Literary essay of "My Grandmother´'s Knitting"

    "My Grandmother's Knitting", written by Liz Lockhead, is about the knitting of a grandmother whose family always tells her that there is no need, but she continues because for her it is a necessity, not just a hobby. In this essay the theme of The Aging Process and the symbolism of The Grandmother's Hands will be analised.
    The theme "The Aging Process" is represented through the grandmother's hands because there is a constant conflict between the past and the present. When she was a young girl she did a lot of things and now she can only knit, but dir her family knitting is just a skill from the past that they do not appreciate it "But they say there is no need". But she continues knitting because for her it is a necessity and it also helps her feel she is still useful.
   The symbolism of this poem are "The grandmother's hands" and it represents the passing of time. It refers to the great effort she had done during her life " Once the hands of the mother of six who made do and mended" and also all the knitting that she did. It also represents the changing roles that she had over her life, going from a young fisher-girl "As if your hands were once again those sure and skillful hands of the fisher-girl" to becoming an old grandmother who can not many things as before "You are old now and your grasp of things is not so good".
    The theme of The Aging Process and the symbolism of The Grandmother's Hands were analysed in this poem. In my opinion it is a nice poem and also the theme is very well represented during it. Because it also try to represent how society see people nowadays.