The Sandwich Generation Grandmother Thrills to See These Sweet Gifts From Grandkids

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My grandchildren are growing up! They have a tendency to do that, don’t they? 🙂 It’s fun and I’m thoroughly enjoying it, though there’s a teeny part of this Sandwich Generation granny nanny that wouldn’t mind keeping them itty bitty babies forever. Then again, if we did that, we’d never get to enjoy receiving such lovely gifts as last year’s potholders handmade on their potholder loom by my grandboys

or one of my granddaughters’ lovely crochet scarves she has learned to make.  Doesn’t it look adorable on one of my teddy bears? It was her first big project!

Sigh. OK, I guess I DO like them growing up. Just not too fast! 🙂 And look, she’s getting better and better. She’s already made her own crocheted hat – without any help! Wow!

Can you believe she is mostly self-taught. I am, too, but I was a young adult when I started! Now that I’m an aging baby boomer, I’m so excited she has taken up this activity AND that she is so good on her own and she likes it so much. Each project just gets better and better – like this lovely simple crochet eyeglass holder.

In order to encourage her in this very useful skill, I teamed up with her other grandmas on some great birthday gifts for cute tweens. The long-distance grandmas sent her gift certificates, including one to the local yarn shop, and the nearby grandma will take her shopping there. Such a fun Sandwich Generation family affair. 🙂  I can’t wait to see what pattern she is going to make next and what yarn she will pick out.

In the process of researching for her gifts, I discovered some great resources your own grandkids might enjoy – both crocheting, which is my fave, and knitting, which is another of our Sandwich Generation family fave – from great-grandparents thru to grandkids. Like these great websites:

• Knitting Help – a free site for knitters – with knitting and crochet patterns
• Lion Brand – free knitting and crochet patterns
• Crochet Pattern Central – free crochet patterns

And these two cute and easy crochet projects books:

How about you? Do you have any great knitting and crochet resources for our grandchildren?  We’d love to hear!  Isn’t it fun when they start growing up and we can share common interests together? Sigh. Even if it is also hard for all of us Sandwich Generation grandparents to see them grow up way too fast. 🙂