There are times when i feel like a poser when it comes to my knitting (let alone my crocheting). There are all sorts of shortcuts i take that i'm sure would shock many a veteran knitter. I don't knit a complete swatch, block projects, or seam. I pick up stitches and knit in the round whenever possible. I procrastinate horribly when it comes to finishing. No matter what pattern i'm doing, what weight the yarn is, there comes a point where i am going to get bored with it and wish that i was already finished with the object. There are periods of time where i don't knit at all, because i lose interest, because it's too hot, because i can't afford yarn for the project i want to do, because i threw out what the pattern said, made it up as i went along, only to discover that my project is now in need of frogging (to a certain point, if not entirely).
Will i always feel this way? Will there ever be a point where i don't feel guilty yet completely justified in cutting corners, when i feel completely skilled as a knitter and/or pattern designer? I have been knitting for fifteen to sixteen years now, after all! And i still feel like there isn't enough knitted clothing in my wardrobe. Perhaps there never will be. It will be a sad day when i start to retire some of my more recently finished objects, however. Sadder still that some of them are never quite done.
