Knitting Zen Wisdom

Knitting has changed me. I guess I really should say that knitting exposed traits in me that I did not believe were there. I have always been a "get it done and move on" kind of person, never quibling over whether something was perfect or completely done. Careless and sloppy you might think. But I am a different person with my projects. I want them perfect and even one tiny mistake in a pattern will make me nuts enough to frog back an entire piece just to make it right. Too funny, really, in a sad kind of way. I wonder how my life would have been different if I could have been as careful and caring with everything else I've had my hands in. But as I write this, I think I understand that it is just a matter of what you love, or what's important to you as to how much of yourself you might be willing to invest. My husband's sweater is vastly more important to me than how well I mopped the floor. Makes perfect sense to me.