Jeg har gået og skumlet lidt i et stykke tid over en bestemt wip… En fair-ilse vest, der egentlig var til min far. Men glæden var gået af blusset, dels er jeg sikker på, at den ville være for lille, dels ville den nok også være for varm, og selvom han ville blive meget glad for den, er jeg ikke spor sikker på, at han nogensinde ville kunne bruge den… Og jeg strikker til at folk skal bruge det, de får.
Denne viden vejede tungt på mig, og lysten til at stikke på den forsvandt. Den smukke, smukke sag lå bare i kurven og blev tungere og tungere i min samvittighed. Noget måtte gøres, og derfor tog jeg endelig beslutningen om at trævle op… Så kære far, du får ingen fair-ilse vest i denne omgang!
I have been pondering a certain wip for a time being… A fair-ilse vest for my father. The joy had left the project as I became more and more certain that it would end up being too small and too warm, and even though I know that he would be delighted to get it, he would probably never really wear it… And it like knitting things that are wearable to the recepients.
This knowledge weighed heavily on my and the inclination to knit fell from low to none. The beautiful, wonderful work lay in the basked and grew bigger and bigger in my head and I felt lousy. Something clearly had to be done, and therefore presto: frogging! So dear father, not fair-isle vest for you this time!
Omkring halvanden time senere var det overstået…
Approximately 1½ hour later I was done…Nu ligger garnet og venter på at blive omsat til noget, der måske endda bliver færdigt! Jeg er helt sikker på, at det var den rigtige beslutning. Ikke mere dårlig samvittighed på den bekostning.
Now the yarn just lays there waiting to become something else, something that may even be finished! I’m certain that it was the right decision. No more lousy guilt feelings on that account.
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March 26, 2008 at 2:03 pm
Nanna
Uha – jeg tror det var blevet klippe og syet til baby-et-eller-andet, hvis det var mig, men det er jo ligesom for sendt at foreslå…
Jeg er dog sikker på, at garnet nok skal blive til et andet smukt stykke strik 😉
March 26, 2008 at 2:06 pm
alltangledup
well done you. Life is just too short to spend on knitting things that you have doubts about. Sometimes, ripping it is the most liberating thing that you can do.
btw, as an aside I love the colours of that stranded design.. gorgeous together
March 26, 2008 at 4:20 pm
knitting by kaae eller bare Charlotte
Ved du hvad kunne være sødt… en baby pose/dyne/jakke ting, ved ikke hvad man kalder sådan en… men i fair iles, og med foer… Det kunne du lave… 🙂
March 26, 2008 at 4:29 pm
grendesign
Det’ nemlig rigtigt. Nogen gange er det ikke meningen af projekter skal blive til – og så må de rimles uanset hvor smukke de er.
🙂 Britt
March 26, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Shan
OH MY GOD KAREN THAT WAS GORGEOUS.
Please, please tell me you are going to try that again sometime. Did you design it yourself? It is STUNNING.
March 27, 2008 at 12:45 am
EnnaVic
I’m too slow – everyone has already said what I was going to:
The colours and piece were gorgeous and
Well done for making that decision.
Don’t forget to send me your snail mail again at some stage – I lost it in the mail problems a month or two back.
March 28, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Stine
Jeg er enig med de andre i at det så meget smukt ud, men jeg kan godt forstå at du ikke havde lyst til at gøre det store arbejde færdigt, når du ved at det ikke bliver brugt.
Det garn skal nok blive til et andet godt projekt.
God weekend
Stine