That lady at the yarn store told me to stop frogging my sweater and I'm glad I finally listened

I was working on a cable knit sweater for about 3 weeks and kept ripping out rows every time I saw a tiny mistake. A woman named Margie who works at Knit & Purl in Portland saw me sighing over a dropped stitch on a Saturday afternoon. She walked over and said "honey, your tension is beautiful and nobody is going to notice that one crossover being off by half a centimeter." She was right. I forced myself to keep going instead of frogging the whole thing again, and now I'm six inches past that spot and the sweater actually looks good. Has anyone else had a stranger's advice save you from your own perfectionism?

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parker1831d ago

Man I've definitely been that guy staring at a project trying to decide if the universe will collapse if I let one mistake slide. The worst part is I'll spend an hour trying to fix something that literally nobody else would ever spot then get distracted and mess up three more rows anyway. Margie sounds like a wise soul who has seen too many knitters spiral into madness over a single twisted stitch. My bathroom renovation taught me that lesson real hard - I repainted the same wall four times before my wife told me to stop being a crazy person and go to bed. Sometimes the best tool you got is someone to tell you your junk looks fine.

torres.grant1d ago

It's wild how often we need someone outside our own head to point out what's obvious.