{"id":3624,"date":"2019-10-04T13:43:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T13:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/?p=3624"},"modified":"2019-10-04T15:47:30","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T15:47:30","slug":"crafting-with-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christineguestdesigns.com\/blog\/crafting-with-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovely Links: Crafting with Kids &#8211; and a call for tips."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"How I Get Crafty Things Done with Little Kids \/\/ Taking Back Friday \/\/ Episode 13 \/\/ a knitting vlog\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IdGaROvnkIY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zOR4jmVFW7\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/pattylyons.com\/2019\/09\/6-benefits-that-children-experience-from-knitting\/\">6 Benefits That Children Experience from Knitting<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;6 Benefits That Children Experience from Knitting&#8221; &#8212; Patty Lyons | Knitting Teacher\" src=\"https:\/\/pattylyons.com\/2019\/09\/6-benefits-that-children-experience-from-knitting\/embed\/#?secret=ZXgSk4CQG9#?secret=zOR4jmVFW7\" data-secret=\"zOR4jmVFW7\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So many craft writers mention their creative aunts, moms or grandmothers who taught them the rudiments of<br \/>\nsomething on a rainy afternoon to keep them out of trouble, which later gave them confidence to design.  It does seem to me that growing a market for our fabrics, books and knitting patterns needs to include the people who will be buying them in 10 years, but the &#8220;Not your mother&#8217;s craft,&#8221; cant has to go. I am the mother now, and I&#8217;m not willing to be dismissed.<\/p>\n<p>How did the moms, grandmas and aunties pull that off?  My mother and I did craft together, especially in sewing clothes. We also<br \/>\nstruggled over taste (for some reason she didn&#8217;t think I should have 9 inch hibiscus flowers on my Easter Dress.) Mom now smirks at me as my<br \/>\ndaughter alternately begs for instruction in various crafts, and declares that I just don&#8217;t understand her, or worse; that I do<br \/>\nunderstand her but I&#8217;m not being very gentle about it. There is a lot bound up in the learning; confidence, thrift, budgeting, allowing<br \/>\nyourself to have leisure as a woman, what to do with failure, math, body image, charity, mortality, managing stress&#8230;everything we go through, but processed through a child&#8217;s mind and heart.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to hear about teaching craft to children &#8211; and the tricky bits where they are your own children. Even as a homeschooler, there are<br \/>\ntimes when I wonder if I need an outside instructor, especially when there needs to be some constructive criticism. I&#8217;m always nervous that<br \/>\nI&#8217;m not passing on enough body confidence.  I haven&#8217;t found any<em> Organize Your Workspace<\/em> books for 9 year olds. Taking over the living room does not count as an <em>Organize Your Workspace strategy<\/em>. Meanwhile I need to lay out a dress, and the largest floor space is &#8230; in the living room.  What do you do to pass on crafts?  Do you speak up when you see a problem ahead, let them figure it out, or some third way?<\/p>\n<p>eta I had a typo in the title!  Phew, all fixed now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 Benefits That Children Experience from Knitting So many craft writers mention their creative aunts, moms or grandmothers who taught them the rudiments of something on a rainy afternoon to keep them out of trouble, which later gave them confidence to design. 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