thinky ancd competency realisations
Was sewing lycra covering on bikini whilst watching Lost last night (I catch up on my tv to make space on my computer for more tv - one of these days I'll get around to actually watching the new season of Numb3rs, but at the mo, no great desire to do so. And yes, mightily pissed about Kitchen Confidential.) when something hit me.
It occured to me that when cutting out the bits of the bikini, I hadn't even thought about it. Just pinned the original to the cloth and then cut out the parts, not having to think about where or how it connected, or how much to leave for hemming/overlap. I do this now. Someone says 'need to make this' and I go 'oh, no problem, that'll take _insert time here_'. I'm competent. I know I'm competent at clothes making. I'm just wondering when I became competent. At what stage did I pass from complete beginner, because I remember learning and being shite, to the stage of unruffled competency? When did the crossover happen?
This happens in all trades. Bet everyone remembers vaguely learning how to do things like the basics of cookery, but don't remember when you didn't even think about making dinner, just grabbed the ingredients and started chopping and mixing.
The other thinky is er... forgotten now.
It occured to me that when cutting out the bits of the bikini, I hadn't even thought about it. Just pinned the original to the cloth and then cut out the parts, not having to think about where or how it connected, or how much to leave for hemming/overlap. I do this now. Someone says 'need to make this' and I go 'oh, no problem, that'll take _insert time here_'. I'm competent. I know I'm competent at clothes making. I'm just wondering when I became competent. At what stage did I pass from complete beginner, because I remember learning and being shite, to the stage of unruffled competency? When did the crossover happen?
This happens in all trades. Bet everyone remembers vaguely learning how to do things like the basics of cookery, but don't remember when you didn't even think about making dinner, just grabbed the ingredients and started chopping and mixing.
The other thinky is er... forgotten now.