I am experiencing the first major setback of my knitting career. I’m making myself a hat to practice up for making one for my mother to match the scarf I gave her last year. I stared it on 5 double-ended needles which was an acheivement of sorts for me. I got the ribbing done and got a ways into the straight knitting and it just didn’t feel right. I transferred it to circular needles because they seem easier and my suspicions were confirmed. There is something seriously and unrepairably wrong with it. It’s almost as if I started knitting backwards someplace, though I think that’s only possible in Bizarro World. So I’m faced with unraveling the whole thing, which I’ve never had to do before. I’m dragging my heels on this -I’d be done with the hat by now if I just started over when I first noticed the problem- I know I’d just never love the hat if I finished it with the flaws. Still it’s hard to “un-do” all that stitching.
Any advice for getting over the grief of unraveling?
