I heart teh Ravs.

Thanks to Ravelry, you can now be pretty much anywhere in the world and still find an active knitting group where you can just turn up. It definitely helps against feeling lost and uprooted when you can find some nice people who are just as excited about the latest issue of Knitty or whatever as you are.

I've tried two different groups in Hamburg and the second one was a definite success. An interesting international medley of nationality and languages spoken, people with exciting and unusual jobs, a cute little girl with my name, some beautiful knitting and very friendly attitude. I didn't take pictures but I drew one later, slightly drunk and rushed: