Thank you all for the feedback! Unfortunately, I was limited on time and kind of threw the set up together. I used my own personal hook which is why there was only one. For the ipad, most were in use for the activity in the workshop so I did not want to take from that but plan to have more than one of those as well. I plan to have a few hooks out at a time and at least 2 iPads. As for fine motor skills, I would love to have large hooks and chunky yarn, however, that yarn is VERY expensive. This would not allow for guests to take things home. If we provide large yarn, I would encourage it to only be part of a collaborative project that stays in the workshop as the budget would not allow for us to buy very much of it. We can totally add larger hooks and yarn and only allow them to take projects made with the regular yarn.
Ideally, sparks will be able to prototype during the month before the handicraft activities in order to build up enough skill with crochet to facilitate effectively. If anyone is struggling, I’m happy to do a little one-on-one as well. The main reason I did not want to put out examples of projects that are made with crochet such as hats or scarves is that I feel people would then ask how to make those or where they can get patterns and I do not want to make sparks responsible for such inquiries. I like the idea of having one yarn box so that the table can be sort of split. Crocheting on one side and patterns on the other. I will make a longer box so that people don’t have to clump!
Please let me know if you have any additional feedback or questions.
I know a little about crocheting already, so I had a lot of fun with your activity.
ReplyDelete1. I think for the large yarn it could be used for teaching the slip knot and chain stitch since that's the part most people get frustrated over. But once that part is overcome, I know people will feel like professional crocheters!
2. I think the app was a little hard to follow. Could you have some shorthand signage on the basic knots or stitching that are a little easier to follow? For example, when I do a lazy slip knot I make a "pretzel" with my fingers and put the hook through it. Maybe you could even make your own video on the Ipad, so that Sparks who don't have full confidence can facilitate that part with a slow motion video of you doing it yourself (cause if you want it done right do it yourself, yarn it!).
3. It would be cool to have a collaborative project! Maybe a scarf in MOXI colors, a rug, or throw for the couch in the Cozy Corner?