A lot of Castoffs and friends met at Carol’s house on a HOT day in July. I’m sure it got up into the 90’s that day and, frankly, it was a piping hot meeting. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many projects bandied about at once. Between Michelle and Marylane alone, I counted 6 different projects that they are working on.
Marylane is holding a curtain that Michelle is making (don’t know why, folks, I wasn’t part of the conversation!) and Marylane is also working on a felted purse, a top-down sweater and maybe more of the little mittens. Michelle talked about her curtain, a scarf that she wants to knit and a poncho for her little cousin in Pennsylvania. Michelle introduced a WHINE OF THE WEEK by explaining that she took the little girl to the yarn shop and ASKED HER WHAT YARN SHE LIKED! Michelle whined, “Why would anyone ask a little kid what yarn she liked? Of course she picked out the most expensive, inappropriate yarrrnnnn!” Yeah, Michelle, why would someone do that?
Leslie brought her formerly one-eyed bear. The first eyes that she knitted out of I-cords, well, scared everyone, even her husband Jim (“They’re just creepy, hon.”) So she replaced them with some less-creepy, very cute eyes. I have to admit jumping a little when I saw them – no offense intended, Leslie. The bear is so cushy-squishy and adorable, however, that I almost wished I knew a baby to make one for.
Leslie also brought THE MOST WONDERFUL scarf that we all want to make. It uses very lightweight yarn plus a big, chunky yarn on a large needle (size 17, I believe) that makes a beautiful lacy, yet texturally interesting scarf.
I finally finished knitting my short/sleeved blue henley top-down pullover. Yippee!! Now all I have to do is weave in the ends, tack down the placket, sew on some buttons and block it. Well… at least all the knitting is done. I also brought some dishcloths that I knitted for my sis-in-law Sue for Sue’s birthday. Gee, hope Sue doesn’t check this blog before August 17. Uh, if you see this post, Sue, these are for my OTHER sister-in-law named Sue.
Now I’d like to say a word about knitting accessories and equipment. Many of our members take this subject very seriously. Marylane. And you, Carol, not so much. I glanced over to see Marylane checking her gauge and I couldn’t believe my eyes. This is what I saw:
“What the…?” Michelle confirmed the Craftsman tool that Marylane was lugging around in her knitting bag.
It’s not exactly your mom’s dainty little fabric tape, but I guess we’ll have to back down with our laughter because Carol whipped out the equipment that SHE uses to check her gauge and it was the baby sister of Marylane’s instrument. Oh, well, at least they check their gauges. Good knitters.
Marsha,
Once again you have totally summarized our very fun afternoon!
And again…I’m laughing 🙂
Ciao from Sacile, Italy! It was fun checking out the blog and catching up with everyone’s projects. I am NOT knitting but having an amazing time. Hiked the Cinque Terra on Thursday WOW!!! About 6 miles of breathtaking views-absolutely incredible. The hikes between the last two villages are pretty intense-steep up and downs and well over 90 degrees but worth it. Spent Thursday evening and Friday morning in Sienna-it was 109 degrees when we pulled out around 1 p.m. Yesterday we took it easy so I could recover-went to a market in Pordenone, had somel lunch, drank some wine and people watched. Today we went to a lake in the Dolomites and hiked all the way around it-beautiful turquoise water like the cirque lakes in Glacier.Now it’s time to pack up for our departure tonight to Budapest, Bratislav, and Vienna. We’ll be gone until early next Saturday morning. CIAO!
Sounds like you are having a wonderful time. I can’t wait to hear all about your trip. It’s been hot here but not 109! Yikes. Marsha
Marsha,
Great recap of the knitter’s club this week. I just had an idea – maybe we could show an attendance of sorts ( just for the record ). And we could also mention any guests / new members (cast-on’s —hee hee) that might show up.
Carol
I agree! I was going to continue and mention our two guests, but I goofed and published before I intended. The pictures of Betsy and Linda weren’t very flattering either (who was that doofus photographer?) so I’m not sure about posting them. I can always continue in an additional post. What do you think?