I do have pictures of the spinning.
Ah, ah! Wait, first, I have to torture you with news in the way of Kid’s Camp at Corporate Employer, where I will be promoting (and then teaching!) children from the ages of five to fourteen the fine art of knitting.
Yes.
Five.
to.
Fourteen.
We’ll be knitting little critters, knit entirely in garter stitch (the good) and using simple techniques such as k2tog’s (the bad). I say that a bit sarcastically because I’m guessing a fourteen year old would get it–but, then, they’d probably also be bored to death with these lame little creatures.
Five-year-olds? Casting-on, knitting, knitting two together and binding off? Then crocheting little tentacle-legs for the octopuse and crochet circles for the poor Angelfish’s eyes? RIggggghhhhht.
even my critters look a little bit on the dorky side:
Oscar the Octopus & Andy the Angelfish hanging out.
I’m curious about comments–lame? unreasonable expectations of the little ones? a total misfire of “cool factor” for tweeners? and teens?
I’ll be knitting into the wee hours, trying to improve poor Oscar and Andy, and attempting to have my example shape-swatches ready for tomorrow’s demo.
June 13, 2009 at 3:42 am
Don’t children in Montessori schools learn knitting very, very young? I think knitting and crocheting are wonderful for very small children – even spool knitting!
June 13, 2009 at 3:49 am
Yes–you are so right!! I forgot about that–I read an article about teaching young children to knit in a Vogue book–you know, the pretty pink one that I think is mostly decoration–but I’m a geek and have read the thing front to cover several times. Spool knitting? not familiar…like finger knitting??
June 13, 2009 at 1:14 pm
The orange one could actually be turned into a purse for the older ones if they get bored………………..