The classic answer is, of course: one bite at a time.  It is sensible advice whenever one is feeling
overwhelmed (not actually eating an elephant – it’s a metaphor! though if it
were a chocolate truffle elephant…). 

 After hanging up my
knitted mask on Halloween, I began feeling a bit overwhelmed by the number of
projects I have on the needles.  So, I
decided to list them out by project parts — that way I can check things off
and feel some sense of accomplishment. 
It will also help me work to a milestone (like the end of a cuff) on one
project before shifting to another project. 
Otherwise, I tend to jump from project to project erratically.  6 rows of a 
sweater back,  twice through a
lace pattern, 2 rows of a blanket….It’s kind of a low-key panic.

So, I have (take a deep breath) 9 active projects
going.  Three are gifts (so there are
deadlines).  One is a sweater that I am
doing along with our sweater workshop class (so I can’t really slack off on it).
In addition, I am test- knitting Sarah’s “Bridgeport Fingerless Gloves,”
designing a quechquemitl (like a small poncho)for our beginning knitters, and designing
a baby dress for our layette class (January) . 
Then, there is the Humble Cardigan and the Zany Zcarf (both for myself –
but also design projects). 

These are all things I gotta get done – okay the last 2 are
ones I would just like to have done so I can wear them, but that is legitimate,
too.

It is kind of bizarre that my method of dealing with
fragmentation (i.e.  having 9 projects
going at once) is to break things up into about 70 parts!