The Castoffs met on a VERY hot day at Linda’s cool condo. Mary and I came in together as Linda was adjusting the shades on her living room window to keep out the heat, and to block the blinding whiteness of her sunbathing neighbor. He was beached on his patio and wiped the sweat continuously. Ugh. Yeah, let’s adjust that shade.
Linda served us beautiful cheeses with baguette slices, chips and salsa and candy-coated sunflower seeds. Everything was yummy.
Ah, summer treats.
Linda also served one of my favorite red wines – Simply Naked Unoaked Reds. She also had lemonade and iced tea, but I made a beeline for the wine.
Pretty!
Francy brought her daughter-in-law Heidi who was the only one who knitted. Go figure. She thought we were there to knit! Ha. Well, we do knit too. I pulled my knitting out of the bag, at least. Heidi is knitting a tunic-type sweater from a pattern that she got online from a company named quince & co. She loves the patterns from this company and found this particular one on Ravalry.
Not real easy to see, but it was beautiful.
The stitch is a row of rib knitting followed by straight knit stitches. It gives the appearance of an interrupted, twisted rib stitch. Very interesting.
Deb is still having an issue with her lavender sweater. She wants to have something around the neck, but isn’t sure if she wants the i-cord that the pattern calls for. We got a view of it and gave our 2 cents’ worth, of course.
Halloo! I’m a model!
Wonderful detail on this pattern!
To prove that I brought knitting, I pulled it out for a photo. This is an entre-lac pattern scarf using Noro yarn. I love the pattern but the yarn is drying out my hands. At least it will be warm in the winter. I really do like this interesting pattern using short rows.
Entre-lac pattern with Noro.
Linda showed us her gorgeous mother-of-the-groom dress that she’ll wear at her son’s wedding in August. It is stunning – silvery taupe with a lace overblouse. We loved it, Linda!
We loved the mom-of-the-groom dress.
I looked around at one point and nobody was attempting to knit. It’s just too damn hot to knit, I guess. I have to say that I knit a lot more in winter when I’m held captive inside by the cold weather. Summers in Kalispell are too short and wonderful to stay in and knit. Of course, taking the knitting outside is an option and one that we’ll explore when we discuss a Castoffs Road Trip. Next time that will be on our agenda.
Not much knitting going on here, Castoffs!
We want to send a big Congratulations to Carol who married her sweetie, Mark. We got a card together for them with some surprises inside. Best wishes to you both, Carol and Mark!
Thanks, Francy, for being our artistic guru. It’s very pretty.
Next time we’ll meet at Julie’s house, hopefully on her new patio. We heard all about laying down the pavers, so now we need to see it. In the meantime, Castoffs, keep those needles blazing and enjoy the summer!
