Someday I will stop underestimating the complexity and skill required for the "crafts" that I do.
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Someday I will stop underestimating the complexity and skill required for the "crafts" that I do.
I taught them how to sew sections for book binding, which is more complex than it sounds, but I think I can refine the lesson a bit.
And unexpected bonus is they take notes with more care when they made the notebook themselves.
(Last term I just bought notebooks, this time I thought "why not sew them?")
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Someday I will stop underestimating the complexity and skill required for the "crafts" that I do.
I taught them how to sew sections for book binding, which is more complex than it sounds, but I think I can refine the lesson a bit.
And unexpected bonus is they take notes with more care when they made the notebook themselves.
(Last term I just bought notebooks, this time I thought "why not sew them?")
@futurebird Sounds like a very good idea! Out of curiosity: how do you do this as a group activity? Just recently took up #bookbinding and it is overwhelming A) how many special tools are required, and B) how many processes there are, separated by waiting for the glue to dry.
Are you sewing the books without the frame holding the twine strings for the back? (see picture, I have no idea what these things are called in English
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@futurebird Sounds like a very good idea! Out of curiosity: how do you do this as a group activity? Just recently took up #bookbinding and it is overwhelming A) how many special tools are required, and B) how many processes there are, separated by waiting for the glue to dry.
Are you sewing the books without the frame holding the twine strings for the back? (see picture, I have no idea what these things are called in English).Yeah, no frames, I have a punch to make holes for the stitches so they will be aligned, then we just sewed a single signature. When they have a few signatures we'll bind them together.
