The Castoffs met at my house and when I opened the door, I was surprised that my Pasque flowers had bloomed. They had pushed up through the grass that I hadn’t pulled up, but spring has a way of bursting out whether you’re ready for it or not.
Pasque flowers, weeds and all.
For the most part, we were knitting our works-in-progress. Mary’s hooded blanket was growing bigger. She’s off to Denver soon to visit her grandson Moses, then later in the summer she’ll visit Moses’ new sister or brother.
Wow, she’s rounded the corner.
Carol’s sweater is growing, too. She came in worried about a mistake that she made and by the time everyone had put in their two cents’ worth, Carol was ripping out about two inches of the back. She’ll be happier though. Sometimes, even a small mistake will gnaw at a knitter and she’ll blurt it out to perfect strangers. What’s invisible to the stranger’s eye is a GLARING error to it’s creator.
X marks the scene of the crime – or in this case a pink stitch marker.
A casual passerby declares – “Gawd, what a dreadful mistake! What was that knitter thinking?”
Now Carol’s sweater will be perfection.
Yes, I’m still working on my neckwarmer!! I’ve had a full plate this month, so I’ve dawdled over this project. It is a pretty pattern, though.
You can see the pattern better.
Julie’s throw for her brother is growing, too. I’m more and more convinced to knit a sweater or poncho using this yarn. So soft!
It’s a lap full.
Michele’s table cover/centerpiece/thingy is growing too. I took a peek into her knitting bag to see the colors that are next up.
Table circle.
I think I need one of these bags.
Francy has started something new! Yay! It’s a very complicated-looking scarf using scraps of sock yarn. The pattern has an intarsia look knit in the round and joined at the ends so that the scarf is a tube. Sounds confusing? It is. But the design is beautiful.
The very beginning of Francy’s scarf. This one could take a while.
Linda loved Leslie’s tutu so much that she’s knitting one for her great-niece. She had a few questions, so Leslie whipped out her iPhone and got online to find the answers. I think they spent the whole meeting looking at Ravelry.com
Start of a darling tutu. I wish you could see the sparkles in the yarn!
Ain’t technology great?
That was it for the day. We meet at Julie’s next time and hopefully the weather will have settled down. We’ve had everything – rain, sun, snow, wind – you name it. I’m ready for some warm weather and sunshine. In the meantime, Castoffs, keep those needles blazing and pray for summer.
