Depends… Usually 2-3 active, plus numerous in waiting… Like right now I have my daughter and my Easter outfits that are in progress (hers need the “finishing” and mine is almost to the same point), I pulled out a UFO blanket (the one above) while I wait until I can get new needles for the one that broke so I can get back to my son’s socks that I was working on recently… With those needles I should also get another size that I can finally restart my son’s birth temp blanket, so I’ll have that WIP too… I like to have one big project like a blanket, 1 portable project like socks (or a modular project), and 1 or 2 medium size projects like a garment or shawl… I try to have one of these actives be one that has been abandoned for whatever reason, but that doesn’t always happen 
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