- What I plan to learn: I have worked at a summer camp for the past 5 years now and we have always the string to break friendship bracelets. This is something I have done as a kid where I was upset at times or when I had many many concussions. Making these bracelets would help me destress and just gather my thoughts. I know many different ways to make different patterns but what I want to learn is how to make difficult patterns using small beads to add into the bracelet. During this time of the COVID-19 and all classes moving to online for the rest of the semester, this is something I will be able to do in my free time to stay active in a different way for me.
- Days and Hours: I will try to give myself some free time of 2 hours per day during the week. I have only chosen 2 hours because I still have a lot of work to do for my classes but enjoying free time is important to everyone's daily life.
- Materials: Friendship bracelet string, Clear tape, a hard surface to tape the string to the surface, scissors, beads.
I tell people all the time when they ask how we get more women and tech, encourage everyone to braid, be it hair or bracelet. Code and poetry, both about patterns. Both taught through braiding.
In fact I am starting to use weaving and quilting more and more as a metaphor of learning...You know only a man would define history by weapon, bronze and iron ages. But advances and textiles just as important to the advance of humans across the globe and over and under each other.
Dr. McVerry, Mar 25 2020 on edu106.jgregorymcverry.com