Ah, but I don't think that spreading/teaching it only results in copies of existing patterns--ok, for fair number, admittedly, but beginners must start somewhere to learn technique and ignite interest. It is from actually trying it that the spark of "what would happen if I...?" takes over. In my experience young people in their teens, especially, love TW for its seemingly unlimited potential--the combinations and permutations discovered within patterns, the possibilities of rearranging tablets, drafting ones own patterns, and the satisfaction of creating a strong guitar, camera strap, or bag. Existing patterns whet the appetite for beginners, and everybody was a beginner once...
Out of curiousity, Peter, do you remember your very first TW? What was it?
Patricia Townsend
peter collingwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
peter collingwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Maybe this sounds heretical, but I am not sure that I fully understand
this desire to increase the number of people TW-ing. OK. its very nice
for them to be making something with their hands, which is a positive
thing in itself. But if it only succeeds in bringing into the world many
copies of patterns found in instruction books, I am on a different
wave-length. Though the accompanying book sales are pleasing!
