Michelle Obama is weaving and is considering retiring from public life.
Former US President Barack Obama’s wife says in a report with People magazine that she took knitting needles as a hobby during the coronavirus pandemic. And she was addicted.
“Knitting is endless,” he said. “You don’t dominate it, because when you make the scarf, the blanket comes. And once the blanket is knitted, there are the hats, the stockings ”.
Her current project is a crew neck sweater for her husband.
“I’m figuring out how to do the sleeves and collar,” he said. “I could still talk about weaving!”
The former first lady tells how the pandemic helped the couple regain ‘lost moments’ with Malia, 22, and Sasha, 19, returning home from college to be quarantined with their parents in single-family homes in Washington. And Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
Ms. Obama also talks about the “mild depression” she suffered during quarantines and after the death of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police, along with giving up vigorous exercise and what she wants to do in retirement.
The woman whose developed biceps and exercise routines went viral when she was first lady said she improved her swimming in her 40s “because I find out in my old age that the high impact things I did don’t work. ” Michelle Obama is 57 years old.
Now that Malia and Sasha are independent young adults, Ms. Obama says she enjoys their conversations, “which are more between peers than between mother and daughter.”
“I’ve told my daughters I’m already thinking about retirement,” he said. He added that he is picking out his projects and looking forward to the summer. His new baby food show, “Waffles + Mochi,” debuts on Netflix Tuesday and the Obama Presidential Center is under construction in Chicago.
“Barack and I don’t want to experience winter anymore,” he said. “We lay the groundwork for others to continue the work and we can retire and be together, and Barack can spend a lot of time playing golf and I can laugh at him for spending too much time playing golf because he has nothing else to do. do. “