I needed to make friends, that simple. We had moved here to a very small town where it was hard to make acquaintances and I was getting lonely. Frankly, I was really afraid that I both wouldn't be able to handle the basics with the need for math and measuring and may not understand all the conversation and directions in Norwegian. I was daunted, to say the least.
The LQS however, is a place where English is spoken or understood by everyone and the owners were eager to meet an American as they order most of their fabrics from the states. I have been able to be of help to the gals with explaining some of the terminology and the funny stuff that doesn't mean as much here as it does in the states. Cultures can be very different.