"Think outside the square"

or,  in this case, the stitch.
The Knitting and Crochet Group met at the library yesterday. We actually had to find  a couple of extra chairs - a good thing. The youngest  member of the group is nine, the oldest about eight times older. The rest of us come in between.
Our lone male arrived. He started to learn to knit about this time last year. Yesterday he produced his latest project. He was "double knitting". For those of you who are not knitters (and perhaps for some who are) this is a technique where you can produce two pieces of fabric at the same time - back to back. It's tricky and fiddly. Our lone male is a Japanese engineer.   Such things appeal to him - and he was doing a brilliantly good job. The only  bit  of double knitting I have ever tried was a sample square - just done in order to make sure I knew how to do it if ever asked. S.... wants to tackle lace next. Like the Senior Cat he referred to it as having "holes" in it. I had to explain "lace". Soon S.... will be teaching us.
Someone who has not been able to come for a while was back yesterday. It was good to see her. She was working on something unusual and different, an entry for the upcoming state show. I was not at all surprised to find she was "thinking outside the stitch" as she put it. Her entry into the Queen Victoria challenge class should cause a bit of a stir! And she showed me what she is doing for the "toy" class...most people produce dolls and animals. This year Y.... is producing something entirely different. I like the idea and I think the judges will too.
We talked a bit about our planned Christmas tree - even more important if they do actually cancel the carols. I showed them the vest I had made so that they could see the one piece and no seams construction. 
Our youngest produced the square she had made for the Christmas tree - in the colours of the football team she supports. 
Things are happening in the group. It's good...perhaps it is because we meet in a good place - a library.