We are all correct..."Rock your swag"...but it wasn't the original letters. The top came with ""FU" not "RO".
I was in a hurry, the picture looked like a cartoon and the fabric is great. ..I bought it. I got home and set my kit out only to see the letters for the first time. "I thought I read it", I screamed. But it didnt matter anymore, either I wear something else and return it later or I do something about it and still wear it. I chose the later.
My first thought was to crotchet wool across all the letters on top and leave only the swag showing. That was going to take a lot of time but I didn't mind because I could see the end result in my mind. The first crotchet hook step i took got the hook boring a big hole on my shirt.
My Nanny looked at me and said,"Aunty if you want to crotchet the wool on it, you have to first do a cross stich round the letters then crotchet on the Stictches and not directly on the cloth. That made a lot of sense, but it would still take a lot of time.
As we were about starting she said, "Aunty it's almost getting late, we can convert the letters to something else with needle and thread. And I was like, ermm that's a good idea too, let's check what letters.
Now, at this point, I appreciated her help but being more educated I just felt she may not be able to help me any further since its "word - creation" time. I started with trying to think of all the words I know that ends with"ck". It wasn't working and then out of the blues she said, let's turn the F to R and the U to O. That did it, the O wouldn't come out well but it was a huge milestone.
I didn't know when I said,"this "girl' you think so well"! I knew then that without her help, I may have spent a couple of hours that night doing the crotchet the way I want it but I had to just spend like 10 mins to draw the correct letters then sew round it.
DONT TAKE ANY BODY GOD BRINGS YOUR WAY FOR GRANTED.
1. If I had treated her in a particular way, she may not have had the boldness to always speak up as she does, thereby saving me a lot of stress when the opportunity arises. SHOW RESPECT TO PEOPLE
2. She came with some skills but I also made sure she learnt other skills from me. INVEST IN PEOPLE .
3. If I shushed her when she wanted to correct or chose to take my own idea to service my ego, it might have cost me longer time than it eventually did. BE HUMBLE
4. She is not that educated but she has a brain and common sense. GIVE PEOPLE A BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
Take this inspiration today, don't look down on anybody, the janitor or gardener can bring you great relief. Respect and invest, and give the lower cadre people around you a benefit of the doubt, you never can tell what could come out of it. Even if nothing gets to you, you have sent a seasoned person out to relate with other people.
God bless you.
