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Archive for August, 2009

Teaching Young Children To Knit

Monday, August 24th, 2009

Very young children can be successful knitters, given the right teaching techniques.
Right Hand vs. Left Hand Knitting
The ‘English’ method of holding the yarn in your right hand and throwing it over the needle, as opposed to ‘Continental’ which has the yarn in the left hand, seems to be easier for children to learn.  They’re able [...]

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