My dad bought my mum a sewing machine, which she never used, she hated even sewing a button, but would knit beautiful intricate clothes for babies or adult, she even knitted a dress one with two ply cashmere no 14 needles(really thin) that was so intricate it looked like lace. I have sewn from as far back as I can remember and mums machine was still in cardboard packing case until I took it out and used it.