Whenever I am teaching someone about knitting, one of the main things I like to get across is this. If you’re not prepared to pull your work apart, you’re not ready to knit. This is something my Mum always used to say when she was teaching me to knit.
Realizing that you’ve made a mistake in your knitting can be a really disheartening moment. You’ve worked so hard, and concentrated for so long, and you still manage to screw it up. Pulling it apart and starting again can sometimes be a hard thing to swallow.
I cast on the gorgeous Kit Cami last week, and got all the way through the 2.5 inches of half linen stitch, before I realized that I had cast on for the wrong size. How on earth did I do that..?! I blame watching The Vampire Diaries while casting on, obviously I’m easily distracted.
I cried about my mistake to my friend Nyome, whom I’ve been guiding with her knitting. She smiled, and said “If you’re not ready to pull it apart, you’re not ready to knit!”
Touche!
Frogging this at lunch time today…!
this girl has knits 
I don’t think it matters how long you have been knitting for frogging is one of the hardest things to have to do. I still get my Mum to do it for me because I just cannot bare to do it myself!
I totally agree, and it doesn’t matter if you’re only a few rows in, or almost finished, the pain is still bad! Haha! That’s cute that you get your mum to frog for you! 🙂
Just so much easier when you dont have to witness it 😉