Do You Know What You’re Doing?

There are a lot of elementary kids… there are a lot kids…. there are a lot people that live in my neighborhood, and they actually come outside. Something very different from when my husband and I lived in Mechanicsburg.

 

Peca, our Shiba Inu, loves to go outside when all of the kids are walking home from school, it’s a time where the streets spring to life, they’re full of people, cars, music, and while she doesn’t want anyone to talk to her or to touch her, she loves to watch them. So at 3:20pm we go outside and she stands firmly on her corner of the street, straight faced, tail down, the only thing that moves is her head from side to side as she follows the movement of cars and little feet marching down the street.

 

From time to time I ask the kids about their homework, they’re usually eager to share, and then they whip out a math worksheet and ask if I can help. I think, sure, I can handle elementary math, and then I look at the worksheet.

AND I HAVE NO CLUE.

 

If you’re a parent, I’m sure that you know what I mean. In seconds that worksheet makes you feel both old and not so smart. Because they don’t do math they way that we did back in the 90’s.

 

Sometimes it’s best, and soooo much easier, to leave the teaching to the experts, so I kindly offer my services if they want to draw, paint , weave or do anything creative, but pass on the math homework.

 

The first time that I put my hands on a loom, would have been the last , had it not been a college class. I should have taken pictures, but was far too frustrated and sleep deprived in the moment to think about snapping pictures. The only reason anything other than knotted string came off of that loom was because I had a great teacher. Someone who could make the confusing instructions make sense, and come up with creative solutions to the tension disaster. ( think gallon jugs of water hanging from threads on the loom)

 

While there are plenty of books and DIY videos, it’s so much easier to learn from a person, a person standing there beside you, helping you, guiding you, and answering your questions. So much easier than attempting to rephrase your google search 10 times.

 

Google: how do I set up a loom?

Google: how do I learn to weave?

Google: how do I change colors?

Google: What does a Shiba Inu look like?

Google: Do Shiba Inu’s shed a lot? ( yes)

Google: Where do I buy a Shiba Inu?

Google: What was I searching before I started looking at cute puppies?

Google: how much yarn do I need to weave a scarf?

Google: does it matter what kind of yarn I use to weave?

Google: what kind of loom should I buy?

Google: do I need anything other than a loom to weave?

Google: what is that wooden thing called that you use to weave?

Google: How do I get my child’s project off of the loom without it falling apart?

Google: Why does this thing that my child is weaving keep getting skinnier the farther that they go?

Google: My child wants to make something different, does that mean that I need to buy a different loom? And is that loom going to be even harder to understand how to use?

Google what is the difference between a frame loom, peg loom, lap loom, table loom, backstrap loom, rigid heddle loom, floor loom, 4 harness loom, counterbalance loom…. Basically google, what loom should I buy?

Google: What is a tapestry needle and where do I get one?

Google: Is there much of a difference between a plastic and metal tapestry needle, oh and what about the longer one with the ball on the end… which is best.

Google: Who teaches weaving lesson near me?
The weaving studio is open, and you can consider me your own personal expert to answer all of your weaving questions. Let’s get started