And then I finished it this afternoon.
And promptly pulled the entire thing apart.
I write this post, not to show you how to do it, but to admit my own failings. So often, things look easy when someone else does it and you think no one else has the problems that you do. I'm here to tell you, you're not alone! Anyway, I was making a rug out of old t-shirts using a hula hoop. It was so easy!
But as it progressed, the middle started to bulge. I thought well I must have pulled the yarn too tight in the beginning, I can try to fix that from the middle when I finish. So I kept going, winding that yarn in and out, in and out. When it looked big enough (I was only making a small rug for the bathroom), I tied the yarn and began finishing it off. As I cut it off the hula hoop and tied the ends, it started curling. I expressed my frustration (that means I yelled at it) and my husband said, "What's the matter? Just put that part towards the back." Is there a 'back' to a bath mat? So I kept going and it just kept curling. Until I had what vaguely resembled a sombrero.
My husband's response? "It's fine, you're just going to stand on it..." How do you stand on a sombrero???
I had to pull out all that yarn and rewind it into balls. Talk about a little anger. This DIY is not forgotten... just postponed until I can forgive it for betraying me. I will conquer.
Have you tried something lately that ended in an epic fail? I'd love to hear about it :) make me feel better and comment below.
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