Deciding if I should Frog or Finish all of my Projects

It's been a while since I've shared my projects on here and it's because I've been super blocked from working on them by starting a bunch and then not finishing them! Here's a look into my wip basket as I explain why I stopped working on each of these and if I plan to frog or finish them!
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Chapters
00:00 intro
00:43 Santa Monica Houses vests
07:18 Knit scarf
09:36 Tapestry
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13:56 on fire sweater
15:19 Check me out scarf
20:37 Summer Meadows socks
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21:59 Pencil pouch
22:30 Sheep vest
23:41 Mesh button up

[@nikki-b]

Watching this and feelin the blanket that I started in 2014 staring at me…

[@ettaz]

My mom has a sweater she started for me when I was 8 somewhere in the back of her closet. I am 30 now.

[@mormornie]

I heard the meaningful silence of my 10-stitch blanket from the drawer it's been in for years, too...

[@snospmoht3252]

😂 Got my golden oldies in grey plastic totes closed up in a closet so I don't hear the muttering lol.

[@afonsoalmeida6845]

you should finish it, how funny would it be to pick it up after 10 years you could say you took 10 years to make it

[@jacquelynlemieux]

my 2020 temperature blanket staring at me. and then my 2024 temperature blanket ALSO staring at me 😭😭

[@Marsontheearth]

I like to call it “frogress” when I’m successfully undoing stitches 😂❤️ p.s. love your videos!! (On both channels!!)

[@PandaReeseDesigns]

Genius 😂

[@Viteaification]

backtracking is soo annoying!

[@cm1706]

Love this! Feels like it changes frogging from ‘going backwards’ (which makes productivity feel like the end goal) into ‘part of the learning/creative process’. Definitely going to be using it going forward because I definitely get stuck feeling bad about frogging and forgetting that I’m knitting because I love to knit, not to be a clothes-producing machine 😂

[@silja6838]

The vest front panels are amazing 😍 I think it would look great with just a plain light blue back or the back of the houses idea would be so cool too

[@peglamphier4745]

That's what I thought too. I think it's easy to over think and plan, thus setting ourselves up for failure. Emma that front is cool.

[@errmentrude]

I second the backs of the houses!

[@djelzinga2634]

Just keep going! It’s amazing !

[@user-td6kd3bg1j]

I fully agree, I vote for a plain light blue back

[@lexiharding5498]

I love how many of those you just went 'Sod it I am breaking the rules!', and there weren't even that many projects to start with! I think I have like 10 WIPs, but across 6 different crafts so that if I get bored of my crochet project (for example), I can switch to knitting or cross stitch to give my brain a break and renew my enthusiasm!!

[@strawhatsmanager]

i do the same !! rn it’s just knit and crochet but i wanna add more soon :D it’s one of the best things for me to consistently be making stuff i love !!

[@DeafeningLight]

It’s actually really nice to hear someone talking positively about their own work?? Like you saying how beautiful the panels you made for the Santa Monica houses are (and you are correct!) even when you are obviously not happy with the back panel, you still recognise it’s lovely, just not right for that project. It’s just so nice to hear someone being happy with themselves and their work

[@nettie607]

Between sewing, knitting, crochet, cross stitch, embroidery, quilting, diamond painting, and (finally!) latch hooking a rug, I have a minimum of 12 WIPs. I have arthritis in my hands, and when I cannot do one craft, I move to another one. But this does take up a lot of space in my living room and my head.

[@user-hu1vn6yk5g]

Oh same!

[@kerlygerl]

I’m so impressed. I’m working on being just like you one day!

[@LibbyFelty]

I do all of these except for knitting and latch hooking lol😂 (but I want to learn how to do both😊)

[@melimsah]

I honestly love videos where someone just sits down for a few afternoons and just finishes the thing they'd been avoiding. Like Bernadette Banner has a "let's do all the mending and hemming I keep procrastinating on", or Rachel Maksy has closet purge videos. I love to have those sorts of videos on when I, too, am struggling to Do The Thing, so I can body double and get the thing done. Just an idea.

