Losing Patience

Sometimes you encounter a pattern that is more trouble to make than it is worth. Usually for me these patterns look super easy and result in a really cute piece of clothing but they have all sorts of funny demands and lots of finishing work.

First, let me just say that I hate finishing work. It is the worst. If I wanted to sew I would get a lot more use out of my sewing machine and wouldn't spend hours building fabric stitch by stitch, but I knit because I like knitting and it seems efficient, if done right. I often see patterns for adorable little stuffed animals that I would love to make but I know that all of the tiny tube knitting and sewing and stuffing would kill me so I avoid them like the plague. My favorite knitted items are ones where you make a complete garment or thing and have only two strings to sew in. What a sense of glorious victory!

For a while I have had this pattern for booties that is ADORABLE. I have attempted several times to make these booties (one attempt is chronicled here)but the actual finished booties have never materialized (I have a pair laying around somewhere unfinished). After carefully attempting to finish this one completely I figured out why.



There is like, 10 strings hanging off and a bunch of seams that need to be sewed! Yuck! These things are tiny, 2 1/2 inches long maybe, and there is a ton of finishing work. Ugh! I gave up. I decided that they are more trouble than they're worth and made this instead:



This looks like more work but it's actually less. It's a baby hat, and the best part about it is when you are done there is only two strings to sew in. VICTORY!!