In my last post, I mentioned that I was going to be working on one project only (a scarf)) until it was finished. I’ve kept my word on that, and to my surprise, I’ve got 28 inches done! Wow! I think this will make me a better knit blogger, too.
I blog about a project, then I blog about another project, then I blog about another project, and by the time I get around to blogging again about a previous project, to either show what progress I’ve made or to show the finished object, I have to give a link from six months prior to bring the reader up to speed. Frankly, I find it annoying.
So, from now on (one hand on heart, other hand raised), I will no longer work on more than two projects at a time(either knitting, spinning, or crochet). I will write down in a notebook all the ideas that I have for future projects, and when one is finished, I will start another one.
It is going against my nature somewhat, but sometimes we can become unbalanced, and even if our nature is more P than J (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator), it doesn’t mean that we can’t become so unbalanced that the multiple projects become overwhelming and start to stifle creativity instead of enabling it. I feel the same way about a huge stash. If you like the yarn or fiber, then do something with it. If you don’t like it, give it away, or sell it. That’s why I like a periodic de-stashing. It freshens things. One problem I’m having is that I have a lot of sock yarn. I like knitting socks, so I figure any sock yarn that appeals to me in the store is game. But I’ve been thinking for a while now about the idea of making sweaters with thinner yarn. It’s hard to find sport weight. Mostly it’s worsted and DK. But there’s a ton of fingering weight around. I don’t really want to make sweaters out of superwash wool and nylon, but the colors are fabulous in sock yarn. So, now I’m looking at my stash of sock yarn and thinking, gee, if I just had four more skeins of that yarn I could use it for a sweater.
I think, though, that the dearth of sport weight yarn in nice colors could be the excuse I need to spin my own. I might have to do that. I got a lot of nice stuff at Black Sheep, which I will take pictures of and post soon.
But I’m looking forward to this new leaf I’m turning over of being more disciplined, tieing up loose ends, and takin’ care of business.
