It's been awhile since I've had a beginner student, and the one I have
right now is 11 years old! She started 3 weeks ago. Her first lesson
was just going over the tools she needs, and sorting out how to wind
bobbins. The next week she came and started a whole stitch practice
strip; finishing that one and another one on her own before she came
back last week for her third lesson. Last week I taught her how to do
half stitch. I warned her to never stop in the middle of the row...that
it would be harder to find her mistakes right away and if she got lost
in it she would have a real muddle to sort through. Then I sent her
home with the assignment to finish the half stitch strip, work another
one and also work one with alternating whole stitch / half stitch
sections. This was on Tuesday... on Thursday I got a message from her
that she had "finished. Now what did I want her to do?..."
:)
My goal was to have her so familiar with these two stitches that she
would not have to think much about it when she started to deal with the
puzzle of following a pattern for the first time. She is starting a
bookmark this Tuesday. I am so excited!
She is the kind of student that makes you feel unnecessary.
(if you would like to send her any words of encouragement, not that she
necessarily needs them, I will gladly pass them on! )
Debbie in Florida
mmouzon@ bellsouth.net
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