On a brilliantly sunny day – rare lately – we met at Deb’s house to knit and talk. I was a little late, so the first thing that greeted me was Leslie’s latest creation. A horse! Actually the head of a stick horse for Mira. She made the head from a felted wool sock and added expressive eyes, a rope halter and fringe for his mane.
I love his button eyes.
His ears are great, too.
Leslie is our critter knitter.
Over in the sunny corner of the room, Izzy was enjoying the sunshine. Who could blame her. We don’t usually see so much sun as we have this winter. Does that make up for the endless days of cold? Hmmm. I’ll get back to you on that.
Ahhh!
Michele was sitting in the sunny corner, too. She brought her circular table cover which is bigger and bigger. The next color she’ll use is a variegated yarn that will tie in the colors in the center to the edge.
Next yarn to be added.
A larger view.
Linda was between projects so he had her lace scarf to fall back on. It’s always tricky to knit a lace pattern at our meetings. The error factor goes way up, as we’ve all learned. This is a pretty pattern and it was good to see it growing larger.
You can see the pattern pretty well.
Behind Linda, Julie was knitting a throw with a similar color to Linda’s scarf. This is a chenille-like acrylic yarn that is easy to knit and very soft. I can imagine knitting a sweater with this yarn.
Her brother’s throw.
Mary’s hooded towel/blanket for her new granddaughter (due date is June) is coming right along. Looks good, Mary. She will have a lot of traveling to do this summer to see all three grandchildren. Just think, a few years ago, Mary was moaning because she was afraid she’d never have ANY grandchildren. Ha!
That’s a sunny color.
I dipped into my yarn stash to knit another neckwarmer. This one has a 14 row repeat pattern that is quite interesting. I like the yarn, too. I’ll probably put this one in the Christmas pile with the other two for gifts.
Cute pattern – a bit challenging for our meeting.
Anne was working on a pair of felted mittens in bold colors. She can practically do these in her sleep – I know she’s done several pairs. Maybe she’s working on Christmas gifts too?
Hard to think about Christmas already.
That’s it, Castoffs. Next time we’ll be at my house, so keep those needles blazing and have a great week!
