Or quite possibly both?
Is it sad or awesome that I have a detailed catalog in my head of the projects I am planning to knit between now and the end of the year?
In other news, I've come to realize something about how I pick the projects I knit. Most often, I stumble upon a pattern that latches onto my brain, and I can't stop looking at it and thinking about it until I find an appropriate yarn and start knitting with it. Sometimes I get the idea to knit a type of project (most likely for a special occasion or a gift) and then I search until I find a pattern that latches onto my brain, etc. I almost never, ever find a yarn that latches onto my brain until I find a pattern that works with it. Sure, I love yarn as much as the next guy, and definitely lust after certain types to some degree. But I just don't get that itch with yarn the way I do so frequently with patterns. I fear for the size of my stash if that were not the case.
Why all this analyzation? There's a special occasion coming up and I'm having a bitch of a time finding both a pattern and a yarn that meet the long list of requirements for the finished item I'd like to make. This dilemma is, in fact, eating my brain in a most unpleasant way. (If my excessive use of italics is any indication.)
But as I have this long list of projects and timeline in my head, I am aware that I still have four other projects I have to/need to/want to finish in the next 3-4 weeks before I can really concentrate fully on the above dilemma. It's going to be a long month. And yet somehow...not quite long enough.
In other news, I've come to realize something about how I pick the projects I knit. Most often, I stumble upon a pattern that latches onto my brain, and I can't stop looking at it and thinking about it until I find an appropriate yarn and start knitting with it. Sometimes I get the idea to knit a type of project (most likely for a special occasion or a gift) and then I search until I find a pattern that latches onto my brain, etc. I almost never, ever find a yarn that latches onto my brain until I find a pattern that works with it. Sure, I love yarn as much as the next guy, and definitely lust after certain types to some degree. But I just don't get that itch with yarn the way I do so frequently with patterns. I fear for the size of my stash if that were not the case.
Why all this analyzation? There's a special occasion coming up and I'm having a bitch of a time finding both a pattern and a yarn that meet the long list of requirements for the finished item I'd like to make. This dilemma is, in fact, eating my brain in a most unpleasant way. (If my excessive use of italics is any indication.)
But as I have this long list of projects and timeline in my head, I am aware that I still have four other projects I have to/need to/want to finish in the next 3-4 weeks before I can really concentrate fully on the above dilemma. It's going to be a long month. And yet somehow...not quite long enough.