A Crocheted Sandal Gone Wrong and Feeling a Little Like a Survivor from the Titanic

Have you ever had one of those days that nothing seems to go right? Monday, April 1, 2013 started and ended the same way. I just kept hoping that all of it was just an April Fool’s joke. But I woke up Tuesday; went to work and realized that it was real. As I arrived at work I knew that I would no longer see Tom’s smiling face as he would always say “Good Morning Tammy” for the past 6 years. Tom and I had helped each other out as we went through each day. Of course Tom did most of the work and I just opened doors or bent over to pick up things for him as he was recovering from back surgery. We were more than just co-workers we had become close friends. Monday, Tom was laid off at iSi. I will miss him immensely.

I probably shouldn’t have even tried to make anything on April Fool’s Day but oh no you can’t stop me from crocheting at least once per day. As I started these little Crocheted Braided Gladiator Sandals before I left for work on Monday, you can find the pattern here.

You can probably already tell what I did, but I couldn’t.

I kept looking and tugging at the toe of the sandal on the left to try and stretch it enough to match the one on the right. And finally as I was picking out buttons for the sandals it dawned on me that I had crocheted the back part of the sandal onto the toe of the sandal on the left instead of the back of the sandal which is now showing in the front. I thought about throwing the whole left sandal away but I decided I’ll just rip off the straps and the back part of the sandal and start over with just the bottom. Wish me luck that I get it right this time or they both go in the trash. Have you ever felt a little like a survivor from the Titanic? I hope your week is going well.