Stop Me Before I Cast On Again!

[gnomi]

I have a major confession to make:

I am a new-project addict.

I mean, it's not like I don't already have six active-active projects already on needles (not even counting the on-needles-but-asleep projects) and three others queued (and I gotta say, those three want to be not-queued-but-active). But last night I cast on *another* new project (darn those knitting magazines and their shiny!new!exciting! patterns) and am itching to work on it (rather than, say, doing work-work).

The scarf in my icon is awake again as a project, and I want to work on it, too.

Haaaalp!

Comments

[lordavon.livejournal.com]

Now I want to knit

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

You and me both. I'd rather be knitting than working on any of the work projects currently in front of me.

[madknits.livejournal.com]

I have on the needles:
4 sweaters
3 scarves
2 hats

Plus more yarn to make another 8 sweaters, 2 vests, and more scarves and hats. And I'm ordering some yarn from a cool LYS to make another sweater. I'm mad, completely mad.

(hence the name)

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I want to cast on a sweater (I'm waiting for the yarn to arrive) and another ducky set (since I just gave one as a gift last night), plus I just got a bunch of patterns from an enabling coworker/friend.

It's comforting to know that others like having multiple projects in progress at once.

[madknits.livejournal.com]

I'm having some friends over on Sat for a stitch and bitch (if it weren't the Sabbath, I'd ask you, too). One of the gals coming has catalogued all her yarn, and realised how many WIPs she has. She has decided to not buy yarn til she gets them done. And she had forgotten all the cool stuff she had. NINE bins!

Me, I only have six bins.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

I was on a no-yarn diet for about two years. Now I try to buy yarn only when I have a specific project in mind for it.

[norda.livejournal.com]

I picked up my knitting last night... I don't think I'd worked on anything since December.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Are you happy to be picking it up again?

Oh! That's another project I should start -- the one we were discussing before my winter went all pear-shaped. I even know where the needles and yarn are for that project.

[norda.livejournal.com]

Are you happy to be picking it up again?

Seriously, I almost cried because I was so happy.

That's another project I should start -- the one we were discussing before my winter went all pear-shaped.

Yes, indeed. I didn't want to bug you.

[csbermack.livejournal.com]

Just don't buy any more needles. Eventually, you'll have to finish something...

I just finished a bag thing. I thought I was buying a cotton yarn and instead got a bigass spool of cotton twine, the kind people keep in the garage for just in case moments. It made up a perfect little bag that expands way more than it should and can go in the washing machine if something leaks all over it. It even has little spots of color so if anything stains it, it won't be screamingly obvious.

But I'm not *thrilled* with it.

So what did I do? I stuck those needles back on the spool, and next time I'm docked in front of the TV I'll probably fire up another iteration of the same kind of thing. You've got to use it up, right? I thought about knitting the entire spool up into one giant i-cord, just for the thrill. "But what if I need cotton twine?" "Oh, just pull it out the end of the i-cord."

I always have two going, and sometimes three. The mindless one I do in front of the TV, the one that's in my little travel knitting kit, and the Big One Of The Moment. Sometimes the first and third are the same. :)

[eireangus.livejournal.com]

Wow!!!

[gem225.livejournal.com]

*raises hand* Me too. I'm not sure how many projects I have sitting in the dining room in the Big Pile of Yarn and Knitting that the cats so far leave alone, thank goodness, but there are a lot, and I started a sweater for my sister just last week, and I still want to get out some yarn from my stash and start something else, but it would be pretty and fun. It's a good thing that I love knitting so much! Thanks again for your help in getting me started with it!

*hugs*

That scarf in your icon is really cool.