See anything missing?

Look at the bears closely. Now do you see it?

The eyes.
I crocheted this afghan for my four year old—just finished it about a month ago, actually. It took me a year and a half to finish. Well, almost finish.
The eyes are a pain. They are supposed to be French knots, so I had a friend come and teach me how to tie French knots. I did an experimental bear, and 2/3 of my children had pulled the eyes out in less than five minutes.
Buttons: My kids would choke. The odds just swing that way for us.Yarn Xs: The bears looked dead. It was totally morbid.Yarn circles: a huge pain—they looked more like squares and were funky.Felt circles: Not sure how I'd attach them so they don't fall off.
I don't have a ton of motivation to figure it out. My son doesn't care. He loves it without the eyes. He's been waiting 18 months for this blanket. He's just excited to have it. So in my book, it's done. He's happy. I'm happy-ish. Moving on to the next blanket (a lion blanket) for my six-year-old.
I am not this blasé in all areas of my life. Maybe I'm just sick of this afghan or maybe my son's excitement outweighed any OCD perfectionism tendencies that I might have had about it. I know with my writing, I always try to curb my tendency to lean toward perfectionism. I don't want to perfectionize the voice right out of my writing. I go through and want to make sure all of my scenes have their "eyes" in place, but sometimes it's the lack of eyes that makes something interesting.
And sometimes we just tell ourselves that when we're feeling lazy. J
Are you a perfectionist when it comes to life? To writing?
Published on August 23, 2011 09:54
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