[@melinaalba63]

I love this kind of "rant about knitting" style video! I wish it would be two hours long and I could crochet clamly while watching and listening😂❤️

[@melimsah]

I actually really love that back of the Santa Monica houses vest. It's understated, but interesting enough to encourage someone to see what's going on on the front. I think the back of the houses would give away the goose (or however that idiom goes) of the front. Also, your explanation of "the houses being abstracted on the back, and that's art" is like.... giving me flashback to art school critiques, because seriously, that's exactly what everyone did. xD

[@tanjabrauer6391]

That Santa Monica houses vest is gorgeous! Love the checkers idea on the back. And I’m totally here for sock puppets if that’s the direction you decide to go in 💚😎

[@keturahstephen7577]

Went through my wips recently. I have 8 wips, but half of them are blankets. I frogged like 5 projects either because I didn’t have enough yarn or didn’t care anymore. I finished 3 wips and subsequently started on like a new project everyday for like 5 days because the warm weather reawakened me lol. Granted the projects I started are easy summer tops, so I finished 5 out of the 6 the day I started. And added a new baby blanket for a friend. Just drowning in blankets 😵😂

[@lisalulu1832]

What might be fun with the sock is finding a vase shaped like a foot, putting the sock on it and then putting fake flowers or a little plant in it. And I agree with you getting rid of projects that you're no longer committed to. I started a Halloween themed cross stitch and then ended up giving it away at a freebie table at a retreat. I don't miss it and the person who got it was thrilled.

[@shamszakhour6076]

The checkerboard back panel is fine. But, given those stunning front panels, having the back of the houses on the back panel is a SHOWSTOPPING idea. You could really have fun with it. The back of the houses don't have to be as detailed as the front. You can add a kitty cat taking a nap, or other fun visual elements.

[@mandolinparty]

always only one project at a time. at the very most, one knit and one crochet project. i love the projects you choose to work on. i'm kinda bad at finding cute projects.most the stuff on revelry doesn't do it for me and i just don't know where to look anymore! if i were as good as you at finding cool projects, i'd probably have 7 WIPs too.

[@SheBurnsShips]

"If I turned this into a sock puppet making channel, would you guys still watch?" YES.

[@Paula-tf3zv]

@SheBurnsShips Indeed!!

[@stackofsnails]

i really like the houses vest! i feel like maybe you're struggling with it because you've been working on it for so long? but i think the checkers are cool, and i was going to comment about them being like an abstract version of the houses before you said that :)

[@gemini2711]

I used to be so good at only working on one project at a time but then got into this bad habit of buying more yarn honestly i blame those sales and everytime i buy yarn i start a new project so now i have probably more than 10 unfinished wips for one i even finished over 300 granny squares for a pant sweater set but lost any desire to attach them all together 😂 good luck on those wips id give you a solid 80/100 on finishing these projects

[@leighdearden3134]

I make a lot of things into pillow covers I either keep or gift. I've got scarves that have been expanded and sweater fronts slightly revamped to make square and rectangular pillow fronts. The back is either a woven fabric, or a solid stockinette that coordinates with the front. Assemble, stuff and done! I've probably made about 15-20 over the last few decades.

[@quileyharper5360]

I love watching videos like this bcs I don’t have any friends who crochet so it’s nice to work on something while I watch and feel like I’m working together with a friend

[@heathermade7294]

Living for just cutting all the yarn :-)

[@francesalvarado8818]

brewski you look better with each video. i swear your channels are my drug. love listening to you talk, but the extra sprinkle of watching your style and look is chef's kiss. THANKS FOR MAKING CONTENT for us yartists:)

[@myrthespeckamp8313]

omgg i just openend youtube, got so excited when i saw your video pop up! Thxx for the new video!

[@shamszakhour6076]

Those little knitted sheep are ADORABLE.

