Showing posts with label crochet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crochet. Show all posts
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Crochet update
At some point in the last week the movements of crochet became unconscious. It turns out that it's a better craft for public transport - easy to pick up and put down without losing your place and unlikely to unravel in your bag.
Sunday, 25 March 2012
Crochet
I'm currently learning to crochet.
I saw the episode of Horizon about the unconscious mind recently and it was fascinating to watch right before beginning to learn a new skill. I've knitted for long enough that those motions have now become automatic, but crochet feels awkward and unfamiliar – it still requires conscious thought (and will do for a while I suspect). An added difficulty is that I knit English-style, with the the yarn in my right hand, so I feel incredibly clumsy manipulating the yarn with my my left hand.
I saw the episode of Horizon about the unconscious mind recently and it was fascinating to watch right before beginning to learn a new skill. I've knitted for long enough that those motions have now become automatic, but crochet feels awkward and unfamiliar – it still requires conscious thought (and will do for a while I suspect). An added difficulty is that I knit English-style, with the the yarn in my right hand, so I feel incredibly clumsy manipulating the yarn with my my left hand.
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