I cannot believe how excited the kids are about learning to knit! This term, most students from each class took their yarn and needles home on the first day, many getting relatives at home to teach them. There was more than one grandma greeted by an enthusiastic new knitter last weekend!
What I love is how excited they are when they "get it"! What really amazes me is how fast they're "getting it" this term! Day 3 for most classes and a few kids have finished their Mug Rugs already. Some want to make scarves (I told them to get their own yarn and I'll help them along), many want something More Challenging!
I posted some knitting tutorials during class, as well as some Yarn Bombing examples and some sample knitting projects (like the gloves with the Triforce that I'd like to adapt for some mitts for Andrew).
Something new this term is that I'm being stopped in the hallway, and having kids pop into my classroom to ask for help knitting (usually casting off), and I haven't even taught them yet! They're out of the yarn closet, and being a knitter is a status symbol... I hope it lasts...
Seriously - the yarn and needle suppliers should be beating a path to my door. With any luck, there will be 300 new knitters in town by the end of the school year.
Cheer up, Dora - you're young and hip, and on the cutting edge of the newest trend ;-)
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