[@MockStrad]

I don't knit or crochet but I have two works in progress for my cross stitching. One is an Akira design for my dad that took me over a year to really get started on and the other is a cute Baphamet design for me that won't fit on the panel I have so now I don't know if I should start over or what. I loved those socks you were making, I'm glad you decided to finish them. Looking forward to seeing more.

[@hannahcseipert4654]

I think I'm counting 6 WIPs right now, but they're across different mediums (knit, bobbin lace, cross stitch) so it feels more daunting because I have to switch my brain every time I work on something else. I believe in us that we can get everything done!

[@MissNoechen]

Bobbin lace has been fascinating me for years! Can you recommend it? Is it hard to get into?

[@moonbasket]

I'm glad to be a rubber duck for you to talk things out with. The sheep vest and the houses vest both look very cool. Good luck with those. And good luck with all of your WIPs. ❤

[@foxywaxy4279]

I love how you use your platform to process your thoughts

[@icarus8843]

I believe I have 5 WIPs atm, just kidding there are 6, but the 6th one is a scrap project and it is in use as it is a couch blanket I add to whenever I have left over yarn. I also have a raglan sweater I am crocheting for my MIL, A black crochet Dress I am almost done with for one of my best friends, a scrappy dino plushie, and then both a relaxagon shirt and a blanket for my fiance.

[@shebangsdrums5601]

"Don't even worry about it" as you frogged the scarf. I am so glad you cut it 😂😂😂

[@eva1malene144]

Tip for different dyelots (especially with yarn that has color variations in it): work with two skeins at once, and alternate which you use (like do one row in skein A, and the next row in skein B)

[@barisalrisul]

This was a great inspiration. I am doing Cerulean Orchid's WIP Bingo this month, and watching this made me pull out a WIP and knit an entire repeat of the pattern.

[@crahhb]

starting a " to frog or to continue" thing and then inventing new categories for each project is so real 😂 currently thinking of frogging thefirst sweater i made cuz i don't wear it but its such a pretty yarn !

[@kayri687]

omg i am in love with the house vest and the socks! i love the abstract back that you decided on!! and when you showed the first sock i screamed because it's so beautiful. I am working on pants for my brother and mother and a mesh dress thing and i need to redo some shorts i recently finished so... i also have a few wips lol

[@mariesok4874]

I just started crocheting 2 weeks ago. In my searching, I found yours, Jaida's and Grace's channels. It has been a lot of fun crocheting and listening to you all! I am currently working on a granny sunburst squares for a pair of short overalls. I'm already racking up all the patterns I want to try. I hope to try out your mesh button up once you write the pattern! Good luck in your stitches!

[@kevangelinem1651]

Emma I really like the checkered pattern for the back of the vest! The colors you chose are so unique. The grey scale on one side and colored on the other is soo cool!!! I definitely want to try that sometime! Thanks for sharing as always! You are so inspiring!

[@AshleyIsArtsy]

I've only been crocheting for a couple months now but I somehow have restrained myself to only having one project right now... it's a belated birthday present for my sibling and I'm trying to focus on it so I can get it done!! But I've already bought and been given a bunch of supplies for many future projects.... so I have like 6 WIPs in my head but only one in practice 💀

[@raichuswrath]

I was inspired by you and got my knitting and crochet consolidated back into my yarn tote and two project bags. Thank you Emma!😊

[@nomes7682]

7:18 Woah! Really did a number on me to see the exact same colorway AND stitch as the scarf I made a few years ago! The colors blend so pretty in seed stitch!

[@daemonbug]

9:09 i felt that in my soul as i crochet a scarf watching this

[@Viney_maple]

I just finished 8 WIPs in 3 weeks 😭 it was so satisfying

[@camillereadss]

yayyy another made in the moment video! missed you emma!

