Monday, May 22, 2006
great classes
I spent almost the whole weekend in knitting classes taught by Judy Pascale. I signed up last week for the first one (sizing and fitting). On Saturday morning, after about two minutes, I'd already learned several different and interesting techniques so I signed up for the afternoon class on armhole sizing and fitting. And learned a lot and enjoyed it. Then, I debated whether to take the Sunday beading class - wanting a day to myself and for errands. But my friend pointed out that it's awfully rare to have someone teach who actually has things to impart and in an interesting and fun way. So I went back today for four hours of beading and fun! Judy has an unusual way of putting in the beads and you don't need the eyesight of a 10-year-old nor the patience of a saint to string millions of beads ahead of time and then fray the wool as you push off the ones you won't use as you go along. Her way is to do it on the fly. And it works!! Plus, her designs for scarves and bags are charming. As a teacher, she sets goals as well as challenges and I really did learn several tricks and tools that I will use a lot. (The ones about the cable cast on are great!) I'm most grateful and very excited to get going on new and improved projects now.
Post a Comment