Comments on: Boys, boys, boys http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2006/04/boys-boys-boys/ knit. dye. spin. weave. shoot. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:57:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: ivete http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2006/04/boys-boys-boys/#comment-3812 ivete Wed, 12 Apr 2006 14:15:37 +0000 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/?p=295#comment-3812 <p>I work at a yarn shop full time and teach tons of beginners. We cast on for the person and start teaching with knit, then purl, then bind off, and finally cast on. I teach long-tail cast on, but if the person really can't get it I'll teach knitted-on. Many students don't learn to cast on until their 2nd or 3rd project, it doesn't bother me or them, they just have to be willing to come into the store to have us cast on!</p> I work at a yarn shop full time and teach tons of beginners. We cast on for the person and start teaching with knit, then purl, then bind off, and finally cast on. I teach long-tail cast on, but if the person really can’t get it I’ll teach knitted-on. Many students don’t learn to cast on until their 2nd or 3rd project, it doesn’t bother me or them, they just have to be willing to come into the store to have us cast on!

]]> By: Donna http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2006/04/boys-boys-boys/#comment-3811 Donna Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:44:35 +0000 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/?p=295#comment-3811 <p>When I teach friends to knit, I usually have a group of 3 or 4, so I cast on the stitches the evening before and begin teaching the knit stitch and then purl. I now teach them to do ribbing, decreases, binding off and seaming by making a newborn baby hat knitted flat(pompom optional). They really like the hat because it is barely bigger than a swatch and they are so happy to make something. Then they learn to make a sweater by knitting a baby cardigan with cables -- once again, it's fast, they learn to read a pattern, make a swatch, do increases, buttonholes, front and neck bands, cables and how to seam a sweater. If they don't want the sweater, I give them to local charities which always have a need so my knitters learn early about charity knitting. So many new knitters are afraid to tackle sweaters so the baby sweater gives them confidence.</p> When I teach friends to knit, I usually have a group of 3 or 4, so I cast on the stitches the evening before and begin teaching the knit stitch and then purl. I now teach them to do ribbing, decreases, binding off and seaming by making a newborn baby hat knitted flat(pompom optional). They really like the hat because it is barely bigger than a swatch and they are so happy to make something. Then they learn to make a sweater by knitting a baby cardigan with cables — once again, it’s fast, they learn to read a pattern, make a swatch, do increases, buttonholes, front and neck bands, cables and how to seam a sweater. If they don’t want the sweater, I give them to local charities which always have a need so my knitters learn early about charity knitting. So many new knitters are afraid to tackle sweaters so the baby sweater gives them confidence.

]]> By: amy! http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2006/04/boys-boys-boys/#comment-3810 amy! Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:36:53 +0000 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/?p=295#comment-3810 <p>I was recently flying somewhere with a friend/colleague. I planned to bring knitting and he warned me he'd have questions, so I brought along a spare set of needles and some cream-colored wool. I got him going and I blazed ahead on my own project. I'd glance over occasionally and he'd ask questions from time to time. But the pressure was off because I was mostly focused on my own thing. And he did really well. At the end, I cast off and gave him his swatch.</p> <p>Now he's bought his own needles and some wool of his own and is forging ahead with a scarf in a pattern that's a little more complicated than straight knit. And he lives on the other side of the country from me. So we've used our iSight cameras to have videoconference knitting lessons. Try showing someone how to make a stitch when you have to angle it so the camera can see the details!</p> I was recently flying somewhere with a friend/colleague. I planned to bring knitting and he warned me he’d have questions, so I brought along a spare set of needles and some cream-colored wool. I got him going and I blazed ahead on my own project. I’d glance over occasionally and he’d ask questions from time to time. But the pressure was off because I was mostly focused on my own thing. And he did really well. At the end, I cast off and gave him his swatch.

Now he’s bought his own needles and some wool of his own and is forging ahead with a scarf in a pattern that’s a little more complicated than straight knit. And he lives on the other side of the country from me. So we’ve used our iSight cameras to have videoconference knitting lessons. Try showing someone how to make a stitch when you have to angle it so the camera can see the details!

