And two steps back.
(Hey BFF, pretend you aren't reading this post! Kthnxbai!)
So! The BFF is getting gauntlet style fingerless mitts for her birthday. And remember before when I said I jacked up the pattern and I put them aside to focus on baby things? Last night, I finished one of them. I frogged out the bad part and picked up the stitches and got to work. Except...yeah. Not going to work. I was making it up as I went along, thinking I knew what I was doing. And I mostly did. But I made some mistakes and so it's not going to work. The cuff part isn't as long as I wanted it. And when I sewed it up, I made the thumb hole too low, so it didn't fit exactly right. And I used a whips stitch to sew it up but I think I want to do it with mattress stitch instead. And maybe even pick a different stitch pattern.
Anyway, half of me is just a little upset that I spend several hours making it and now it's going to amount to anything. But! I learned what I didn't want and how to fix it. So I can start over and make it better. Because now I know exactly what I want it to be.
All in all, tonight wasn't a complete waste. I learned all the things I don't want to do and all the things that I do want to do. And I now know exactly what I'm going to do. With the exception of the actual stitch pattern of course :)
It's good when we can learn from our mistakes, right?
"Anyway, half of me is just a little upset that I spend several hours making it and now it's going to amount to anything. But! I learned what I didn't want and how to fix it. So I can start over and make it better. Because now I know exactly what I want it to be." - I think this paragraph could be applied to writing as well as knitting, yes? :) The finished mitts will be twice as nice when you're done, too!
ReplyDeleteOooh. Yes. Ok. I will take this lesson and apply it elsewhere. So smart you are!
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