Sponsored by TWIST - Tablet Weavers International Studies & Techniques The fact is, you can "lead a horse to water, but you can't make them drink." I taught my 16 year old daughter (my youngest daughter) to tablet weave. By her second strap, she had perfect tension and texture. She never finished that second strap. I taught another young woman 20 years old to tablet weave. She is now never without her loom. She picked up double face and brocade simply sitting watching me teach others how. She picked up Egyptian diagonals in a five minute conversation over the phone. She is amazing.
My 16 year old is into just about every trouble you can get into. She has no focus in any aspect of her life. The other young woman has been focused and on track since she was 12. They are two extremely opposite personalities. My older three children were like the second young lady. I'm hoping, that with time, my youngest daughter will settle down and take advantage of all the history, culture and handwork she is being exposed to every day. I'm not holding my breath, however! :) All we can do is expose our youth to wonderful things and hope it takes eventually. -- Bonnie In a message dated 11/16/03 2:32:41 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I can't help but imagine how many societal problems would be alleviated by giving young people skills that are creative and positive and take time to do and time to master. Would it keep them out of trouble? Give them a focus for their attention, skills they can be proud of, time that isn't wasted and results they can use? >> Send private reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------- To stop receiving tabletweaving (not tabletweaving-digest), send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: unsubscribe tabletweaving. To stop receiving tabletweaving-digest, see the end of a digest.
