WIP Wrangling - Success in early spring

Well I did it! Getting the Cranberry Bonnet off the needles on Sunday brought me down to five WIPs.

On March 5, I  had a whopping 9 projects on the needles! It definitely feels good to get that number down.

It's now April 2, and the five WIPs are:

Dave's Hero Socks - There's half a foot left, but how quickly they get done will be in direct correlation of how motivated I feel - they are not my favourite thing to work on.. but I'm so close!

The Silver Cardigan - This is just past the armpits - if I really concentrate on it, I could make some good progress. But with the impending move, I highly doubt it will be done before the end of the month.

The Empire Line Cardigan - I love this cardigan, but I just can't work up my love enough to actually work on it - and now with the warmer weather on this way, there's zero motivation. If I didn't love the design so darn much (anyone who knows me knows that this cardigan is just soooo me!) I'd probably just frog it. We'll let it sit for a while and see what happens.

Barn Blankie - I started another square this week, but there's no plans to have this puppy done anytime before December.

New shawl design - This is probably the project that is going to get the most work. Mom and I have been wanting to do another KAL and I'm toying with the idea of an all-shawl summer KAL - it would be awesome to have a new design out in time for the launch.

I will be casting on the Lady Cornwall shrug this month.

A coworker recently cleaned out her closet and gave me a bunch of barely worn clothes. A week later we were talking about summer dresses and the office, and she was lamenting that she had several she'd love to wear, but the skinny straps made them work-inappropriate. I offered to make her a shrug as a thank-you for the clothing. I've got two skeins of House Cat in Muddy Mudskipper drying right now.

All-in-all, this month shouldn't be too hard to keep the WIPs under control. I've got  pretty hectic schedule - this week alone I don't expect to have much time to knit. Tonight I'll be working on some art for a friends birthday present. Tomorrow I've got errands to run and writing to do for the magazines I write for. Thursday, I'll be visitng a friend who's in the hospital with a broken back (it sounds terrible - and it's not great - but after a long recovery, she'll be fine - no paralysis).

Friday may be the first chance to touch the needles. If the blog goes quiet for a bit, don't worry.. I'm still kickin!