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Washcloth Crafts!
As it turns out, teaching kids to hand sew using terrycloth is pretty easy. The wide weave of the material allows kids to use a variety of wide-eyed, blunt-end needles. They are easy to thread, and they are easy on the fingers, meaning no finger pricks.
As it turns out, teaching kids to hand sew using terrycloth is pretty easy. The wide weave of the material allows kids to use a variety of wide-eyed, blunt-end needles. They are easy to thread, and they are easy on the fingers, meaning no finger pricks.
For young children, I recommend plastic bag clamps, rubber bands, and spring clothes pins for holding the material in place, but safety pins are another possibility. Now saftey pins do prick when unhinged, so a lot of supervision needs to be available when using them. Perhaps a new type of blunt-end safety pin is in order; one that doesn’t prick. Or for that matter, blunt-end straight pins would work, too. I’m just thinking out loud here with all of the blood born viruses around, I would prefer no one get pricked, especially when teaching a group of kids.
I like to use the darning needles and the yarn needles. Plastic needles have a few draw backs. They may not glide through the material as easily, but they work and are less expensive. Four plastic needles come in a pack. Plastic canvas needles work, too. If you have experimented with a lot of crafts over the years, you may have some of these needles on hand.
Happy Crafting!
~Terry
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