June Garen shows Madeline Breton, 11, how to hold her needles while learning to knit her first row during an introductory class at the Gilmanton Year-Round Library in Gilmanton.
June Garen shows Madeline Breton, 11, how to hold her needles while learning to knit her first row during an introductory class at the Gilmanton Year-Round Library in Gilmanton. Credit: ELIZABETH FRANTZ / Monitor staff

A group of eager preteens received their first knitting lesson from volunteer June Garen at the Gilmanton Year-Round Library on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016. Within an hour, the girls were surprised to realize they were already knitting and could take their fingerless glove projects home with them.