Good Enough

Another quickie post since it is already past my new bedtime.

Here are my Kew socks so far. I just discovered that I didn't save the part where I'd dropped about four rows of stitches.  Thought I had fixed it after much examination. 

One of my knitting co-workers asked me about a sock she was making and how to negotiate the heel turn or something.  It dawned on me that I was not the correct person to ask as she is a perfectionist knitter and I am a "good enough" knitter. 

But then I really like things that are a little imperfect.  Maybe I mess up on purpose.  I find little imperfections endearing - like a special knot on a wood frame, an unmatching drawer pull in an antique dresser or a slip of a pattern in a lace shawl.

When I was still in school I read somewhere that native American rug weavers who can make a perfect rug intentionally weave in an error so as not to anger the Divine with their perfection.  I must have liked that because ever since then I've embraced mistakes. 

Or maybe I'm just too freakin lazy....

Comments

[Wendy]

Persian rug weavers too: "Only Allah is perfect." Which is what I told students and people working themselves into a tizzy about mistakes, "Only Allah is perfect, get the f&$k over yourself." ;) No, not really the latter part of that, but I reminded people that imperfections are part of handmade, and sometimes we come to prefer it. Just because it doesn't look like the picture, or whatever, doesn't make it bad.

It is important to identify how a mistake is happening and have the knowledge to correct it or change it. I figure, as long as it's a matter of "oops, I could go back and fix it but why?" I can live with that attitude.
Knitting is supposed to be fun.

[Stacey]

If it's for me... and if I'm happy with it, so be it. Sometimes it's just not worth it to rip back or spend hours trying to fix something small.