Why is it that I end up buying more yarn for myself during the knitting-for-others holiday months than I do at any other time of year? Does this happen to anyone else, or am I just a freak? As you can see from the picture above, there are quite a few projects I'd like to start for me and me alone. I think that I've got 4 pairs of socks, a pair of felted slippers, 2 scarves, and 2 sweaters on the queue so far. And almost all of this yarn has been purchased within the last four months....which is about the same time that I started knitting presents for other people.......coincidence?
To put this in perspective, I think I only bought 5 or 6 skeins of yarn to make presents with, and at least 3 of those were on sale. Everything else was stuff I already had in my stash or yarn that people picked out and bought for themselves and then gave to me with specific items in mind.
I hope that when I eventually finish the Christmas knitting and get to knit thing for myself that I'll use up this laundry basket of yarn before getting distracted and adding to it. There's something about buying yarn and planning projects for the future that makes the act of knitting stuff you may not like for other people (especially people who don't knit and therefore may not fully appreciate the hard work and dangerous nature of knitting) more bearable, I guess. Apparently, self-denial is not my strong suit.
In any case, I'll get a decent amount of car-trip knitting done this weekend on the way to and back from Chicago for thaksgiving, and will hopefully make great strides towards finishing the last few presents.
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