Knitting in the Park

I attend the weekly Westwinds Brass Band http://westwindsbrassband.org/index.php concert in Wagner Park when I am able.  They play every Sunday night in June, and into July.  Tonight was the last concert in the park for this summer season.  They play elsewhere. But this is my favorite venue.  They have played at the High Noon series  http://www.visitlubbock.org/calendar at the Lubbock County Courthouse, the patriotic concert and chorale at the First United Methodist Church, the Fourth on Broadway Stars and Stripes venue http://lubbockonline.com/local-news/2014-07-04/fourth-july-begins-broadway, and with the Texas Tech Band and Orchestra Camp Wind and Brass ensemble at the Texas Tech Museum http://www.depts.ttu.edu/museumttu/event.html, since the second of July.

They usually play at the Lions Club Pancake Festival http://lubbocklions.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=14 in the spring, the Fiesta at the Garden Arts Center http://www.mylubbock.us/departmental-websites/departments/garden-arts-center/events in September, and they have a Christmas concert to raise funds for a music scholarship.

Well, when I attend one of their concerts, except for the Pancake Festival and Fiesta, I usually bring my knitting.  I am a fixture, and concert attendee regulars ask about my project, or why I do not have it, if I do not bring my knitting. I receive such warm comments about the beauty of the piece, the color, and sometimes, as folks want to touch it, the softness of the yarn.

Tonight, one of the boys who is regularly in the park came up to me, and said "hello."  He asked "Do you like knitting?"  I replied that I did.  I asked him if he knitted. He said "no" and ran off.

I get a lot done when I am knitting in the park.  But sometimes, I make a mistake. Well, that is not new.  I make mistakes when I am knitting at home or at other venues, also. So, I just have to take it apart, and figure it out.