Knitting In Schools

The UK Hand Knitting Association has just launched a brand new initiative to encourage knitting back into the classroom. Together with the Crafts Council, the aim is to have a knitting and craft club in every school.

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"Knitting Is Good For You"!

   

If you were lucky enough to attend one of the UK Hand Knitting Association's seminars at The Knitting and Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace, you would have heard Katy Bevan, (Crafts Council's Participation and Learning Manager) and Erika Knight (Knitting author) explaining the role of knitting in the classroom and how easy it is to get materials together and teach exciting projects to eager children.

Here are the comments we received from some of the attendees:

"I attended your "encouraging craft in the classroom" talk at the Alexandra Palace knitting Expo yesterday (Friday 10th October)
I am a mother that has started a knitting club with one of the teachers at my daughter's school St Johns in Kingston upon Thames.
so far we have 10 children, we are aiming to have 50 by xmas. The club has been going for 3 weeks and so far 2 new children have been joining every week. The talk with Erika and Katy was wonderful and gave me lots of new ideas, and changed my ideas on how to go forward. Thank you so much ladies."

"May I say that the workshop at Alexandra Palace was brilliant. Very informative and extremely helpful."

"I really enjoyed the session on knitting."

"Found the talk inspiring and full of hope for the return of crafts to our schools. Have missed this section in the national curriculum so have the children who find theses types of activities therapeutic"

" I found the workshop at Alexandra Palace very encouraging and inspiring - thanks."

"I am very enthusiastic about it (starting a knitting club) and found the workshop at Alexandra Palace very encouraging and inspiring - thanks."

"I attended your 'encouraging craft in the classroom' talk at the Alexandra Palace Knitting expo. The talk with Erika and Chris was wonderful and gave me lots of new ideas, and changed my ideas on how to go forward. Thank you so much ladies."

Encouraging Knitting In The Classroom

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Questions Raised: How do I source materials? How do I inspire boys and keep their interest? Where do I find step by step instructions for Knitting and Crochet?

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