Somehow, I missed this group on DU2.
I'm a pick-up-and-drop ADD crafter. Right now, I'm back into knitting and am making hats for a couple of friends' kids who I hope have the head sizes I guessed they do.
I always have way more supplies than needed and am ever in the middle of multiple projects at once. And I use "in the middle" in its broadest sense-- as in, when we moved last year, I found parts of a sweater I was "in the middle" of knitting for my ex-husband (we divorced 15 years ago.)
Good thing is, when the 2012 Apocolypse comes, I have enough yarn, beads, and fabric to last until civilization is restored. 
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and like you I will have enough beads, felt, jars, paint, glitter, glue sticks to last well until the next millenia. My next "craft" project for the new year is to sort through all of it and get it all organized so my daughter and I can figure out projects to do with the stuff we have now instead of buying new stuff.
I just bought a bunch of glitter, popsicle sticks, foam balls and more paint so my daughter and her friends(B-day sleep over) could make ornaments. However, I didn't buy anymore glue for the sequins which we already had in various shapes and forms.
Next year I'm just going to buy ribbon(if I don't have it or can't find it) and some oranges and cloves like we used to do in Girl Scouts. 
It's helping me to overcome my natural fear of change. 
Makes me realize how far I have to go before I can be a real knitting overlord in the post-Apocalyptic world.
we who know how to make things will be ok!
yarn, beads, and fabric, as well as fiber (i spin). currently trying to churn out a couple of hats for xmas gifts. ravelry is awesome for that!
That is why I need to learn to crochet, since I have so many old patterns. I can't pass up the old booklets even though I haven't learned that craft yet. I especially like a couple of paper booklets I have that were published during the second world war of gifts to make. Also have many children patterns, doll clothe patterns from the 40's thru the 60's etc. I have a stash-room too, but don't have camera or knowledge to post a picture, I would love to see other's rooms though. Mine has a closet stuffed to the gills with material which takes up most of one short wall, the shelves on the top of closet are all my patterns in boxes and things like zippers, seam binding, and all those odds and ends sewers can't live without. The next wall a quilting, dollhouse, and punch hook seven foot high bookcase. Then an old kitchen table with my sewing machine and on the other side of it another seven foot tall bookcase of knitting and crochet books and supplies. Third wall is an old kitchen work cabinet (three drawers and one door opening) with my cross stitch and needlepoint supplies and books. And the fourth wall is taken up with a comfy chair to sit and work in with a stand holding my radio and record collection (need music to work by) and then a large chiffrobe full of yarn. I also have a cedar chest full of yarn that didn't make it into the room, I need a bigger area (or less yarn? No, definitely a bigger area!). Oh, and my quilting frame is near the ceiling over my sewing area resting on top edge of each of the tall bookcases, ready for when I need it. Others post pictures if you can, manybe I can get some ideas to improve my room! Oh my three weaving looms are spread throughout the house, the littlest one is generally in the sewing room, but think I am going to have to fix up a weaving room next for the looms and all the material for them that are presently in the spare bedroom. So much stuff and I love it all!
A whole house just for my stuff Especially seperate from the one I have to live in so I don't have to try to keep things picked up to accomadate everyday life. more room I would probably not be very selective in my acquision of crafting supplies. As it is if I want to be able to actually walk in to my sewing room I know I can't buy everything I would like to have.
Knitter/crocheter here.
Just got into something a little different with my knitting...loom knitting.
I like to keep my hands busy while watching TV at night, so I make up little baby hats for a local hospital. Well, doing them on dp needles is getting difficult for my hands, so I looked into loom knitting.
I bought a cute little sock loom that I haven't actually made socks on, but it's the perfect size for doing the baby caps with baby/fingering yarn.
I also got the Martha Stewart loom knitting and weaving kit for Christmas so I think I'll be giving away my big bulky plastic round looms, maybe to a granddaughter or my sister.
Loom knitting is fun and very easy to do and I love it!
anyway, I'm glad I found this group for crafters.
who can make up their own patterns.
It's really hard for me to do that because I see so many different choices and ways to do something that I get lost in the details, so I end up just following a pattern anyway.
That sock loom I use...
http://www.amazon.com/Authentic-Knitting-Board-Sock-Loom/dp/B003VY9RME/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325390338&sr=8-1
I do have the plastic ones with the bigger pegs for the thicker yarn, but for the preemie hats I like to use the fine, soft yarn for tiny heads, and that's where the wooden sock loom comes in.
It's really not hard to do, and with a bit of practice, you find yourself just whipping around the loom making stitches. If I remember tomorrow I'll post a photo of some of the hats I've made on it. You can really do some interesting things.
A small sample of the hats I've made since October.
You can tell the ones made on the sock loom as opposed to the ones made on the plastic loom (they use two strands of yarn).
I can whip up a bigger hat (on the plastic loom) in less than one day...