[@trixiered5544]

Low key wish we could have seen the Clean Up the Streets DJ.... Also... I just learned how to crochet in April and have been wanting to learn to knit, but have no idea where to begin and kind of got turned off by the crochet vs knit video I found you on... However! - your work inspires me to keep the knit idea somewhere lost in the lost crochet projects I should probably frog 😂😭 Thank you for sharing your brain! Love it

[@emmawinn6129]

omg I love the sheep vest

[@Mycozymnbooks]

I have 4 projects I'm working on right now that I can think of off the top of my head and decided yesterday I'm frigging the biggest one (again) which is a blanket. This is the second time I am crocheting it and it just isn't turning out how I want it to. I'm gonna change out one of the yarns completely and then hopefully 3rd times a charm but I'm going to knit it instead. The other projects is a large blanket scarf, two bunnies from the show bluey, and a flying pig.

[@uavery]

Thanks for this!! I have so many WIPs and I know most of them I will finish but there were a couple I wasn't finding joy in and this encouraged me to frog it 😍 I felt so free!!!!

[@cherryleafy101]

I recently frogged a couple of projects I had sitting around. I didn't love them and knew I wouldn't finish them. So decided to say screw it and just rip them all out.

[@erikafrey2974]

I was thinking about you yesterday- how much I’ve missed your content. Welcome back!

[@ISAN0VA]

i probably have about 5 different granny square projects because i got obsessed with how they looked, but now i am so tired of making them that i jsut have piles of granny squares waiting to be joined............. but anyways i have faith in you in finishing these projects ! :)

[@alexhunter1220]

The seed stitch one seems like less of a Finished Object project and more of a Keep Hands Busy project, and thus in my opinion shouldn't have any pressure to be finished, since it's goal is to keep your hands busy.

[@DapperMrAlex]

You're so insanely talented! I'm glad you kept the socks, the color work is so pretty!

[@sophieinspired]

Personally I really don’t enjoy knitting colourwork as much as I would want to, but these socks do look very nice and you’re so close💖

[@kimoppi]

I started going through this kind of purge lately. I had COMPLETELY lost interest in one project and ultimately put it all in a bag and donated it to a local thrift. I didn't even have the motivation to frog.

[@HB-kr9uv]

this video actually made me feel better about the 9999999 projects i have going lol. i feel like i get sidetracked a lot with my crochet projects

[@kellyrathmann7502]

I like that checkerboard motif, it’s cool!

[@irina-ty1336]

Same for me. Either just a plain back, in a light blue, or with keep the color of the backround like same strip of grey/pink - orange - blue ; or making the back of the house is soo cool !! And the white and tiles is also a cool pattern for an other sweater. I would have keep the tiles until the collar for me

[@lisalusiak]

I love everything about this video! It’s so relatable 😂

[@Rosy.Cusson]

This is so realistic and refreshing.😊

[@doro5419]

I can so relate! Just last Sunday I went through my stash and I only threw out one UFO and four balls of yarn and it feels SO GOOD!

[@Nik-ko9eq]

I think you’ll finish some of the projects! I’m currently working on a market bag, I decided I really needed some lol

[@mphailey1]

I love the vest just the way it is - so cool - i love the white background

[@billygoodin6194]

Im going through a yellow and brown color phase myself right now and not mad about it (think retro 70s vibes). Currently working on a lapgan and a few amagarumi projects. Finished a sweater and now i want to get into shirts/vests.

[@SecretSquirrelFun]

Definitely having the back panel be the back view of the houses was my first thought. I have some little tea tins that are English cottages and the back of each tin is the back of the cottage with gardens and bicycles leaning against the house.

[@amyelizabeth9088]

It's been a minute, welcome back...💞✨️💞✨️

[@celestialmoo719]

Hiiii! Love your videos!

[@bebeshome]

peeping the cleo’s bag in the back! i want to visit but i haven’t made it out yet. thank you for reminding me to make my next yarn shopping date there!

[@sophieinspired]

Sheeeeep!! 😱💖💖💖 I love it!

[@grache-]

CHECKER BOARD IS COOL!!! you should checker the white and blue where it connects with the front panels!!!!!

