@gibbondemon "Deeply satisfied" is probably a good description, for me. The sense that I identified challenges, arranged my resources, managed to mature sufficiently to press on through some tough bits, and... in my case, it was #knitting my first sweater. And then my first #KnitFromTheTop sweater...

Project completion was how I achieved validation. So many traumas suddenly left behind! So much, "Yes, before there was nothing, then I MADE THIS." A glow of creation from a pile of chaotic bits.

@lapis I'm knitting 150 stitches, but that will be the eventual *length*. And I'm doing alternating full rows and short rows - the idea is when it's done, there's less fabric at the top, and I can crochet a stabilizing band, before then deciding if I want to stop there, or knit a lacy shoulders-short sleeve thing on top of that stabilizing band.

Or, #KnitFromTheTop and then Kitchener stitch it to the band...

ah, decisions, decisions, eh?