Well, the first daffodil has opened. I took the picture with flash, in the dark, when I got home from my knit-in at Emils. It’s not any official event, just some people I know who knit or want to learn, so I invited them to join me.

We had 4 people today and one was a beau (a man who came with my friend) who didn’t knit but was very good company in spite of it! That friend (the one with the beau) is retired, the other is a Junior in High School. It was a great group. I love mixing up social circles like that. It seems so artificial to have people all the same age/gender/cultural background, you know? The world is so varied. I love celebrating that.

I just love Emil’s restaurant. Good food, good service, locally owned. Our waitress was great. She even moved us to a bigger table after we ate, so that we’d have more room to knit. Very cool.

I showed the younger knitter how to bind off in rib and cast on in rib. I also showed her how to pick up stitches in rib once she’d ripped out a bit (her scarf was much longer than she liked, when she tried it out, so she ripped it out and was much happier with it).

The other friend, who had not knit in a while (she did cables once upon a time), started a toe-up sock with Cascade Fixation yarn. She hopes her sister will like them. I hope so, too!!! This friend is a dance friend, and it was great to have her at a fiber hangout!

I was indoors away from windows all day except for 5 minutes of sunny bliss! I was glad to have that five minutes. I think the daffodil liked the sun too!!! Let us hope for more sunshine tomorrow, when I can sit next to a window much of the time.

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