Knitting in unexpected places

And no, that doesn't refer to my knitting in unexpected places. It refers to seeing knitting in unexpected places. I was on a plane destined for Beijing and picked up the airline magazine because I was bored. I couldn't knit because my pattern was on the iPad and we were taking off, so no electronic equipment [I knew there was a reason I should have printed the chart!]

Guess what I found!
An article on how handknits are in fashion once again. There were some photos of classic sweaters from the 70's and 80's but also some newer creations. I had to snap photos as soon as I could turn my camera on.

I-n-t-e-r-e-s-t-i-n-g... they talked about weaving the sweaters with a weaving needle.

I flipped a few pages and...

... an article on socks with Kevlar in the yarn! Two in one airline magazine. That has never happened to me in all the decades I have been traveling. Not even one article. Ever. And two in one shot!

We landed in pretty bad smog.

I was glad that I had packed one of the masks I had brought from the US. I pulled it out and put it on and it did kill the smoky smell. How much of the actual fine particles were filtered out, I don't know.

This morning was much better. The building I was in was right next to the Olympic park. I got a good view from the Costa Coffee place where I had lunch on the 3rd floor.

Looking to the left was the panorama above. Looking to the right was the panorama below.

And finally, a whine about counting. Why is it that stitch counts cannot stay stable? I must have counted the 285 sts on the needle at least a dozen times yesterday and each time I came up with different numbers. Then the yarn came off the ball and tangled itself up rather nicely. So I spent most of the flight counting and untangling and didn't do any knitting. I suppose I'll have to eventually count again and put markers in every so often so I get an accurate count. I would have accepted a number that I got twice, but it was not to be. Oh well.