What Teaching Knitting Has Taught Me About Pattern Writing
I've been teaching knitting for a little over 10 years. I started just teaching my friends while I was in pharmacy school (big shout out to Ashley for being my first guinea pig) and then I began showing up and helping people at the local yarn shop in town (Village Wools in Albuquerque, NM). Soon they gave me a beginning knitting class spot called "Friday Night Knitting with Heather" (it was not child friendly). I really loved it and worked there for two years until I graduated and had to leave my beloved Albuquerque to pay off some school bills. By the time I came back and got settled my second home, Village Wools, closed its doors forever. The closing of my LYS's doors was not, however, the end of my teaching career. I had established myself well in the knitting community here in Albuquerque and our other LYS, The Yarn Store at Nob Hill , has been kind enough to give out my name to people wanting private lessons. I also have a fiber arts group called Stitch &#