The extreem coupledom of past weekend is thanks to dropping the kidlets off at Todd’s aunt’s for an overnighter. An overnighter is almost always followed by Sunday dinner at said aunties. And Auntie dinners require travel knitting. 2 hours of sitting while Todd gossips with his aunt, the children play outdoors, and Grandma watches channel 2[the local Christian channel featuring 30 min vignettes of various moral delimas all aparently filmed in the 50’s&60’s] Socks, as anybody who knows me is well aware, are not my fave and would never fall under travel knitting. Nor was Reef with its multitudes of colors to be changed every row. Shawls, on the other hand, are the ultimate travel projects. Mostly made up of air they take little to no room and those requiring chart checking need only a quick glance to check how the long row should be worked. Ok for me a quick glance but then I have only been knitting simple shawls on large needles lately. So here it is: a brand spanking new and improved shawl WIP. Meadow Flowers Shawl from Knitters Stash pgs 22-25. The yarn is Lorna’s Laces Heaven in Rock Hill. I had asked for the color called for ‘Gold Hill’ and was told there was no such color[per Beth who now owns Lorna’s] but my shawl is ending up to look the same as the one pictured so I vote it a typo on pattern. I also think I have found an error probably already reported elsewhere: the pattern says to work to desired length ending with row 26 making sure you have a multiple of 6 holes per side. The pictured model ends with 181 sts which happens at the end of row 32. Ending at row 32 also [I think] gives you the multiple of 6 holes called for. My progress so far? I am at 109sts with 72 more rows to work. Not bad for a few hours of avoiding life lessons. Oh and for the Lint Police yes my dears this yarn comes from the to be knit shelf pictured earlier.