I’m still working on knitting (for me) the perfect bra. I have over a dozen bras I’ve knitted toward that effort, all saved to document the progression of ideas, everything from strap width to fastening methods. It’s been a heck of a journey and it doesn’t appear to be over yet.
Each time I think I might be getting close to the ideal design I learn something new. At that point I inevitably back up a bit to catch the flaw. The process in and of itself is a challenge with many opportunities for improvement ideas to go streaking through in their naked glory. I knit and frog and knit and frog and knit and . . . uh . . . well . . . you get the idea. The last iteration I knit was partially frogged at least six times. ONE iteration, six partial frogs. Now multiply that by in excess of a dozen iteration. If I didn’t find problem solving quite so fascinating I would have quit already . . . uh . . . except for the need of a really well fitting bra, comfortable, supportive, comfortable . . . something EVERY woman craves.
Each iteration (design alteration) shows me the weakness in the updated design. This latest iteration fail was the simple use of ribbing instead of icord. Yup. Whole bra, one glaringly obvious flaw which highlighted itself in a total fail. No, the bra should NOT do that. It’s a “change one thing, effect EVERYTHING else” world. Not kidding.
It’s the journey, not the destination, right?
I’m living that.