I must be crazy for considering this...

So I just discovered two-bobbin shuttles, and now I'm rethinking my latest project.

For those of you who don't know what I'm currently working on, I decided to make a table runner for my sister. I'm estimating this to be a 300 hour project, and so far I've put about 30-40 hours into it. And it's looking ok so far. But I was just thinking to myself the other day that I wished I could alternate the color of the leaves. I think it would help make the vines look like they're weaving better, and make it all look more dynamic and interesting. I started thinking about trying to add a second shuttle. Even though I'm new to the shuttle, I think I could make it work.

I was looking on InTatters.com, an online guild for lacemakers,  to see if anyone had posted anything like this--two shuttles AND ball thread, or three shuttles. I eventually stumbled across someone talking about their shuttles and posted links to some of their favorite suppliers. It was from following the links that I stumbled upon the two-bobbin shuttle.

What a beautiful invention! Now, I don't have to worry about tangled shuttles bouncing around, or dropping one and making a mess. Sounds like a perfect fit for my project, and of course I bought one. But now comes the question: do I scrap what I've already completed and start over so everything is more uniform? Or do I try to work what I have done into the "new and improved" design? And then comes the question of what do I work on while waiting for my awesome new toy?

Actually, I already know the answer to that last one.

It's somewhat painful to throw away 30 hours worth of work, even if the second attempt is far superior. But the size of this little strip will be different from all of the new stuff due to the extra thread running through everything, and I'm worried about the leaves on this strip (because they don't alternate color like they're going to on the new piece) causing the strip to stand out and look terrible. So. . .

Do I suck it up and start all over?

And that's not the only thing I'm thinking about starting over. . .

But that's a story for another post.

It's never dull in the Light house.