#origami/whatever to attend. i'm just not sure how to be like 'ideally this is primarily a social activity and not a class' | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

unopenablebox · 1 year ago

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hm i'm trying to start a [workplace] knitting club but i am noticing several potential issues

the main one being that like. i have a solid number of colleagues who are knitters and have expressed interest in a knitting club in the sense of "get together with other people and interact socially while knitting", which is the thing i am attempting to run

and many other people who respond to the idea with "i don't knit but i'd love to learn how!"

and i would like to cater to both demographics. but i'm a little nervous that the attendee breakdown will end up making it less of a knit-while-socializing activity and more of an ad-hoc, poorly-run How To Knit class. and im happy to teach like 1-2 people to knit in a casual friendly way. but after that i would kind of like to be paid or something

#this is a concern partly bc my coworker ran Climbing Group and got like 85% brand new people taking the intro class #and very few actual climbers. so there is precedent #box opener #i could have a 'knitting club' half and a 'knitting class' half but then i don't get to actually do knitting club because i am again #teaching for free.#however i think if i'm like 'only for people who can already knit!' that's exclusionary. and i AM happy for crocheters/people doing #origami/whatever to attend. i'm just not sure how to be like 'ideally this is primarily a social activity and not a class'#'bring something you already know how to do at least a little bit'#'someone will help you......... once'#maybe we meet IN a coffee shop near work? and then it's obviously not a classroom-like environment?#then i need to squeeze reimbursing-people's-coffee out of our recreational budget group and that may be a lost cause already.

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