I’ve been knitting for 8 years, more than half my life, but have only recently discovered that I enjoy teaching people how to knit. After having made multiple scarves, a hat and a sweater, this year I became president of my high school’s knitting club. So far, twenty students have joined and the two meetings we’ve had have been fun and productive. Suddenly students are walking down halls with balls of yarn and knitting needles in hand. In a few weeks, we’ll have our first knit-in when we will knit scarves to donate to a local homeless shelter. Lots of people have developed a fondness for knitting, including Russell Crowe, Julia…
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During our two-year home school adventure, we (not just Natalie) learned how to do a lot of different things. We spent time making things: a garden, a quilt, recipes, scarves, a schoolhouse, a newspaper. One thing I know is this: making things is fun and it is also empowering. The middle school years are an ideal time to spend time creating things with our hands, engaging with different people, learning new skills, trying different languages, being in nature… How creatively and kindly we approach these years helps us imagine who we might want to be in the world. And it also makes us more open to trying new things in…
