Not Following Instructions

"Discoveries are often
 made by not following
 instructions, by going
 off the main road, by
 trying the untried."

~Frank Tyger

I spent every spare minute

for a week working on this:

I didn't exactly use the

right size needles :

[I used a size 8]

I didn't exactly use the

right yarn :

[I used a soft cotton]

I didn't make a guage

swatch:

[waste time and yarn?]

So, I didn't exactly follow

the instructions:

I went off the main road

and did my own thing:

And now I have a hat

that could fit two people

at one time.

I love the design of this

hat so I have decided to

start again:

this time with the correct
size needles:
with the recommended yarn:
I even made a guage swatch
and counted the stitches.

I am going to follow the
instructions:
this time.