...or, Why I Hate Lifelines
But first, a definition.
Lifeline (noun) a thin thread run through a row of knitting in order to preserve the work up to that point, most commonly used in lacework due to the complication of the pattern.
- Lifelines save your work.
- They don't save all your work.
- Lifelines keep you from starting completely over.
- They won't let you rip out your work and start fresh.
- Lifelines keep you from "making do," and ask you to fix your mistakes.
- They encourage perfection, much like the Borg of Star Trek fame.
- Lifelines keep you sane.
- They don't really.
- Lifelines make you take the needles out of your work, creating near mayhem scenes, like this one.
- Lifelines use up all the dental floss.
2 comments:
I thought that was dental floss.
Lifelines are a love/hate thing. I hate having to stop working and put them in. Sure enough when I don't I need them and vise versa.
On the lighter side... Your yarn looks pretty.
Finally! Some one with gumption enough to give us the straight dope on the lifeline! I appreciate the "Does not keep you sane" entry, while I thought it was just me. [Remember that statistic about one in four people....? Ha-ha!]~C.
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