I mentioned earlier that there are two places where I didn't QUITE follow the pattern. I will not be pointing these out to her.
I have decided that there is a reason I left them in. It is not because they were too far back in the afghan to fix. If I had taken all the knitting out to where the flaws are, I would have just had to start over, and I didn't want to do that.
So, the reason I left them in is so I don't intimidate others with my perfection. Yes,. That is the reason. If I had given a flawless afghan, no one in the family would ever dare to try knitting. Such perfection would be off putting.
Also, this is a gift for a baby. No one would want to give a potentially priceless heirloom to a drooling, spilling baby. They might get something gross on it. In fact a baby always gets something gross on it. Whatever it is.
So the flaws were left in on purpose. Yes, that's it. In order to make sure this afghan was used as it was intended. To keep a precious baby warm.
