she`s so skirt!

Barbara Sue Brodie is hooked

While the other children napped in the afternoons, seven-year-old Barbara Sue rode her bicycle three blocks to her Aunt Betty's house. "It was summertime in the 1950s," she says, "I was an only child and I was bored." Her Aunt Betty, the mother of three boys, was eager to pass along knitting as a pastime. Barbara Sue knit throughout her adolescent and teenage years. And in college she gathered with sorority sisters in their housemother's den, the only room with a color television, to knit. Through knitting, Barbara Sue has developed meaningful friendships. "There's a common thread among knitters and needlepointers;" she says, "knitting with other women is very enriching." In the spirit of gathering and sisterhood, Barbara Sue opened a needlework shop eight years ago in downtown Aiken. Women come from all over to purchase yarn, learn new techniques and share their time.