Dealing with WIP's

Doing OK so far on the Yarnaholic 10 Step Withdrawal Programme. Although I still only have 3 steps thought up of so far, I felt that was enough to deal with.

"RULE NO 3: Dig out all WIP and frogged projects and finish them before starting any other. Found a few very old projects under the couch today. Spun yarn waiting to be washed, bag and blanket waiting to be felted, bag needs lining, etc..."

The past week, I have dealt with all the WIP/frogged projects that were under the couch. Here is the finished projects... my son insisted on modelling for me, and he did a pretty fine job too.

180g 2ply handspun Ashford Merino/Silk from The Yarn Room

170g 2 ply handspun.
Don't ask me what this is, I lost the label, there loads of different fibres in it. Batt from Rockpoolcandy

200g 2ply Handspun Jacob from Kerry Woollen Mills

Crocheted bag made from first handspun yarn. Tried to felt it, but Irish yarn just doesn't felt well. (Good for beginner spinners who are nervous at washing their precious handspun!!)

Shopping bag made from vintage linen string, scrap upholstery fabric and salvaged lining

10 STEP Yarnaholics Withdrawal Programme.

I mentioned in my previous post, well, hinted at my 10 step Yarnaholics Withdrawal Programme.

I am not doing this as a joke, I am deadly serious! I have a yarn problem. I sign up to more groups, events and projects than I can handle, I can't say no. I have way to much yarn and textile tools, I never have enough time to work on my own projects, and I can't go throughout the day without thinking I need some yarn time... Here's an example, there is a few movies in the cinema, I'd like to see, for some you kind of have, the 3D ones. And I don't go, because that's wasted stitching time. I have things I said I would make for people, oh, going on years now, and I haven't gotten round to it. I have deadlines that I need to work on, but I don't. Get the Picture!

So here is my own personal programme, to get myself together... I am on Day 5 of my programme, and it is working OK so far. I come up with a new Rule every other day, so I only have 3 rules so far. Over the next month, I will have assembled 10 Rules, 10 steps, and be a reformed person.

RULE 1: JUST SAY NO!
No more signing up to events, projects, groups, no more crazy community textile projects.

RULE NO 2: DON'T BROWSE ONLINE
I am going to turn off the computer by 9pm every night. Just an hour of work, catch up, then, turn it off. (This is harder than you think.) This is supposed to stop me finding out about interesting projects, buying any more yarn and equipment, and getting me to spend some time working instead..

RULE NO 3: Dig out all WIP and frogged projects and finish them before starting any other. Found a few very old projects under the couch today. Spun yarn waiting to be washed, bag and blanket waiting to be felted, bag needs lining, etc...


So far so good. I'm going to edit this page as I think of more rules. There could be some positive ones as well, but they are harder to think of at the moment.