We are still exploring the “embrace the mistakes, love the ugly bits” theme. This week I don’t have a deeply personal story or contemplation to share. What you see here is the fruit of my labor: my first ever knitted hat. I am little-girl proud — “Lookie lookie what I made!” I’m pleased to have completed it and equally gratified that it fits. Is the hat a perfect rendition of the pattern I followed? Heck no! Some of my stitches are looser or tighter than need be, and the seam isn’t exactly right. I had to tink a couple of rows. (Tink is knit spelled backwards and means one carefully un-knits a row with a mistake in it. Knitting slang, yeah baby!) Yet I learned much making this (how to read a pattern, how to decrease stitches), and the next hat I make will be better. When I was younger, I used to be afraid to start new things, because I wanted to get it right the first time. The judge in my head was quite adamant that I was only valuable if the outcome of my action was exactly right. What a fallacy that is! I’m glad I learned to move through fear.
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
–James Joyce
It was when I found out I could make mistakes that I knew I was on to something.
–Ornette Coleman
Just because you made a mistake doesn’t mean you are a mistake.
–Georgette Mosbacher
oh congratulations, Kathryn! I never could get the hang of decrease. Wonderful!
Great post…if only we all could be so enlightened. Your hat is great too. 🙂
andrea
I’ll link to my knitting blog for this one 😉
I really like your take on the theme this time. I’ve enjoyed all your SPT posts and I like how you approached today’s. I’ve been avoiding joining the fray this month b/c I’m really not up for putting my physical flaws front & center. Again, you’re inspiring.
That said, I really dig your hat. I like the color and I can tell I’d like the feel of the yarn by the way the light reflects off of it. I think it looks fantastic. I wish my first project had looked as good.
The judge in my head was quite adamant that I was only valuable if the outcome of my action was exactly right.
I still struggle with that one.
What a fallacy that is! I’m glad I learned to move through fear.
Good for you! 🙂
yeah!!!! way to go!