March 20, 2012

Picnic Culture: Bring your knitting because it will be a long afternoon.


Geneva area, Illinois, June 1965. My Mom's best friend, Donna, and Mom knit during the annual picnic sponsored by our Lithuanian enclave. Mom is wearing that yellow dress that I loved so much.

Look! There is a copy of Vogue Knitting peeking out from Mom's knitting bag.

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Geneva area, Illinois, June 1965. My Mom enjoys the conversation, and my paternal Grandmother, Tatjana, rests.

1 comment:

Deborah M. said...

I think it's neat how ladies wore dresses every where in those days. And I love how your mother took her knitting to a picnic! A dedicated knitter.