what age do you think people should get starting knitting at:knitting:
Minimum age for knitting
When they’re ready and want to. I wouldn’t give a very young child knitting needles.
My Mum taught me at age 7 as I was off school for a couple of weeks with chicken pox. I remember the needles were pretty thick.
as soon as they’re old enough not to poke their own eyeballs out, or use them as weapons against the cat.
I think I started around age 7 or so. I do remember acting as a ball winder for my mom a lot earlier than that.
It would start with the phrase:
hold both your hands out like this and don’t move.
The five year old daughter of my LYS can knit. She started when she was four. Her mom has taught her things like you are always sitting with knitting needles. If you must move to a new location the knitting needles go in the knitting bag, you get up and move. Once situated you can take them back out again.
Remember knitting hasn’t always been a luxury as it is now. Children had to learn these things too survive. I watched a documentary once that started how at one time a little girl was expected to have all the blocks pieced together before her fifth birthday. At the time a child living to the age of five was a huge thing so there was always a celebration and her blocks were on display. Yes I think that is a little much but our children are capable when taught with love and kindness, with safety guidelines and most importantly their interest to want to learn well anything really. Within reason naturally. 
The earlier, the better.
Knitting this fa:inlove: scinating occupation.