Tristyn has been watching me a little bit everyday work on his scarf. On Saturday he asked me if I could teach him to knit, too.
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I didn't want to deflate his confidence in me by telling him that I hardly know what I'm doing and quickly decided to offer to teach him to crochet first. I sorta kinda mumbled something about it being a bit easier since there was only one needle involved and he thought I was making perfect sense so away we went.
I let him practicing the hooking motion first while I held the rest of the yarn. I'm sure my technique is hardly any good but it works. Technically this picture is Maia giving it a try...her explosion when she couldn't do it was so phenomenal that while I was trying to soothe her and help Tristyn with this step I couldn't manage the camera.
Ahh...here's Tristyn. In a few minutes he's getting the hang of it.
It wasn't long before he was confident making a chain and then I taught him how to start the next row using single crochets. He completed 2 before it grew late and it was bedtime.
The next morning Rick was up earlier than I was...but Tristyn beat us all! He woke up at 5 to 6 (that's A.M. people!) and got to work. I woke up to a very, very proud 8 year old who showed me this:
A blanket for Keroppi!
