We all gathered at Carol’s house this week because Linda was in the throes of painting! I can’t wait to see her new decor. We’ll do just that for our Christmas extravaganza on Dec. 6. But at Carol’s we enjoyed treats that Mary brought. Thanks, Mary!
I apologize in advance for the fuzziness of the photos. I’ve been trying to finish a novel this month for National Novel Writing Month and my brain is fuzzy from so much concentrating. Poor old thing just isn’t used to all that thinking, I guess. Anyway, when you look at the blog photos, squint a little. Honest to God, they’re really fuzzy.
Francy brought her top-down sweater with sparkly gold threads running through it. It’s a Christmas sweater for granddaughter Grace and it’s very fancy, Francy. Love it.
Sparkle, sparkle. Can’t you just see little Grace in this?
It’s hat season! Mary is knitting a couple of hats – I think, for her grandchildren Aurora and Moses. I knew I should have done the blog right after our meeting, but what with the writing and Thanksgiving and all – I didn’t. You’d think I could retain more after a week, but NOPE. The hats look cute anyway, Mary. And the TREATS!
Yummy treats and the beginning of a hat – courtesy of Mary.
Julie is knitting her hat for Cayla – son Nate’s girlfriend – and I’m afraid that Mary had an editorial comment about the Montana State Bobcats. Being a Griz fan has prejudiced her just a tad. With the virtue of hindsight (because I waited a week to post this blog) I can tell you that the Bobcats whupped the Griz in the big rivalry game. Sorry, Mary.
I think we’re equally split among fanship for the Griz and Bobcats.
The chair made an appearance and we were dutifully dressing it. Carol made it some lingerie…
Ooh, la, la. Lacy!
I made it a sunny headscarf…
For the back of the chair.
And it looks like Linda is making it some pasties…
Not really pasties…
Actually, what Linda is knitting for the chair are circles that will be joined together in a row. It’s going to look very cool and unusual. Here are the green tones that she’s pondering.
Pretty greens.
Here are some other ideas for dressing the chair. Linda knit the green leaf – not sure where it’s going, but we all loved the idea of leaves and circles. Mary knit the lacy piece on the right side.
Chair, chair – lots of ideas for the chair.
After Thanksgiving, some of us (Marylane, Leslie, Marsha and Julie) had the opportunity to look at some other chairs that the library released for the Fundraiser in March. We took a peek to see if we could find a chair with a better finish and voila! We found a fabulous chair with curved arms, more rungs under the seat and cool metal accents. We all agreed that it was a prettier chair and, although some of our pieces that have already been knitted may have to be changed a little, it will be well worth it. I can’t wait to see how everyone likes this new chair. We loved it. We’ll see it on Thursday at Julie’s house. None of us got a photo of it! It’ll be a wonderful surprise.
Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are enjoying our intermittent sunshine. We’ll be at Julie’s house this week, so until then, Castoffs, keep those needles blazing and get ready – Christmas is coming!
