THE WIPS HAVE TAKEN OVER... HELP!! | Yarn Snob Chatty Vlog Thingy
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2024
- I unearthed all of my crochet WIPs. What will I finish, frog, ice, or destash?! Grab a warm drink, your latest WIP, and let's hang out, bestie!!
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// TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 - Welcome
1:58 Unearthing the WIPs
2:22 My Crochet Works in Progress
22:59 The Sweater That Started It All
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I have a really bad habit of making my way through about 90% of a WIP and then just abandoning it for a new one. I think it's because my brain gets the dopamine hit of it being 'finished' before it's actually all the way done, so I lose motivation to truly FINISH finish. This means I have a lot of random almost finished WIPS floating around, and some of them stay that way for YEARS. So I feel you on that granny square blankets that just needs joining. I decided to just polish some of them off this month, but this video made me laugh because it reminds me so much of my weird little habit!
Lol I do the same too!😅 Sometimes I end up frogging some because I forget what I was doing.
OMG! so glad I am not the only one with numerous WIPS hanging out in the closet!
this is so relatable especially with my sewing projects
Me too! Like so close to the end it makes no sense. I’m staring at a lil bear right now who’s missing 1 leg. It’s all done & ready to be sewed on to his body but for some reason last week when I got the very last step I just decided that was enough ..when there’s literally about 1 min of work left. Crazy! Honestly I thought it was just me that took it quite that far.
Oh my . I'm glad I'm not alone in this 😅😂 ❤
I absolutely love the idea of temperature blankets. I’m a meteorologist so I work with weather all the time. I’m also a big fan of history so historical temperature blankets really capture a lot of who I am. Tony, you inspired me to start my first temperature blanket this year and I cannot thank you enough! I am loving the experience so much that I’ve already planned out next years 😂!
Yay! Someone enjoying temperature blankets as much as me :-) So glad we can enjoy this together. Seeing all my colors jumbled up as the seasons change is such a treat.
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Oh my gosh…working on one also. Just started it 2 weeks ago…but I wanted it to begin with January. I’m mid March just 2 weeks in! Crocheting the moss stitch helps it move along quickly. Enjoy every stitch!
*glances over at the sweater that needs to be washed and blocked that I started in 2019, the cowl that needs to be stitched together, and the shawl that I started working in 2020 as a present, plus a blanket and other various projects.* Yup. So relatable. xD
I also feel that seasonal depression lifting…. It was a rough winter this year. Happy you’re doing such big and awesome things Miss Toni
right there with you, babe! Here's to a spring filled with positive energy and inspiration 🙌
your vibes are vibin. " don't worry about the ends, that's future Toni's problem." Screaming, lol. :D
future Toni is gonna kill me! lol
I almost always have 2 or 3 WIPs at once. My proccess goes like this: I get inspired and want to try something I've never done before. Then I get anxiety overload and want to go back to a project I'm familiar with. Then I get hit with the urge to make something for somebody. I Fight with myself over which one to do. I get frustrated and start to finish make three other non-related things. Then, in a panic attack over how many projects I have going, I power finish all of them in a week. I take a break for a day or two and it happens all over again.
Your videos help keep me sane while I'm in the Power Finish stage! I'm going to try to follow your example and let go of some projects.
lol this sounds so familiar! It's an interesting cycle of creativity and motivation. Happy to crochet with you!
May or may not have shed a few happy tears to hear that you’ve joined the knitting world and you’re keeping it for yourself. I’m so happy for you!!!
Another great video! While crocheting is my hobby, quilting is my job, I still have a few WIPS. The memories attached to the WIPS are my yarn journals. Your stories related to each project is why I return to your channel. I would love to see the Granny Square project completed. Please continue to inspire!
I've got my granny square blanket queued up! I can't wait to get home this weekend and start planning the color order :-)
Toni, I’d love to know what you do when you Destash your yarn? Also, YESSSS to the Q&A! We can all work on WIPs together!
Yes, I would love to know, too.
