Resurrecting an old project

I was rearranging some stuff in the basement this week and came across a few abandoned projects.  I pulled some out to reclaim the yarn, and came across some that I want to pick up again.

The first is the Rose Trellis Shawl, in a local indie-dyed yarn.  This yarn was purchased in 2008, and the shop closed in 2012.  I probably started this shawl around 2008-2010.  When I came across it, I decided that I wanted to go up a needle size and I ripped it all out.  I am now past row 50, and making good progress.

I'm using my KnitCompanion app to track the rows on this.  When I started this shawl, KnitCompanion wasn't available, and I was tracking with post-it notes on paper copies.  It's much easier this way!

I found another abandoned project as well - my 2-Ply Grey Shawl, from Heirloom Knitting.  According to my Ravelry queue, I started this in 2009, although there was mail in the knitting bag dated 2004.  Who knows.  It's been sitting a while, anyway.

Yesterday I took the paper copy (covered with post-it notes, and numbers, and calculations) and scanned all the pages with my printer, so that I can keep a copy on my computer and import it into KnitCompanion.  The paper copy is in a bit of rough shape.  The envelope is tattered (I taped all the edges, and there are some coffee stains on the edges of the pattern.  All the instructions appear to be intact, however.

I also took a quick trip to a local yarn shop, YarnSong, for a new circular needle in a longer length.  Now I just need to figure out where I stopped and what I was doing.  I know I was in the rows of gray feather and fan stitch edging, just don't know where or how many more I needed to do, or where the color changes occur.  Obviously I will need to read through the pattern before I begin again.