There are process people and there are product people. Product people have no UFOs. Product people know, before they start what they are going to do with the finished product. They follow the directions to the letter. Years ago a local quilt shop made a successful business by teaching only product oriented classes to product people. They taught Log Cabin tote bag and a Log Cabin pillow. In the next cycle of classes they taught Flying Geese tote bag and a Flying Geese pillow. The same people showed up to take the classes every time. They were product people and they didn't seem to get that the "tote bag" part of the class was the same whether you put it with the Flying Geese or the Log Cabin. There are a lot of product people out there and I've noticed that the most successful shops teach to them.
Process people have lots of UFOs. They are intrigued by how something is done. They rarely follow the pattern precisely, they keep wondering what would happen if you changed this or that. They don't stop to think that they live in Florida and there isn't a great need for Tavistickking mittens. In the long run, it doesn't really matter because half way through the first one they begin to wonder if you could do this instead of that or how it would look with two colors or even three so the second mitten never does get done.
In the past I have tried various strategies to change myself from a process person to a product person, to no avail. This month my goal is a little different: I am going to work on being a process person whose process is finishing things. I'm not going to start anything new this month, knitting or weaving, and will post on my progress a couple of times a week. Yes, it is significant that this is the shortest month of the year.