I am so glad to see I'm not the only one with so many WIP, so many ideas, so little time 😊😊
Love you, Toni ❤
I was going to ask the exact same question to Toni - how; where? I have seen unfinished projects with yarn etc at Thrift stores. Are there other places too where you can Destash?
Toni, I love your honesty about what’s really practical regarding WIPS: finishing something you love or just letting go. I know sometimes I get too stuck on a “dream” and have a hard time changing course and saying goodbye. You’ve encouraged me.
glad you're interested in the destash process. I have a fun video planned to show my process, as well as some suggestions on how other makers can pass on yarns + projects they no longer want :-)
So glad to hear about your upcoming video on de- stashing. I hope to become a “major contributor “! 😅
I am so glad that I'm in good company about my WIPs. I have greatly reduced my need to buy more yarn. Instead, I "go shopping" in my large yarn stash for any new projects. I tend to work on several knit and crochets at a time. I'm currently working through about 6 projects. I do a few rows/rounds on one and then put it down picking up another for a few rows/rounds. One thing I really liked about what you said is de-stashing. You have inspired me to go through the older WIPs and decide to de-stash it in honor of Spring Cleaning! 🙂
Hi Toni
I am a one-WIP kind of girl. I have to finish a project before moving onto another one. However, you were right though. It does get boring during the middle of the project and how I solved that just by working on one project to keep me motivated. I would also carry that project everywhere (it's a small project) wherever I am going, whether travelling on the bus or getting a ride to work, I whip out my project to work on it.
“Do you ever annoy yourself?” Girl. lol. It’s not on the daily, but there are times that I’m second guessing my life, lol. Love the video! Love the sentiment. I’m actually thinking about doing a big destash, myself.
Your videos are always a heaven-sent Toni!!
When you pulled bag after bag out of the closet, I felt so normalized! Heck, I bring 2 - 3 WiPs with me to spend a crafternoon with my friend!
I'm grateful to hear your categories, F, F, I, D!
That scrappy granny is beautiful. But that cardigan, I'm in love. It works with your hat. WOW GIRL. I'm inspired. I have 3 wips right now. I am going to push through and get busy. Thanks as always for the inspiration. Love and Blessings❤❤❤
Can I just say thank you!!!! I have so many wips I was feeling like "what's wrong with me?" I just can't finish one project before starting the next ...this video made me feel like it might be normal! 😂 I love your takes on all of your projects and ....my goodness I can relate to just about everything you said! You're amazing!! Thank you for all your videos and I will now feel better about going through my own wips! Have a great day!! ❤
I love the preface/intro to your video. I find it so relaxing. More! Love your hat, especially the color. ❤ love your expression when you have your first sip of coffee. I call it the “Elixir of life!” Can’t wait to see your WIPS! I prefer more than one WIP to keep life interesting. I’m not good with blankets. So I packed up a Tunisian afghan I started with the pattern, yarn and project started and sold it! Someone was very happy to have it. And that made me happy. I made a list last year to finish WIPs and it worked. Only have one or two left. In the meantime, I’ve made several other things for birthdays, etc.
My favorite is the last blanket - such incredibly gorgeous colors! It looks like silk. Yummy! Can't wait to see it finished!
I have so many wips. Seeing all of yours makes me feel better. I have decided that 2024 is the year of the wips, and made it my goal to finish all of them before starting any new projects.
Hi Toni, I have many knitting and crocheting WIPs going back years. You made a comment about your WIPs which truly resonated with me. You said how motivated and excited you are at the beginning of a project and motivated and excited at the completion of that project. However, It is the middle of a project that can cause lethargy and the project ends up in a time-out. I never thought of it that way but hearing you describe it fits my WIP behavior perfectly! So thank you for your videos and keep them coming.
