If you’re on my personal Instagram, you may have seen an Insta story a while back about a mistake I made in a project I was working on. I was originally SUPER excited about how it was going!
Buuuut then I messed it up, and didn’t discover it until hours later. I was SO frustrated!
I had accidentally added a few extra rows, putting an extra zig zag where one did not belong. I was pretty peeved, and very discouraged. I had worked several hours past that point, and couldn’t imagine pulling it apart, one stitch at a time. Would’ve literally been over a thousand stitches to remove. But I felt like it would drive me uuuuup the wall if I just left it. I did a poll to ask people what they might do in my position, and the overwhelming majority said to leave it. I got a handful of messages from people saying they couldn’t even see the error I was talking about. So I made it clearer.
Still, I was told to leave it, because no one would EVER notice. Only me, the creator, would see it or be bothered by it. I decided on the spot to complete the project, but give it away, since I could never wear it. Aaaaand then I didn’t touch it for at least a month. I was too bummed.
I grabbed the project on my way out the door to the lake, as an afterthought. I’m so glad I did, because I ended up working some on it, and was reminded that I really enjoy yarn projects. I also discovered that I really didn’t mind the error I had previously been so discouraged by. It wasn’t really anything at all.
Today, I finished it!!!
Cute, right?? I’m SO happy with how it turned out, error and all. Made me feel capable and motivated. I’m enjoying this odd road of trying to be brave and try new things. I think it seems like small stuff from the outside but it feels big to me.
Yay for pushing through and finishing something even though I KNOW its imperfect.