I’ve done very little knitting of late.  Since the beginning of the month, I’ve only managed to knit part of the heel flap on Bayerische number two.  This is pathetic progress.

I’ve learned something important from Ravelry.  There seem to be two definite camps when it comes to the number of projects a knitter has in progress at any one time.  For me, it is typically only one to two projects in progress at a time, and one of those has to be a sock.  While there are others of you out there like me, a significant number of knitters I’ve visited on Ravelry have many, many works in progress.

I’m not sure how anyone can keep track of ten, twenty, or more in progress projects.  I think I would cry if I had to manage that many projects.  How do you have any sort of chance at memorizing pattern?  How do you remember where you are in each pattern?  How long does it take to finish projects if you are always switching between them?  I guess when that many ongoing projects, good note taking about the pattern, your modifications, and your stopping point would be essential.  Perhaps that is why it doesn’t work for me; I don’t even like using row counters. 

While thinking about that many ongoing projects, my mind has trouble processing some other issues too.  Some of my neighbors on Ravelry have more than ten pairs of socks in progress.  These socks are all photographed as being cast on and on needles.  I wonder, do knitters have that many pairs of sock needles?  Are they constantly switching between stitch holders and live needles?  My mind reels. 

Perhaps this is another of those situations where more information is not necessarily a good thing.  I’ll be stepping back into my only a few projects on the needles bubble now, waiting for my mind to stop hurting.