What hobby do you have where a local group gives really good hands on help?

Question

For example, the Hand Knitters Guild showing how to do particular stitches and seeing what you do wrong or a garden club that knows about doing cuttings. The more uncommon the help and greater the help you got, the better.

Answer 1

Well, I have belonged to my local Quilting group for 25 years, and also the UK Quilters' Guild, and have visited as a guest other groups or gone to workshops. I think people love sharing their knowledge, and there are wonderful teachers and communicators (some professional, some amateur) out there. The help has come in all sorts of ways, giving lifts to meetings, opening up of homes for meetings, design help, new techniques, basic sewing help, lending of equipment, and more especially, encouragement (not everyone, of course!)

Answer 2

I belong to a spinning and weaving group where we help each other with "troll hair" fleeces, buying "new" wheels, making parts for the "new" wheels, etc. I currently have some flax top to share with them so we can learn to spin linen thread. (You know: Spinning straw into Gold). another member is saving those tiny little cat food cans to use as water bowls while spinning the flax.

Answer 3

I belong to a quilting group locally. They are very supportive and I have learned all I know about quilting from them.