One of the many reasons that I take ADHD meds is to help control and channel the chaos that is my brain – unless the gods of hyperfocus grace me, I almost never do a project from start to finish before moving to the next.

Case in point, my current WIPs:

• Auster Pullover for my husband, but with stockinette sleeves and centre cable
• Calor Blanket for my son, modified increases/decreases (this is a placeholder for the pin loom quilt I was making but lost my pin looms in my craft room after reorganizing it all 😛 )
• Project Hail Mary Cardigan for my son – this is a restart because I bought the kit from Mary Maxim and then realized that I would end up stabbing things with my needles if I had to touch that squeaky fuzzy nasty yarn, so I ordered Estelle Chunky and am trying again
• At least 15 WIPs – socks, shawls, hats – in my WIPs cabinet. (Uh, only counting Knitting WIPs here)

Needed:

• 3 hats, minimum, for a Queermas event (I like to make door prizes!)
• A pair of boot socks for my new rabbi’s first winter in Maine
• A baby gift for a colleague’s baby who is, uh, now 18 months old
• We aren’t touching the weaving (4 types), beading, temari, sewing, or quilting WIPs

I work from home, and have done so for over two decades now, which is a good thing as my disabilities progressively worsen. Those worsening issues are one reason I do so many things; the day may come when I’m a quadriplegic, so I am frantically making while I can make.

“Frantic” is the wrong word, though – there is nothing panicked about my makes, simply a desire to do what I can while I can.

I often say that I knit prayers and good vibes and everything from me into the things I make as gifts, and this is true…unfortunately, any recipients are also getting my chaotic brain as I go 😉

However, if anyone feels like following along with me and giving me a bit of a nudge to ask how things are going, you’d have my gratitude. Sometimes I wish I could body double other AuDHD crafters just to GET STUFF DONE!