I am teaching a knitting camp this week & my son is tagging along for the ride.  He worked on his scarf for his grandmother today.  Here’s a picture of the progress.

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My son has repeatedly asked to do more sewing, and today we sorted through my fabric box & he chose fabric for a basic pillow. He stuffed it and I handstitched the closure. Here is the finished project. He is over the moon with delight! He’s up in his room now “testing [...]

Stumbled across a great program today called How It’s Made.
During one of the shorts, it mentioned photosynthesis, so we took the opportunity to extend our learning by mining a gem from this site.

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I’m an avid knitter. For my son’s birthday earlier this week, I knitted him a light sweater. I had to sew in a zipper. My son already knits, having learned in Kindergarten. Today he expressed interest in sewing. He made two fairly straight lines and sewed a “pocket”. He [...]