The Castoffs – nearly all of us – met at Carol’s house on a cloudy, mild afternoon. Leslie was excited to show us her Fox jumper for her granddaughter, Mira. It is adorable – just like a fox!
Leslie is ALSO excited to announce that Mira will have a little brother, Jett, by late spring! Yay! Little boy stuff for Leslie to knit! Of course, she has already started on Jett’s wardrobe. She used the leftover wool from Mira’s dress to make him a hat. Very cute.
She’s using the same hat pattern to knit one for a friend’s baby girl. Leslie changed the colors some and this one looks like the Grizz colors.
I finished my swirl hat – should have modeled it with my coat that it matches, but oh well. Here it is anyway. I really like it.
Carol noticed a boo-boo with her Squishy blanket. Oops, she dropped a stitch WAAAAY down in the knitting and she didn’t catch it until just recently. That one can be sewn with extra yarn and it’ll cause no more problems. The second boo-boo she found was nearer the top. She’s using two strands of yarn held together throughout, and she noticed that she hadn’t caught one strand in a stitch, so there’s a loop. It wasn’t too far from the top, so Carol and Leslie moved to the floor for corrections. They ripped out the stitch until they reached the mistake, then used a crochet hook to ‘fix’ it all the way up to the top. Unfortunately, it stretched the stitch too much for Carol’s liking, so she decided to rip down all the stitches to the site of the boo-boo. Whew! Is that clear?
On a happier note, Deb was just knitting away, relaxing in the recliner and working on Glen’s sweater. Knit, knit, knit. She’ll be moving into a temporary condo soon until she can start building a new house.
Michele and Marylane sat near the fireplace knitting. Little Kitty was curious. Michele is working on her cabled jumper and Marylane is working on a Christmas stocking that she’ll felt for her daughter.
Happy knitters. Curious kitty.
It’s supposed to be in the forties for a while, so probably no more snowshoeing – until the second part of winter hits us. Bah, Humbug. Until then, Castoffs, enjoy the mild weather and keep those needles blazing. We’ll be at Michele’s house next time.
