You know a project is taking too long when..........

[Katchkan]

We have all had them. That project that you swear is never going to get done.

 

But what are the signs it has been around just a tad bit too long

 

You know it's taking too long when ........

The baby you originally were making it for gets his/ her blankie as a graduation gift.

 

You know it's taking too long when.............

The garmet has gone out of fashion once and is coming back into fashion again. ( at least you are ahead of everyone else in this scenario )

 

You know it's taking too long when ........

You finish a motif for your project and you do not remember starting it and working on it. Really scary when it is totally correct.

 

 

So now it's your turn..

 

You know it's taking too long when................

[Chiscrochetcrazy]

They don't even sell the same yarn anymore Or you forgot how to crochet

[Kiirs]

...the yarn, which was once in every store, is now discontinued.

 

...your project has been buried so long under a mound of newer WIPs that when you actually find it again, you can't even remember it!

[heltonart]

When your afghan colors are mauve and country blue and no one decorates with those anymore! (not since 1990 at least)

[Me&P]

...it grows mold.

 

You think I'm joking...

[jmccrochet]

When the yarn goes from being one of those itsy bitsy skeins to larger skeins. I started an afghan for myself (since long abandoned) in RHSS buff and a purple/green/off-white variegate and I could not for the longest time find anymore of the variegate, now i see it EVERYWHERE, in bigger skeins. I've given up on the project and it rests at the VERY bottom of my stash, along with squares for a 63 block ghan I WAS making for my adult neice

 

Joyce

[snugsmontreal]

when you have to pick it up and shake the dust off... literally

[shadow]

Wher the yarn starts being sold as antique yarn!

[Burgandy]

...when you find it and don't remember what it was going to be (was this going to be a blanket or a scarf, hrm...)

[carovan]

...when you find it again and still don't feel like working on it.

[Auntie Kellie]

When the pattern is now considered retro or vintage. A friend of mine found a pattern she started back in the 80's in a box last week.

 

Hugs and Cookies

Auntie K

[rascalsmom]

...when you forgot the project even existed! This actually happened to me less than a year ago...I found a doily ALMOST finished, but not quite. I am proud to say I did finish it!! It's really pretty, too.

[MomToLabs]

Oh, yeah, it's when the oriental rug you were making the afghan to coordinate with wears out, and the afghan is only half-done.

 

Susan

[HomekeepingGran]

... you find the project and haven't the slightest idea what pattern it is (or where the pattern might be) or what hook you used!

[darski]

You've grown so accustomed to seeing it layed over the couch in its unfinished state that you think of it as finished.

(on row 30 of 67 )

[Misty.Creek]

...the pattern you're using is featured in "Crochet Today" as a retro remake/update. and you're using the colors in the original retro version.

[SmittenKitten]

The baby you originally were making it for gets his/ her blankie as a graduation gift.

 

The baby quilt (not crochet but still lol) I made for my niece had to be adjusted three times because now that shes 9 shes in a queen size bed.. not a crib.. heeheh

[squish_52]

...the yarn, which was once in every store, is now discontinued.

 

 

Like walmarts Mainstays yarn....grrr

[Lorrie]

When the sweater you were making for your 12 year old daughter is now too small for your sixteen year old granddaughter. My mom is still holding on to a sweater she had started for me. My sisters youngest is now too old for it.

[snugsmontreal]

now that shes 9 shes in a queen size bed

queen size bed!?@ man i had a twin until i moved out at 17!! am i out of the loop or do kids not stay in small beds until they leave?

[Kiirs]

I was surprised by that, too. My husband and I finally got a queen-sized mattress after we'd been married a few years...it was a full before that!

[rina]

when you have to pick it up and shake the dust off... literally

 

Yup. Been there, done that.

[lilpug]

that your yarn has a price tag from Woolworths on it!!!

Or the baby you were making it for is now having a baby of their own! (maybe it will be finished for this baby!!)

[coolhockeymom]

9 shes in a queen size bed.. not a crib.. heeheh

I think kids are lucky I had a twin size bed with two kids in it.

[eebrs]

I think kids are lucky I had a twin size bed with two kids in it.

 

My parents still have the double bed my sister and I shared. Could be worse -my brother started out life in a dresser drawer (pulled out of course!)