- In an appearance on the Rachael Ray Show last year, former First Lady Michelle Obama revealed that she picked up a new hobby during the pandemic: knitting.
- Now, she has given us an update that she knits clothes for her family.
- Noting that she's part of a knitting community, the former First Lady stated that she uses a pseudonym online to hide her famous identity.
Last year, former First Lady Michelle Obama revealed that she picked up knitting while in quarantine, and now, she has taken her hobby to a new level: making clothes for her family.
"I made halter tops for Malia and Sasha," the former first lady told Gayle King on CBS This Morning. "Which they love," she added.
She also said that she made a crew-neck sweater for Barack Obama, though he hasn't worn it yet. But don't worry, as Mrs. Obama reassured Gayle, "He will."
"It was finished when it got a little warmer, so it's ready for him," she explained.
"I like creating something out of nothing," Obama said about her new activity. "And it's not old-lady," she insisted to Gayle. "Don't come for my knitting community!"
In March while talking to Rachel Ray, the Becoming author introduced the world to her new skill. "Over the course of this quarantine I have knitted a blanket, like five scarves, three halter tops, a couple hats for Barack, and I just finished my first pair of mittens for Malia."
Mrs. Obama added: "One is twice as big as the other. I'm still working on my stitching gauge."
Ray visibly reacted with joy at hearing the news of the Becoming author's hobby. "That's fantastic," Ray said, laughing alongside Obama, who declared "I'm a knitter."
So where has Mrs. Obama been getting advice on improving her knitting? She turns to an online knitting community for tips and tricks, but uses a pseudonym to keep her identity under wraps. "They don't know I'm in the knitting community because I don't use my real name, but I have some knitting tutors I go through to get my yarn and my patterns" she explained.
Wearing her gold V-O-T-E necklace that went viral during her virtual Democratic National Convention appearance, Obama also spoke to Ray about the importance of voting in the 2020 election. "I'm 56 and I remember voting with my father, who voted in every single election," Obama recalled. "He could only get around with the assistance of a cane or crutches—and later he was on a motorized cart—but even as he struggled to walk down to a polling place that wasn't necessarily suited for somebody with a disability, my father never missed an election ever, ever."
Noting how memorable it was to see the election process with her father, Obama added that "when it was time for me to vote, I did it with enthusiasm and pride."
The former First Lady also answered a viewer question about whether President Obama has been "getting on her nerves" while at home together during the pandemic, to which she responded, "currently, yes girl!"
At first "quarantine started out so lovely" according to Mrs. Obama, but she joked that "all that magic started wearing off" around June. "Sometimes Barack just comes in the room and I'm in the middle of something and he says 'What are you doing?'" she told Ray. "It's like nothing, nothing just please go. Sometimes you just don't want to talk. You're not ready for a check in when they are."
She concluded: "So yes, Barack Obama is a wonderful man, but he is still a man."
![ina garten and jeffrey](https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/jeffrey-garten-and-ina-garten-attend-the-barefoot-under-the-news-photo-1713807458.jpg?crop=1.00xw:0.668xh;0,0&resize=360:* "2011 "Barefoot Under The Stars" Benefit")