I have several types of needle craft WIPs in the wings. I’m embroidering a skunk (a joke gift for hubby), a huge Jacobean crewel embroidery tree of life, a William Morris embroidery motif, a scarf on my rigid heddle loom, and a granny hexagon cardigan. I embroidered so much last year I burnt out like a wet log. When I finish my scarf on the loom I need to warp my bigger loom for the first time. It’s intimidating so I’m procrastinating finishing my scarf. Thus I’m working on my first hexagon cardigan. All the others will be on ice until I get the burn to embroider again. I’m really enjoying learning more crochet styles, stitches and projects. Back when I used to crochet a lot, there was no such thing as RUclips. We had magazines or books. Now I’m adding to my repertoire and it’s a scream. 🙀 loving it.
Enjoyed your video!
Go for it!
I have more WIPs than I can count, but in the Secret Yarnery language, most of them are really sitting in UFO land. They aren't really WIPS that I intend on finishing but things that I plan to frog and use the yarn later for something different. Also, I have a handful of beautiful projects that I would love to finish, but they are for myself, and I have a bunch of WIPS for others that have date deadlines (birthday, mother's day, father's day and baby shower gifts) that need to be finished first. Those projects will get finished, but I'm not going to rush or put any undue pressure on myself for the "me" ones. Those are my relaxing de-stress projects that I grab when the other deadlines are threatening to drive me crazy. Hugs & blessings💜💜💜
Tales of the Many WIPs is so relatable! It's so refreshing to discover this with fellow crocheters. There's just something about moving on to a new project for all the excitement it entails. My craziest one - that I need to finish very soon or else the baby will not be able to enjoy it - is a sweater set. I made the hat with removable flowers, the sweater that just needs buttons, and what's left is just one mitten and one slipper. What is my problem?! This video and all the comments are very reassuring in this yarn hobby of ours. Oh, and I am in my purple phase, too! (p.s. What does the term ICE mean?) Thanks again for sharing what's real. I love Hooked by Robin and also use her JAYG instruction. It's fabulous.
Really liked this video I am a novice crocheter. I don’t even know if that’s the correct term. I have been crocheting off & on since I was in Girl Scouts where I learned how to crochet when I was eight years old. 71 years ago. I love crochet and just the last few years I have learned to knit. Am self taught. Loved this video. Made me feel better about myself since I have just about as many unfinished projects as you. You made my day!😊
Love to see what others have going on! I have a v-stitch blanket, a granny stitch in the round blanket, a pair of socks with just one finished, testing a pattern, and about to start a Tunisian crochet blanket. When I have an idea for a project, I have to get it started to see if it has staying power😂
Toni you are not alone. I too must have multiple blanket wips at a time. My crafty friends all think I'm crazy but I just love it.
I recently cleaned out my wip storage. Yes, I keep wipe in a storage bin unless the have a recent due date. Lol. The awesome thing about doing that cleanup was projects I lost love for, I repurposed the yarn to make donation blankets. I frogged them and added other yarns/colors I'm excited about now. I've done 2 so far. In between that, I make soap sacks, which give me the instant gratification motivation I need to keep going on the bigger projects.
Loooooove the idea of frogging projects you're not in love with and giving them a new life. Thanks for this idea - more charity projects!!
I have about 7 WIPs at the moment - 5 that I'm rotating through to complete, 1 that I'm storing until fall and there's gotta be one more stored (I just can't recall at the moment). I love rotating through my active WIPs because I get to constantly work with different textures, stitches, colors and designs. Five active projects seems to be my groove. Such fun!
I have tons of WIPs right now. I'm sticking to one knit project and one crochet project at a time so I get variety but also progress towards finishing. Keeping a journal has really helped me stay on track.
I usually just do one thing at a time, but i have one iced project....a granny square pixelated skull. I finished all of the squares once in the traditional holey style, but it was too loosly crocheted, and when i started piecing it together, it looked like the project of a child. Now, i am frogging it a row at a time. Then, i am re crocheting it into a closed smaller granny square, sewing them together as i go, and it looks a million times better. I just feel like its a lot of work. So that sits on the back burner, but i want to finish it. I know its going to be amazing when its completed.
Working on a shawl right now that is almost complete.
I also make wash cloths for my friend's soap making business. She bought tons of yarn and i think i am a bit overwhelmed. The washcloths are my traveling wips becuase they are small and i can just chuck them in a bag and go. Looking for more inspiration on some cute stitches for them.
