These two items, a scarf and a hot pad, were created by my 8 year old over Thanksgiving weekend.My mom taught her to knit this summer. She has made a few scarves for her American Doll, however, when she dug into my recently added "ribbon yarn" and found some size 15 needles, she was unstoppable!
The heavy yarn and the larger needles were all she needed to whip up a scarf in one sitting. She decided to give it to her Grandy as a gift for Thanksgiving. At 10:00 pm she wanted to start a gift for her Papa. Nope, stop until the morning please! This was so hard for her. I think she could have knit all night!
So on Thanksgiving morning she completed the hot pad for Papa. The whole process of casting on, knitting, and casting off was much more manageable with this yarn. And the look of satisfaction on her face for a job well done was priceless!
The larger, stiffer yarn gave her the opportunity to practice keeping the same amount of stitches on the needle for each row. If the count was off it was easy for her, and me, to figure out how to resolve the issue.
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