Every time, I design a pattern and crochet it, I get the idea for 3 new ones…
Currently I’ve got a list of 34 pattern ideas and 4 WIPs and I don’t think I’ll ever get to the end of it ._.
And for all my finished patterns is stuff missing, like sizing and good pictures, before I can put them up for sale but my ADHD just can’t focus on finishing them when there are so many patterns in my head that really want to come to reality!
Anyone else with this problem?
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I put a picture or even just a name on a new pattern idea. Every once in a while I add another thought and go on and on and on …
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I think part of the problem for me (AADD) is I want everything to be perfect or I just don’t do it.
You?
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I have a dedicated journal I jot all that down in.
I’m rather disciplined though, I won’t start a new project till I’m finished with the one I have going unless it’s a long term thing like a blanket
And when I get an idea, I draw it out with all the details and wait til I can focus on it. When I’m in pattern writing mode, I try to explore all the ways I can alter the item I’m working on and make sure I feel like I’ve exhausted what I wanted to do then I release them all at the same time.
For example, I am right now working on a sweater project I started 15 years ago and didn’t feel right about. But now I’m ready to explore it but I was also struck with a blanket idea that went into my journal for later because I’m not working on that right now.
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That is a great idea!
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Thank you! I already have a journal with drawings and details but I’m lacking the discipline 
when the project isn’t finished in like 2 weeks, I get bored of it. Or I get an idea that is just so awesome that I feel like I can’t concentrate on anything else than doing this new, brilliant pattern
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I get so distracted every time I start something. I have a Google doc for all my random ideas and lately I’ve started taking pictures while I design so when I get bored of it later I don’t need to make it again. Sometimes I start a new design while I’m in the middle of something just because I can’t get it out of my mind.
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Yes! I have notes and scribbles for so many patterns and ideas and can never seem to find the time or focus to get them consolidated into a good pattern. So I just try to be kind with myself, after all I am doing this cause I love crochet and want to share my makes. Does it really matter if I don’t get all my Christmas patterns on time for this year’s holidays? There is always next year 
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Yes! Give yourself grace.
I refuse to make a deadline with crochet because it’s my anxiety reliever. Also, why I won’t sell anybthing.
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Fifteen years before I finally circled back to my current project, there is no time limit.
Each idea will become a project at the right time.
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