I rushed in, late from another meeting and found my Castoffs in a ring around Linda’s coffee table in the living room. The day was cold and snowy, but the atmosphere in Linda’s house was convivial and warm. I grabbed a chair and joined the circle. Everyone was knitting intently, so I took out my camera and my knitting.
Knitting, knitting, knitting…and looking at Mary’s phone. Maybe looking at knitting photos?
Leslie was knitting with Marmot yarn. Wait…I didn’t know you could strip the little critters and use their hair! Leslie got a kick out of the notion. The yarn is fuzzy and quite soft and NO marmots were harmed in the making of this yarn.
“Oh, Marsha. You’re so weird.”
Weird old Marsha was knitting some fingerless mitts for my great-niece Graison. I’m hoping that they fit but I’m considering ripping them out and using smaller needles. Hmmm.
The yarn will match the purse I felted for her at Christmas.
The laugh of the day came when Linda moaned that she was seven stitches short of finishing her scarf and she WAS OUT OF YARN. She was binding off and this is what she was left with:
See that two inch piece of yarn? That’s all, folks!
We all counseled ripping out a row or two and binding off again. Linda was very resistant. She looked in the trash for a bit of the same yarn that she had discarded. Alas! It was only about three inches, too. Not long enough for seven stitches. She asked if anyone had a similar yarn to finish the row with. Nada. She said she’d think about it and she moved on to another project – and entre-lac scarf.
Oh, Linda. We weren’t laughing AT you, we were…well, yeah, we WERE laughing at you. Sorry.
Mary was so happy! She finished Larissa’s skirt. Now she’s obsessing about whether or not it’ll fit. Oh, Mary. If it doesn’t fit, you can rip it out and start over. Right?
Finally! It’s a skirt!
Francy is knitting the cutest sweater for her grandson. The body is a pale green and the sleeves are a variegated yarn containing the same green. It’s adorable.
Really cute sweater.
Francy had a pattern that she shared with us that is made with leftover sock yarn, but I think you could use any weight as long as the gauge was correct.
My, my. Julie and Deb are busy bees.
That was our time together. Knitting with my friends is the bright spot in my week. I hear now that a blizzard is coming. Keep those needles blazing, Castoffs, and stay warm! Next time we’ll meet at Julie’s.
