Greener & Cleaner : Kids Knitting Course
Thursday 06 June 2024
17:00 to 18:00
This beginners knitting course is open to anyone aged 8 to adult. If you have always wanted to try it but never got round to it, now is your chance. You may want to learn alongside your child/teen.
Charlotte has over 40 years of knitting experience and 7 years of teaching both children and adults to knit. Kim is also an experienced knitter and will be supporting your learning.
Charlotte has over 40 years of knitting experience and 7 years of teaching both children and adults to knit. Kim is also an experienced knitter and will be supporting your learning.
There are many advantages of teaching a child to knitting.
It improves fine motor skills and hand to eye coordination. It helps with development of basic maths skills when counting stiches and working in pattern.
It improves fine motor skills and hand to eye coordination. It helps with development of basic maths skills when counting stiches and working in pattern.
It develops resilience in overcoming problems and errors, it generates a great sense of achievement when new techniques have been learned and projects completed.
The advantages for adults are numerous too! It is a relazing mindful craft that can distract you from the stresses of everyday life. Learning a new skill helps stimulate the brain.
It helps build confidence in overcoming problems and errors, it generates a great sense of achievement when new techniques have been learned and projects completed.
It helps build confidence in overcoming problems and errors, it generates a great sense of achievement when new techniques have been learned and projects completed.
Knitting is a great way of expressing creativity, working with colour and texture and producing unique items that no one else has.
From a sustainability perspective knitting fosters an understanding of the time and efforts involved in creating an item from scratch which may then support a better understanding of some of the ethical issues associated with 'Fast Fashion' and help people reduce their consumption.
From a sustainability perspective knitting fosters an understanding of the time and efforts involved in creating an item from scratch which may then support a better understanding of some of the ethical issues associated with 'Fast Fashion' and help people reduce their consumption.
| Location |
The Hub from Greener and Cleaner, the Glades, 64 High St Bromley BR1 1DN (view map) |
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| Cost | £48 plus Eventbrite Fee |