[@sukerbole2463]

great video! i love the sheep vest (and i couldn't see the colour difference at all! maybe it's the camera but i didn't see a change!)

[@immortalwhat]

it would be cool if you finished the end of the back panel of the two houses in the sky blue color. i’m envisioning a block of that blue at the top of the checkers and i just this it would be cool idk

[@eliscanfield3913]

I quite like the slightly stripey sheep vest. Looks like the sheep are standing on ground quite near you, and the other color behind & above them is a distant background.

[@viceursa]

Currently have back log of 10ish projects 1. hexacardi that's pretty much done. I just have to crochet the trim around the edges but I just don't feel like it. I've worn it since I "finished" it because in my head, it pretty much is done. 2. Crop bell sleeve top that I was working on when I was on vacation and 8 rows into finishing that last sleeve, I ran out of yarn. 3. Sleeveless cardigan that I started while on vacation because I found an indie yarn shop and I couldn't help myself to their hand dyed cotton yarn. 4. Another crop bell sleeve top that I started before vacation but in a different colorway. 5. Hexacardi for my aunt. The yarn she wanted just arrived and I've started that. Definitely did not order enough yarn for it so I have to do that. 6. Baby blanket for my friend who just had a baby. Bought the yarn, haven't started on it. 7. Plarn market bag. Started but put down because I was more excited about the crop tops. 8. Granny square fanny pack. I need one more granny square panel but what's really intimidating me is putting a liner on the inside and figuring out how to make the straps adjustable. 9&10. A set of scrunchies and dish scrubbers for my sister's birthday. Have not started but could knock out pretty quick since I already have the yarn for both. So, ya know, we're in the same boat! I believe in you Emma! You're gonna get most of these done to completion!

[@Thebeetlejuicelover]

I actually just finished two WIP that I started last year. ^^ I think thre is a 90% chance you'll finish those. You got this!

[@rachoutside]

This has inspired (forced) me to confront my wip knit sweater that has run out of the main colour yarn. I only have one sleeve left and I need to just do the damn thing! 😫😂

[@bgummeson]

I’ve been eagerly anticipating a new video. 🙂 You could turn your seed stitch scarf into cowl with some eye catching buttons. ❤️

[@EvaFournier]

This showed up in my recommended immediately after i finished frogging a pattern i wanted to change the colors on

[@jamstraight2000]

I’m currently working on a scarf and running into the same problem where I don’t have enough yarn to make it as long as a scarf should be. I’m planning to seem the ends together and it will be just long enough to double, so a sort of infinity scarf/cowl situation. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Not sure yet if it will look weird but it would be very warm, and I think I’ll actually use it.

[@annetteavery3349]

The sheep sweater… where the die lot happened, swop out to a sky blue from there up. The dye lot under the arms would not be easily visible so go the same row count and continue in blue again even with some clouds 👍🇬🇧

[@snappyjdog]

Omg plz finish the houses vest. It is so pretty!

[@adelinaprentice4703]

I currently only have 2 wips, which is a big change for me because for a long time I would refuse to start something until I finished the one that I already started. Oh yeah and one of my wips is your duck vest! I'm making a matching set for my family of 4 lol, hope to have them done by christmas 🤞 I love the sheep vest!!!

[@LillerThatIsMe]

I have 8 WIPs currently. But I had like 12 last month but had deadlines for them (birthday presents) which helped get them done 😂

[@audreyskeen9873]

love the checkerboard back :) party hard.

