Fixing your mistakes

Oops

But Don’t worry, everything is fixable! 

It's never a good idea to drink alcohol when lace knitting!

​Last year my Faithful Sherpa and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. We decided we wanted to take a road trip in his 1954 Chevy truck. After doing some research, I found a beautiful bed and breakfast in Unionville, NV "Old Pioneer Garden." Here's the link: http://www.oldpioneergarden.com/ Check it out, it's an amazing place!

I wanted to knit an anniversary scarf for myself, so after finding some beautiful Mad Tosh yarn in my stash, and a pattern I liked, I set out knitting.

When we arrived, we celebrated by sharing beers on the front porch.
Heaven.
For dinner we bbq'd a rib eye and shared a bottle of wine. 
Heaven.

Then we turned on the TV, plugged in an old VHS (that's all they had and that was fine by us) and watched a movie all while knitting my new lace scarf. 

The next morning, I picked up my knitting and started in, when I noticed something was a bit off. It was a triangular pattern, starting at the point with three stitches, and increasing from there. 

But because I had a few beers and then a few glasses of wine, my increases kind of got out of hand. Well at least on one side. It turns out I knit 55 increases on one side, and only 35 on the other. 

Oops.  

The result of drinking alcohol while lace knitting! Aarrgh!

​But never worry, anything can be fixed!

Aaah, back on track again!

I also discovered I had dropped several stitches! So I ripped out almost eveything, and started over. 

​I used to hate when I had to rip out my knitting. It was so disappointing to me to think that I had spent so much time knitting a particular garment to then find a mistake at the beginning.

​But you learn so much from your mistakes! So, remember, is it’s ok to make a mistake. Mistakes are teachable moments. Both in your knitting and in life. 

If you want to learn more about how to fix dropped stitches, Crafty has a great article
Have a look here: https://www.craftsy.com/blog/2012/09/fix-it-friday/

So, strech your knitting skills and never be afraid to make mistakes!