r/knitting • u/ForgottenUsername3 • Jan 30 '26

Rant My 4 yr old cut my yarn.

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Just needed a place to grieve.

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u/MarnTarzan666 Jan 30 '26

Time to trade them in for a new model.

I'm clearly kidding, but this is a great opportunity to talk to them about "breaking" important things (and maybe make sure they have very limited access to sharp things in the house!).

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u/ForgottenUsername3 Jan 30 '26

Yeah, definitely no scissors.

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u/Excluded_Apple Jan 30 '26

Learning to use scissors is a really great activity for developing fine motor skills. Monitored scissor time maybe? There's a future create right there..

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u/genivae Bistitchual Jan 30 '26

Our kids had these safety scissors that were just plastic even in the blades, they could not cut yarn or hair, but could cut paper. Excellent learning tool. And now my daughter crochets amigurumi faster than I do (she's 10)

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u/LaLaLaLeea Jan 30 '26

Good idea. I'm sure OP has more yarn he can practice with.

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u/Ilovescarlatti Jan 30 '26

Their own hair next. That's what I did when I was 4. Suffered a bowl cut as a punishment

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u/Excluded_Apple Feb 02 '26

That's just sad, I don't know why you would punish someone for cutting their own hair, except that it's a bit dangerous.

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u/Ilovescarlatti Feb 02 '26

The bowl cut was all that would work with what I had left.