Do you think crafting is a dying art?

I do think that for my children's generation they have no interest in crafts like my generation did. Video games have taken away the time that kids could be learning some sort of craft. I am trying to keep everything that I learned alive so I can teach it to my grand kids. We always learned at grand moms knees...lol DCMerkle

I don't think it is.....I think it's in your blood and passed down from generation to generation....I thought that at one time then all of a sudden when my girls reached a certain age...they started doing all kinds of crafts....and still do!

I do think crafting is a dying art. I wish I knew more on how to crafta nd I would do so. I think it is very importnat to pass our crafting skills on to our children and to teach them. That way they have something to pass on down to their children as well.

No I don't think so. I think that people live a more hectic busy life and have less time for craft but its not dying.There are many people who still love to do their own christmas cards or makeing their own gifts instead of buying already made ones.

I do not think it will be a lot art. I think less and less children are crocheting but I think when they become adults they will pick it up.

I don't think crafting as a whole is dying out but several aspects of it are. I also think this is due to our lifestyles these days and the economy. Many families have both parents working and evenings are left for making meals and relaxing with no time dedicated to teaching children to do crafts. In the same respect, people who make crafts are able to make money at it because of the quality and price of the items. Many of the older crafts (which I find really interesting) are dying out. I recently took a broom making class and was amazed at how easy it was and how much fun too. Not many people know how our ancestors made the brooms they cleaned their houses with their handmade broom. Although ready to use broom corn is available it was interesting to learn how our ancestors cleaned the broom corn, designed the broom and then made it using only a needle and twine. I also took a soap making class and learned about herbs and what they were used for. These are things that should have been passed down but because of "new technology" people took the easy way out and many of these talents have been lost. Mention "tatting" to someone and they look at you as if you are crazy since they have no idea what it is. Before modern medicine herbs were used for many minor health issues like cuts, burns or skin ailments. Teaching our kids how to do different crafts would help keep the landfills from filling up as many items could be recycled, it would give them something to do besides go to the mall or hang out somewhere they might get into trouble, and it would give families something to do that they could do together. Yes, I am an avid crafter and I love learning new crafts. I try to teach others different crafts by holding classes in my gift shop. There are over 35 crafters putting their items in my shop but as was mentioned in this line of posts earlier they are all over 40 years old. Our youth today are no longer interested in doing crafts, at least in my opinion. Wrongway www.stores.ebay.com/oleandlenasofwisconsin www.oleandlenas.us

No sweetdesign, I don't think it is a dying art. I know many young people who can craft so well it makes me jealous and wish I could do it too. :) Cheers and happy Mylotting

I think they have changed the definition of crafting. It is sewing and needlework that unfortunately seem to be on the way out, at least in the US. The stores are filled with overpriced "crafting" items, but they are not what you and I consider crafting...it is more like scrapbooking stuff. We had a 90-year old neighbor who used to do needlepoint, but his wife didn't do any of that stuff. She was a shrink.

Good question. I don't think so. Both of my sons are kind of artsy and my youngest enjoys helping me with some of my beading and they both enjoy "playing" with polymer clay. My 12yo was selected for an art class and hope to take 3 months of sculpting, but the class didn't fill (he chose painting instead) I see many older teens at craft shows and you can tell they are new to doing shows, but their work suggests they've been at it for quite some time. One young girl sat behind the table making items at the show...making a bracelet link by link and she was moving at a decent pace...so it wasn't something new to her. Crocheting and knitting, I have only witnesses a few of the younger generation doing any of this type of crafting. Maybe the comment about the fast paced world...not time to do crafts... have led those who do craft to the types of crafts that can be finished quickly...like jewelry making.

I think that crafts are now something which people enjoy doing in their leisure time rather than something which people learn by necessity.

I am not sure whether it is or not, but I guess that it could be. I know that more people are buying what they could make and well in that sense crafting is being neglected. As for kits, you could always try picking up a kit. I have one, and I'm not sure where it was got from as it was a present. It's a nice kit though and using CH, SC and I believe SL ST. Good Luck with your lessons! Have a wonderful holiday season! Happy Mylotting!

I think crafting is coming back! It did seem to die out in the 60's and 70's. Young people don't seem to be to terribly interested in crafting, but after they pass the teen years and get past all the "keeping up with the Joneses" on video games etc. They seem to come around to crafts especially it their family is into crafts. It also may be an area thing. My youngest daughter is an accomplished knitter, though no one else in the family since my Mother has ever had much to do with knitting. When she lived here in Texas she learned not to mention knitting to people because they tended to think of her as an old wallflower without a social life.(Not true!) She lives in Eugene OR now where crafting and living as naturally as possible is the norm, and has learned some new crafts in addition to knitting. Her group of 30 something friends get together one week end a month for craft day and one person is in charge of what they'll be doing, so everybody learns something new!