Are you a process or product person?

That cracks me up because I often watch British murder mysteries when I'm crafting.

I never thought of this but process. I want the product but I enjoy the fun of the process.

I crochet (mainly blankets) and have a pattern and decide on colours but I never frog more than a few stitches. Homemade isn't made to be perfect.

I remember going to scrapbooking and we worked on the same layout, we were given cut paper and some people just couldn't figure out how to wing it. They needed the exact measurements and placements. I'd just go with it.

I enjoy having that finished product am pretty loose goosey in finishing it.

I think it really depends on the individual project at hand. Sometimes it’s more about the process (especially if I’m learning something new, I give myself a little more grace) and other times it’s more about the finished product, especially if it’s going to be for someone else. For example, I was just at a conference and the instruction was very hard to follow because the room was noisy and the instructor was very soft spoken. I was trying to follow along as best as I could, but it was hard and my project in the end looked like trash. I didn’t enjoy the process or the project because I knew if I used a different technique I would have had better results. In the end, I tossed it in the trash in the hotel room because it didn’t even serve as a halfway decent example.

On the flip side, I did a different project that required completely winging it. With that one I liked it enough that I went out of my way to rescue it before the event promoters trashed it.

While I enjoy seeing my work completed and sometimes I yearn to have something completed and done, I'm more of a process person. I enjoy most phases of whatever I'm creating. This is also a rebellion against my mother's only inquiry into most of my projects - "are you done yet?"