Well, well, a new year and a new decade. Happy 2010 to all of the Castoffs! I can’t wait to see the projects for this coming year because I was dazzled by the projects from the last year! This week at Julie’s, Francy won the prize for production. Over the Christmas break, she knitted a Moebius scarf and matching fingerless mitts, another pair of mittens with matching hat AND ANOTHER pair of fingerless mitts with matching hat. WHEW! Francy says that this is what happens when you don’t have guests for Christmas.
The whole k(n)it and caboodle
I especially love the mittens that she knitted from a variegated wool yarn by Paton. This striped yarn knitted into an interesting look.
Love how this yarn worked up
It also seemed to be the season to knit hats. Julie knitted this fun striped hat for her son, Nate.
No strings attached, Jules.
Julie also knitted a hat for her husband Brian that I modelled, but apparently I have a pinhead and Brian does not.
Sometimes we have a little too much fun at knitting!
Leslie the photophobic showed another hat that…oh dear, I forgot who knitted this lovely hat…wine and 58-year-old memory cells sometimes clash. Anyway, great hat.
Who IS that knitter behind the blue hat? Oh, Leslie the photophobic!
Speaking of Leslie, she has been making the most wonderful pidges! She sent me photos of two that she made and gave away before we could get a look at the finished product. I love the drama in these photos almost as much as I love the pidges.
LOVE the buttons!
I want one, too!
Lucky friends to get such beautiful pidges from the master pidger herself. Leslie decided to make a freeform pidge for herself out of bits and pieces of leftover yarn. And of course, she found some fabulous buttons for it.
Just from the chin down, dammit!
This pidge epitomizes our Leslie’s creativity and free-spiritedness. You go, girl! If only she’d let me take a photo of her head. Maybe she’ll make a hat that must be modelled.
We oohed and aahed over Julie’s Christmas cookies that she and Brian made using Brian’s grandfather’s patented icing recipe. They were almost too pretty to eat…but we gave it our best attempt.
So much work...and then gobbled up by the likes of us
We had a wonderful time at Julie’s and we were glad to have Carol back from California to join us. She is back at school for the final year! Then she’ll be a teacher! Yay! In the meantime, we hope she will be with us as much as possible. Deb was with us and is knitting a scarf that is NOT fuzzy. This is a step toward clarity in knitting, Deb. Congrats!
Hey, I can actually see the stitches!
Michele is knitting a belt for her daughter out of the most interesting cord. It changes colors as she delves deeper into the ball. Very cool, Michele.
Cool colored cord
The rest of us were working on the same projects: Marylane on the baby hat; Mary on mittens and Marsha on her blue vest. Some of these will be finished by next week when we meet at Marylane’s house at our regular day and time. I’ll leave you with some candids of us working and talking; talking and working, but most of all, having fun together.
Hey, less reading and more knitting!
Well, that's better. This is a knitting group, for crying out loud.
Is this a contest? I think Mary's winning!
