In our homeschool, ‘handicrafts,’ or, ‘practical skills’ are just as important as academics. Now that our oldest two are in high school, I can say with confidence that I don’t regret a moment spent on developing their woodworking, knitting, cooking, fire-building, or the other skills they learned over the years.
The skills have given the children confidence. They will be able to help others who need their skill. And our 15-year-old daughter is creating a little business based on the practical skills she learned.
To get you started in crochet, I found a free Crochet School online with 30 video lessons.
Love this lady! I’m using her program at my co-op this fall. It’s so wonderful that she took the time to put this on her blog for free use!
From an avid crocheter I think this is just awesome! My oldest daughter has learned how to crochet & has also taught herself how to read the patterns. Some of the other practical skills that our kids learn are cooking, gardening, canning, hunting…..we also do our own meat-processing too & fishing. We have a wood stove so the boys learn all that goes along with that including the wood-cutting, etc. They are learning grilling skills, they do lawn-care, we raise chickens & the kids tend to them & also the egg-gathering…….my list could go on & on.
thank you. my daughter is basically self-taught, so this is wonderful
Thank you all so much for taking the time to comment. I love reading your words!
My 13-yo daughter, from around age ten, taught herself to crochet and knit. She will appreciate this website! Thank you, Lori! I can’t help her much, with fingers affected by fibromyalgia; however, I can weave, and have taught her as much as I know about that. I also can “spool knit” and, using a large bore tool, am making my niece an old-fashioned rug (albeit in hot pink tones!). My daughter is watching the results with interest, so she may add that skill, also.
Excellent! Thank you!
does this no longer work? has the page closed? there is no link
This is an old post, so that crochet school must be no longer available. I browsed through several options, and this one looks the best to me: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpolLUf9SLHheKf9P3zaiQpEiBp3_3dBe