These days it tends to look like an assembly line in my studio -- each upcoming punchneedle sitting on my 'staging' table, waiting for attention.
I really don't work in an assembly line format - each PN piece is worked to its completion before another is started. But -- one of my pet peeves is not being able to move along to the 'next in line' because I don't have the correct colored thread. To be punching away in the middle of a section and find that I am almost out of a certain color and that there aren't anymore skeens in my stash is a definite 'GRRR' moment!
So, as I'm working on one piece and as the inspiration for the next one, or two or three pieces comes to me - I'll take the time to draw the design, transfer it to Weaver's cloth and begin the 'collection' process. When I am ready to start each project, unless I've miscalculated (which does happen *smile*) I can move through it without that dreaded 'oops' feeling.
Right now I have three pieces waiting in the wings -- and you can be sure I'm double checking the number of skeins that I have on hand.
The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. - Marcus Aurelius
