I think I have knitting ADD...

chixdilla · 10-31-2011, 01:00 PM

I'm not even done with my first project (a set of placemats... and I'm not even done with the FIRST one yet!) and already I want to move on and work on a baby blanket for my baby cousin who will be born in less than 4 weeks!

There is no way I'll be done with it by then even if I started today, so someone please talk me off the ledge here... Lol.

suzeeq · 10-31-2011, 06:07 PM

Why, you're turning into a normal knitter. A new different pattern comes along and you go 'ooooh pretty' and can't wait to start it. Also known as 'startitis'.....

If you knit the baby blanket with heavier yarn and larger needles, you just might be able to finish it in 4 weeks - the placemats can wait!

chixdilla · 10-31-2011, 06:41 PM

Lol! You weren't supposed to encourage me!

Now I'm tempted to go buy some yarn after work and my boyfriend is going to yell at me because yarn is not in my budget...

GrumpyGramma · 10-31-2011, 09:25 PM

I can't imagine life w/o at least 2 or 3 yarn projects in process. I'm currently working on leg warmers and a crochet afghan that I must finish, planning my next sweater, have a knit scarf in process, plans for my next sweater and the sweater after that, and who knows what other crochet and knit projects that aren't at the top of my mind at the moment. It gets worse, believe me. Recently I got really lucky and found yarn at JoAnn Fabrics and they had 40% off coupons .... I restrained myself and only bought yarn for the current must-get-done sweater but the bag of yarn for a couple of bucks at Goodwill came home with me and I have to decide what I'm doing with that. Have fun!

It's really YOCD....yarn obsessive compulsive disorder, the 2 main forms being crochet OCD and knit OCD. Hopelessly incurable, gets worse and worse, never better so you might as well enjoy it.

chixdilla · 10-31-2011, 09:30 PM

Oh no! I'm screwed then!

How do you guys get stuff done?! Ever since I picked up knitting, I've let my pile of laundry just get bigger and bigger, and my clean laundry from 2 weeks ago is still sitting on top of the dryer! Instead of doing chores when I get home from work, I'd much rather knit. I only cook and keep the kitchen semi-clean so that my boyfriend won't starve, but the rest of the house is a mess. Haha, oops.

I'm mad I missed that yarn sale at Joann's! I knew about it, but forgot to go.

But the good news is, my boyfriend's taking me yarn shopping tonight so baby blanket, here I come!

GrumpyGramma · 10-31-2011, 09:41 PM

A clean house is a sign of a sick mind.

chixdilla · 10-31-2011, 09:47 PM

suzeeq · 10-31-2011, 09:54 PM

Cleaning is for people who don't knit...!

salmonmac · 10-31-2011, 09:54 PM

Have you ever come to the wrong place to be talked out of (a) starting a new project or (b) buying more yarn!

Antares · 10-31-2011, 10:08 PM

Ugh! You're barking up the wrong tree if you're wanting someone to talk you out of starting another project here! Knitters and crocheters usually have more UFOs (unfinished projects) than they can count. And yeah, it's tough finishing things sometimes, but deadlines help a lot, as do the inspiration you get from seeing other people finish projects (yes, some of them DO finish--even me every once in a blue moon).

The main thing is have fun, and if that means you skip other "fun" stuff on the budget to buy yarn, you let your house fall down around your ears, and your laundry stacks up, well then, so be it! (Remember that deadline I was talking about? Well, not having anything clean to wear until you finish knitting something might be a good one!)