So, i really am only working on about three things at once, but i am generally a one wip chick. Lysm! I cant wait to see how your projects progress!
😂 Edit!! I have a 4th project....a star blanket. I got the color because it was at JoAnn for their yarnormous sale, and looks great with my duvet! I thought i finished it, but my hubby didnt think it was big enough. So i got more yarn to make it bigger. It wouldn't take long to finish, but its getting pretty warm out. So, it may have to wait until Autumn. Lots of love! ❤️😁
I always have many many WIPs going. Some are long term, like your blankets, and some are short term market prep-type items. I like to switch things up when my brain gets bored of something.
Hello Toni,
Your beautiful signed book
arrived in the mail today. Along with a couple of sweet
stickers and a candy.❤ You are the best. I love the book and i just wanted to say thank you. Happy crafting and God bless ❤🙏 I will be at work when your cool program starts but i will check it out when i get home. ❤
I actually just started maybe a month ago, it's like magic when muscle memory takes over! I practice and practice and ruined part of a couple yards of different, very non-beginner yarns 😁
I have a TERRIBLE habit of starting projects. It feels like it's part of my damn personality at this point. But not with crochet!! I started a small, mish-mash blankie of practice strips that I put together and actually FINISHED. Not huge, but different textures and softness, just to carry around. I have four foster kids under 8, and they will all go home with a piece of my heart in those little calm-down blankies😊
First actual project and I finished it before starting another! 😮😮😮
Now working on my first grandchild's blanket, started it last night and I already see how I can start with a 10-chain width then turn and work off the long side, using the initial strip a large bottom border. I am so excited!❤
I am a process knitter and crocheter so am fine with many WIPs. My WIPs have several categories: travel: simple for social gatherings; complex that need concentration; gifts; and seasonal for clothing. I review my WIPs periodically so am fine with project diversity. I developed tendinitis in my left arm from marathon knitting, having multiple projects now reduces the arm pain post OT.
what a great way to view, own, make decisions about your WIPs. you must feel so much better with a clear direction to go forward. :-)
Hi Toni, I have 15 WIPs at the moment and work on 4 WIPs a day rotating them, saving my 4 blankets for Sunday’s. Thank you for sharing ❤❤❤
Yup, I have a few WIPs. I started some tops last year and am still working on them. I get bored so I work on my WIPs in rotation. Never feel guilty about creative thinking. I paint that way. I have 3 oil paintings that I’m currently working on as well. I have been watching you for 5 years. I adore you and your channel. You bring out creativity and joy. I thank you so very much. ❤
Toni, thank you so much for your videos! Seeing your beautiful face and hearing your lovely voice really put me in a happy place! I have two WIPs that I've been avoiding, both are blankets that were far more advanced than my skills. Both of them were sent ton"time out" a few years ago. But now, after learning so much from your videos, I'm ready to tackle them again. Fingers crossed!
Your temperature blanket video at the end of last year inspired me to take the leap and make one for 2024! Technically I’m making a modified one, tracking moon phases and weather instead of temperature, but I’m so glad I decided to take on the project. It’s just single crochet rows but it’s already big enough to cover my lap if I sit cross-legged.
The granny stitch blanket goes so well with your beaded curtains in the background! I have a few (ahem) WIPs. I sew mostly, but got into amigurumi last summer because its easier to take camping when there's no electricity. My main crochet wips are a temperature blanket and a Godzilla. I like to mix things up...that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!
I crochet, knit, and loom knit...I have too many wips LOL I have a blanket, a blanket, and another blanket (all gifts for different family members, thankfully planned for different times of the year), a pair of slipper socks, a set of pot holders, curtains, and an attempt at knitting socks.
Yep. Sounds like me. I love starting and finishing, but it’s that peaky middle part that gets me! Love seeing all of your WIPs and I like that it gives us all permission not to finish projects that we lost the passion for!
