This weekend we hosted guests at the ranch, among them seven-year-old Emily. When I pulled out my knitting, I suspected it might attract some interest. Children are drawn to knitting in the same way as kittens; young things want to learn.

I didn't have proper beginning tools with me, but Emily mastered casting on (long-tail!), the knit stitch and binding off in a flash--on circular needles. Plus she loved it.

At one point she asked me: "Does knitting calm you down"?

Clearly, she gets it.

Emily with extremely well-executed garter-stitch strip. Another knitter is born!