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Posted by KCat on August 23, 2005, 12:59 pm
my niece loves artsy projects. She's 10 and is teaching herself Manga and
has done a lot of Origami and Kirigami. Very bright young lady and I (along
with her parents) are encouraging all kinds of creative and intellectual
endeavors. She also loves cats.
I'm thinking maybe a cross-stitch kit with a cat - something relatively
small and easy with 11ct Aida perhaps. Do you think that this is something
your slighly-above average 10 y.o. can handle? (she's probably more like
well-above, so it's more the physical capability I'm wondering about.)
I'll ask her dad too, of course.
just wondered what ya'll thought. I started at 14 or 15. Could have
started earlier had I been exposed. But my first needlework was on canvas
and was, I guess, "painting" vs. cross-stitch. I was about 12 then I think.
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Posted by Addie Otto on August 23, 2005, 1:06 pm
I taught my neice and nephew when they were 6 and 8. They are still working
on their first projects a year and a half later, but my neice who is now 8
keeps saying she needs to bring it over because she has a question. I'm
sure if you sat down and showed her how to manage, it wouldn't be a problem.
Looking at the weather here, it would make a great rainy day project.
Addie
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> my niece loves artsy projects. She's 10 and is teaching herself Manga and
> has done a lot of Origami and Kirigami. Very bright young lady and I
> (along
> with her parents) are encouraging all kinds of creative and intellectual
> endeavors. She also loves cats.
> I'm thinking maybe a cross-stitch kit with a cat - something relatively
> small and easy with 11ct Aida perhaps. Do you think that this is
> something
> your slighly-above average 10 y.o. can handle? (she's probably more like
> well-above, so it's more the physical capability I'm wondering about.)
> I'll ask her dad too, of course.
> just wondered what ya'll thought. I started at 14 or 15. Could have
> started earlier had I been exposed. But my first needlework was on canvas
> and was, I guess, "painting" vs. cross-stitch. I was about 12 then I
> think.
>
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Posted by KCat on August 23, 2005, 4:09 pm
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>I'm
> sure if you sat down and showed her how to manage, it wouldn't be a
problem.
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> Looking at the weather here, it would make a great rainy day project.
> Addie
hmm... yeah, that would be the problem. She lives 990 miles away. :( I
probably should have thought to mention that. She picked up on the fountain
pen thing fairly quickly. But still benefitted from a Christmas-time lesson
last year. but it's only once a year we get out there.
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Posted by Dianne Lewandowski on August 23, 2005, 1:20 pm
Considering that much younger children worked the cross stitch over
linen in days past, I see no reason why a bright 10-year old couldn't
master even 14-count aida. As long as you sat down with her and let her
practise first on a doodle aida.
Dianne
KCat wrote:
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> my niece loves artsy projects. She's 10 and is teaching herself Manga and
> has done a lot of Origami and Kirigami. Very bright young lady and I (along
> with her parents) are encouraging all kinds of creative and intellectual
> endeavors. She also loves cats.
>
> I'm thinking maybe a cross-stitch kit with a cat - something relatively
> small and easy with 11ct Aida perhaps. Do you think that this is something
> your slighly-above average 10 y.o. can handle? (she's probably more like
> well-above, so it's more the physical capability I'm wondering about.)
> I'll ask her dad too, of course.
>
> just wondered what ya'll thought. I started at 14 or 15. Could have
> started earlier had I been exposed. But my first needlework was on canvas
> and was, I guess, "painting" vs. cross-stitch. I was about 12 then I think.
>
>
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Posted by Barbara Hass on August 23, 2005, 1:21 pm
KCat wrote:
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> my niece loves artsy projects. She's 10 and is teaching herself Manga and
> has done a lot of Origami and Kirigami. Very bright young lady and I (along
> with her parents) are encouraging all kinds of creative and intellectual
> endeavors. She also loves cats.
>
> I'm thinking maybe a cross-stitch kit with a cat - something relatively
> small and easy with 11ct Aida perhaps. Do you think that this is something
> your slighly-above average 10 y.o. can handle? (she's probably more like
> well-above, so it's more the physical capability I'm wondering about.)
> I'll ask her dad too, of course.
>
> just wondered what ya'll thought. I started at 14 or 15. Could have
> started earlier had I been exposed. But my first needlework was on canvas
> and was, I guess, "painting" vs. cross-stitch. I was about 12 then I think.
>
>
I started at around 7-8 years old. I've taught boys of that age to
cross-stitch, too. Really depends on the child. From the sounds of it,
your niece would be able to handle it, as long as she was actually
interested in the project. I'd actually suggest taking her with you to
pick out a kit. You're there to make sure she doesn't pick a TW ;-) and
she is sure to pick something she really wants. Plus has the fun of
learning about stash enhancement!
Barbara HJ
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> has done a lot of Origami and Kirigami. Very bright young lady and I
> (along
> with her parents) are encouraging all kinds of creative and intellectual
> endeavors. She also loves cats.
> I'm thinking maybe a cross-stitch kit with a cat - something relatively
> small and easy with 11ct Aida perhaps. Do you think that this is
> something
> your slighly-above average 10 y.o. can handle? (she's probably more like
> well-above, so it's more the physical capability I'm wondering about.)
> I'll ask her dad too, of course.
> just wondered what ya'll thought. I started at 14 or 15. Could have
> started earlier had I been exposed. But my first needlework was on canvas
> and was, I guess, "painting" vs. cross-stitch. I was about 12 then I
> think.
>