A wee catch up

Managed to the in-betweeny meetup at Beanscene on Tuesday, and hurray, finished my one-skein shawl. Its not blocked yet, but I have been using it as it is so soft and cozee . Had a lovely time admiring the many WIPs' and FO '. But first, some photo's

This little end is all I was left with of my one skein, once I had cast off - close call or what!

And here I am knitting ;-) , on to the second shade already, its a quick knit, but I need to watch out about the increases .

Now, my Rowan Magazine has not arrived yet (gggrrrr!!! , as they would say in the Beano Comic) , but Kathleens' has, and she most very kindly let me peruse her copy on Tuesday evening . There was a fair old discussion about it , as is always the case with the latest Rowan Mag. Who likes what, who dislikes what etc.

Both Kathleen and India were wearing their beautiful shawls, which I managed to get a good look at. Lilith mentioned that her lovely Arisaig cardi didn't fit anymore, and was offering it up for a swap. After having a wee look, I was sorely tempted .

Kathleen was knitting a lovely sweater is some Scottish Tweed and Harris wool, a complimenting green and damson shades. Elaine had brought her you-know-what sweater, and told me how she had to pull it back after she had found a mistake - OUCH! Lynette had a red sock on the needles, not sure what yarn it was, but a lovely shade .

India was casting off in a lovely pale green tweed yarn, but I can't remember the pattern, and Lilith was knitting the beautiful circle sunrise sweater from Interweave knits, also in a lovely green, Rowanspun yarn. Julia had her Panda Yarn (bamboo) socks which are coming along nicely, and Poor Thea had a book review to do, so she didn't stay long.

I was introduced to Lisa, whose first meetup had been the previous week. She showed us her WIP, a lovely childs' jacket in a gorgeous deep purple shade and lace design (pattern from Knitty).She also showed us some lovely Harris yarn her parents had picked up at a Petrol station on Harris !

Thursday night was Flavaknits night (can never get too much of a good thing!) , and although Karens' hand is improving, she was still finding it a little hard to knit - still plenty of magazines and books to look at . Gale had found two balls of a lovely pale blue Mohair in a charity shop for £2 ! and was knitting a lovely stole.Val was knitting a second sweater in Sirdar Spree, a lovely yarn and lovely feather and fan pattern. Moira, as ever was knitting a baby sweater for a friend - the women deserves a medal, I am far too selfish to knit for my own never mind other peoples kids!

I started on my cotton summer top again - hopefully going somewhere warm next year , so it would be good to finish it for at least next summer!

It looks as if I've done nothing but attend different knitting groups this week ......

Now, what WIP should I do today ?