I love to do things with my hands...and knitting has a given me the chance to 'make things' with my hands.
But I must admit, that very often, I start a pattern or pick up a yarn that I just 'don't like'! So I find myself taking the project apart. And putting the pattern aside [or just throwing it away] and putting the yarn back in my 'stash' for another day.
The past few weeks or maybe for over a month, I have been doing this a lot. I started a vest pattern using sock yarn. I spend hours on it getting the body part of it done. I held it up to myself [since I was looking for a project I could finish for ME] and just didn't like the way it laid or the way the colors of the yarn was 'patterning' up. SO...I torn the whole thing apart...wound up the yarn and put the yarn away.
I found a 'sweater pattern' on line that also uses sock yarn...so last night...I grabbed the sock yarn from the torn apart vest pattern and started knitting away on the new sweater pattern.
I must admit, I really don't know if I will like it when it is done, or if I will again, get to a point where I can see I don't like the pattern or something and again tear it apart!
BUT that two steps forward and three steps back...well....sometimes it is all about the process...even if you don't get 'steps' ahead by others standards...we do LEARN during the process...we do make good use of the time but seeing what we do and don't like.
I am heading for my knitting needles now...going to pick up the sweater that is is only a collar and about an inch of 'shoulders' and start knitting away.
I can take my two steps ahead how I see to do it...and it is my choice to NOT do the three steps behind part! :)
