Some things are harder to teach than others.

[annabaguenaude@tenforward.social]

@futurebird thank you, it's perfect! I'll try it soon. @va2lam @bucknam

[david_chisnall@infosec.exchange]

@futurebird @Anke @va2lam @bucknam

When I was four, I learned both methods, but the second was much easier if I started with the first. The knot helped hold the thread in place for the first few stitches. When you are just learning, it’s very easy to accidentally pull the thread through when you go back, the knot stops that happening.

[mensrea@freeradical.zone]

@Anke @futurebird @va2lam @bucknam nothing stopping you from starting now. sometime last year i started getting into fixing the fabric things around the house and it takes time but isn't very intimidating

[dahukanna@mastodon.social]

@futurebird

It’s not just kids. I’ve seen grown adults, paid a salary to come up with solutions to problems, also asking,
- “keep it simple and tell me the “one right answer”!
- “Give me the answer and don’t make me work for it”.
- “I don’t want to make an(y) effort. Give me the answer”.

It is a kind of “cognitive abdication”, “don’t make me think” or learned/programmed helplessness.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@david_chisnall @Anke @va2lam @bucknam

This makes sense, though if that knot is taking a lot of tension because the person learning to sew is pulling too hard it's going to cause further problems. Learning to manage the tension is a big part of sewing. So the thread is taught... but not pulling on the fabric or paper much.

It's one of the reasons I like sewing books with them. Too much tension will tear the paper. Instant feedback.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@dahukanna

I will help someone who is overwhelmed if we are just trying to get a task done. But when I'm teaching?

Well I'm not teaching anything if students don't confront this.

[the_roamer@mastodonapp.uk]

@futurebird @Anke @va2lam @bucknam

So lovely.

Sewing is an alien art for me, I envy you. I won't start now, but I see this as a wonderful Taoist case study!

Let the material decide how it wants to be treated. The knot is my external will, clumsily imposed on the thread; the friction loop is the inner nature of the thread, gracefully doing what it does, skillfully aligned with my needs.

I love the drawing too!

#Tao #Zhuangzi

[ericlawton@kolektiva.social]

@futurebird

My grannie taught me sewing, knitting and embroidery.

Yet here I am, learning more, 63 years later.

@david_chisnall @Anke @va2lam @bucknam

[sollat@masto.ai]

@Anke @futurebird @va2lam @bucknam
I started with embroidery when I was very young, too. Would sew everything in backstitch. Very secure.

Actually, I still backstitch most of the time.

[dahukanna@mastodon.social]

@futurebird I agree that independent learning and being prepared to make some effort navigating through trial and error but people behave like making any cognitive effort I.e. learning “by trail and error” is “an affront” to their personage.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@the_roamer @Anke @va2lam @bucknam

Sewing is weaving with just one thread at a time and a tiny little shuttle.

[sbourne@mastodon.social]

@sollat @anke @futurebird @va2lam @bucknam Every stitch is a "knot"!

[sollat@masto.ai]

@sbourne @Anke @futurebird @va2lam @bucknam
Maybe half a knot. One shared hole, not two. Waltzing down the seam.

[edd@freeradical.zone]

@futurebird @Anke @va2lam @bucknam Bahh this will save me so much time and heartache. I was definitely taught to tie a knot in school and as a little one sewing buttons, but knots are such a pain and never really work!

[cthululemon@social.cthululemon.com]

@futurebird
This is an amazing illustration

[ginevracat@toot.community]

@futurebird @clew It's an attitude that gets more and more prevalent the more formal schooling the kids get.If you haven't read it yet, I think you would enjoy reading "Building Thinking Classrooms" by P Liljedahl. He distinguishes between "doing school" and "learning".

[tarmot@mementomori.social]

@futurebird @the_roamer @Anke @va2lam @bucknam as a bobbin lace maker I was afraid of the lace to unravel but once I started to understand friction, not to mention I use mostly linen, I have had no need for any knots. Once I learned how to splice, even thin (linen, hemp, jute or other "hard" stuff) yarns, I got totally freed from knots.