Do you remember your first skirt that you ever sewed? Were the seams straight? The first scarf that you knitted (we all started with the scarf)…. do you still have it? Your first loaf of bread… did it rise?
I recently was going through my stash of knitted and crocheted swatches and found my first knitted swatch. Now, I am going to be completely honest… it looks real bad. But instead of hiding it, I am displaying it for all to see.
Here are my first batches of handmade soap. They don’t look like the beautiful soaps that I see in the various online marketplaces, but my soap gets sudsy when I use it. I’ll take the mini successes.
Let’s face it … all of our crafty inventions are not award wining masterpieces. Just like many other areas in life, we learn from our mistakes and diligently work to improve.
That’s so true! No one becomes a master at something without a lot of time & practice–and patience.
I totally agree!
What a wonderful reminder. It is so true. I think of the first year we made candles. Those poor customers who took a chance on us. They got some interesting candles sometimes. But we had to learn…..
It’s like a line from that new Disney movie- the boy misses the goal completely while playing (I think soccer), and the coach asks the boy why he’s smiling, to which the boy says, “I can only get better.”
So true!
I am pretty darn proud of my first craft projects…I have quite a few from when i was a kindergartner!
When at first you don’t succeed, try, try again! It makes me crazy not to get it right so I keep trying till it is…..I am learning perseverance!
I saw a quote that says somthing liek you can’t be creative if you are afraid to fail. Part of the fun is just making something. If they all turned out perfect how could we appreciate someone else’s work. :0)
Loretta, I think it looks pretty good. My first knitting project, I didn’t even do a swatch, therefore I had no idea what size the baby sweater I planned to make, would be. I was in the pre-novice stage (you mean you need a certain number of stitches per inch?????) I didn’t use the proper weight wool, didn’t make a swatch – just went ahead and followed the directions. They were easy, thank God.
Wow Rita! That was pretty good for a first knitting project.
Great post! Your first swatch looks much better than mine, which had some pretty substantial holes! I love the idea of good sudsy handmade soap – and the more rustic it looks the better I like it.
Omg…I wish my first knitted mess looked like that lol.
What a great post!!! how true are your words. I think your soap and your swatch look mighty good but yet I have never made soap and am not very good at knitting! I love the fact that we can all learn and strive to do better each time. My mom has a photo hanging up that I took in my very first photography class in high school. I look back on it now and laugh cause it was so overexposed. But at the time I remember how proud I was and that is one of the main reasons why my Mom still has it framed on the wall:) Thanks for sharing this!
Oh my goodness, my kniting projects were definately not straight, not to mention my first time sewing an outfit. I don’t think I still have them anymore. If I do they are in my closet at my mom’s house.
I don’t think it looks bad!
If that’s your first attempt at knitting it’s very good
Thank you!
Wow thank you for reminding me. I remember my first batch of soap and I’m so happy to see where I’m now. I’m so excited about the future.