SBQ: Mistakes were Made

How do you feel about staying totally true to a pattern? Do you feel that you have to rip out stitches to fix a mistake or do you feel it’s acceptable to incorporate a mistake into the design? As far as I'm concerned the pattern serves me, I don't serve the pattern. So I stitch the colors I like (see below) and the way I like. If a mistake can't be adapted to the new pattern, I may unstitch, but I'm more likely to unstitch if I don't like how a stitch looks than I've put it in the "wrong" place.

The majority of the time, a person would have to stand next to your piece with your pattern to see where the "mistakes" are. And if you've got those kind of friends, girlfriend, you need help.

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Last night, my hourlong train ride took--should I count from when the train left or when the train was supposed to leave?--2 hours and 15 minutes and the train was an hour late to arrive. So, I got on the "8:30" train and arrived at 11:47 pm. It was a pita, but I got a lot of stitching done. Since I had finished A-Z, I hurriedly grabbed whatever was on top of the pile so I'd have something to stitch (good thing!). It turned out to be Pins and Needles. I almost finished the scissor rest last night. I did finish it this morning, and I started the needlebook. (This morning, my train was only an hour late into the city.) A few more days like this, and I'll be able to cross Pins and Needles off the UFO list! (I am trying to keep a positive attitude, but Mercury is in retrograde for three weeks. I fear.)