I think you'll get a kick out of this if you have children in your life who just love teddy bears, especially Build a Bears.
Kids love to dress them. Last year, I helped with a charity project to help dress a LOT of them, and after getting the patterns just right, I created a new book and DVD set.
These patterns include a dress, Mary Jane "show" which is really a slipper, Tam hat with and without ear holes, top-down raglan sweater with cables or Fair Isle, poncho and also a sewing pattern for trousers, complete with the tail hole.
This is a terrific teaching set. If you want to teach a beginner, why not do it with small projects? Or maybe you'd just like to finally get the hang of top-down raglans or round tams?
The video shows how to make the poncho. Here are lots of great techniques in one video,. This project is sideways knitted. It has hems at both the bottom and the top, and they match. It has an extra-easy neckline. It has self-made fringe, and on this one you can learn to lock the fringe in place so it doesn't unravel where the fabric begins.
'Nuff said, here's the video:
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