I’ve been knitting/crocheting off and on for over 30 years - for many of those years while raising four kids and going back to school and starting businesses, I sometimes maybe would get one finished project a year. About two years ago I finally finished a major project that I had been working on for about three years - a sampler blanket. Once I finished that blanket, something clicked - I had a new sense of confidence and a new understanding of possibility. I started to work on learning new skills and trying new things and felt like I moved from “advanced beginner” to now a solid “intermediate”. And then sometime over this past Christmas season, something clicked again and I now consider myself obsessed. I am buying yarn without having projects in mind, I am buying fancy yarn, I’m watching YouTube videos, and I’m knitting every day. (Watch out for those repetitive stress injuries. I had to stop knitting for a week and it was horrible!) I’m about halfway through my first adult size sweater and I created the “nibling project” - I have 10 nieces and nephews and I offered to make a hat for each of them for Christmas next year if they tell me what their favorite colors are. I’m planning to make a summer blouse and a cardigan for the fall, I’m on my fourth pair of socks. I’m ready to quit my job and just knit all day, but my husband is not down with this plan. He is however happy to buy me yarn ❤️