I am learning that ripping back is as much a part of the process as the actual knitting.

Metaphor for life really, but it could be better phrased.

If I just get crapped off and resentful when I realise I need to undo my work, I fuck up. Which means I don't rip back properly, which means I create more errors. And which also means that I get stressed and then overdo things because I haven't finished as much as I had hoped because I've got to undo stuff, so I go overboard trying to get back to where I was. But if I factor in ripping back as something I'll always have to do at some point in a project, maybe a few times, then it's far easier to simply accept that the next step is stich removal, a legit part of the process, and to keep to whatever my timetable is for handwork and not doing anything daft like sit up until three trying to "fix" things.

This is by way of saying that tomorrow's quota of knitting will involve the task of ripping back stitches that were created today and that anti-knitting is proving to be an interesting and relaxing past time. You just let yourself zone out and into the peaceful process of one by one turning knitting stitches into yarn, it's magic really. Very zen.

If more people felt the power of anti-knitting, I'm sure the world would be a better place.