Today I am mumbling inside about where I need improvement with my knitting and crocheting skills. I came up with this adorable bootie, but trying to figure out the pattern in order to duplicate it has left me humbled...thus the mumbles.
So. The left bootie came out smaller. Now, do I make a third and keep fumbling through? I might. Do I (gasp) use a pattern? I think I need to be okay with the learning process and that I'm not going to be that good without investing time into the knowledge that is already out there waiting for me to use. I am mumbling to myself that I don't have to reinvent the wheel. Right? I do raise the alpacas, hand card the fleece, spin it, and knit it! It is okay to use a pattern. It is okay to use a pattern. It is okay to use a pattern. Mumble, Grumble, Humble.
P.S. I should clarify that I mean it is okay to use existing patterns, not always my own. I beat myself up when I can't come up with my own.
2 comments:
Let you in a secret of sorts....when I "adjust" things or make it up as I go along...I make more notes regarding stitches than I ever did in college. Then I just use those notes as my pattern for the second item.
I should do that. It is too hard to look at and count afterward. I spend so much time working out ideas and I am so critical of myself. I am working off some Japanese patterns on another project. Only charts...can't read the words. Hahaha. However, using those chart might help advance my pattern writing skills! Thanks Deb!
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