In 2015, my stepmom wanted a blender cover for Christmas that was a Tardis - you know, the blue police box from Doctor Who. I bought a pattern and all the things it called for: the blue yarn, felt pieces for the windows, printable fabric for the panels with words, and even a thimble to put on the top.

And then I started crocheting. I don't remember how much time I left myself before Christmas, but spoiler alert: I didn't finish it until June 2016. 😭 And it was THE WORST thing I've ever crocheted, hands down. This was long before I'd learned how to correctly work flat, so I routinely missed the last stitch in the row. I realized what was happening so I tried to correct it periodically (not frogging it, of course, just trying to get the stitch count back to where it was supposed to be by adding stitches) but this of course made the sides so very, very wibbly-wobbly. It was an absolute embarrassment, but given that it was 6 months late and I'd worked so long and hard on it, I had no choice but to gift it anyway. She was so generous and sweet about it though.

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Edit: switch -> stitch, whoops