I never thought that I would feel overwhelmed by one of the things I love most in the world - yarn. Everywhere I turn in my life I am confronted by yarn. Piles and piles of yarn everywhere. It reached epidemic porportions last week and I finally had to take drastic steps to bring a sense of order to some area of my life. I started by straightening up my freeform stash of yarn. These are all the bits and pieces of left over yarn from the shop that I will use "one day" in some yet to be determined project. I organized them by color and put them in clear plastic containers and glass jars. I then sorted through all the projects I have in the works (I can't even count how many their are)and organized and prioritized them.
Now it is time to do the same at the store. Amy and I are in the processes of reorganizing and putting out the spring yarn. Hopefully this will clear out the back room which is now one big yarn warehouse.
I don't know about you but when I get overwhelmed by too much stuff I just shut down and become even less productive. Sadly the decreased productivity increases the sense of being overwhelmed...and, well, you get the picture. I am continuing to take baby steps to regain control over something in my life. I now have a list of things that need to get done and the order in which I deem them important. I need to do the same with my projects so that I can gain satisfaction when I cross something off the list.
I have very little finished but I did manage to make the Fat Bottom Purse in a couple of days. This bag is cute and was fun to make. I used Nashua Creative Focus cotton and had a blast. Our little Happy Hooker Crochet A Long group is working on this bag in March and will be having free choice in April.Since I can't remember what else I have blogged about recently I am going quit while I am ahead.
