The Castoffs met on a rainy/sunny day at Carol’s house. I had been waiting for a break in the bad weather to ride my bike, but I never seemed to make it. We were a smallish group but we had fun.
Leslie is knitting a very unique doll for her granddaughter. So far, she’s only done the leg,so she brought it and the pattern for us to see. She lost one of her DB needles, so she couldn’t knit while we were gathered. Hopefully it was at home.
She’s doing the red-headed doll on the right. The leg is right beside the photo.
Francy is going great-guns on the scarf for Betsy. It’s going to be about 72 inches long, so she figures she needs to do a foot a week on it before Betsy and the grandchildren get here in the summer. After the babies arrive, Francy will have better things to do than knit!
She knit a few more inches this week.
Carol has a friend with an old handknit sweater that’s starting to ravel at the cuffs and tail. Carol said she’d try to repair it, so we all gave her our opinion, but Francy actually helped. The rest of us gave moral support, right Carol? She ended up using a modified mattress stitch that seemed to be working.
Mending.
Carol’s sweater is growing more and more complete every time we see it. Beautiful!
This is gonna be great!
Marylane brought a sweater vest that she started a few months ago. I really like this chunky yarn and the pattern too.
Are you back there, Marylane?
Oh, there she is! And Francy, too.
I finally finished my neck-warmer and it turned out pretty well. I’ll pop it into my Christmas present bag and think about it in December.
The day was cool, but not cool enough for wool neck-warmers.
I started on a ‘swirl hat’ like Michele made. It’s an easy pattern for sock yarn.
This will probably go into my Christmas bag too.
Little kitty went from lap to lap, always mewing. He liked Marylane’s lap the best. I’m allergic and had to deny attention. Poor Little Kitty.
Waiting for a lap.
That’s all, folks. We will meet at Leslie’s house next time. We’re already looking forward to knitting in the park when the weather gets more cooperative. Aah! Knitting in the park. Can’t wait! See you next time, Castoffs, so keep those needles blazing and fingers crossed for summer.
