tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440603490259597083.post5362173405428789170..comments2024-03-20T05:17:57.528-04:00Comments on How to become a Professional Knitter - Robin Hunter Designs: An Interview with...Joan SchrouderRobin http://www.blogger.com/profile/01240699910272614928noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440603490259597083.post-41391847878377127802013-10-02T14:56:55.360-04:002013-10-02T14:56:55.360-04:00Louise
I'll send Joan a note so she will be ...Louise<br /><br /> I'll send Joan a note so she will be sure to see your comment. <br /><br />RobinRobin https://www.blogger.com/profile/01240699910272614928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440603490259597083.post-77934901004762169612013-10-02T14:18:01.149-04:002013-10-02T14:18:01.149-04:00Joan,
My mother Pauline Elizabeth Lischak Paré, m...Joan, <br />My mother Pauline Elizabeth Lischak Paré, made your Oregon Shawl. She was so proud of it and so we used a photo of her wearing her shawl on the Memory Card and Funeral Program. She was Ukrainian and her father taught her to knit when she was 5 yrs old. There wasn't much that she didn't knit. Now my sister Paulette carries on that tradition. <br /><br />I'd love to send you the photo of her in the Oregon Shawl but don't know how to do that on this blog page. If you'd like to receive it you can email me @ LMPARE849@aol.com and I'll send it as an attachment. <br /><br />My area of specialization is Women's Spirituality so I was most intrigued by the patterns you created in your Oregon Shawl. I was also born and raised here in Southern Oregon so deeply appreciate the power of those patterns and their deeper symbology. <br /><br />I currently live in Ashland, OR and my mother lived outside Grants Pass @ 7016 New Hope Rd, 3 miles from Murphy. We still have the land which is where I was raised. Your work meant a lot to Momma and I'm so happy that I found this blog to communicate with you.<br /><br />Thank you for your incredible designs especially the Oregon Shawl. We displayed the one Momma made on the "memory altar" so that everyone who came to the funeral could see and appreciate the work. <br /><br />Reflecting on Momma's complex personality and her knitting through my women's spirituality lens I wrote the following as part of the tribute/eulogy I gave at her funeral:<br /><br />Momma brought forth all things from within her body: 8 children, thousands of quarts of canned food, huge batches of bread—a dozen loaves at a time—and, of course, her knitting. There really wasn’t anything she didn’t knit. The increasing complexity of her work reflected the increasing complexity of her consciousness. Her ability to focus on these complex patterns in the midst of the ongoing chaos of her large complicated family revealed to me a deeply evolved spiritual presence. <br /><br />Joan, thank you for your beautiful work and I thank you for the pleasure my mother found in both creating and wearing her Oregon Shawl.<br /><br />Louise Paré, Ph.D.<br />541-482-8530<br />louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08751087306933044400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440603490259597083.post-21280426271814618562010-12-03T05:54:44.097-05:002010-12-03T05:54:44.097-05:00Joan has generously helped me on the Ravelry forum...Joan has generously helped me on the Ravelry forums when I have come unstuck. When you have no one in your immediate circle to turn to, this kind of help is invaluable. Thanks Joan!Sandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440603490259597083.post-54748334664050566302010-04-16T14:52:38.071-04:002010-04-16T14:52:38.071-04:00Thank you for this interview. I have been a reader...Thank you for this interview. I have been a reader/participant in many of the Ravelry converstions that Jpan has been in on (my that's an awkward sentence structure!) and I have always been impressed by her gentle yet sure voice. She really knows her knitting and is generous in her sharing of that knowledge.Kathleen C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09985361663328017340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3440603490259597083.post-30834063851961261032010-04-16T11:25:51.285-04:002010-04-16T11:25:51.285-04:00Hi Joan...
I've enjoyed many of Joan's cl...Hi Joan...<br /><br />I've enjoyed many of Joan's classes, on an Alaska cruise, at Stitches West and at Madrona (Tacoma WA). She always gives us much more than the subject class, her knowledge is vast and she has a great teaching style.joanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10317755446657435402noreply@blogger.com