yarn guilt

I'm suffering from yarn purchasing guilt. I don't need yarn. I already have too many projects planned. And there's the whole spending money guilt as well. Sigh......

I got new yarn yesterday and I'm very excited about it but also feel very guilty. I got some superwash wool/bamboo yarn - enough to make the Soap Bubble Wrap Sweater. And I got some mercerized cotton DK weight to make a shawl based on the one in Knitting Classic Style by Veronik Avery. So those two purchases already stretched my straining yarn budget. But then, I got a color of yarn that just won't work for the shawl -four skeins of the cotton in a blue color, one of my favorite colors. What to do with it? First, I thought I'd make a shawl out of my Victorian Lace Today book. But I already have yarn for two lace shawls and I really really don't need another one. So more guilt there... Then I considered a tank-top or something but decided eh, that's not what I want to do. I'm not sure that this cotton would feel that nice next to the skin. I think I've finally decided what I want to do. Yeah, finally, because I got the yarn yesterday and it's been driving me crazy for a full twenty-four hours what to do with it. lol. I have more guilt because it involves buying eight more skeins. And less guilt because it seems a worthy project. It's Evelyn Clark's Labyrinth Shawl. Something about the fact that I can use this project for something other than frivolous purposes assuages my guilt.

Which brings me to the topic - why do I always choose ridiculously huge projects???? It seems for some reason they're more exciting to me. When I do a small project, I'm always thinking "Aren't I done yet?" But with a huge project, I think "Wow, look how far I am!" Seems to be opposite from many knitters. More proof that I'm crazy :).

So my queue that I already have yarn for: Kaftan dress, socks for Eric, large cap shawl, forest path stole, soap bubble wrap sweater, Faorese sweater for me, sweater for Eric, a vest, more socks (haven't chosen patterns yet), mittens, and amigurumis for gifts. Jack and Pat also want sweaters. And I want to figure out my knitting machine. I think I have enough yarn and projects already, don't you?