We all gathered at Julie’s house and had a lot of fun. She had a big bowl of cut-up vegetables with dip, pretzels and crackers and we all acted as if we hadn’t eaten all day (especially me, I’m afraid to say – I’d better not sit in front of the snack table anymore). We had wine and tea and Julie brought out a chocolate merlot that was delicious – but very fattening, which is probably why it tasted so good. Michele brought her furry little friend who also liked the snacks. I think he was partial to the veggies. Poor little guy doesn’t have any eyes or a nose yet, but he is an adorable felted squirrel.
What to bury first?
One of Julie’s cats was quite confused by the squirrel and had to investigate, but soon lost interest and decided to nap instead. Ah, cats.
Hey, I tawt I taw a pussytat! Nope, no eyes.
Carol has done a lot of work on her amazing sweater. The yarn is self-striping beautifully and she is very happy with it so far.
Wow, this is going to be beautiful!
Roxanne is using the same yarn, different color, for her poncho but was having some difficulty on the ‘make 1’s’ so Carol stepped up to give her a tutorial on how to make 1, or 2, or whatever. We were so proud of our Carol. It wasn’t so long ago that she was the student. Go girl!
Who da teacher now, Carol? You da teacher!
Roxanne ended up at the end of the hour with a teeny weeny poncho. Hey, it’s a start!
Well, at least six square inches will be warm...
I caught Julie hard at work. “Whatcha doin’, Jules?” I asked in all innocence. “Opening a Hershey’s kiss.” Oh. Well, she’s also knitting a top-down sweater for Brian, her husband who sometimes comes to the end of knitting after work (strictly for the liquor, I’m afraid) but who is out of town right now.
Hard at work. Damn foil.
The rest of us were all about slippers. Linda is just about to knit the second soles for both slippers. The slippers look so funny before they’re felted – gigantic!
Linda's pink multi slippers.
I finished the cuff of my first slipper with Michele’s help. Thanks, Michele! I also brought my almost-finished sweater vest. I just have to seam up the sides and it’ll be ready to wear. I’ll try to wear it next week.
Geez, my slipper is almost bigger than my vest.
I’m afraid to say that Mary did more talking than knitting, but I convinced her to at least pick up her slipper for a photo. This is the beginning of her second slipper, not a halo. Definitely not a halo…
Haaalllloooo!
We missed Leslie (meeting), Deb (feeling under the weather – get better Deb!), Francy (vacationing with her family in Bozeman) and Marylane (working and then visiting a sick friend in the hospital). Our little group was fun but incomplete without our other knitters. Next week we’ll meet at Leslie’s instead of at Marsha’s as previously listed. So go to LESLIE’S house, ya’ll. Mary will provide wine and snacks. Because three of our members live so far out in the outskirts of town that we don’t meet at their homes often, they have generously offered to provide our refreshments occasionally. Thanks, Mary and Roxanne and Francy! We appreciate it!
If you have any knitting accessories or knitted items that you would like to donate to raffle baskets for the Friends of the Library fundraiser, LOUD IN THE LIBRARY!, please bring them for Marylane. She is putting together baskets to raffle off and would appreciate any donations.
See you next week. Until then, keep those needles blazing and stay warm and dry!
