Teach and Learn Experience Blog #4

Teaching #4 Experience

I was unable to get with Siri to teach her some golf, but I was able to teach my roommate how to make a head band. She is still working on her hat, but I got her started on a separate headband that should go by quicker because it is half the size of a beanie. Head bands are a fun cute style these days and I like to wear them in the mornings when I go running when it's cold or when I have a kind of bad hair day. Beanies are the best for bad hair days but they can be too hot sometimes. Headbands are right in between. Anyways, with beginner crocheters (Or even me when I am getting back to crocheting season) often start with tight stitches. I taught her how the tension you keep in the string and the consistency of how you loop creates the feel of the stitch. If the tension is very tight and you loop very close and have to tug hard to get the string through, the tighter the stitch is going to be. If there is some slack and you loosely bring in loops, the stitch will be looser. It takes a lot of practice to get to this point. Most beginners go between too tight and too loose, but with practice you will get better. It's just hard to find the time! You'll also get faster with more practice, which helps.

 Learning #4 Experience

I learned how to bake banana bread for the first time. I was surprised by how simple it was actually. The grossest part was handling the bananas. But I learned a great trick from my roommate! She said to cut the tops off the bananas and then just squeeze them out! Genius! This soon became my favorite part of the experience--besides for eating the banana bread. I made the pretty standard banana bread recipe. Next time I want to try to make a healthier version which uses apple sauce and a few other substitutes. This cooking experience was great because I was making the bread with my roommate who has made it before. However, we both needed to see the recipe and follow the directions that we got from online. The product was overall satisfying but very salty in some parts. I am pretty sure that we did the mixing in the right order, but next time I will try to mix it up better. I hope to learn how to make zucchini bread as well! The following website has healthy recipes for breads and muffins. http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/recipe_slideshows/healthy_muffin_recipes_healthy_quick_bread_recipes?slide=12#leaderboardad