Comments on: Share Yarncrafting with the Next Generation! Teach a Child to Crochet or Knit!

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By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:46:40 +0000

I teach knitting to a group of young offenders (13-18), they seem to enjoy it and get alot from it. One in particular has a real talent and is very enthusiastic which makes it all worth while

By: Bethany

Bethany — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:48:32 +0000

This post inspired me to blog about my experience learning to knit from my grandmother several years ago. I’d love for you to check it out: http://sweetbeebuzzings.blogspot.com/2010/06/crafty-mind-wandering-sharing-is-caring.html

Thanks!

By: Knitting Nana

Knitting Nana — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:20:28 +0000

I taught everyone in a small Girl Scout troop to knit about 30 years ago. I also am teaching my granddaughter (9 yrs. old) to knit now. In addition, I teach knitting at my local public library, and have had a few teens in the group.

By: Klara

Klara — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:43:03 +0000

I learned to crochet at vacation bible school 20 years ago and have been on a roll ever since! I share my love and pay it forward every chance I get with adults and children. I have taught a niece and a cousin as well as many adults. I think kids are often times better students, lol. Besides, you never know where taking a few moments to teach them a new skill will take them!

By: Lea in Roswell, GA

Lea in Roswell, GA — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:02:44 +0000

I have taught knitting after school to 4th and 5th graders…all girls, so far…this past year. I plan on continuing next year and have had a 4th grade boy ask if he could join the group to which I gave him a very enthusiastic ‘yes’! I always have teachers come by to admire our work and say that they would like to learn, too, but so far no takers…maybe in the fall they will decide to join us!

By: Carla Kepler

Carla Kepler — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:25:06 +0000

When my children were in elementary school, I taught knitting during the lunch periods. Other moms would come in to brush up on their knitting so they, too, could help hold the hands of the little ones around the knitting needles. Now my 2 children are in middle school. Last spring I asked the principal if I could teach knitting in the student center during the 3 lunch periods. She was enthusiastic! Many knitting friends donated needles and yarn. Every Wednesday, a knitting friend and I push chairs into a circle and lay out needles with yarn already cast on ready to knit. Some students come every week. Others come for one or more times. Even teachers stop and pick up needles to knit a few stitches. The most fun is when the “jocks” show up to knit! Our “knitting club” has a whole page in this year’s yearbook! We give away yarn and needles, help with simple projects, and hope that we are a calm corner in their busy and sometimes stressful day. Of course, neither of my middle-schoolers knit. But they see me, and I see them and their friends every week, thanks to knitting.
Carla Kepler
Mercer Island, WA

By: DCAlaneKnits

DCAlaneKnits — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 15:28:25 +0000

A timely post for me! I forwarded the pattern for the red, white, and blue bangles that were on Craftzine to my 9 year old yesterday. She went on to look up Yarnplay, and other treasures on LionBrand.com. She’s been making the tassle treasures all morning!