{"id":15896,"date":"2025-10-17T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/?p=15896"},"modified":"2025-10-16T20:52:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T00:52:44","slug":"hyperfixation-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/hyperfixation-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyperfixation Hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve written about <a href=\"\/blog\/tag\/adhd\/\">my ADHD<\/a> a few times now. Today you get another update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you follow me on Instagram, you&#8217;ve likely seen my crochet posts. Crochet is my new <a href=\"https:\/\/add.org\/adhd-hyperfixation\/\">hyperfixation<\/a> hobby. For those unfamiliar with the term, hyperfixation is when someone becomes intensely passionate and involved in an activity or hobby for extended periods of time \u2014 often at the expense of other responsibilities and daily tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve always had a tendency to return to fiber art hobbies, irrespective of the amount of time it&#8217;s been since I last engaged in them. Whether cross-stitch, knitting, embroidery, or sewing, I always find my way back to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>I dabbled in crochet a few years ago, but didn&#8217;t fall in love with it, especially with the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Amigurumi\">amigurumis<\/a> I tried. But, this past May, after being served a ridiculous number of ads for The Woobles, I gave in and decided to try crochet again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The &#8220;beginner&#8221; yarn \u2014 actually a knitted tube filled with some type of stuffing \u2014 made a significant difference since it&#8217;s nearly impossible to crochet &#8220;into&#8221; the yarn (between the individual threads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"1280\" data-id=\"15900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beginnerYarn.jpg?resize=1280%2C1280&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Close up of beginner yarn\" class=\"wp-image-15900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beginnerYarn.jpg?resize=1280%2C1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beginnerYarn.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beginnerYarn.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beginnerYarn.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beginnerYarn.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/beginnerYarn.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"894\" height=\"894\" data-id=\"15899\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/standardYarn.jpg?resize=894%2C894&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Close up of standard twisted yarn\" class=\"wp-image-15899\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/standardYarn.jpg?w=894&amp;ssl=1 894w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/standardYarn.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/standardYarn.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racheldelafuente.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/standardYarn.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">You can see the difference between the beginner yarn (left or top) and standard, twist yarn.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m now 130ish crocheted items in, not including the pen lanyards I&#8217;ve made (9, I think, so far), and my interest shows no signs of waning. I&#8217;m having tons of fun, and have so many things I want to make \u2014 including a blanket I bought a kit for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The positives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I&#8217;m having fun.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I&#8217;m learning a lot.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I&#8217;ve made cute gifts for friends.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Individual purchases (kits don&#8217;t count) are cheaper than pens and most ink bottles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I can make fun decorations, clothes, and all sorts of useful things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The negatives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I still have a crochet things that need homes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The purchases add up quickly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I have a hard time working on other things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>That last one is the biggest problem. It&#8217;s affecting my productivity, especially for my blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, please bear with me as I work on getting my head back in the blog game. I&#8217;m hoping that once the shutdown is over and I&#8217;m back to work, having more structure in my day will help. After all, I did alright pre-shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime \u2014 which hopefully won&#8217;t be much longer \u2014 I expect that I&#8217;ll have fewer blog posts than usual. I&#8217;m trying to give myself reasonable goals for each day, some tasks to accomplish, so I do more than crochet. But fighting my brain is tiring, and I don&#8217;t want to find myself in full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.additudemag.com\/what-is-executive-function-disorder\/\">executive dysfunction<\/a> mode, either. So it&#8217;s a balancing act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, I&#8217;m going to focus on the <a href=\"\/blog\/tag\/inktober-2025\/\">Inktober Skirmishes<\/a>, and if I manage more than that, I&#8217;ll be very happy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for your patience and understanding!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have any tips for managing hyperfixation hobbies, please let me know in the comments! I&#8217;d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for reading to the end, I hope you enjoyed my post. Make sure to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/racheldelafuente.us16.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=d9c28d9c11226013eb8c0544e&amp;id=fb56c60d55\">subscribe to my blog<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/randomly_._rachel\/\">follow me on Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;so you don\u2019t miss any posts. I generally post at least once a week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My ADHD is flaring with a new hobby that has become a hyperfixation. 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