Bohemian Bluestocking

I got a great little teaching gig going right now. It's pretty exciting.....at the local art school in the Berkshires -- IS 183 -- and of course I am teaching knitting. I am just finishing up a 3 session learn to knit class, and will start, if I have enough participants, a 2-month long nordic knitting class. The learn to knit class will run again in January, and then I added a Hats, Mittens & Socks class for February & March. They also want to run a one-day intensive Learn to Knit in January just before the Hats....et al class starts to get a leg up for that class.

The classes have been great. I'd say most already know how to knit, but no-one ever taught them how to cast on, or bind off, or purl. It was all a matter of "oh let me do that for you....." by someone mother or aunt or friend. Many of these women (and it's all women...) do like their hands held.

In the end, the pay is good (they'll even pay me for  my prep time before and after class), it's a great way to increase the knitting universe, and maybe I'll sell a little knitting in the process.

so yaaah, I'm a loser.....haven't written for a really long time. you know, work gets in the way of real life. Between working at the theater and this retail lackey job, there wasn't a heck of a lot of time to write anything. But. interestingly enough, while working backstage doing wardrobe I did finish 4 scarves and 3 pairs of socks.

Right now it's onto Fall Festival again, hundreds of school kids and lots of Shakespeare. Luckily, I am at the same schools as I was last year, so I'll know most of the kids and parents.  I have not idea what shows are planned, but will probably get swamped next week when I go on contract. yipee!