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Posted by on February 18, 2008, 4:45 pm
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>
> >I just pick up the stitches without worrying about which way they
> > turn. =A0Perhaps even missing a YO here and there. =A0Then I tink back a=
> > row --maybe even two if a dropped stitch has worked its way farther
> > down and I can't work it back up in pattern. =A0A bit time consuming,
> > especially if there are a lot of stitches in the row, but this gets
> > everything back 'in order' for me.
>
> Thanks. =A0That's pretty much what I've begun doing. =A0After my initial s=
hock,
> anger and then panic, I started slowly tinking the row, and I'm hoping I'l=
l
> make it back to a good row before long.
>
> Thanks for everyone's help! =A0I think Noah's partially curious about knit=
ting
> and partially jealous of it when he feels I'm not giving him enough
> attention (he's an attention-junkie, too). =A0One day after repeated attem=
pts
> to get my attention by climbing on my back while I knitted, he said, "Momm=
y
> doan knitty. =A0I doan like it."
>
> lisa
KNIT him a Toy anumal and tell him you are making it for HIM ,,,
mirjam
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Posted by Barb on February 20, 2008, 9:39 pm
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> Thanks for everyone's help! =A0I think Noah's partially curious about knit=
ting
> and partially jealous of it when he feels I'm not giving him enough
> attention (he's an attention-junkie, too). =A0One day after repeated attem=
pts
> to get my attention by climbing on my back while I knitted, he said, "Momm=
y
> doan knitty. =A0I doan like it."
>
> lisa
If he is three, it may be too young to teach him, but I remember
learning to knit when I was 5-maybe. I would patiently sit and put the
yarn through and around, and out. And I started with say 10 stitches
and ended up with so many, there was no room on the 10 inch needles,
and I could never finger out where they came from!
If he is too young to teach knitting, maybe he would like corking
(what we called cat tails or spool knitting when I was little.)
Anyway, that is my suggestion.
Barb
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Posted by Karlisa on February 21, 2008, 6:29 am
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> Thanks for everyone's help! I think Noah's partially curious about
> knitting
> and partially jealous of it when he feels I'm not giving him enough
> attention (he's an attention-junkie, too). One day after repeated attempts
> to get my attention by climbing on my back while I knitted, he said,
> "Mommy
> doan knitty. I doan like it."
>
> lisa
If he is three, it may be too young to teach him, but I remember
learning to knit when I was 5-maybe. I would patiently sit and put the
yarn through and around, and out. And I started with say 10 stitches
and ended up with so many, there was no room on the 10 inch needles,
and I could never finger out where they came from!
If he is too young to teach knitting, maybe he would like corking
(what we called cat tails or spool knitting when I was little.)
Anyway, that is my suggestion.
Barb
Thanks, Barb, that's an excellent suggestion! He likes doing anything
mechanical and when he's trying to figure out how to make something go or
take something apart, he can be keenly focused. He's a young 3, having only
just turned 3 last month, but I may buy him one of those little knitting
spools and see how he does. If he's not ready for it now, he may be in a
few more months.
lisa
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Posted by Richard Eney on February 22, 2008, 12:39 am
>>If he is three, it may be too young to teach him, but I remember
>>learning to knit when I was 5-maybe. I would patiently sit and put the
>>yarn through and around, and out. And I started with say 10 stitches
>>and ended up with so many, there was no room on the 10 inch needles,
>>and I could never finger out where they came from!
>
>>If he is too young to teach knitting, maybe he would like corking
>>(what we called cat tails or spool knitting when I was little.)
>>Anyway, that is my suggestion.
>
>Thanks, Barb, that's an excellent suggestion! He likes doing anything
>mechanical and when he's trying to figure out how to make something go or
>take something apart, he can be keenly focused. He's a young 3, having only
>just turned 3 last month, but I may buy him one of those little knitting
>spools and see how he does. If he's not ready for it now, he may be in a
>few more months.
You could teach him finger knitting. There are a couple of videos on
YouTube with kids demonstrating it. That way there'are no pieces to lose,
no small sharp stick to jab with, etc. The procedure ins't 100% identical
to standard knitting, but it produces a visible product quickly, which is
a big advantage at that age. You can also teach him finger-chaining
to make the basic crochet chain.
=Tamar
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