Stepping Away From the Knitting

Knitting has taken over my life.

I haven't read a book in ages -unless it had to do with knitting.
I haven't been doing my crossword and sudoku puzzles.
I haven't been doing households chores. (Okay, scratch that one.)
I daydream about matching up my stash with patterns.
When I need to go somewhere I stand in the living room staring at the floor, trying to think of what knitting project I can take, even if I know that there will be no time for knitting.


It seems like I knit everyday but don't have anything to show for it. No socks, no sweaters. The hat and scarf I've been wearing lately were made last year. I have nothing to show for my time and yet I get nothing else done. It's time for a little self-intervention.

I will finish the pink socks.
I will not start another knitting project until I finish reading a (non-knitting) book.
I will not start knitting up yarn unless I have a clear project in mind.
I will take up my crochet hook again.
I will start to cross-stitch again. (Maybe even finish a few of the UFOs in my stitchery stash.)

My life will be enhanced - not dictated - by knitting.