When the task is done beforehand, then it is easy

When the task is done beforehand, then it is easy.

-- Yuan-tong

So true. Sometimes I actually like to work out the pattern as I'm knitting, especially if it's something complex I haven't done before. But the pleasure of doing an easy pattern or one I've done before is that I can knit the piece in my head first. Then my hands just have to catch up.