I appreciate the work you do and your inspirational, fun spirit! The seasonal depression was definitely REAL. I’m a beginner crochet girl and I fell off during winter season but I feel renewed and ready to start again. I love your videos 💜💜
Thanks for sharing and for your candor. I’m swimming in WIPs. It’s the thrill of starting interrupted by the middle part when interest wanes. One of the reasons I pattern test is not only to support designers but also to ensure that I’ll finish a project! 😅
Enjoyed seeing your WIPs. It makes me feel better about having so many of my own. Currently I have 7 WIPs…4 blankets: one is almost finished, one is a CAL, one is a birthstone blanket and one is a granny using minis. One shawl, one baby blanket for BOD’s month MAL and a ruana I started a year or so ago. Whew! I better get working on these.😅
Omg omg I am so excited you're knitting too! I recently picked it up after being a bit burnt out with crochet and Tunisian and I'm reallllly loving stockinette everything!
Shout out to those odd needles. I always purl with a smaller needle and knit with my main size. It also makes it easier to slides stitches off when knitting off of a smaller needle! Such a cool hack!
Thanks for covering this topic! Sometimes my WIPs make me feel like a slacker, but I do try to keep it to less than a dozen at any one time, and I recently gave myself a goal of finishing one WIP between 2 other projects (provided they don't also get set aside). I feel better about my chances of finishing these and I've started feeling less badly about just frogging something if I know I won't finish, no matter how far along I've gotten! Thanks also for sharing your projects, your blog has inspired me to try Tunisian crochet, your blog tutorials are so helpful.
I'm mainly a knitter, so for me, the hardest parts of projects are the very beginning and the very end: the sudden realisation that I Can't Count while casting on, and the seemingly everlasting and tiresome process of binding off... But the most enjoyable parts are the Project Planning And Calculations and then working on it. Lately, mindless stockinette has been a big hit 😅
I have quite a few WIPs and I love them all, but the thoughts of something new never leave my mind. Especially with the realisation that I actually don't have much comfortable clothing for summer! So I might end up doing some unexpected knits and crochet to fill the gaps. Especially with my need for the arms to be COVERED covered no matter the season (due to sensory issues and my arms being unreasonably prone to being cold at any given time)
👋🏽 Toni 🌹
For me, my WIPS, I get board after a while with one stitch & start a new project with another stitch. Eventually I end up going back them😊
I have 3 WIPS now. I just finished 20 bath poufs with matching quarter keepers as gifts for Medical Laboratory Professionals Week this month, and a jacket for my bestie got finished 2 weeks ago.
Perfect timing on this for me. I just lined up five WIP bags on my studio table and started working through them.
I am in love with sewrella yarn. Currently saving up my “fun money” to buy enough to make a cardigan. The colors on your cardigan are just *chefs kiss* I need a hand dyed cardigan in my life.
I just started crocheting three months ago. I'm working on the Marlo hat right now and it's really fun! I also made your Starlight Basket. As a beginner who has only done a few amigurumi, the starlight basket was an awesome project. I learned 2 new stitches(WCS and HDC)! The Marlo ahd has also taught me three new stitches (DC, FPDC and BPDC). I love listening to your videos while I work. Thanks for all you do!
I loooooove granny squares but am obsessed with the granny stitch even more! I'm inspired to finish up my WIPs so I can feel like I can move on to the next. Next inspiration is a linen stitch blanket along with a granny hexagon cardigan. Thank you for always being such a happy corner of the internet!
Meatball sweater 😂. One of my WIPs is in pale yarn with dark flecks - just like banana bread, so yeah, it’s officially the banana bread sweater. I only have 4 WIPS and one is a colorwork fingerless glove perpetually waiting for me to start glove 2.
