The World Keeps Getting Smaller

I am a member of the Mystery Shawl KAL (link on sidebar), and have been working on my shawl in Maine Line claret fingering weight. It's coming along. The last of five clues have been released, and people are now finishing their shawls. It came to me as I read the emails from the group how amazing this all really is. People in the Netherlands, Australia, the United Kingdom, the US, Canada, Luxembourg, Finland, Sweden, Germany, and Denmark -- practically all over the world -- are knitting this same shawl, sending messages and pictures to each other. We've never met, and will probably never meet, but isn't it all amazing? I'm in awe for just a few moments. And then I will get back to knitting.