Last night I met a Ravelry person 3D! Rich and I went to Wolf Trap to hear Nancy Griffith and Judy Collins. Two rows in front of me I saw a woman knitting socks – and using yarn that I have already knit into a pair of socks that I love. Imagine! We chatted briefly during an intermission. On the way out to the parking lots we met up again and struck up a bit more conversation. It was nice to meet another knitter. We discussed the finer details of what counts as stash – yarn for charity projects does not count, sock yarn does not count. As I stated that “ebay yarn does not count” I realized that Rich was indeed listening – teehee. I am sure that I will have a chance to remind him that model train cars purchased on ebay take up as much room as train cars from other sources.

After at least four false starts, some with considerable amounts of knitting accumulated, the shawl for my mom is growing and I love it. It is warm and so soft, lightweight but snuggly. I devised a method for keeping track of my repeats (modified spreadsheet scribbled on an index card) and that has eliminated the need to unknit, finally. It was only a week ago that I started the version that is the keeper. The stitch detail:

The flickr version of the photo has notes showing the yarn details.

Rich’s sweater pieces are completed. A Red Scarf is underway and I have swatched two other stitch patterns. With any luck, all three of these projects will be completed before Oct 6, when we visit my mom.