The kids have been after me to teach them how to knit for over a year now. Having no knitting experience myself - we have been struggling with hand me down needles and scraps of yarn, Finally my friend Sue suggested that I just bite the bullet and buy the good stuff at the local (rather expensive) knit shop. Let me tell you there is a difference - Having the right yarn with the right needles made the experience so much more fun. The kids have all made scarves for winter and are working on hats and mittens. Gannon and Kyra are knitting stuffed animals for Hannah's birthday.
This weekend the kids even made their own knitting needles by sanding and sharpening dowels and making funky end caps out of sculpy. I really want to find some skeins of raw wool so that we can dye it ourselves. I have read that kool-aid makes fabulous colors of yarn. If we keep this up we will be spinning and shearing our own sheep - hmmm how is that for a homeschool project...
My knitting research led me to this interesting pattern:
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEwinter04/PATTwomb.html
Yup - that's right a womb.
You know - the homeschool mom in me thought hmmmm.... might be a great way to weave in a lesson on human anatomy...
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