I feel for you with the seasonal affective disorder. Mine is reverse. I thrive in the cooling relief of winter downtime when I have more time to create. Summer is our busy time & I have to be out in the heat, dust, and bugs. I feel my soul both lifting and relaxing around mid September instead of spring. 🤷♀️
hi toni!!! i only started crocheting a couple of months ago, but so far i'm more of a one-wip-at-a-time crocheter !! i get so easily overwhelmed that i tell myself i need to finish one project before moving onto the next, because i know i'll never finish anything if i put it on the backburner! : ) so far i've made a blanket, two bags, a bikini set, a granny square balaclava, a bandana and a cat beanie, so maybe once i get further in my journey i'll have multiple wips at a time : ) i'm starting a sweater this week, so we'll see how that goes!!! : ) i love binging your videos while i work and i learn so much from you without even trying ! you're overflowing with crochet knowledge and i'm so grateful for your videos... i never watch youtube but you keep me hooked (pun intended hehehehe) : ))) thank you so much for everything !! : )
When I don't love a project it goes in the trash, donate it, or give it to someone who is learning. Makes me feel more relieved to not have the unfinished project.
Finish, Frog, Ice or De-stash 🤯🤯🤯 this is such helpful advice! I like how you went through the options and was okay to let some go 🍃take care 💐
I am a ufo and wip queeen too. But at the moment I am actually hyperfocusing on finishing my projects and put a hard stop on new projects which was way harder that I originally thought. But I will power through. You have some very nice wips! Love your channel even though I don't always comment. I do watch your content ♥ ♥
Okay Toni I'm obsessed with your 2024 temp blanket - I think you inspired me to make one!!!
Thanks for sharing your thought process with moving forward with your WIPs. I haven't crocheted in a while and have so many WIPs waiting around, it's quite overwhelming. My problem is that once in a while I go over them all and still want to continue working on most of them...
I love having several WIPs at at time. I work on a WIP according to which one I feel like working on. Currently working on the Lamia wrap, blanket, hat, scarf and shawl. 🎉
I love some of your colour choices and the granny afghan is beautiful, I hope you finish it soon. I have one wip, I usually finish what I start before I let myself start another. You have some really nice projects I 'm cheering for you to get to some🙂
Mt WIP situation is that I usually try to to focus on just one yarn project at a time. I have maybe two or three unfinished projects, but I know that if I want to get anything done, I just need to. concentrate on one thing at a time. As far as my yarn stash goes, I've been learning different yarn crafts. The first yarn craft I learned was knitting, and knitting stuff is very time consuming, so I learned crochet. I've recently taken up punch needle, weaving and making pompom animals...just anything to help me use up the yarn.
That Respekt yarn looks like it will make a stellar crochet basket!
OMG. If I count up wips plus projects that I've collected all resources for and am ready to start, I get to 63! One of these I started in 1987! Aaaaargh! Love your work (including the hobby stuff) 😊
I did exactly what you did the beginning of March. I had 9 WIPS. I actually completed 3, 1 in 2022 & 2 2023. I plan to complete 2 this year on top of my other projects.
ok, YESS on the 10,000= blankets, Id love to get to that point.
I currently have two WIPS, so extremely manageable. One sunflower inspired granny square cardigan, and a cross stitch WIP.
Omgosh I have so many WIPs. 🙈 2 baby blankets for friends, my 2023 temp blanket that has December & the border left, a toddler shrug for another friend, a couple Granny squares for a school spirit cardigan for my daughter, a lacey skull choker, 2 plant hangers, & a just because blanket I started with yarn I didn't choose for my temp blanket. 😅😅 Those are just off the top of my head, but I bet you I have more. The excitement of a new project gets me every time & then before I knew it, I accrued almost a dozen WIPs. 🤷🏻♀️
Just reading these comments makes me feel SO much better. I have a few crochet WIPs and a few knitting WIPS. I have put myself on moratorium for buying any new yarn, and I’m looking for easy patterns to detach my older boring yarns with.
Thanks for the inspiration Toni!!
