There are some very disturbing rumors going around that I may have too many unfinished projects scattered around the house. This may or may not be true depending on how you determine if there are too many or too few projects that need to be completed.
Once completed that will lead to different problems, such as too many empty project bags and baskets. Drawers overflowing with knitting needles, Tunisian crochet hooks, crochet hooks, bobbins for spinning wheels. Hanks of newly spun yarn needing to be washed and dried. Then woven and distributed. Where to put all the drop spindles?
This may also lead to off schedule donations. A fire place that can actually be seen. Clear counter tops with no baskets overflowing with unfinished projects.
This will then lead to the question, do I have too many knitting needles and crochet hooks. There are too many empty project bags.? Do I have too much yarn? Should I limit the amount of projects that I have going at a time. Some projects are big that require a table or a couch in the winter to finish, but they all started off as little projects and grew. Some projects are small enough to put in my purse or a small project bag. Should I carve extra double pointed knitting needles into hard to obtain Tunisian Crochet Hooks?
I can tell you with the upmost confidence that all my stashes are smaller than at the beginning of COVID19. I can’t remember if I gave 2 or 3 loads of fabric to Project Linus, Eric would have liked that all his favorite fabrics went to help other sick kids. 50% of my fiber stash was divided between two friends. Lastly there is very little yarn left in the garage, it used to be stacked to the ceiling. One truck load went to The Old Pueblo Knitting Guild in Tucson. I lost count of how much went to the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona. Some went to my students and friends. The empty boxes are still in the garage to transfer things in the storage room to clear boxes for easier identification and access.
One thing that I know for certain is that I am going to be spending at least 20% of my work time on projects for myself. After 26 years of knitting hundred’s of projects for charity, I need a few items for myself. Below is the 1st of 2 Quick Knit Mittens by Jen Hintz. I love this style of mittens for knitting and eating out in the cold. Any useful advice will be looked at.
