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Pi are Back!

Worked most of today, with back of my mind pondering this knitting conunndrum: I have been "at" 576 stitches on the Pi shawl for several rows. I was idiot-knitting because my (menopausal) brain has been having difficulties concentrating for the past few days......Now, I "think" I'm thinking more clearly, so I decide to count the stitches in order to begin a pattern stitch - nothing too fancy, just something to break up the monotony of plain stockinette....... Hmmmmm. there seems to only be 552 stitches on the needle. I re-count it several times, never getting the same figure twice. (This should have clued me in but as I said, I've had some clarity issues lately!) I circle around the shawl once again, this time diligently marking down a hash mark for every one of the 24 stitches I add in. Note: I hadn't really even checked for dropped stitches, nor had I noted anything amiss in the earlier section of patterned knitting......But, I was content to just keep