A woman at school gave me some advice last week that has literally changed my life! We were chatting about knitting and she said that the best advice she’s ever been given was to not be afraid of frogging work that you’re not satisfied with. Normally, if I’ve done a lot of work, I don’t want to entirely undo because I’m unhappy with one row of stitches or it’s not fitting right. So when she said this, I cringed. But she reminded me that knitting is about the process, so re-committing yourself to the process shouldn’t be such a big deal.
So I went home and frogged a nearly-finished sock I was more than unhappy with. One week later, I’m already back to the gusset:
Now those stripes are not because of any special skills; they’re because of the self-striping yarn I bought from Knit Picks more than a year ago. The yarn is cool, but once knit up there are more imperfections than I’d like. It looks slightly dirty in spots where the blue dye seems to have splashed up onto the lighter colors.
Regardless, I’m really happy to have picked up knitting again, especially with this new approach. Really enjoying the process, rather than hurrying through projects to get a finished hat, sock, sweater, etc., has been so therapeutic and calming. It’s also a great way to sit and process the readings I’m doing for class.
Ha! you said “frogged” twice!