09/02/2026
This is what it looks like when you get to the end of the final motif in your project and realize that you’re one stitch off of the pattern. Could I have left it? In a word, yes. And it’s entirely possible that nobody but me would notice, but I always want to do my best work, and not fixing it would bother me every time I looked at it. So, out it comes.
It’s human to make mistakes; we all do. And it’s okay to take it apart and make it again if that means you are happy with the end result. It’s also okay to shrug and leave it just as it is. Both are valid. What is not okay is beating yourself up for the mistake, or holding onto negative self-talk about it. You deserve mercy and grace, in the same proportion to the mercy and grace you would extend to others.
Please be kind to you.
