The ultimate 18-month-old sin

Yes, that's post snippage. I think I'm going to add another reason not to stress about the perfect backside. It was the quasi rat's nest on the back that allowed me to repair it. I anchored the darning stitches to the work that was already done, so the floss is holding the fabric together in the 5 places he cut it. I wasn't able to repair the fabric itself.

Oh dear - do you need chocolate dear? Hugs.....

Cheryl

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:53:55 -0500, LizardGumbo defied the laws of time and space to say:

Yikes! Thank goodness you had the chocolate handy. I'd probably have had to put the project away for a few years before I could face it again after that.

-Bertha

I want a dress like that!

Meredith

Okay, maybe a few more. :) I read the subject line as a sin that you'd committed 18 months ago! It took me a bit to realize Scott is your 18mo son. LOLOLOL

I'm so glad you managed to fix up all your hard work, though.

Joan

I must admit even *I* read it that way after I'd posted and forgotten about my post. LOL

The danger is that he's just too KYOOOT to be mad at:

Did he live?

Now that you know he does this, maybe you need to find a small box with a combination lock to put your scissors in.

Well, yes. I mean, at some point, there is no punishment in the universe commensurate with the crime.

Well, his DAD was sposin' to be watching him, but yes, normally I put the bag out of sight and reach.

Well, since this is part of how I'm trying to earn a living, that's not a possibility, although BOY! was it ever tempting!

On that note, though, another one of my groups had a thread on good stitching tips and more than a few people said that the way they deal with setbacks is to frog RIGHT AWAY and some even go so far as to restitch right away. Otherwise, if you just put it down in discouragement, you may never pick it up again. So I'm trying to follow this advice.

Also, I do quite a bit of frogging when I don't like the way I've charted something, so I'm getting to where for me, it's just part of the process and is no big deal. Kind of like using an eraser when you're drawing.

I think I deserve a gold star on my forehead for changing the subject line so early in the game and still keeping it on topic. So there. :P~~~

Well, I dunno. Sometimes a little distance helps me figure out where the error is.

And then there was my symmetrical pattern that wasn't lining up. I had both stitchers and non-stitchers try to find the error and five years later, none of us had succeeded.

Yes he is.

I love the shot where he appears to be trying to escape

It could have been much, much worse - see

I can't remember where I got the photograph from but it isn't anyone in the UK as far as I'm aware.

Amen to that!

Joan

Joan

On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 12:46:39 -0500, LizardGumbo defied the laws of time and space to say:

That's probably very good advice. I usually put things aside when there's a major setback just because I get frustrated, and then I start making MORE mistakes. I've been known to re-stitch something three or four times before getting it right. :P

But I have also been known to put things aside that remain unfinished to this day...

-Bertha

And that Scott didn't snip Scott....

ellice