After a long, hectic summer of heat, smoke, vacations and work, the Castoffs met again at Deb’s new house. It’s fabulous! The views are beautiful from her large windows and we all loved the finishes in the kitchen and living room. Great house, Deb!

After the complete tour, we settled in and started to knit and catch up. I had been on vacation for a couple of weeks, so I needed to see everyone’s projects.

Julie is knitting a pillow covering using some yarn leftover from her mother’s unfinished sweater project. Here is one panel. One of the stitches is a half Brioche stitch. Pretty.

Linda is working on a toy doggie for her grandson. The yarn is really fuzzy and I know he’ll love it.

Leslie’s short-row scarf is lovely. I think it’s a great project! She says that once you get the pattern, it’s fairly easy. And with great result.

Michele’s conversation was so animated that I found it difficult to get a clear picture. This is as good as it got.

I took some sock yarn and a pattern for a short-row scarf (a pattern that I’ve done once before) and knitted in the car on our trip to Oregon. The yarn is so soft! I think I might attempt a pair of socks using the other ball of yarn in my stash.  I don’t have a good track record with socks, but I’ll give it a shot.

That was it for our cloudy afternoon meeting. Thanks, Deb, for showing us around your new home. It’s stunning. Next week we’ll meet at Marylane’s house. Mary is being granny-nanny again but she sent me a photo of her granddaughter’s completed Milo the Armadillo. It turned out really cute.

Rake those leaves, Castoffs, but keep your needles blazing! See you next time.