Change my heart

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My friend Madelon encouraged me long ago to read more than one book at a time. Madelon is a marvelous knitter. I'm trying to follow the Madelon book appoach with my knitting. I have the most terrible time working on more than one thing at a time.

I've never left a work in progress without finishing it. For better or occasionally worse. Why then am I in Finish or Frog it Group on Ravelry.? I need a group for someone who is horribly one project orientated.

Tell me that I can put something down and I will return to it. Tell me that was a new knitter thing.

I have to do this for the sake of my arm, which is connected to the sake of my sanity.

Please leave me a tip, how do you do it??? Help me be like almost all the rest of you.....
I'll talk to you in the comments. :)

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Grace said…
it comes naturally to me, I never know what I am going to feel like working on so I have a variety, I have one mindless shawl for knitting group, the laundromat, starbucks runs, and I have tedious work for when I am alone, I have chunky work for the need to get something accomplished and then I have things started just because I need to play with the yarn/ It comes, I remember the monogomy days, but no longer
7:03 PM
Bianca said…
I wish I had a solid answer for you. I have a few works in progress, as I like to grab on something when I have time to knit. I have troubles finishing large items for myself...as I have a sweater and scarf for me on the needles that I don't get to. But I will finish them too in time...
10:34 PM
Anonymous said…
You don't want to be too much like me...I won't even tell you how many projects I have going right now. But, coming from someone with arthritis, I find that switching off projects with different needle sizes does help me be able to knit for longer periods of time. It might help with your arm. Happy Knitting!
7:28 AM
Anonymous said…
Hello! Queen of multi-knitting projects here. I have two BIG project bags full of in-progress knitting. I browse the pattern sites and find things I just have to make. Before I know what hit me I have found another inspiration and started that one as well. I can't stop!!

I wish someone could teach me to read while knitting. I've tried but I just can't do it.
10:21 AM
Unknown said…
Good for you. I have a couple of projects lingering. But I have good intentions. That counts for something, right?
3:58 PM
Elaine said…
Katherine - you are so wrong. I am the queen of multi-projects (and multi-tasking). I always have multiple projects going. A light weight travel one (like socks or the beginning of a sock-weight sweater so I don't need more than 100g), a reading/knitting project (I can't bear knitting without reading - it seems like my mind is being unused), a complicated thing that requires some looking and hence not great for reading - better for watching a movie or listening to a talk, and whatever else I really want to knit. As a result our house is a mess (both because I knit instead of straightening and because I have all these bags of projects around.

Maybe one at a time would be a blessing!
8:48 AM
Marguerite said…
If you're happy with one project at a time, that's a good thing.

Too many UFOs is not a blessing, it's a curse and produces STRESS! Also, unless you have a great memory or ability to take great notes, it's confusing when you pick up a project that's been sitting a while.

A few years ago I eliminated knitting stress in my life by limiting myself to three projects at a time. At first it was very difficult, but now it's habit and I'm much more relaxed about my knitting when the choices are only three.

I usually have 1) a sweater for challenge 2) simple socks for when I need to relax and/or think 3) something that's sitting around because I don't feel like finishing it. #3 sometimes gets frogged.
11:30 AM
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