I love the cadence for the opening of the delicate wip for the sweater bag My Favorite Project Bag
5 WIPs currently going. I will finish up a shawl that is a gift and my new Christmas tree skirt this weekend. I should finish the 5 matching doilies to the tree skirt by the end of April. Also a summer sweater and a blanket by the end of May. But I am starting 5 bucket hats in cotton as gifts for my gardening group. A ring bearer pillow and a bridal shawl that needs to be done by the end of September in 10 weight thread. And also anything else that comes to mind or catches my fancy. Happy hooking everyone.😁
I have four crochet wips and two sewing wips. Two of the crochet wips are actual christmas gifts so they can be worked on a bit slowly, one is a summer shirt, which I need to crack out in the next few weeks and the other is a summer pot holder. I did finish another pot holder, but since most of my pot holders and shawls wind up being gifts, who knows how many I will make this year.
I really don't know how many WIPs I have but off the top of my head, I estimate I have around 10. I have two baby blankets I should have finished a long time ago and I have several shawls in the making. I have one leg of a Somebunny made. I also have plans for making a sweater and several items for my pets. Oh and a few years back when I found out I was adopted and found out about my half-siblings I had the bright idea of making a temperature blanket with the weather of every one of the known siblings weather for that year for all three of my sisters and one for me. Yes that is four blankets with the daily temperature of six siblings with the border representing an unknown brother whom we call baby boy ( we know that he was adopted as a baby but not where he is now) and a sister who passed in 2019. I didn't know about her till 2020. Yes call me crazy. It is crazy just to think I can pull all of that off.
Go for it!
Timmie’s! Canadian girl here - there’s a tims in my backyard 😂
Loved this video - has given me the motivation to pull out my Tunisian sampler blanket and work on some new squares!! ❤
Great to see you back and that you’re feeling better. I’m still unpacking from my move. I have found some old whips which I will repurpose. There are more and you have inspired me to go through more boxes and bins to find more. I know I will find other goodies like some of my missing Denise knitting needles and crochet hooks.
Haha, I'm feeling this so much! I was organizing my stash recently and came upon a headband WIP that only needed the chain tails for tying done. I felt so guilty about it I stopped what I was doing to add them on and reclaim my hook from the WIP bag. Now instead of a WIP, I have a re-stashed skein/scrap! Now if I could only do that for the other 27 WIPs in my closet...😂
I feel your pain - we can do this!!
I love my Paisley and Gold bags. I legit will be like hmm is this project special enough for this bag because they are my favorite ❤
Last year I started probably 10-15 projects and finished maybe 5 of them, so my goal for this year is just to finish more projects than I start, and I think I'm sitting at 6 finished and 3-4(?) started which is pretty good! And it's keeping me from impulse buying more and more yarn, because I know I already have the yarn I need to finish the projects I should be working on!
Oh thank you so much for making this video! I'm sitting here feeling so seen. Almost everything your talking about is exactly what is happening to me
Weeelll. Your video inspired me to finish a few whips but also gave me inspiration to make more. I love that blanket you are making that changes colors and you had 3 yarns going. Also, your sweater is very inspiring. Finishing whips and creating more!!!
Thanks for sharing your positivity - it's encouraging me to go and tackle my own wip pile. I have 2 main wips (that I actually want to finish!) - one is a knit sweater, and one is a crochet poncho. Both have been stalled because I need to figure things out before I continue and I didn't have the brainspace or enthusiasm to do that ... now I am motivated to proceed :)
Wow so inspirational! I feel a lot better about my WIPS, I only have two at a time that are really started but several waiting in the wings. I decided about a month ago to put all the fall/ winter projects away and I’m only working on summer things. That helps me with the winter blues! I really love how you work with so many different colors, I’m kind of scared of that.
I usually have a couple of blankets going at any given time. Then too, something small and portable that I tell myself that I will/can work on on my way to work -on public transit 🚐. Which I do... sometimes. Not nearly as often as I should. Just here in my living room I can see 5 though, and 2 are baby blankets. Eventually they'll be completed 😊.
I'm IN LOVE with your Sewrella cardigan. I would love a pattern on that! I also really enjoy seeing other people's WIP stash because I tend to have forty different projects of the same type going. I tend to hyperfixate on a pattern or stitch, and I will just make that one thing for months in different yarns. Wash cloths, granny stitch triangle shawls, granny stripe blankets. I really enjoy being in that middle stage where I don't have to think about the project.
