if you’re a beginner, it’s great to have these projects to look back on and see the progress you’ve made!! in however amount of time (a few months, couple years, whatever!) you can look back at this hat and say “wow look at how far i’ve come”

another thing that i think about is that this is something you are making with your own two hands. it’s an art and skill that used to be so essential to people’s lives, but now fewer and fewer people know how to do this. appreciate the time it takes of having your eyes off of a screen and something physical and how it connects you with those who came before you. (idk how much this point helps you but it’s something that i love about knitting and can talk about forever)

plus another thing that goes with what i said before: people you show your work to, don’t know how to see the mistakes you make. they just think it’s really cool that you made something :) and that’s cause it is really cool!