Your Daily Crafting Community

I managed five rows on the sweater tonight which is pretty good given the lack of recent progress.

I've found a number of really cool projects that I'd like to have the time/energy/yarn for but... I must finish some of the projects I already have around and about before starting anything further that involves getting more supplies.

I am wondering about setting myself a goal of focusing on a project a month and making as much progress as possible or whether I should set a project focus for the week. Whichever I decide on I won't completely tie myself down as energy and pain levels might mean I need to switch (I can crochet fairly safely when I'm tired but I can't sew and risk falling asleep on the needle - I figure I'm less likely to do myself any damage with a large crochet hook but a sewing needle could be a different matter. Therefore the worse that would happen is I'd have to undo part of what I've done when crocheting).

I'm going to make a note here of some of the started projects that I would like to finish before the end of the year by way of trying to make myself accountable:

* another blanket - this one is stripey - I've probably done about 4 inches so far, so there's a lot to go - also don't know what I'll do with it when it's done as I don't have a recipient in mind (the people who I would like to make one for wouldn't like the yarn/colour/style but I need to use up the yarn in question)
* the current sweater project - 1 of front/back done - the other and 2 sleeves plus assembling
* a pair of multicolour socks - part of 1 sock done
* a pair of plain socks - 1 1/2 socks done
* a Winnie the Pooh cross-stitch - probably nearly 1/3 done
* dreamcatcher cross-stitch - probably about 2/3 done but it's quite fiddly and lots of counting so I need to be concentrating
* a pair of fingerless mittens - part of 1 mitten done.

Wondering if I should take a leaf from althea_valara's book and do one row on the blanket every day as it's going to get big and unmanageable and heavy to work with - that might be an idea worth pursuing.