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Handwork: Grades 1 & 2

The emphasis is on creating toys and other articles for daily use through knitting and crocheting. Carefully selected materials, many of them dyed with plants, are transformed into functional and beautiful pieces. In addition, small artistic craft projects as well as stories and finger games provide a rich tapestry of activities.

Handwork: Grades 3 & 4

In Grade 3 knitting and crocheting projects are continued with an increased emphasis on building skills and capacities through individualized work. Handwork in Grade 4 centers on the sewing of a variety of bags, cases and purses and embellishing them through embroidery. Both linear and surface x-stitch embroidery techniques are used in the design, which is meant to organically arise out of the function of the article. The gestures of color and form are brought into harmony with the function.