What is wrong with me?

[SevenVeils]

I have no motivation. No, that's not really true. I miss knitting. I just can't seem to make myself knit.

I went from feeling weird if I didn't have needles in my hands, in fact knitting by candlelight in a power outage, to not being able to pick up a needle. Very suddenly. Literally in the middle of a project. My baby now has the body and legs of a stuffed elephant, but the head is just sitting there flat and half finished. That was months ago

Help?

[Think of Winter]

I've had knitting slumps, too. Some things that have motivated me are:

-Organizing my knitting bag, yarn, needles, or patterns
-Buying new yarn +/or patterns
-talking to other knitters

I also lose my motivation when I don't like the way a project is turning out. If that's part of it, post some pictures.

But maybe you just need a break, too. Maybe there's another craft calling out to you.

[Angi]

I'm an ADD crafter so I can understand how it can happen. I'll become obsessed with a craft, be it knitting, crochet, sewing, quilting, glass painting, candlemaking... You name it.

I seem to go in cycles when knitting though. I won't for a while and then suddenly, I can't get enough. I have a pair of socks I must get done next month, though, so I'll be grabbing the Addi's soon.

Another thing I have found that gets me going again is dying yarn. I just pick up plain yarn from someplace like Knit Picks, then dye it with Kool-Aid or something. It's fun, and you can't wait to knit it up to see what it looks like.

[flapjack]

Yeah, me too. I'm bellydancing instead. Part of the problem is that everything I have otn is a big project, but right now I have children to revel in and for the first time in my life I'm enjoying being physically active. It's not so bad

[lyttlewon]

It is in my nature to be obsessed with a craft and then POOF never touch it again. DH will throttle me though if I do that after I spent all this money on fancy yarns. Maybe that is my motivation not wasting my money?