I guess all that wishful thinking about snow paid off! At the time of our meeting, it had been falling for a couple of days with another day of snow in the forecast. I took a photo of the front of Deb’s house with our cars parked outside. SNOW!
Snowy wonderland.
Last time we decided to celebrate JUNK FOOD this week and, boy, did we deliver. I hadn’t seen so much junk food since my last slumber party when I was in junior high. And, except for the Belgian White beer, it was the same junk food right down to the Boone’s Farm Strawberry Wine (don’t tell). By the way, Boone’s Farm Wine is still the wino’s delight – only about $3 – and that’s 40 years later!
Cheetos and Fritos and Bugles, oh my!
Lying right there on the counter in the middle of all this saturated fat glory was Glenn’s guide to cardiac rehabilitation. It’s okay, because when we came in, Glenn made his exit. It’s a good thing he didn’t witness our gluttony because not only did he just have heart surgery, he’s a pastor! Get it – gluttony, mortal sins? Yeah…
Cardiac what?
While we were eating and drinking, leaning on the counter as if we didn’t have any other reason to be at, ahem, knitting, Mary texted Deb. Mary is in warm, sunny Denver. And we hate her. Not really, but looking out on the 8 inches of snow and hearing about Mary drinking her latte on the deck in the sunshine made us turn just the teensiest bit ugly. Well, in junior high fashion, we all grabbed a Bugle, stuck it on the no-no finger and gave her a one-Bugle salute. Here’s to your sunny deck, Mary!
The Castoffs salute their absent friend.
Of course, we didn’t mean you, Leslie. Although we were a little peeved that we had to eat Deb’s leftover Fritos instead of the fresh bag you promised to bring…We missed you and your Frito-Layslies.
Three of us came in with green knitted hats. Deb has one, but couldn’t find it, so she wasn’t in the photo. I guess I could have photo-shopped one in, but I’m not that talented, Deb. Anyway, Marylane, Julie and Francy looked adorable in their hats – so much so that I noticed that they kept them on the entire time. And Deb had turned up the heat for us! They just love their hats.
Three green amigas.
Julie kept her hat on while she ate a Twinkie! She later sent us all an email moaning about feeling sick to her stomach. Gee, Jules, was it the Twinkie? or the Cheetos? or the Belgian chocolates? or the onion dip with Bugles? I know it wasn’t the company.
Mmmm. Love those Twinkies!
I loved the beer. Francy brought Belgian White and brought orange slices to squeeze into our glasses. Yummy. And when I was finished with the beer, I had an orange slice to play with.
Guess I need to whiten my teeth.
Eventually, when we were stuffed with junk, someone asked if we were actually going to knit. Oh, alright. Jeez, what’d’ya think this is? A knitting group? We staggered into the living room and started talking about JUST knitting. Mostly. Francy showed us a top-down sweater that she started for herself – way to go, Francy – with yarn from Romania. Very soft and pretty.
A different green for the sweater.
Francy is also making a skinny scarf for Betsy like the ones that Michele and Leslie made.
Skinny scarf. Love the colors of this yarn!
Julie is knitting a hat. A very pretty hat. A blue hat. With what looks like seed stitch around the brim. I like blue.
Matches her earrings.
Linda is still knitting the baby hat with that amazing self-patterning yarn that fascinates me. I can’t wait to see each week what the hat looks like. I wonder what the design would be like on a larger project?
Wow. This yarn is amazing.
Deb is almost finished with Glenn’s sweater. Go, Girl! I love this top-down pattern. Several of us have used it or a similar top-down pattern for other sweaters. Easy and fairly quick. And no seams.
Ah, the picture of a perfect knitter.
Carol seemed to be an observer this afternoon, but she was really working at it, watching Deb and Marylane knit. We all discussed what we would knit for the ‘Loud at the Library’ fundraiser. Michele is bringing some samples of yarn that she’s using for a hat. I think I’ll try to coordinate a pair of mittens to go with it. We enjoyed making things for the basket last year and it raised a lot of money.
There they are: Industrious Deb, Chilly Marylane and Happy Carol.
I brought my shawl/scarf that I’m still knitting from my Harris Tweed yarn. I never realized how long it’s getting until I stretched it out for a photo. Very nice.
Marsha's shawl-in-progress.
Our Michele is so organized I just had to take a photo of the calendar she made for our meetings. As we go forward, it’s comforting to think of us all together in our various homes, having fun, knitting and laughing. Thanks, Michele, for organizing us!
Can't wait to see what the rest of the year brings.
Next week, we meet at Marsha’s house. Until then, keep those needles blazing, Castoffs, and stay away from the junk food.
