When I was in the third grade my mother taught me how to cross stitch to earn a girl scout badge. She was very adamant about the back of the design to look as good as the front. It was a pain in the butt but I did it and my little owl cross stitch was a masterpiece. So much so the scout leader felt my mother did the work. I wasn’t well thought of with most of the troop leaders, being a tomboy who didn’t care to wear the ugly green uniform. But that’s another story. The point is my mother taught me to take pride in my work and to do it right, even if you have to undo that that which has been accomplished.
I started my zig zag poncho late Saturday night and worked on it quite a bit all day yesterday. Last night I took a look at it and noticed several mistakes. I pondered over them most of the night and thought I resolved myself to live with it. I figured that it was a first attempt and there will be mistakes and I will eventually get better. But today at lunch I was looking at it and was thinking about all the issues that I’ve been dealing with and made the decision…I don’t have a lot of control at work or home but I do have control with my knitting. So my mother's lessons took over and I frogged the entire thing and will start again maybe tonight or tomorrow but I will be proud of the finished object whenever it happens.
Thanks mom.
Talk to you later.
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