The YarnTotingBlog

I learned a lot in the process of knitting this domino knit potholder and I thank my husband for his encouragement to make use of the opportunity to exercise perseverance after so many false starts because of silly errors that I was tempted to quit. By the end, when I had bound off the last stitch and about to take that final sigh of relief at seeing the end of those picots only to realize at that exact moment that I had so many that it looked all wrong and fixing it meant unraveling all that arduous work, I frogged it without tears or frustration and knit it again. It was so much easier the second time, I might add. In fact, I suppose I have to admit that I benefited from all those false starts for the same reason - all that practice has given me a new level of confidence in my knitting overall.  No longer am I afraid of dropping a stitch. The thought of knitting into a completed piece no longer intimidates me. Color changes? Just tell me where. On top of that I’m getting much better at the knit cast-on, binding off and weaving in yarn tails both while knitting and afterwards.

This isn’t just a potholder. It is a victory in personal growth.