{"id":11102,"date":"2024-01-16T08:00:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T21:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/?p=11102"},"modified":"2024-01-15T07:05:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T20:05:54","slug":"credentials-not-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/2024\/01\/16\/credentials-not-required\/","title":{"rendered":"Credentials not required!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Studying sm\u00f8yg in a museum in Norway<\/p><\/div>\n

In response to my recent post<\/a> about learning wherever knowledge is to be found, Robyn replied on Facebook:<\/p>\n

So many are focused on credentials. We fail to acknowledge the wealth of knowledge that our parents and grandparents have that they pass on to our very lucky selves.
\nAlthough I am sure great information and techniques are to be gained from the School of this and the Society of that, I am always sad to hear a very accomplished stitcher, knitter, quilter or other artist or crafter apologize that they are self-taught or learned from a grandparent.
\nThere is nothing to apologize for. In fact, I for one, value their way of acquiring their expertise.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Robyn is so right! We don\u2019t need credentials: our work can speak for itself.<\/p>\n

Apart from textiles at school, I am almost completely self-taught. I\u2019ve taken one or two embroidery classes in my life. My needlework knowledge has come from books and the study of historical needlework, and using what I know to figure things out. I have even learned from my students.<\/p>\n

At times I\u2019ve lamented my lack of credentials. While I benefit greatly from my design degree, I know that \u201ctrained at x needlework school\u201d adds sway for some. I cannot claim it because I haven\u2019t trained at one. And really, is it that important? Not to me, because I have invested in years of far more relevant private study. My study of primary historical sources means I know far more about some needlework subjects than “formal” students, because much of what I have researched is not taught in needlework schools.<\/p>\n

We who are self-taught should be proud of that. Those of us who have learned from our grandmothers, from skilled stitchers in our guilds, from friends, from mentors, or from books can be proud of that.<\/p>\n

Being self-taught or informally taught does not mean your work will be of a lower standard. I know that there are myriad highly skilled needleworkers who have never had any formal training, and yet their work is of exceptionally high standard.<\/p>\n

Be PROUD of being SELF-TAUGHT. Let\u2019s celebrate it! Please tell me about the special people you have informally learned from. What books have been useful to you as you have taught yourself?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Studying sm\u00f8yg in a museum in Norway<\/p>\n

In response to my recent post about learning wherever knowledge is to be found, Robyn replied on Facebook:<\/p>\n

So many are focused on credentials. We fail to acknowledge the wealth of knowledge that our parents and grandparents have that they pass on to our very lucky […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,11,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-embroidery-classes","category-embroidery-musings","category-writing-books","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11102"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11107,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11102\/revisions\/11107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vettycreations.com.au\/white-threads\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}