Unraveled

How many times have you had to start something again, or unravel to fix a mistake? I remember teaching my daughters that this was one of the hardest things to do. You see all your hard work and a big glaring ugly mistake of either too many stitches in one hole or not enough. Once you see it, it keeps nagging you. I told my girls that if they didn’t just bite the bullet and start pulling thread, then it would just make them feel bad later when viewing their finished work.

Nowadays if I see a mistake I automatically undo it. I’ve had almost finished hats that just didn’t quite seem right for no obvious reason other than I didn’t like it. I’d pull everything out to maybe 2 inches wide, and start all over again. I’ll make the same hat 3 or 4 times. It just doesn’t bother me any more. It’s just yarn and if you get peace working with it, it’s not really a waste of time, is it?

Last week I started working on a rosy pink, white, and power blue scarf turned into blanket (see previous entries about this). It looked good, no flaws, but just didn’t feel right. This week I’m working on a rosy pink and white blanket AND a powder blue hat. MUCH BETTER! The hat will be lovely; I may even add a scarf later. I would have missed this and regretting having that blue in the blanket. Now everything is good.

Don’t you wish we could sometimes “unravel” parts of our life and rework them? I do, but some things we can't change. For those we have to believe things unfold the way they do and that God has a planned purpose. And no matter what happens He can turned things around for good, even if they start out for bad.