ASOG Refreshes because it is impossible to do a thing perfectly the first time! I learned so much during when I previously taught A System of Grading — about presentation, expectations (of myself and students), and outcomes. This is why I love teaching and also why I needed a break to sort through it all before…
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J-Squared Knitwear Design Intensive & You
Yes, the J–Squared Knitwear Design Intensive was designed for you! The cost of this Design Intensive seems expensive, but with 35+ seminar hours (and lots of handouts), it provides a pretty incredible value for the money spent. Literally, the cost is $35 per hour. Travel and accommodations are, of course, your separate responsibility. I’ve got…
What A System of Grading Offers You
A System of Grading offers you, as a designer, tech editor, or other knitwear professional, a semester-long series of classes designed to build your skills, polish your technique, and give you the tools to strengthen your grading chops. When I taught at FIDM we always had Course Objectives (COs) and Student Learning Outcomess (SLOs) that courses…
Strategies Status
I wrote this post on adopting new strategies a year ago. I thought it would be fun to check back. Okay. I’m not at my desk today. I’m in a car. So I wrote this a couple of days ago. Successful New Strategies I am regularly doing my hamstring stretches, Update: No longer need to do them…
Preparations: TNNA Fashion Show
Today I do the preparations for the TNNA Fashion Show. No time for doing blog posts until I head home on Monday, so be sure to enjoy the post about Elaine Vandiver and Old Homestead Alpacas or catch up on other things. This was the most fun drawing I did this week. As I was afraid…
Sizing Charts on Jill Wolcott Knits
Sizing charts are one of the most searched things on my website. This tells me a couple of things: the first is that it isn’t clear where people should look for the sizing charts, and second that we use different wording, so what is perfectly clear to me, isn’t always what someone else is looking for….