Hi! My friends call me the Queen of Wips lol.I have about 15 or more Wips. A lot of them blankets as that’s my favourite thing to make. Started another blanket today. Loved seeing your wips too 🧶🧶🧶
I can't wait to see how these all work up for you, Toni!!! I'm currently working on a WIP that I started NINE years ago! But, I'm also working on other projects at the same time. So undisciplined of me!
I love the fact that you aren't worrying too much about the destash and just sending everything to a new home. I think sometimes I worry about the yarn that's caught up in the project and then I stall... not getting rid of it, but still not finishing. Thanks for this perspective!
I’ve been working through my WIPs this year. Made a big move and realized how many there actually are 😬
Last night I put finally finished the border on a blanket I started 6 years ago 😂
Haha, I was a one wip gal until I started to learn Tunisian Crochet....now I want to do them all!!! I am currently cranking out blankets for graduation presents for my son and his friends....he asked for 10 😮😮....but I have the Adventurous Shawl and anxiously awaiting tomorrow's release of the Olivia!
So nice to know that we all can serve as your accountability buddies. You, Toni, have inspired me to bring my WIPs out into the Spring sunshine and get them organized! Thanks!!
My most favorite video ever! After seeing your WIP stash, I know I can tackle mine--and it's not just bc you have more than I have. (Wink) Love what you do!
Thank you for this video, Toni! I have been on the fence about some projects but through your video I've been able to decide what to do and get rid of my guilt about my WIPs.
I have been trying to use up my stash for the last two years. I don't have actual wips, just wip ideas but i think it feels similar. Instead of assessing my wips i assessed my stash. just put a bunch of yarn in a big box to gift to a new crocheter in my area. It's freeing to let it go, especially to a "good" home LOL
Thanks for the video Toni, I love seeing all your work. I have so many WIP's right now but I have myself committed for three baby blankets and two wedding blankets so my WIP's are all sulking in the yarn closet until I get these blankets out. I have been working on knitting so at night when I've had enough of the blankets the knitting comes out. I'm trying my first sweater - it's not perfect but it's so satisfying doing something new.
Call it irony or serendipity but I think we were both going through our stash and wips at the same time girl. I just finished doing some massive reorganizing and creating my crochet corner and the wips I’ve been finding in various tote bags was surprising. Most of mine were “I have to put this away for now and come back to when I have time” then forgot where I put it lol
As always you inspire me, I only have about 4 whips to work on right now but I have a ton of yarn that I need to go through and destash, remember why I bought it, or donate the yarn now that I have advanced to better selecting the yarn I can work with. One of my problems has been choosing yarn based on color and then not liking how it feels when I work it up. So you have inspired me to just sort the yarn and be done.
I have about 11 or 12 WIPs. I spent last year working through them but didn't get through as many as I would have liked. It was my plan to do that this year but I've been side tracked making three blankets for others. Once I'm done with this last blanket, I'm going back to my WIPs.
The one problem is I have one WIP that I started as a thank you for a friend. She picked out what I consider to be an ugly color of Bernat Blanket variegated yarn. And it's a huge blanket, at least 14 cakes of yarn. I'm dreading it.
Love the beach colors ❤ yes Finnish it❤ I am going to make one
I caught myself and went back to my only 4 unfinished projects . Now I am on track.
Thanks for sharing
Love your videos, so relaxing. You have taught me so much. You remind me of myself, my WIP's are stored in different bags with all the yarn. I had to laugh and every so often, I take out all my WIP's every now and then just to get motivation. Great minds think alike. Have a great day.
I have so many WIP's that when I start a new project now, my husband has stopped asking if I have finished anything. There are a few that I have actually thrown away (I know, I know, it killed me to do it, but it was beyond savable, if that is a word, if not, it is now. hehe) I have frogged 2, iced a few just because I need to brush up on skills or, like you, they are big projects like blankets. I do have Leither Co.'s Coffee, Coffee, Coffee blanket that is her 2024 Gilmore Girls themed CAL. I only have 3 rows done of January, so ya know, just a little behind, but whatever.