Nearly every woman and girl I knew did hand work. We all made our own clothes. All the women in my family quilted, crocheted, and embroidered. My second grade teacher taught me to tat, and a neighbor tried to teach me to knit. I never did get the knitting down. I still have a pillowcase and dresser cover I embroidered as a teenager, and my first tatting project, as well as an early quilt block. I still do all these. Crochet, tatting, and embroidery travel well.