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serindeThe setup:
Idle hands being the devil's plaything, you knit to keep yourself occupied on transit, when watching TV, etc. And since you never finish anything for yourself, you knit for others. You have promised a warm anti-winter item to a friend, and though as usual you're running behind, you're getting close-ish to done. You now realize, upon looking at the item in its 2/3-complete state, that it is not really how you envisioned it at all; it will be functional, and sufficient unto the purpose, but not particularly good-looking; the stitches you chose came out differently than you thought, the proportions are not quite the thing for pleasing aesthetics, etc.
You can start over--it will look better, and you will not feel like you're giving a short-bus project as a gift to someone you care for which they might feel obligated to praise because It Was Hand-Made. Or you can just finish it--it will actually be done before the winter is over, and it'll do what it's designed to do.
[Poll #421589]
Idle hands being the devil's plaything, you knit to keep yourself occupied on transit, when watching TV, etc. And since you never finish anything for yourself, you knit for others. You have promised a warm anti-winter item to a friend, and though as usual you're running behind, you're getting close-ish to done. You now realize, upon looking at the item in its 2/3-complete state, that it is not really how you envisioned it at all; it will be functional, and sufficient unto the purpose, but not particularly good-looking; the stitches you chose came out differently than you thought, the proportions are not quite the thing for pleasing aesthetics, etc.
You can start over--it will look better, and you will not feel like you're giving a short-bus project as a gift to someone you care for which they might feel obligated to praise because It Was Hand-Made. Or you can just finish it--it will actually be done before the winter is over, and it'll do what it's designed to do.
[Poll #421589]
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Date: 2005-01-20 05:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-20 05:41 pm (UTC)Mind, I am very good at sampling and measuring and whatnot before I make a proper start, these days, especially because I make everything up as I go along.
Today I am wearing my stripey hoodie and I *really* wish I'd started it again, because it's too loose, and I should have done a seamless one because my seaming sucks and it shows.
Today I am also (when I go out) wearing my huge winter sweater of warmth, and it's *almost* perfect (one slipped stitch, and that's under the arm, and it's so tightly knit it's invisible anyway) but I am still bugged by that one slipped stitch.
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Date: 2005-01-20 05:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-20 08:34 pm (UTC)-DD
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Date: 2005-01-21 02:17 am (UTC)