What's something you've always wanted to do? I always feel excited to be tackling a project that's just my own. Sounds like you're in a perfect place to pick something.
Considering that I am the QUEEN of unfinished projects, Korinthia should think twice before encouraging that sort of behavior. My house is replete with the relics of my creative pursuits - items I have begun making in lieu of attending to basic household responsibilities. As of this moment, in fact, I have a pair of socks AND a lace shawl AND a winter hat on the needles (3 separate sets of needles, of course). Also? A crocheted cotton hat is currently languishing on my couch, waiting for me to finish it.
Tell me, am I the only crafter who starts hating all her projects halfway through?
Oh, and just last week, instead of cooking dinner, I spent 2 hours cutting strips from fabric scraps so that the girls could make this rug for their room.
Of course, at this point, the rug is sitting around only partly done. My daughters, alas, have obviously learned a thing or two from me.
I always hate projects after I start them. They never measure up to the vision. But if I push through that barrier and actually finish them, they're not so bad. Now, if I ever complete that crocheted rug from t-shirt yarn I'll let you know.
The worst ones are the ones I get all enthused about, acquire all the materials for, and then get distracted before I start them... I do eventually finish most things that actually get started. This is how I have piles of yarn sitting around for never-started projects. And yet even though I lack the enthusiasm to start, I can't let go of the idea enough to retask the materials.
Pretty darn tempting - but I would have to hire a UHaul to get them all across country.
I have only one unfinished project. I started it in grad school, almost 20 years ago. It's a large cross-stitch of Africa with lots of animals (I had just been working in Africa). I can't pitch it, but even with bifocals I can't really see well enough to cross-stitch those tiny holes anymore.
Umm ... are you implying that there are crafters who start and then finish one project at a time?
I don't think I want to be friends with those people. They are scary.
Long ago I accepted my lack of craftiness and gave away all the supplies I'd bought to half-finish. Now my only unfinished projects are in the garden or writing. It's better this way, though that rag rug really intrigues me!
I started a project like this one, only with flip-flops! So I have several pairs of dollar store flops, with strips of fabric tied on to them to some extent, and bags and bags of cut-up fabric. The husband has been caught trying to sneak the flops and the fabric out of the house, but so far they are safe -- stashed unobtrusively in the middle of my dining room table.