Too busy to stop knitting for a photograph

She didn't want to waste any time. At one time, people were always busy doing something. They used to say that idle hands were the tools of the devil.

Your aunt is looking very gorgeous.. I also have some old black and white photos.

Knitting in those good old days was a part of every sophisticated lady (lol) She looks sophisticated alright (lol) Cane furniture is still alive and kicking.

I do remember the cane chairs but not the thingy on the head. I thought it was a tea-cosy. :-) Now I know that it is a bonnet.

I'm sure people still have those things in their conservatories in the UK. Cane chairs I mean. Although there may also be the occasional great aunt!!

She must have seen a thing or two in her lifetime.

Wow, that's an awesome photo. Were you able to tell what year it was taken in?

It does look like she is knitting. I remember my aunt and uncle had a sun room on the end of their cottage, overlooking the lake, and it was filled with an assortment of old cane furniture. They even had the cane chest that my grandparents brought with them when they immigrated to Canada. Memories.....

nice rare photo t here Judy

we have some old pictures to and i am not sure who they are

@JudyEv - What a delightful woman. She looks like someone I would have enjoyed knowing. I love this photo. She looks like a very busy woman!

Your aunt looks quite majestic in her hat and chair. The knitting is a great touch!

Many people are collecting these old photos. I work in an antique shop and we sell LOTS of these old photos. So at least they aren't destroyed. Same thing with the chair. "Back in the day" people couldn't afford to buy knit sweaters and other knit clothing , so Grandma an even Ma would sit at night after a long work day and knit. Kudos to whomever thought to set this picture up, saving a bit of history for th "but it off the rack" generation. It does look like she's knitting something, possibly a scarf. Socks take four needles and sleeves are knit in pairs. Look really close at the right side and you can see something in her lap. The "bonnet" was worn by ladies back then to help keep their buns (they would gather their long hair up and twist it into a bun at the top of their head) in check. Only "loose" women of that era would have "short" hair. The lady in the picture's hair probably reached down past her waist, hence the bonnet.

Your great aunt looks adorable with her knitting. She still made time to look at the camera.

It is interesting to see old photos.. I have photos in my grandma`s album.. they are from the beginning of 1900..or around that time.. The women used to knit socks when they were walking long ways that time..

I love looking at old photos, I wish I had more of my own relatives. The one in your photo looks quite a character.

Nice photo you got there. Most of them, aunts, great aunts or people who lives before especially the women knew how to knit. Do you also know how to knit @JudyEv?

She looks a real character. Perhaps her knitting was so much a part of her persona that the photographer thought it would be a great picture. I have a lot f old family photos too, but mostly the subjects are not doing much other than holding a child, although there are a few photos of family picnics!

What a precious photo, she's definitely wearing a good example, of her lovely, intricate needle work:)

How precious. It's nice you have the photos