Bub has expressed an interest in knitting. And this is a good thing. I would love to teach him (in theory) and he's said he would like to knit himself a sweater. In practice, however, we're running into some difficulties. Maybe because he's only four, and maybe because he's not the most coordinated or perhaps because he doesn't have the best fine motor skills, but teaching to knit has been hard. Hell, it's been hard teaching him how to wind a center-pull ball and how to cast-on. So last weekend we tried crochet. He hated it. This weekend we tried knitting again, and then we also tried spool knitting. It was too difficult, at least the set-up. (For the spool knitting, it was hard for him to lift the loops over the other loops, tension issues, methinks.)
So then I was thinking loom knitting, but I saw some tutorials on YouTube, and it looks a bit more complicated than I think he can do.
So maybe those potholder looms, like this one? Any other thoughts, suggestions?
The yarn harlot wrote about her daughters learning how to knit... basically she left balls of yarn and needs around and eventually they spontaneously figured it out themselves, and about the same age they learned to read. Maybe just letting him play with the needles and (cheap) yarn and make a big mess for a while until he figures it out himself?
ReplyDeleteOh, I had one of those potholder looms... I really liked it. But I also think I was 8 or 9 or 10 or so when I got it.
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