Comfort

In every crafter's repertoire, there exists a pattern or project that they can do without thinking and is immediate gratification when other projects seem unyielding, frustrating, or just plain disappointing.  This project is always in the back of your mind, you can produce it without thinking, and it is normally provides a level of reassurance when stressed, tired, or just plain bored.

I have several.  Top down vanilla socks, garter stitch scarves, and yarn winding, can all be yen activities that act as stress relief.  And dishcloths - cotton dishcloths.  Whether I have five minutes left in my lunch break or a lazy part of a Saturday afternoon, they are always instant gratification, require no thinking, and produce an amazingly useful result.

I'm working on several.

How about you?  What are some of your comfort projects?