]]> By: Cheryl http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2006/04/boys-boys-boys/#comment-3809 Cheryl Mon, 10 Apr 2006 19:00:08 +0000 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/?p=295#comment-3809 <p>Beautiful colors in that Pomatomus sock! What a wonderful pairing of yarn and pattern.</p> Beautiful colors in that Pomatomus sock! What a wonderful pairing of yarn and pattern.

]]> By: Suzanne http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2006/04/boys-boys-boys/#comment-3808 Suzanne Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:16:52 +0000 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/?p=295#comment-3808 <p>What a coincidence for me that you would post this today after I just agreed to teach a class to beginners this summer at the local art center. I was excited when they asked me to do it, but the more I have been thinking through the details of how I will teach a group of beginners, the more nervous I am getting about the same questions you posed above! I am hoping to get some answers by reading some of the responses from your readers. Thanks for posting this today.</p> What a coincidence for me that you would post this today after I just agreed to teach a class to beginners this summer at the local art center. I was excited when they asked me to do it, but the more I have been thinking through the details of how I will teach a group of beginners, the more nervous I am getting about the same questions you posed above! I am hoping to get some answers by reading some of the responses from your readers. Thanks for posting this today.

]]> By: Julie http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2006/04/boys-boys-boys/#comment-3807 Julie Mon, 10 Apr 2006 16:15:22 +0000 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/?p=295#comment-3807 <p>Wow--I bought some of your superwash in Libertine, and now I know which sock to tackle!</p> <p>By the way, I was really hoping you might have a suggestion for a sock pattern to use with Speed Demon. I'm having a hard time matching the gauge to patterns I have. Could you email me any suggestions, if you have time? Thanks!</p> Wow–I bought some of your superwash in Libertine, and now I know which sock to tackle!

By the way, I was really hoping you might have a suggestion for a sock pattern to use with Speed Demon. I’m having a hard time matching the gauge to patterns I have. Could you email me any suggestions, if you have time? Thanks!

]]> By: ShelbyD http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2006/04/boys-boys-boys/#comment-3806 ShelbyD Mon, 10 Apr 2006 00:35:33 +0000 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/?p=295#comment-3806 <p>I've taught a few friends how to knit, just the basics. I tend to cast on for them and show them the knit stitch for the first lesson, so that they can make progress right away. Long-tail cast on is the second lesson, and purl is the third (or whenever they're ready). I also refer them to a few books that I learned from, like Stitch n Bitch and Vogue Knitting.</p> I’ve taught a few friends how to knit, just the basics. I tend to cast on for them and show them the knit stitch for the first lesson, so that they can make progress right away. Long-tail cast on is the second lesson, and purl is the third (or whenever they’re ready). I also refer them to a few books that I learned from, like Stitch n Bitch and Vogue Knitting.

]]> By: Christiane http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2006/04/boys-boys-boys/#comment-3805 Christiane Sun, 09 Apr 2006 16:55:08 +0000 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/?p=295#comment-3805 <p>What a gorgeous looking sock. I love it!</p> What a gorgeous looking sock. I love it!

]]> By: Dora http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2006/04/boys-boys-boys/#comment-3804 Dora Sun, 09 Apr 2006 07:32:44 +0000 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/?p=295#comment-3804 <p>I just wanted to say that I love your site and I really admire your artistry. You've given me a lot of good ideas on projects I'd like to try. I've been looking at your site and a bunch of others for a while now and finally got inspired to start my own knitting blog. Please check it out sometime ^_^.</p> I just wanted to say that I love your site and I really admire your artistry. You’ve given me a lot of good ideas on projects I’d like to try. I’ve been looking at your site and a bunch of others for a while now and finally got inspired to start my own knitting blog. Please check it out sometime ^_^.

]]> By: bekka http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/2006/04/boys-boys-boys/#comment-3803 bekka Sat, 08 Apr 2006 14:06:14 +0000 http://blog.sweetgeorgiayarns.com/?p=295#comment-3803 <p>awesome Pomatomus socks.</p> awesome Pomatomus socks.

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