Assumption

I have always heard people say never to assume anything, that assuming just makes an ass out of you and me. So what do I do? I assume that my new knitting project is so simple I don't have to read the cable pattern, that the repeat is so easy I will be able to remember it after just knitting through it once. Peanut's new sweater was going so well. I love the yarn, the cable pattern is beautiful, and it knits fairly quickly, but one missed row and I had to rip it all out.

I tried un-knitting it to where I thought the mistake was and realized how much I hate un-knitting cables. I started knitting again only to discover I had made a mistake even earlier in the piece and decided it would be quicker to just start over again. I have been knitting most of the day and am back to where I made one of the knitter's most difficult decisions, to rip and start again. I am so happy I did. The perfectionist in me would never have been happy with the finished product if I hadn't fixed it. Starting over also gave me an opportunity to rewind the ball I was struggling with and enlist the help of my son. Boo helped with the ripping and re-winding and we both had a ball.