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[ornerie]

edited my class outline for the knitting class. check it out if you want...and if you have any other suggestions, I'd love to hear them!
http://ornerie.livejournal.com/307515.html?view=2533691#t2533691

the big question is:
would you rather have a basic simple class where you actually finish the class project (a knitted square) or would you rather start and not finish something that is way cooler and more period, where you'll likely need to tackle the last step on your own?

in other news, I'm so glad its the weekend. I'll spend today crunching the piles of data I generated yesterday, Saturday I get to take an embroidery class (woot!) and Sunday I get to go play with my new pony!

Sunday will be interesting....little CHinaGirl will need work too. oh, the embarassment of riches... she really needs a forever home. She needs someoen who can focus on her and bring out the fabulous sweetheart that I know she is. She is soft and compliant and generous and curious. who wouldnt want that? and in a pretty grey arab package to boot!

and she's got the sweetest trot on the planet :), turns on a dime using just leg pressure and thinks the heads course is pretty cool.

the only thing is that shes a bit hot outside the arena and needs a firm hand willing to argue a bit. we've been working on that, and she's getting better but Im not there often enough to make the progress that a regular dedicated rider could. sad :(

still, I'll try to spend a bit of time with her somehow. I feel kinda guilty like I"m cheating on her....which is silly :)

anyway, the sooner I get out of my jammies the sooner I can get to work and get DONE. was there till 10pm last night without a break but it was totally worth it....

onward and upward!

Comments

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

I am so glad you are having fun with the horsey dreamboat(s)!
I have a dumb request, do you groom the horses? Could you save me some hair from their tails please for my ceramics?
I will be on the West side the first weekend in April, at Daedin's.

[ornerie.livejournal.com]

sure thing! you want tail hair or body hair? (just to be clear)

color preference? ;)

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

Tail hair please.
Color doesn't matter as it will be burnt to a carbony crisp.

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

And thank you!

[ornerie.livejournal.com]

we started a bag at the barn today! how much do you want?

[copper-oxide.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure what the accepted measurements for horse hair is :kilograms? inches? knots? ;-)

How about around 50. More would be good too. The best answer probably is: until you get tired of messing with a bag of horsehair?

[ayeshadream.livejournal.com]

I'd say for me, I'd prefer the cooler and more period project that I would finish in class but take home to work on further.

Congratulations on having such wonderful horse-people in your life. You always sound so happy when you talk about them. :)

[dame-pom.livejournal.com]

Start but not finish in class and end up with something period and cool. That's how I started my addiction to the Middle East knitting, when I took the class at KWAS. Learned the thing but didn't finish the sampler pouch until later. Like you say "cool beans".

[xrian.livejournal.com]

As I said on the other thread, people do seem to succeed moderately well at finishing the bags, even though they don't manage to accomplish the whole thing during class. But by the end of class they've done all the hard parts.

Thinking about it, I guess that to me, getting people started on knitting *in the round* is an important enough goal to outweigh everything else. The "two needles" mindset is so firmly entrenched in the modern mind (except for sock fanatics ;) that I really want to jog their minds loose from the idea that it's "hard."

YMMV, of course.

[ornerie.livejournal.com]

I totally understand....hopefully I'll find out soon if I only have 2hrs or 4....