I was late for our Castoffs meeting because I had another meeting directly before it, so I walked into discussions in full swing. I admit to feeling slightly out of sync, so I walked around the group and snapped some photos to catch up on everyone’s project.
I had missed Mary’s demonstration of ‘arm knitting’ – I would’ve tried to capture it on a video to go where no blogger (at least this blogger) had gone before. She knitted a gigantic scarf in Seahawks colors (BOO! HISS!) to wear during the Super Bowl.
“What are you going to do with it after the game?” I asked.
“Rip it out.” She said.
HA – especially if they lose, thought the Broncos fan. Well, I might have said that last part out loud.
She actually likes the Seahawks to win the Big Game. And so does Deb!
Those three sitting on the couch – Deb, Mary, Julie – reminded me of the Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil monkeys so I had to take a photo. Perfect casting.
Hear … See … Speak!
They were all working on continuing projects: Deb on her sweater, Mary on Larissa’s skirt, and Julie on a vest. I took a close-up of the cables on the front of Deb’s sweater. Beautiful!
Really nice pattern, Deb.
Little Kitty tried everyone’s lap during the afternoon, but she seemed to like Julie’s the best. Julie loves kitties and I think a cat knows who to go to for some lovin’.
Ho Hum. Cat on my lap and phone in my hand.
Leslie’s top-down sweater is beginning to look more and more intriguing every time we see it. The variety of stitches is beautiful. Once Leslie got over the initial panic of horrible instructions, she started to sail right along. She even posted some helpful tips about the pattern on Ravelry. Someone saw her suggestions online and thanked her!
Pretty sweater.
Leslie has been a knitting machine. She brought along some socks and a pair of un-felted slippers that I love. They’re on Ravelry and called “Un-felted slippers”. Duh. I went to the site immediately and saw that they were already in my ‘favorites’ file, just waiting for me.
Leslie’s un-felted slippers and socks. And Mary’s scarf photo-bombing the shot.
On the other side of the room, it appeared to be scarf day. Michele was modeling her recently completed long cowl. It turned out beautifully! And it felt so soft. Love that yarn. She’s knitting another one in different colors.
I seem to have captured a ‘look’ – missed the conversation between Michele and Francy.
Francy was working on a scarf for Betsy with an interesting braided pattern on both ends. Another knitted braid was supposed to go right in the middle, but Francy thought it would be uncomfortable on the back of Betsy’s neck. I agreed.
Braided knit pattern – very interesting, Francy!
Linda is almost finished with her larger dropped stitch scarf, but she’s very near the end of her skein of yarn. She wondered if it would be too short … nah, we all said. It’ll be more like a neck-warmer.
A shortish scarf, but lovely – once you take out that darn needle.
Carol liked Linda’s pattern so much that she decided to knit a dropped stitch scarf of her own. LOVE this color!
Vibrant purple.
Marylane liked Michele’s vest from two weeks ago so she got the pattern and is knitting one like it. She’s using super bulky yarn that her son, Walker, gave her a few years ago. I want one, too! I have a vest that I never wear, so I’m toying with the idea of ripping it out and knitting a vest from this pattern that I like better. Recycling at it’s most logical. Well, logical to a knitter, that is.
Can’t wait to see how it turns out.
I think I knit ONE row on my scarf from last week, and I messed up on it! I was too busy talking and looking around at everyone else’s knitting. I can’t believe that I only have one project going. This is a record for me – to go this long without starting another. Maybe I DO need to rip out that old vest.
Thanks to Carol for hosting! We’ll be at Leslie’s house next time, Castoffs. Keep those needles blazing and enjoy the Super Bowl. GO BRONCOS!!!
