The rest of the students worked hard and made a lot of progress:
(In their defense, the announcements took forever and ate up 15 minutes of our scheduled 50-minute class time!) I and two helpers had the next two periods free, so we worked feverishly to finish up what the students couldn't get done. I had also woven on each project at home so that they could hopefully be finished by the students on time:
I enjoy teaching this class; in fact, I'm signed up to teach it next fall to the 5th graders. Until then, though, I am looking forward to pursuing my own fiber projects – like spinning up the rest of this homegrown light grey Shetland (there's more than is shown):
Spinning and plying this fiber will be my training event before the Tour de France/Fleece starts next month. I want to begin the TdF with empty spindles and miniSpinner and fresh fiber challenges!
That's it for now from . . .
6 comments:
It looks so very beautiful, Michelle... your fiber. The kids looked like they were having a great time!
Such focus! That's how you can tell they are interested and learning (IMHO). I bet you are a great teacher.
The home grown Shetland is beautiful. What pretty yarn it makes.
Teaching children to create something is a wonderful thing. There's great satisfaction in watching a child learn a skill and enjoy the process. Good on you.
Om my, that is pretty fleece! I'm looking at acquiring a Shetland or more and looking forward to some luscious fleece.
it's great teaching fiber textiles to children; they love both making something and hearing about the process. well done!
How lucky for those kids to be exposed to fiber crafts now. I think it would have been wonderful to have learned about weaving, spinning, etc. at an early age. Who knows what long-term interest you may have started!
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