Give Up the Ghost
Project Purgatory
I wonder if my long-term WIPs ever feel like I’m ghosting them.
To “ghost” someone is to end your relationship with them without telling them. You just disappear from their life.
I’ll be honest—I have more than one WIP (Work in Progress) that has been stuffed in a deep dark corner (or project bag or drawer or box….) since before 2020. And I’m not just talking knitting—I’m an equal opportunity project ghoster. I have half-finished quilts, needlework, crochet blankets, and multiple knitting projects that fit this category.
Of course, I don’t mean to leave them ghosted forever. I have the best of intentions to finish them.
Someday.
If my crafting shelves could tell tales, what yarns would they spin? Would the banded hanks and pristine Aida fabric and shrink-wrapped jelly rolls be kind? Or would they lounge around the tea kettle weaving stories of that rude lady who keeps buying more and more crafting supplies? She always pops in with a sweet (though slightly manic) smile when she places newly-acquired crafting supplies in their appropriate boxes.
And then what does she do? She ghosts the whole lot of them for what seems like months on end. Sure, occasionally she rummages through the large totes with a thoughtful gleam in her eye; sometimes she even mulls over a SQ (sweater quantity) she banished long-ago to this storage area. As usual, she puts it all back and leaves. The fabric and wool can very nearly see the ephemeral trail of good intentions left in her wake.
Perhaps I should stop reading fantasy novels long enough to create a plan of completion for these poor abandoned(ish) projects and supplies.
In fact, I’ll take a page out of my WIP Snowball Theory and apply it in a broader sense.
Um… Tomorrow.
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