![]() ![]() Have to see where something is going, and I have to understand the Sure.) So what we end up doing is I figure out the whole thing and try to lead whoever is interested in making origami through each step, explaining as I go and only occasionally referencing the book.īut I'm not good at following other people's directions to begin with. (Squash fold out both ends so they point to either side after the bottom edge has been folded up to the previous crease, as shown in the picture with three arrows pointing in different directions along with dotted lines for good measure. (Fold in half, corner to corner, as shown in the picture.) Then out of nowhere were complicated steps all lumped into one that would have been better illustrated as a series. This particular book has pretty illustrations that look simple enough, but at some point Mona hit a step she didn't understand and asked for help. ![]() Mona got an origami book out of the library recently and was excited to start folding. But as I said, that knowledge doesn't seem to stick. The first time I really was able to fold an origami crane was when I took an existing one and systematically unfolded it, and once I understood it backwards I was able to do it forwards. ![]() I must have about half a dozen different versions available at home, and they are all different and they are all unnecessarily confusing. I like taking notes, and I like arranging ideas so they are clear, so I get irritated when I come across instructions that are hard to follow, and most step by step directions for paper cranes are terrible. I actually enjoy writing out instructions for things. There are lots of bad instructions for how to make a paper crane. ![]()
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