Hit 500 hand-sewn headbands last month without even realizing it

Was counting some inventory for a big order I had to fill by the 15th and I tallied up my headband count. Turns out I passed 500 sometime in late November. I've been binding books for almost 12 years now and I never really kept track before. My grandma taught me the stitch when I was visiting her in Ohio back in 2012. She always said "don't count your stitches or you'll jinx the book" which is silly but I guess it stuck. Now I'm wondering how many total I've done over the years. Has anyone else hit a random milestone that caught them off guard?

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jenny_coleman27d agoTop Commenter

Hell yeah, that kind of surprise always feels good. I've been running my own thing for a while and I learned the hard way that you gotta track stuff early or you'll lose count quick. My advice is to set up a simple spreadsheet now while you're thinking about it. Just one column for date finished and one for what it was. It takes two minutes a week and saves you from guessing later. Your grandma's superstition is cute but it's way easier to fix a bad count on paper than to realize you're off by a hundred when a big order comes in.

mark36126d agoMost Upvoted

Yeah that spreadsheet idea is solid, you can even add a color code for different products later.