What Not to Do!

I got a bunch of awesome ideas for my renaissance dress--and I'm buzzing through chores to try to haul butt to Gettysburg this afternoon...

However, while reading responses last night, I got inspired to make an English coif (I know, I know, my goal is Florentine--but I do like the coifs, too). So, I turned to Drea's outstanding tutorial on making coifs, printed the pattern, cut it out and got to handwork. Once I was nearly done, I realized I totally mangled the pattern. Ergh. Some folk can ignore instructions. I am not one of them.

Oh, well, it's not impossible to fix (I'll just take out the stitches, press it and repeat on the other sides). However, realizing I made such a pissant mistake is frustratingly irksome. I crumpled the darn thing into a ball and threw it at Muffy the cat, who was busy hissing at Scout the cat (because he was rolling on his back and looking cute).

Today, I will not work on it. I have enough other projects. On the plus side--I can say positively that if you have stuff on hand and follow directions, it's an easy project that can be completed in a night's work.

I did not follow directions. But goshdarnitall, my handwork looks good on it!

I am a numbskull. I can live with it. Over and out, got to do errands!