It did not.
Has that ever happened to you? After spending time (hours, days, weeks)
pre-planning a special project, accounting for all the pitfalls, drawing a
draft on paper, etc...the ‘thing’ just doesn’t work.
What do you
do? Give up and toss it into the trash? Throw it across the room in
frustration? Alter your design or expectation? Scream? Cry?
I’ve done
all of the above at different times in my crafting history.
What went wrong
in the first place? Did I over-estimate my skill level? Were miscalculations
made during the planning stage? Are the materials not appropriate for the
design? Am I stupid?
Such a
frustrating situation has happened to me this week. I finished a tablet weaving
project, my first single diamond shape pattern trim. I was feeling pretty proud
of my accomplishment. Look how clever I am! (Patting myself on the back)
I thought I
had all the variables figured out now. I decided to try a multi-diamond design
next. I warped up the loom again after carefully mapping out the design on
graph paper. No problem, this would work fine.
That was an
incorrect assumption. I simply have not been able to get it to come out like it
does on paper. After several failed attempts, only making it worse, I’ve set it
aside for now. I’ll tackle it again in a week or two when my frustration level
subsides a bit. *smile*
Maybe I
should have accepted the variation that was evolving instead of trying to ‘fix’
it. Hindsight is 20/20, isn’t it?
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