I always have too many WIPs on the go. Always. One of the reasons for this is my disorganised stash and supplies; I have a dig to look for a particular yarn/hook/circular needles, and various skeins jump out at me as being perfect for X project or just too beautiful to ignore any longer. So I pull them out, get started, and add even more projects to my list.
Bonny gave me an idea to help with this. Yesterday I took out my whole stash mountain and grabbed whatever appealed to me most, then I matched them to relevant patterns, and caked them so they’re ready to go. With labels, because I know my memory.
So now I can wrangle my WIP list down to a more sensible number, then just grab the next ready-to-go project and start. No stash-diving required, so no getting distracted!
The only problem now is resisting the urge to start them all immediately…
Hannah
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Quiet Water Craft 
Nice way to wrangle the WIPs!
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Sorting ? – forget it, my brain tells me. Because it likes to dart about here and there and pick up something different.
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Same here. I’ll never be a one-project crafter, but I would like to keep the number at 5 or lower. It starts to muddle my brain if I have too much going on.
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Sounds like a good plan. I’ve got my Ravelry queue with yarns attached to the projects…and have caked up ready my next jumper and printed the pattern…but just the one ‘next project’ prepped. I like your idea though, good luck resisting the urge to cast them all on.
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I didn’t know you could do that on Rav. I’ll try that as well and see if it helps
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That’s a really great way to tackle your stash!
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So glad I could help! Of course, I immediately cast on all but one of the projects, haha!
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It’s so hard to resist! So far I’ve not started any of them, but they are definitely staring at me, begging to be noticed.
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That is a great plan!! What projects are you going to do?
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There’s a sock kit that my brother bought for me, Easy Peasy knitted gloves, a Sacre Coeur shawl, and a Love Note jumper. I also want to make some Selbu mittens, but I’m still playing with colour options so they’re not ready to go yet.
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Wow! You’ve got a lot of projects in the works!
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