Time for a break?

My choice of knitting projects the past couple of weeks made me declare last night that maybe I needed to take a break. Last week it was the pirate scarf, this week was my attempt at double knitting. I thought to myself how great to be able to knit up a double sided knitted piece. It still sounds great but about 10 rows into a double sided hot pad I realized it wasn't looking quite like I wanted it to and rip it I did.
Hmm...Maybe I need a trip to the yarn shop for some inspiration.