Frogging it
Knitters are usually divided in two subspecies, the process and the product knitters. The first enjoy the process of knitting above all and don't care too much about the finished product, the latter don't particularly enjoy the tedious process of moving needles and yarn around, but knit for the sake of the beautiful finished result.
I haven't decided which one I am, I do get frustrated and anxious at times, wanting to get to the end and be able to wear the product of my knitting, but at the same time I may find it tedious, I also find knitting is amazingly relaxing. So I'd say I'm right in the middle: a perfect balance between process and product.
What does this have to do with frogging? Well, I've just figured that the most obvious proof that I'm not a product knitter is how unfazed I'm about frogging one month worth of knitting. My dear one is amazed at how relaxed I am about it. On the other hand, this kind of proves that I'm a product knitter, in the sense that I've an end-product in mind and I'm kind of a perfectionist about it. It'll take as much time and work to get that product no matter how many times I have to start over.
All this to say that I'm knitting a sweater and I've partially frogged it so many times (only once I've frogged it completely) that I've knitted more than two sweaters by now and I'm still only half way through. I'm a bit terrified that the sweater will completely change sizes after being washed. This did not happen with my swatch, but I don't trust swatches.
This is also to just say that I've not much to add to my blog as I've not been learning much lately except that I think I'm a yarn knitter. Yep, neither the process nor the product are the main thing for me, the yarn is! Give me a mixed yarn and I get bored and crabby. Give me a nice 100% wool yarn and see me happily knitting away. I thought that wool mixed with llama, alpaca, etc would be nice, but somehow these "new" yarns don't do it for me. The sheep is the real thing, merino makes me swoon, though I'll happily make an exception for cashmere.
I haven't decided which one I am, I do get frustrated and anxious at times, wanting to get to the end and be able to wear the product of my knitting, but at the same time I may find it tedious, I also find knitting is amazingly relaxing. So I'd say I'm right in the middle: a perfect balance between process and product.
What does this have to do with frogging? Well, I've just figured that the most obvious proof that I'm not a product knitter is how unfazed I'm about frogging one month worth of knitting. My dear one is amazed at how relaxed I am about it. On the other hand, this kind of proves that I'm a product knitter, in the sense that I've an end-product in mind and I'm kind of a perfectionist about it. It'll take as much time and work to get that product no matter how many times I have to start over.
All this to say that I'm knitting a sweater and I've partially frogged it so many times (only once I've frogged it completely) that I've knitted more than two sweaters by now and I'm still only half way through. I'm a bit terrified that the sweater will completely change sizes after being washed. This did not happen with my swatch, but I don't trust swatches.
This is also to just say that I've not much to add to my blog as I've not been learning much lately except that I think I'm a yarn knitter. Yep, neither the process nor the product are the main thing for me, the yarn is! Give me a mixed yarn and I get bored and crabby. Give me a nice 100% wool yarn and see me happily knitting away. I thought that wool mixed with llama, alpaca, etc would be nice, but somehow these "new" yarns don't do it for me. The sheep is the real thing, merino makes me swoon, though I'll happily make an exception for cashmere.
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