@vbarton – ditto your remarks on Ravelry – what a great site, may it live long and prosper. I love to knit and I always have several projects going – right now I’ve got a pair of socks started (first time I’ve tried socks), also a shawl, and about to start a scarf. I find I like to have at least one project underway that is fairly uncomplicated (a scarf is the perfect example) so I can work on it without counting stitches or consulting a pattern – that way I can work on it during meetings, etc. I find it especially wonderful to take my knitting to meetings where I know the discussion is likely to annoy me! “I knit so I do not kill people” :-) I find that knitting is a meditative activity that keeps me calm in the face of aggravation. I also do a little crocheting – right now, I’m trying to make an amigurumi cat (amineko).