http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/03/teaching_kids/ Watch out. We've got sharp sticks. Fri, 18 May 2012 00:33:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/03/teaching_kids/#comment-13128 Constance Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:39:08 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/03/teaching_kids/#comment-13128 Excellent post! I have taught several kids to knit including my own son, but it's been a while, and this weekend I am planning to teach the 5-year-old daughter of a man I am dating--scary. She saw me with my knitting and really, really wants to learn; they live far from me so I don't see her often, and she's been running around trying to get her dad to show her how with rope, sticks, whatever...so I am excited to have such an enthusiastic student but I wanted to make sure she had some "success" even if she isn't really ready. And your post gave me some great ideas about how to take it slow, and some excellent reminders of what to expect. Thank you so much--also I LOVE the subtitle of your blog--great stuff! Excellent post! I have taught several kids to knit including my own son, but it’s been a while, and this weekend I am planning to teach the 5-year-old daughter of a man I am dating–scary. She saw me with my knitting and really, really wants to learn; they live far from me so I don’t see her often, and she’s been running around trying to get her dad to show her how with rope, sticks, whatever…so I am excited to have such an enthusiastic student but I wanted to make sure she had some “success” even if she isn’t really ready. And your post gave me some great ideas about how to take it slow, and some excellent reminders of what to expect. Thank you so much–also I LOVE the subtitle of your blog–great stuff!

]]> http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/03/teaching_kids/#comment-3195 Nancy Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:18:52 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/03/teaching_kids/#comment-3195 Hi, Thank you for the poem, it will help a great deal in my classes, for young and old. It is so much fun to share. Thank you once again. Nancy in Nashua, NH Hi,
Thank you for the poem, it will help a great deal in my classes, for young and old. It is so much fun to share.
Thank you once again.
Nancy in Nashua, NH

]]> http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/03/teaching_kids/#comment-2583 DonnaC Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:34:10 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/03/teaching_kids/#comment-2583 I'm glad I found your blog. I am about to embark on teaching elementary school age children how to knit in an after school program (as opposed to one-on-one, which I have done before) and I found your advice quite helpful. I’m glad I found your blog. I am about to embark on teaching elementary school age children how to knit in an after school program (as opposed to one-on-one, which I have done before) and I found your advice quite helpful.

]]> http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/03/teaching_kids/#comment-59 Ellen Wed, 05 Jul 2006 16:17:31 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/03/teaching_kids/#comment-59 Glad it helped, Amy! Have fun knitting something pink with your niece! Glad it helped, Amy! Have fun knitting something pink with your niece!

]]> http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/03/teaching_kids/#comment-57 Amy Wed, 05 Jul 2006 14:49:25 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/03/teaching_kids/#comment-57 Ellen! Thanks so much. Great tips for working with my niece. She too picked pink! Ellen! Thanks so much. Great tips for working with my niece. She too picked pink!

]]> http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/03/teaching_kids/#comment-50 lorinda Mon, 03 Jul 2006 14:40:19 +0000 http://www.knitsisters.com/2006/07/03/teaching_kids/#comment-50 Will pop back and read the teaching kids post when I have more than thirty seconds. Thanks for getting me back on the reading rainbow. I jumped into Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Very Dickensian. Lovely so far. Must include the rhyme for kids (especially boys) to aid knitting steps--“Tell them to stab it, choke it, rip its guts out, and throw it off the cliff,” he said, accompanying each verb with a movement of his needles, resulting in a completed stitch. I could not love that more if I had written it myself. Happy fourth lovely knit sisters! Will pop back and read the teaching kids post when I have more than thirty seconds. Thanks for getting me back on the reading rainbow. I jumped into Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Very Dickensian. Lovely so far. Must include the rhyme for kids (especially boys) to aid knitting steps–“Tell them to stab it, choke it, rip its guts out, and throw it off the cliff,” he said, accompanying each verb with a movement of his needles, resulting in a completed stitch. I could not love that more if I had written it myself. Happy fourth lovely knit sisters!

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