Asked to teach Gdd to knit!

Thought you might like to see this.
Tom Daley. Ghis is crochet but he knits too.

I knew Tom knitted but that is very clever.

Are they those all-in-one cardigans? Someone showed me how to knit them but I gave up!

Sorry, I realised they're crocheted!

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I think they look quite easy Callistemon21 but they are certainly striking anyway

Callistemon21

Here you are - but squares, not stripes! From my Sirdar link 🙂

If you're young and a size 8 or 10 you can wear anything.
DD pinched my oversized Christmas jumper - oversized is in, apparently.

Oo, I like that, Callistemon! I think even I could manage that (squares are my speciality).

I used to knit squares, must have knit hundreds. Luckily someone else sewed them together to make blankets for refugees.
I really dislike sewing up.
Witzend 🤫

NotSpaghetti

I think they look quite easy Callistemon21 but they are certainly striking anyway

I'm joining crochet blankets using the Join As You Go method; that looks similar.
However, I've never crocheted anything shaped, only squares and rectangles 🙂
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxcJW0hgp3g

I did knit and crochet when I was younger very basic blankets jumpers cardigans etc. I haven't done any for years I offered to teach my GDs to knit but my Dil didn't seem bothered I felt disappointed at her response.

I read the thread heading as "Asked to teach God to knit". I was impressed but surprised.

Thanks so much Chardy, but TBH, in MN parlance, I honestly CBA now. And as per my pp, I don’t really like the look of crochet
Not to mention a lot of knitting projects lined up!

Gdd will be coming later, and I’ve actually managed to find the children’s needles I bought 2 or 3 years ago. No mean feat for me to find anything so quickly, I can tell you!

There are some very good YouTube instructional videos for children to learn knitting.
The closeups on a tv make it very clear how the stitches are made. They sometimes have a rhyme too

Any advice on which YouTube videos are best? I would love to teach my 8 year old grandkids to knit but I am not a good knitter (apart from lots of baby blankets and basic scarfs!).

I learned to knit and sew at school, we made tray cloths with bits of embroidery in the corners and knitted dish cloths using strawberry stitch. An aunt taught me to do tatting with a tiny bobbin and mother taught me to crochet although don't think I could do wither of those things today.

Ankle warmers are quick and maybe use variety of yarn to jazz up.

I could knit and crochet when I was five just by watching my mother. My daughter got her brownie knitting badge by knitting some egg cosies. A monk and a chicken.
We were knitting when my son asked to join in. My husband felt left out so he asked to join in. The first thing he knitted was a layette for his sisters baby (days before baby grows). He went on to knit all his pullovers and socks
I had a class at W.I to teach crochet. Some were left handed!

I found it impossible to teach my GGD to crochet on Zoom. It was all back to front. Much better when you are in the same room rather than other side of the world.

I’m left-handed, but I learnt to crochet right-handed. I just manoeuvre my left hand more than my right. I didn’t find it a problem. It was easier to learn that way than trying to reverse everything.
It’s a right-handed world! 🙄 I had to use a right-handed hockey stick at school and so carried on to play golf right-handed too.

What a coincidence. I was only rescuing my knitting from my DGD this AM. She wanted me to show what to do and held the needle with me. From the depths of my memory came, ' In, round, through, knock it off!' My DGD is 2 so a bit early to start yet!

I taught my eldest grandchild to knit when she was 6, took to it no problem, loved anything crafty. At 10, joined the Knit and Natter group at school, knit a red slouch hat which she loved and helped teach some of others in the group to KNIT. No other grandchildren have managed, they have tried but not enough patience.

A couple of years ago my GD wanted me to teach her to sew. I'm a pretty good basic seamstress. I taught her basics, machine operations and cutting patterns. A couple of weeks into it, she making her own (stylish) clothing and MAKING her own patterns. Now, I'm a very proud spectator. I tidy and iron for her.

Out of a group of grandkids there will be one or a couple that do have the “crafty gene” (when it comes to knitting ) that you can nurture along. Found out it’s not limited to just girls!
Cheers!
USA Gundy

My DGM taught me to crochet when I was a teenager. When I was 18 my fiancé next door neighbour was only in her early 20s but was ill and only had a short life expectancy. She wanted to learn to crochet to pass the time but was left handed . I taught myself to crochet left handed and then taught it to her . She was very happy crocheting blanket squares etc .

NotSpaghetti

Thought you might like to see this.
Tom Daley. Ghis is crochet but he knits too.

Tom Daley does some lovely things but watching him knit on Gogglebox one evening I was surprised that his knitting style is just like all new knitters, lifting the yarn with his hand going up instead of just his finger with the yarn looped around it.

My sweet SIL used to knit beautiful socks. She taught me how to knit using two pencils and.old yarn when I was 10 yo. I eventually learned myself to knit socks, patterned and with reinforced heel. Good luck.

Gundy

Out of a group of grandkids there will be one or a couple that do have the “crafty gene” (when it comes to knitting ) that you can nurture along. Found out it’s not limited to just girls!
Cheers!
USA Gundy

You only have to look at Alan Dart’s website to see what men are capable of in the knitting department! So many amazing creations.