Only 4 Stitches Left!

It has been an extremely busy week for me, but I took some time to almost finish my dishcloth. I still need more time and I am continuously working towards my end goal. I had to work on the other half of my dishcloth. As I was working towards the first half I was adding a stitch each time to get it bigger. Then I had to decrease my dishcloth by taking away a stitch. I learned the yarn over technique, which is where I start with two stitches and get to one stitch. This is how it ties together so it does not unravel. I also learned how to knit two stitches together. This process was a little difficult because I found it needed a little more attention so I didn’t miss something. If I would have missed a stitch or done it wrong it would have all come loose and then I would not be very happy, but everything worked out just fine and now I am here…

As you can see in the photo above I am almost done and just need to watch the last bit of the video to see how it all ties up. This time while I was knitting I put my headphones in and listened to a podcast. I tried my best to reach into my interests and try and make it educational for myself.

I listened to the podcast above. This podcast is about parenting, so not so much about teaching, but I always think the teaching is almost kind of the same thing as being a parent. Parenting is sort of like teaching in the sense that we both teach children, but we teach them different things. In this podcast, they talk about anti-racism and anti-bias, about how it is and should not be a bad thing to talk about. They give a really good example about being in the grocery store and a child pointing out that someone else has a different colour of skin. Usually, parents will be taken aback by this comment and say something along the lines of “we will talk about it in the car!” But that is not what we want to do. We want to address that they notice it and explain to them the answer. Give kids time to process your answer and then invite them to ask more questions. Shutting their question down makes children think that they did something wrong when in reality it is okay to notice these differences and to ask questions. This is the way we teach the next generation of children (our students) to be anti-bias.