New Years, New Ideas

 

I'm not sure if this is a resolution or not, but here goes. 

I find that I don't stitch consistently partly because the necessities of life "get in the way," but also because I'll start a project that's bigger than I can deal with. What are my obstacles?

• Sometimes it's just that - time. 
• Sometimes I lose motivation. I can only gift so many things. I have no interest in a craft business at this time. 
• Sometimes a project turns out to be simultaneously more boring and more complicated that I anticipated. 
• Sometimes the charities to which I donate don't have a need that I can fill.  

So, I got to thinking about this another way.

1. EVERY November, there is a local need for hats, gloves, scarves, and jackets. 
2. EVERY winter, folks up north need hat donations.

#2 has gotten me in trouble some years because I say I'll make a hat a week... and then I get really bored with hats. 

So, here's my plan: Make something small every week in 2025. Guidelines I'm giving myself:

• Don't make more than two of any type of project in a month (avoid the boredom factor)
• For medium-sized projects (baby afghans, lapghans) it's okay to work on a section per week.
• Have a list of small projects. right now, I'm thinking:
• hats (of course)
• fingerless gloves
• scarves
• baby afghans/lapghans
• granny squares 
• Draw from the stash FIRST.
• No buying yarn for an entire project. 
• It's okay to buy a single skein to fill out/finish a project if needed
• Identify a set of patterns so I don't lose focus looking for one. 
• Bookmark on my phone/iPad
• Print also (because sometimes it's just more practical)
• I think two of each
• hats (of course)
• fingerless gloves
• scarves
• baby afghans/lapghans
• motifs
• granny squares
• mile-a-minute 

So... that's my plan. Put everything in it's place.