The Castoffs met at Joan’s house. Yay! Joan’s back for the summer! Mary was doubly glad because she wasn’t around the last two times we met at Joan’s. Joan made cute little cupcakes with lemon icing and gave us pretzels with a wonderful cream cheese dip. Yummy!
Great snacks, Joan! Thanks.
It was good to see the sisters back together again. They look more and more alike…or maybe it’s just because whenever they find a good deal in shirts, they buy a second one for the other sis. Anyway, they are pretty darn cute.
Sisters…or twins?
I have to apologize for the late posting of the blog. I’ve been busier than a one-armed paperhanger. Banquets and movie dates and visits from relatives and book group. Whew. We have so much fun at Castoffs meetings that I have good intentions to rush back home and blog, blog, blog. Sadly, life gets in the way but here I am now!
Leslie finished and stuffed her monkey. Stuff, stuff, stuff. Stuff, stuff, stuff. Stuff your monkey! Stuff your MONkey! Doesn’t that sound like a seventies disco song? Does to me. I digress. The monkey turned out so cute. He has a little red tongue protruding from his cute little monkey-face. Leslie had him lovingly cupped in her hands. Awwww.
Soft monkey for Mira.
Leslie was beginning a new project – a very mysterious one that I can’t remember – so I got a fuzzy photo of the yarn and needle. Maybe next time I’ll be able to tell what it is. Leslie and I decided that this wasn’t the ideal venue for casting on. It’s hard to count while everyone is talking over and around you. “Thirteen, fourteen, fifty-one, fifty-two…Damn!”
It’s a popsicle stick and a sticky bun! No, it’s Leslie’s new project. Don’t know what it is, but it’s golden.
I was busily starting a new project even though I vowed to make May my ‘Finish all my ongoing projects month’. Liar, liar, pants on fire. I had this yarn, see, calling my name from the stash, see, and I just had to answer. No one took a photo of it because it looked a lot like Leslie’s – formless and unnameable. Next week, I promise. What it is – it’s a linen stitch cowl in superwash merino sock yarn. Pretty.
Julie and Mary were both working on socks. I got a twofer picture – Mary’s sock and Julie’s face.
Whose sock?
Mary told us all about Baby Moses’ birth and cuteness and I remembered that I promised to publish his favorite toy.
A darling baby and his darling whale.
Julie and Linda were busily knitting and eating and drinking and generally being Castoffs. Linda is still knitting her fern-pattern scarf that is so pretty. Julie’s knitting a sock. What else can I say? Cute sock?
Knit, purl, yo, k2, etc. Castoffs at work!
Deb was nearly finished with her lilac vest. You can really see that it’s a vest now with a v-neck, cables and a top and bottom. I think this is the most exciting part of a project – when the garment becomes recognizable.
A real live vest!
Carol is knitting the baby hoodie towel for her granddaughter. Carol is a little behind, but she’s planning to take it with her on her upcoming trip to Ireland! She’ll have plenty of time to knit on the way over and back. Let’s hope she does better than I did on my trip to Scotland last year. I carried a small project over there and drove it around Scotland and didn’t knit a stitch. The yarn appreciated the trip, however, and wants to go back. I wouldn’t mind either.
Dreaming of Ireland and of being a grandma again.
We meet at Carol’s house – THE house – this week. For a while I worried that I wouldn’t get the blog posted before it was time for our next meeting, but I guess I pulled it off once again. Until we meet in a couple of days, Castoffs, keep those needles blazing and enjoy the rain. Just think how good it is for your skin! Yeah, right.
