Baby, it’s cold outside.
The words to the old standard were never truer than the day of our meeting this week. An Arctic Vortex had descended and covered the Northern Plains with frigid temperatures. Brrr!
We met at Linda’s house and were glad to have lumps of wool in our laps to keep us warmer. Leslie had finished the Swirl hat that she was knitting, and it looked good. She blocked hers, hoping that it would be large enough to fit her son-in-law’s head. We think it’ll be fine.
Another Swirl hat. Love this pattern.
Leslie found some great yarn at Camas Creek Yarn Shop and started a hat with ear flaps for one of her grandchildren. Great yarn, great pattern. Here’s the tip of the flap.
You can just see the pattern picture and the beginning of the ear flap.
Marylane has been knitting fingerless mittens. Very appropriate to the weather. I was inspired to start on some myself, and vowed to do so before the week was out.
Two patterns for fingerless mittens.
I’m making progress on my ‘fancy’ scarf. This one is not for warmth, it’s for fun. I’m giving it to one of my great-nieces for Christmas. Hope she likes it!
Boa, baby!
Linda found some very pretty yarn at our new Michael’s store. It’s a shiny metallic yarn by Patons. It looks very different when it’s knit, though. It loses some of its shiny appearance. I wish I could think of something to knit from it, but it’s very dressy, and I’m not.
Cool metallic yarns.
The yarn and the cowl. See how it’s less shiny?
Michele is busily working on a Christmas sweater for her daughter. It’s knit from a stitch that I call a half-linen stitch, but her pattern calls it a staten (sp.) stitch. Whatever it’s called, I like it.
Busy knitter, Michele.
That’s about it. I’ll leave you with a shot of two happy knitters, Marylane and Carol. Aren’t they adorable?
Carol and Marylane.
Next time, we meet at Carol’s house. Until then, keep those needles blazing and KEEP WARM, Castoffs!
