I started crocheting scarves a few weeks ago. Don't get excited. I'm not good at crafts. I just have the patience to keep at them, provided I've been given very clear directions
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I realize that unless they all eventually start up etsy shops it's not really a direct parallel, but I couldn't stop myself from thinking, "What a 'teach a man to fish' moment."
Crochet is fun. I do it in fits and starts but I'm pretty limited in my repetoire of stitches, so simple patterns only. I do love seeing people doing olde tyme crafty things in public.
Well, if it helps them preserve the ability to focus, it really is "teaching a man to fish". The very limited ability to concentrate that I'm seeing in some of these kids is scary. I want them to be able to survive in the world, you know?
This is one of the most awesome posts I have ever read!
I fondly remember, as an eight year old, being taught how to crochet by my Great-Grandmother. You saw that right, my Great-Grandma Banks. That ability to crochet seemed to have skipped my Grandma and my Mom and lit on me. I am forever in my Great Grandmother's debt for the gift she imparted to me as a child, clear back in the early 1970's.
It is really fun. I bought myself a book about how to do crocheting without the cool scarf material, because I'd like to be able to make stuff, and I'd rather deal with one needle than two. :-P
That sounds really cool! umm may I ask: how or where did you learn? It's just, when I was around 12 I wanted to learn, so my grandma gave me a yarn and the needles and sort of thought I already knew the basics but at my blank stare she tried and failed spectacularly to teach me. (it was not her fault, mind you, I just don't have the patience when all I get is "you do this and then this and that's it!")
Well, I've crocheted chains before. That's not terribly complicated. And a friend showed it to me. Once you see the steps on this yarn, you'd see how easy it is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TbeTLuVKFE (we did something quote similar)
We learned to cross-stitch in sixth grade -- it was a class Christmas project -- and it became one of my favorite hobbies. Haven't done it lately, though -- I'm afraid patience is not my strong suit! But I would like to get back to it one of these days.
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I realize that unless they all eventually start up etsy shops it's not really a direct parallel, but I couldn't stop myself from thinking, "What a 'teach a man to fish' moment."
Crochet is fun. I do it in fits and starts but I'm pretty limited in my repetoire of stitches, so simple patterns only. I do love seeing people doing olde tyme crafty things in public.
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I fondly remember, as an eight year old, being taught how to crochet by my Great-Grandmother. You saw that right, my Great-Grandma Banks. That ability to crochet seemed to have skipped my Grandma and my Mom and lit on me. I am forever in my Great Grandmother's debt for the gift she imparted to me as a child, clear back in the early 1970's.
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Real crocheting would be more difficult.
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We learned to cross-stitch in sixth grade -- it was a class Christmas project -- and it became one of my favorite hobbies. Haven't done it lately, though -- I'm afraid patience is not my strong suit! But I would like to get back to it one of these days.
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Have I posted pictures of my not-yet-complete "Mind Palace" pillow cover cross-stitch?
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It is an even more chaotic image if you see it. :-P
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