Wow! It’s been a while since I posted something. I went to Nebraska, came back and it was fall. No more knitting in Woodland Park – boo hoo! But that’s OK, now we can really get serious about wintertime knitting.

We met at Deb’s house on a crisp, sunny day and caught up on our projects. Deb and Michele took advantage of the sunshine. Such a cozy corner.

Talking and knitting.

Deb is still working on her skirt. Like some of the rest of the Castoffs who have knitted this pattern, she is slogging through the boring part (which is most of it after the lacy bit on the bottom). Knit, knit, knit and nothing but knit around and around.

It’s going to look great on you, Deb!

Michele is just starting a sweater, and insisted that I wait to photograph it until there’s something substantial to photograph. Oh, all right. Knowing Michele, there’ll be several inches knit by next week. Don’t tell her, but I took a picture anyway – only the shoulders, but I liked the driftwood.

Tiny shoulders that Michele will pick up on.

Leslie was industriously sewing something – it’s a bear! She had made one like it earlier in the summer. Very cute – he has a lot of personality for a lump of yarn.

He’ll look more like a bear when he’s stuffed.

Mary is knitting a scary spider for Halloween!  BOOO! She’s taking it to her grandson, Moses, when she goes down to Denver.

Scary!

She’s planning to stiffen the legs with pipe cleaners. The photo doesn’t show the scale, but it’s about 8 inches long.

I am toiling away on my poncho. Another fairly boring slog. It’s knit on one side and purl on the other for a 52″ by 20″ rectangle. I’ll then sew parts of the edges together and add a cowl neck.

Looks like a ghost, but the round thing is the yarn ball.

Deb’s Yorkie, Izzy, licked us all and then took cover under a handy table. She loves us from a distance. A whole lot of talking goin’ on.

She’s such a sweetie.

Next week we’ll meet at Marsha’s house (that’s me). Hopefully the rainy weather will stay away – but then, it’s better than snow. Right, Castoffs? In the meantime, keep those needles blazing and think about Christmas. What? Did I really say that??