"Brian Mailman" > wrote in message
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> Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
>> ... I
>> suggested a night where we trade crafts. I crochet and can do cross
>> stitch and have done other artsy fartsy things, but the one thing I
>> cannot do is knit. I told her I would like to learn how.
>
> If you're left-handed, make sure they teach you German/Continental (also
> have them start you off with stockinette stitch and not garter--you would
> need to learn to knit in gauge first and learning to throw the yarn over
> properly is obviated by it coming in from the left to begin with).
>
>> So here is a hypothetical question for you, my illustrious group of
>> canning giants. What would you trade teaching canning skills for?
>> What would you like to learn that you don't know how to do? I think
>> I would can all day for someone if they would just clean my damned
>> house for me. What about you?
>
> Conversational French.
>
> B/
>
This trade I might could do for you, Brian. I have four kids, the two boys
(24, 15) cook like angels. The girls, particularly the elder (17, 12) can't
cook a lick and the big one thinks boiling eggs takes an hour (don't ask how
I found this out), but she has taken 7 years of French and is fairly fluent.
She can talk foo foo french cookery but don't ask her to do it!!!
-ginny