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S Viemeister[_2_]

On 7/24/2015 9:34 AM, wrote:

> My younger daughter wanted me to teach her and five of her friends to
> knit socks. They duly arrived for the first session and that's when
> I found out my daughter was the only one who even knew how to knit.
> After a moment I thought to myself at least it would be more
> interesting to learn to knit a pair of socks as opposed to the more
> common scarf.
>
Starting with a scarf, is what puts lots of people off knitting - it's
boring, and takes forever!
I started the kids with a 16 stitch wide sampler strip. Once that was
successfully completed, they moved on to 2-needle mittens - small, so
quick to do, and give a feeling of accomplishment. With the mittens,
they learn to measure gauge, increase, decrease, bind off, sew seams,
and use stitch holders. After that they can move on to more challenging
projects - like socks.

> It worked, three of the five now knit regularly and only two gave up.
> Their first pairs weren't impressive but second pairs were great and
> that really covered most of the basics of knitting.
>