It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Deb had a beautiful Nativity scene set up in her living room and the fireplace snapped its warmth on us. Well, on some of us. Carol and Marylane shared a down throw on the couch.
Mary brought her finished hat with ear flaps. I love this pattern but I’ve never been tempted to make it — yet.
Warm and pretty, Mary!
Julie wore her newsboy cap that she knit a couple of years ago. Seems like when one of us finds a great pattern, several other Castoffs just HAVE to make it. Nothin’ wrong with that. We love to learn new things. I remember that Mary knit one of these caps for her daughter, Larissa.
Looks cute on her, doesn’t it?
Julie is knitting not-felted slippers for her son-in-law in Dallas Cowboys colors (Ptui, ptui. I spit on the Dallas Cowboys). Nevertheless, that’s what he wants. There’s no accounting for taste, I guess. And the slippers are great. No sewing together pieces at the end — no felting to the correct size. I’m definitely trying this pattern.
Not felted slippers.
And, no. He doesn’t have three feet. Julie is knitting two pairs and hasn’t finished the fourth slipper. They really are cute. Leslie knit some of these — in Seahawks colors. What is wrong with these people? Where are the Bronco’s Orange and Blue?
Carol is knitting hats (like the one Mary knitted) for her two granddaughters. Adorable. That’s all I can say. The girls will love them.
She’s such a proud grandma.
A close-up.
Michele is getting closer to finishing Erica’s sweater. The body is nearly finished, and then Michele has to pick up and knit the sleeves. Lovely stitch and soft yarn.
Great unstructured sweater.
A picture of contented knitters. Michele and Francy.
A Christmas or two ago, during our gift exchange, Linda and I clashed over one. It’s that game where you get a chance to steal a gift from someone else. Well…Linda won the stealing war. This week, she brought the gossamer yarn and pattern that I would have won if I hadn’t run out of steals. It’s a beautiful scarf pattern using a wine-colored mohair — very filmy and light. I still love the yarn.
Coulda, woulda, shoulda, Linda.
We had a wonderful afternoon today — we missed Leslie though — and we contentedly knitted and talked and planned our future meetings. Next time is our annual Christmas party. We’ll bring presents for our gift exchange and dishes of yummy food to share in a potluck supper. I don’t think there’ll be much knitting done, but I can guarantee that we’ll talk about knitting. And a lot of other things, too. The party’s at Michele’s house so I’ll see you there, Castoffs. In the meantime, keep those needles blazing and enjoy a couple of candid shots of knitters in action.
Happy Castoffs.
More happy Castoffs!
