Can blind people teach knitting for good eyes?
Because in the craft world, ropes do not always demand visible eyes, when the teacher cannot see, and sometimes the teacher does not knit, our beginnings are equal in intention and trial and error.
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Last Saturday morning, I, one of the artists with V Craft, a blind macramé brand, went to teach about 80 children to knit flower keychains at the house of the blessing, admitting that at first I was terrified by the largest number of students I ever taught, but I knew that day wasn't just me, there were Bee teachers, Tuk, Pee Kae, and brothers, blind people who came together to help each other.
I explained how to knit on the front. Elder Ged helped take care of the equipment. The brothers slowly knit through the camera on the screen for the children to see.
And Teacher Bee, Tuk, and Kae walked by the table to help when someone got lost in the rope and knot.
Think about it, knitting is similar to many things in life, maybe one explains, the other demonstrates, and the other just stays by, helps reinvigorate, and then the little pieces come into shape.
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At the end of the day, I helped a group of little brothers. Children at this age may not need to learn all the steps thoroughly. Just invite them to pull the rope, shape it, or insert the ends. Some right, some wrong, some wrong. It's okay. Just that little hand has moved, tried, and felt that they are building something. It's important enough.
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While I was knit with my younger brother, I thought of myself studying in blind school after school, sometimes during school hours or on special days. I always attended and attended. If I asked what I was doing, I couldn't remember. But what I remember is that they were fun and very determined.
And then I felt that. Oh...We must have become that elder now too.
Someone who once waited for someone to walk in with a fun activity, but now walks in on his younger siblings, it's a strange feeling, like life is slowly rotating from being received to sharing, and we barely notice.
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Before returning, one of them said, "Next time, teach me a new pattern."
I don't know how long you remember how to knit this flower, as I don't remember what he taught me when he was a kid.
But hopefully one day you might think of a morning when you were confused with a rope and someone said,
I'll do it together. That's enough for a good childhood memory.
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As for me, I'm going to continue to practice new designs later this month to invite everyone to do a workshop with V Craft at Icon Siam and Siam Paragon.
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The more craft work, the more it feels like growing people.
Many of the ropes we use are ropes left over from other tasks that many may see as useless, but as soon as they're tied and knit together, they become flowers, cats, bears, or small items that someone wants to carry.
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Sometimes people are not so different at the right time, and someone says they'll do it together.
We may discover that we are about to become something cuter than we thought.
If anyone wants to try knitting, come to Krame, want to work in world craft, or just want to be confused with the same rope.
You can say hello to each other in case we can circle together.
And then slowly tying a little rope into one more good memory.
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