It’s that time of autumn when the skies are mostly gloomy but the snow hasn’t fallen yet. I hope it doesn’t before Lucky and Eli get the leaves raked. The Castoffs met at Deb’s house, greeted at the door by Izzy, Deb’s Yorkie. She is so cute.
Izzy keeping her eye on all of us.
Deb served us a Kahlua Creme Pie – yummy – that we had at her house this summer. We have our favorites for knitting – this pie, the chocolate-peanut butter cake at Michele’s, the cranberry-cream cheese dip at Christmas. Are we creatures of habit? You betcha. As long as it’s tasty.
PIE!
Mary had been a busy bee. She knitted a pumpkin hat for Aurora – “Well, she can’t just have a witch’s hat from Gramma, can she? She can wear the pumpkin hat all fall!” Yeah, yeah, any old excuse will do, eh Mary? She also found an interesting lace pattern that she did a test swatch on. We all liked it so much that we asked her to make a swatch in blue for the chair. So, Castoffs! Bring any stash yarn that you have in a pretty, bright blue so Mary can knit her swatch.
Mary’s work for the week.
Other than that, Mary wanted us to see her pedicure, so I obliged her and joined her with my old one. Looks like it’s time for me to get a new color! How about green?
Mary’s red and Marsha’s blue.
Linda made a couple of cowls in super chunky yarn. She said that they work up quickly and are an easy pattern. I bet they’re warm too.
Linda’s getting ready for winter. I like this pattern.
Francy started knitting a top-down sweater for granddaughter Grace using a cream colored yarn with gold thread running through it. Grace will sparkle like a little angel this Christmas. By the way, Francy says that the little bird in its nest was a big hit!
Sparkly!
Francy is also continuing knitting the skirt for Betsy. This photo makes it look much more purple than it really is, but the pattern shows up pretty well.
Betsy’s skirt.
Julie is knitting a shopping bag. She knit one a while ago that was too stretchy. When she started filling it, it got longer and longer. So, on this one, she is using smaller needles in hopes that it won’t stretch so much. Good luck, Jules.
Bag lady.
We worked quite a lot on making decisions for the Chair. Leslie pinned on the swatches – finished and un – and asked us our opinions which were varied and ranged from the logical to the whimsical. Some of us got our assignments for next week. I am beginning to see the possibilities in the vision. We’ll keep trying new ideas until we’re happy.
A look at the chair coming together.
Marylane, Leslie and Carol discuss options for the chair.
Sorry about the fuzziness – starting to come together though.
Marylane and Leslie examining the stash.
Next week we meet at Marylane’s house. Don’t forget to bring some blue wool for the chair from your stash. Enjoy our fall weather, Castoffs, and keep those needles blazing!
