That doesn't worry me; instead, I consider it motivating. I've set an informal limit of having no more than 8-10 things on my needles at one time. This gives me the flexibility to have variety in my projects, stave off boredom, and still feel like I'm making progress when one item is completed and makes way for a new project. It's like having a line-up of new projects walking up to my door at regular intervals. (I feel there should be a punchline here... like can I hear the new project walk up if it's a pair of socks? Or can I hear it knock if it's mittens?......but I digress!)Where the motivation starts to break down is the length of time some projects take to "turn over". For example, I've had a pair of lovely colourwork socks on my needles for almost a year now. It's not like they're complicated -- just two colours and all knit stitches -- but I've procrastinated. I turned my attention to one of the other half-dozen projects and completed some of them, thereby adding new projects to pique my interest and compete for my attention. The socks remain on the list, patiently waiting in line, reluctant to give up their spot in the queue to any newcomers.
The March Break gave me an opportunity to move a few things languishing on the list to different spots in the queue. One pair of socks (closer to the "new" end of my list!) is finished, and the colourwork socks have sauntered ahead in the line, moving from near the back to about half-way up the queue. These are not watch-tv-and-knit socks...maybe that's why they are sauntering, rather than walking at a more brisk pace. But they are moving forward.
I still have other projects knocking at the door, impatiently waiting for me to answer -- some have been making their presence known for some time, waving from the end of the driveway, so to speak! At least they can see the door, and that in itself is progress from a few weeks ago.
