grrr... afghan blues
i remember one of the reasons why i didn't want to start another afghan. :P earlier this week i noticed a big mistake that i made around row 20. the real stinky part was i was already crocheting on row 35. then, i noticed a smaller mistake around row 15, so i unraveled some more. then, i noticed the same small mistake at row 3. i didn't have the heart to unravel to that point (which is basically starting over), so i'll just have to live with the fact that it's there. now, i have a huge blue ball of yarn that i have to "recrochet". :sigh: :)
posted by Ramona @ 9:01 AM
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Depending on how the mistake looks and if you can live with it, you can always call it a "design feature."
thanks kris! :) it's not that noticeable (i just forgot one double crochet in a shell). i'll always think of it as a mistake! :)
That's the difference between handmade and machine made -- it's the special human touch. My mom always talked about people who specifically put a 'mistake' in their handmade products as a symbol that it wasn't from a machine.
You're the only one who will notice it and you'll know where it is but anyone else would have to look for a while to notice.
fruittart: i'd like to say that i deliberately made the mistake so that people would know it's handmade, but, alas it's not true. :P
But now you can say that you deliberately left it in, so in a way, you can say that it's there of your own accord, and therefore, a deliberate mistake!
Right?
When making things to give to others, if I discover a mistake like that, I have my husband look at it and decide if he can find the mistake. If he can't, then I leave it there. If he can, then he decides if it's obvious enough to rip out or if it will be a "design feature." If it's something that will stay in our house, I usually rip it out, because I'll always see that spot first and it will bug me!
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