just knit faster

Mrs. Hammer raises some excellent points regarding the movement for restraint in purchasing yarn. Between her exposition and my experience of the past two weeks, I am tweaking my rules a bit. New features shown in red.

for health	$
getting out of bed	1
per pound lost and kept off one month	5
per pound kept off each additional month	1
per mile walked (double for inclement weather)	1
social responsibility	$
each birthday greeting extended on time	1
each occasion card mailed on time	3
each package mailed (double if mailed on time)	2
creativity	$
finished object, per 30 g (triple if for charity)	1
patterns written, per page	3
each paper submitted for publication	30
each paper published	150

My New Rules

I will begin all projects from stash unitl October 2007.

Knitting exceptions:

• store samples
• the Sudoku Blanket

Budget exceptions:

• gifts of yarn for other knitters
• notions required for finishing a project
• tools and books (under $25)

Comments

[Dharia]

ooh, i like these rules!!

i lost 8 lbs since January first. AND i just found out that one of my papers from my old lab got accepted. so i have lots of yarn points!

[Dorothy B]

I like your changes. Excellent decision to make charity worth double.