A Knitting Dilemma

[gnomi]

OK, so... I have a WIP that has been IP for waaaaay to long. It's a very late gift, in fact. And so tonight I sat down to do the last 15 or so rows that had to be finished, and that's when I realized: it's totally wrong to be the gift I intended it to be. However, it would be perfect for a different gift that I was intending to knit in the near future.

And so here's my dilemma: do I finish it to be the gift it was originally intended to be and send it off, or do I make it an even later gift and knit something that's a better gift for this particular instance and use the almost-done gift for its more appropriate use?

Comments

[violetcheetah.livejournal.com]

i vote for the latter choice. if it were me, i'd rather wait longer for the perfect gift than to get an earlier, less perfect-for-me gift.

[badgerthorazine.livejournal.com]

Hrm. I'm not sure. Check with the person you were originally making it for?

Problem of me not being a knitter, I'd guess.

[introverte.livejournal.com]

The right gift is worth waiting for.

[csbermack.livejournal.com]

Do they know it's coming? If they don't know, then give it as it's best given, and then make the more appropriate gift next.

[lordavon.livejournal.com]

knit the better gift, and use this for the more appropriate use.

[eal.livejournal.com]

Heh, for my own reasons, I vote for the appropriate use.

You may club me tomorrow :)

[gingicat]

As others have said, the right gift is worth waiting for.

[elul-3.livejournal.com]

Um...what they all said?

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

The right gift is totally worth it.

I'm still waiting twelve years later for a painting I was promised.