[@kathrose336]

i am currently working on knitted blanket squares. i have one half knitted square, some rows that i haven’t sewn together yet (because my back and legs hurt from crouching on the floor doing that the last two nights!) as well as a small blanket i plan on working on when mum and i go overseas because it only uses one ball of yarn. i also have a scarf that’s mostly done that i haven’t worked on in a while because i got bored of both the yarn and the pattern. i also have a jumper that i’ve knitted the front panel for and started the back panel and im not sure when (or if!) i’ll get back to it even though the yarn is really pretty. i may have to frog the front panel anyway because i think i did the shaping wrong 😑

[@thatoneravenclaw2471]

I think I have currently 3 crochet WIPs which isn't a lot, but I'm creating a pattern, a baby blanket for my sister's baby, and a top for my little sister, I also have like- 5+ cosplays I'm trying to work on and fix/finish for friends, (currently only 1 wig, but it's about to jump up to 6 wigs 😭)

[@lauraberkholtz7959]

I like the checkers on the back of the vest. The simpler pattern gives the eye a place to rest.

[@anna46792]

I would frog the back of the first sweater. The back of the houses on a blue background is such a better idea!

[@ChochokpiHopi]

very good

[@Jadzinek]

I would frog just the back panel of the vest and reknit it with those backs of the houses idea you mentioned. That would be way cooler than some random checkers. Maybe in blue but not sure about that.

[@hopebailey1256]

When you said “everytime this happens to me I think about how much easier…” I expected you to finish with “if I had a different hobby.” And if that isn’t telling about I’m feeling about yarn crafts rn not sure what would be.

[@toshabeans]

I hope you do the backs of the houses! Maybe next time :) Also, the short scarf could be a cute little cowl? Soft little pillow case? Lol Question: Have you ever tried to add glass seed beads or sequins to a completed knit\crochet project? If so? Any advice? I have a piece that needs some sparkle but I'm not sure if there are trick to know before diving in

[@FloraLaFruitBat]

If you end up having just one sock, you could make it into a sock coin bag. Fun! :)

[@lindiemoon]

I have so many projects on all the go and they’re all gifts 😅 I am currently crocheting, as I watched this vid, a devil fruit from One Piece!

[@redwallfantic]

I only have 3 a blanket a sampler and a raglan sweater. The blanket only has 5 rows left and has for a couple of months. I stopped working on the blanket as I wanted a project that was portable as I had an overnight work thing.

[@BornOfBooks]

I have 6 WIPs right now. No, wait, 7 if you count the "re-learning knitting" project I picked up mostly just to test my skills with some cheap yarn that I hope to get better materials for in August to actually try to make the project for real lol Oh, and then there's the crochet sock I was testing to see if I could do but have mostly given up on due to the yarn not being quite the right kind and having probably not enough of it to even finish one sock let alone a pair.

[@Janie0016]

This makes me want to go through my wip pile but I have over 20 😅 so I'm scared

[@Iam-ve7lc]

25:04 well... One blanket A sweater that I'm about to finish (birthday gift), a sweater that I've paused for the other sweater Frog amigurumi (also paused for the sweater) A sweater vest that has been a wip for 3 years A summer top A hat My overflowing ideas are the issue here, I guess

[@Falhaes]

There should be a "WIP swap" program somewhere out there... I have three jumpers waiting for me to finish the SECOND SLEEVE, the very last part, and I just cannot bring myself to do it.

[@verakralj4534]

i have 4 WIPs at the moment, but i have yarn ready for two more, and i'm actually waiting until i finish one to use the left over yarn form that for donation beanies. one of the WIPs has already been two different things before but i keep frogging it. i love the colour but i dislike the end result. i hope this time it stays knitted lol

[@kanjifaith6619]

I am currently working on a crochet rainbow scrap yarn blanket, knit red scarf, knit red sweater dress for a Yor Forger cosplay, crochet rainbow granny square sweater, someone else's abandoned pink knit blanket that I cannot yet figure out all the stitches for, and a crochet giant granny square blanket in blue and orange.

[@mauraccc6491]

watching this while starting a new wip, even though i have like ten others waiting to be finished....

[@eruditeidiot]

How fun to work on my project while watching you go through yours. I've got 3 projects on the go, but I also only picked up crochet as a hobby like a month ago lol. I'm sure I'll look back wistfully on these days and wonder how I ever had so few irons in the fire.