I don't recall having to sew or knit anything to "fly up" from Brownies to Girl Scouts. Perhaps we did, I don't know.

It couldn't have been the same, however, as I have really never known how to knit. I can crochet and embroider, and I did a lot of macrame as a young girl. But somehow my left-handedness seemed to confuse me when it came to knitting, though I had a grandmother who valiantly tried to teach me.

As for sewing, great seamstress that I am, I am positive I never learned anything about sewing from Scouts.

We always seemed to be doing stupid projects like making "sit-upons," which were mats made of oilcloth that we may have stuffed with old newspapers... Did anyone else have to make a "sit upon?"

As I said, I got kicked out of Scouts because I argued with the leader, and I don't recall the specifics of that - have never heard of anyone else getting kicked out until this discussion.