Comments on: What Would YOU Do?

By: best of luck

best of luck — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:22:33 +0000

Wikia…

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By: Vianka Miranda

Vianka Miranda — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 21:31:39 +0000

I think i would fix it b4 i gave it 2 her

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:25:05 +0000

I was in this situation not too long ago. I had crocheted a large doily and then noticed when it was finished that I had left out a stitch. I gave it to my friend and told her she could play “Where’s Waldo” and find the mistake if she wanted! She laughed and said that was how you could tell that it was handmade and not something that I “just went out and bought”. She was so happy that I would take the time to make something special just for her.

By: Sonia

Sonia — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 17:39:27 +0000

I would show her the gift and let her see the mistake and tell her I am going to fix it, so at least she sees her present.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:44:27 +0000

My grandmother always said, if you unintentionally make a mistake when knitting or crocheting, it makes it lucky for the person recieving it. So I never fix a mistake and I believe it gives them luck with the love.

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:41:28 +0000

By all means, give the gift and don’t take it back! Twenty-three years ago, a dear friend made a cross-stitch wedding sampler for my one-and-only marriage… but we had to change the date by one day at the last minute. The sampler showed the original date. She let us enjoy it for about a weekend, then took it back to fix. We never saw it again

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:31:43 +0000

Not enough information for a definite opinion but if I am making her a dish rag in her favorite color, I’d give it to her and not point out the mistake as I’m hoping she will use it and it will get stained, stretched & frayed soon enough anyway. But if it is a sweater with the boo-boo right on front where everyone would notice, that’s another story and maybe the “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” should really come into play — How many people do you know who really enjoy wearing items that scream “home-made” – the best compliment anyone can get when they give a homemade gift is “You made that? You wouldn’t know it was homemade!” That’s the type of compliment I’d like to hear about my project. I’d give a card with a note explaining that since I’m not perfect, my timing is imperfect and a gift is still coming. It isn’t about having my homemade gift there for others to see what I am giving her anyway, it is about how much I care for my friend and how she would feel using or wearing something I made (& if she would want to). If she never would want to wear it, then I’ve wasted my yarn money and time — except that practice helps to make perfect?

By: MiMi AustinTX

MiMi AustinTX — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 03:27:33 +0000

Jan here. Obviously, it takes all types of personalities to make the world go ’round!. No one is wrong here; the right thing to do is what works between you and the recipient of your gift. You know her best, so do what you know she’ll accept. I cannot imagine that anyone would look down her nose at a heart-felt, home-made gift. The thrill of receiving it would erase any misgivings about a “glitch of a stitch”! Personally, I have such a hard time making items and not unraveling rows if I have to just so the item can be perfect…and I’m not talking about a huge mistake either. I really need to “get over myself!”

By: JV Malcolm

JV Malcolm — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 06:08:08 +0000

Machines can make items perfect. We aren’t machines. Fix the mistake later.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:49:37 +0000

Ok I am courious. What did you do, Ilana? You have gotten all of this great advice. How did the birthday go, etc.?