄

  • @jayajayakumar4474
    @jayajayakumar44743 жыл бұрын

    So cute great inspiration

  • @pika.jew.
    @pika.jew.5 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing