Teaching

Having people ask me to teach them how to knit has always scared me. I knit "left-handed" holding the needle with the stitches in my left hand knitting them on to the empty needle in my right hand. Because of this I have to reverse all of my shaping, cables, etc. It doesn't bother me, but I wouldn't want to teach others this way (My Brownie leaders insisted - Looking back, I don't think they were very good at knitting.)

Several of the girls in my son's JROTC class have asked me to teach them to knit. So I have retaught myself to knit "right-handed". This wasn't too difficult since I have always used 2 hands to carry yarn when knitting with 2 colors, but I am much slower.

Last Friday afternoon I took some yarn and needles (plus instructions printed from the Internet) to school. Only 1 girl was available and she kept having to leave to practice for a skit. She did learn the knitted cast on, knit stitch, purl stitch, stockinette and to cast off. It was a small piece 13 stitches and about 12 rows. I have more confidence in myself as a teacher - and think this girl will be a really great knitter.