August 7, 2014 Part 2: Teaching Adults by Deborah Burger Deb is the author of Crochet 101 , a book of crochet instruction for adults, and How to Make 100 Crochet Appliques , an intermediate to experienced level pattern collection. Her newest book, The Creative Kids' Photo Guide to Crochet , will be released in the spring of 2015. Like the previous two, it will be available at larger craftstores, in bookstores, and online at amazon.com and bn.com. You can find her in Ravelry , and on her website . Teaching adults to crochet is different in some ways than teaching children as neurological and muscular maturity and function are not usually an issue. Adults tend to be more goal-oriented, with specific ideas of what type item want to learn to make. Adults have longer attention spans, and more ability to wait for the gratification of finishing a project. Adults are usually better at verbalizing their questions and frustrations, than children. Most adults have an unreali...
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