Does anybody else do this

I have a strange habit of making stuff then after a while i take it apart and make something else until i am happy with it.

Example right now I am taking apart a blanket i crochet a couple years ago cause I do not use it often.

2/3 of the way apart! Its funny ~7 months of work just frogging it in 2 days time… lol

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Another time i cut open a ami i made cause i needed stuffing and it was a never finished toy that i forgot what i was even doing with it.

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I took a netted type shawl i got from my cousin and knit a cat toque (she didn’t make it for me, her other grandma probably made it, it was in a thrift box… i wanted the yarn.. XD) now i got this cute cat hat!

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Oh my gosh so off topic but I’m making the blanket you are frogging in the first picture right now I love the colors though, so pretty!! XD

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I know i love it!

It is Bernat Cozy Style colour is Plum, i love the color myself… i had been so excited when i was working on it cause the colors was so pretty.

but as i said i think i only used it once then it went to the closet… to hardly be used i made it in 2021

(Edit i recall i stopped using it cause my cat kept getting her claws stuck in it)

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Oh no haha poor thing thanks for the yarn name i’ll have to look out for it :)

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Ohh my now my brain is going insane… was thinking i like the color should i make a sweater.. it should be enough yarn…. It made a twin sized blanket…

Then i was like Wait i crocheted a sweater/t-shirt thing a while back and have only worn it a 5 or 6 times… should i frog that.. the neck is kinda tight… can i fix that… if i do will i even wear it..

(Edit i was gonna frog the whole things frogged the short sleeves then the neck ribbing… and something said.. try it on now… so I did… its not tight at the neck! Its kinds like a weird vest right now)

Then it also reminds me.. my mom told me not to make myself a knit sweater.. cause i would never wear it (crochet sweater is poof…)

So i had started crocheting myself a cape… and i really need to finish that….

Sorry i rambling to myself i really need to get this all out of my head..

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completely fine!! I love listening to people, the shirt looks really good though I have not attempted any clothing items other than hats yet but I think I might want to try socks :woman_shrugging:

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I love making socks its neat.. i have made a few… but then you get the dreaded Second Sock Syndrome…. (Pretty much you dont feel like making the 2nd one..) not sure why i like making socks.. slippers are fun too

I find it weird i saw something about how people usually stick to one type of item they make. And I like to at least try everything. Blankets, toys, a sweater, poncho, shawl, dishrags, granny squares, fillet crochet, doily with crochet thread, slippers,

Only thing i can think of that i have actually never made a wall hangings before.

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I suffer the same affliction! I have a pile of projects in various stages waiting for me patiently in what I call my “timeout” box. It’s part of the creative process.

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I also have some finished project around that I want to rework into something else. All of them are wearables from when I was starting out. I picked the wrong yarns, the pieces have no drape and I picked patterns that I did not like to wear in the end.

I really hope I can make something useful someday. But I agree, it is all part of the process!

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The process makes me think of this one comic i saw about crochet being magic. Looks at a book with these weird symbols and abbreviations nobody understands take a magic want and some string and some magic words and magically makes a ____

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It happens to me alot. I had a king size blanket that was put aside because I got tired of working on it. I pulled it out a couple of days ago and tore it all apart. The amigarumi I make usually find homes pretty fast.

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Yeah It has special stitches to hold like bigger dangly earrings cause I don’t wear small ones very often haha!

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I know for a fact it was this doll i destroyed…

I never had plans for it and I really needed stuffing… so he had to die… XD

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I forgot, I killed one like that when I first started doing amigurumi.

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Ahhh, I could never frog something like that!!!