i like to sew.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era. Before the invention of spinning yarn or weaving fabric, archaeologists believe Stone Age people across Europe and Asia sewed fur and skin clothing using bone, antler or ivory needles and \"thread\" made of various animal body parts including sinew, catgut, and veins. For thousands of years, all sewing was done by hand. The invention of the sewing machine in the 19th century and the rise of computerization in the 20th century led to mass production and export of sewn objects, but hand sewing is still practiced around the world. Fine hand sewing is a characteristic of high-quality tailoring, haute couture fashion, and custom dressmaking, and is pursued by both textile artists and hobbyists as a means of creative expression. The first known use of the word \"sewing\" was in the 14th century. Sewing has an ancient history estimated to begin during the Paleolithic Age. Sewing was used to stitch together animal hides for clothing and for shelter. The Inuit, for example, used sinew from caribou for thread and needles made of bone; the indigenous peoples of the American Plains and Canadian Prairies used sophisticated sewing methods to assemble tipi shelters.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Are you big into handicrafts? I really like sewing and it has such an interesting history, apparently we used to stitch animal hides together for clothing."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That is interesting.  I've actually never heard of handicrafts."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I just meant making little hats and what not. I'm more of a hands on person, I don't use a machine even though that's what's led to the mass production of so many sewn objects."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I've always wanted to learn to use a sewing machine.  I'm the first generation that doesn't know how to sew. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It's so convenient, because it eliminates the need for needles and thimbles, but it just doesn't have the same feel to me."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I wonder how thimbles came to be. They're such an interesting invention."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well, the word derives from the Old English \u00fe\u016bma, which is related to the word thumb, so perhaps it was an invention of necessity"}, {"role": "user", "content": "How amazing. I love historical facts.  It was my favorite subject in college. "}]