On a beautiful summer day, finally, the Castoffs came to Marsha’s house and sat in the shade of a huge cottonwood tree. It was so peaceful (except for the screams of the neighborhood children) and we sat and feasted and had a good time.
Talking, eating and drinking. Yay! Summer’s here!
Carol was getting married the next day…MARRIED THE NEXT DAY! She told us that she had had a meltdown the day before, but she looked pretty cool and collected to us. Best Wishes to Carol and Mark!
The bride-to-be sitting next to the grandmother-to-be. No relation.
Leslie is knitting a portable, beaded scarf that she plans to work on while her daughter, Sienna, is in labor. It’s a beautiful lace pattern that, unfortunately, will show spit-up, so Sienna will have to wear it away from Mira.
A special scarf to remind her of a special time.
Francy is kniting a slouchy hat for little Grace. She found a great pamphlet full of slouchy patterns. They look fun to make. And Grace will be very cute in this hat.
Pink slouch hat and pattern.
Francy joined me inside my very large cowl. It wraps around me twice and thrice – and around two people once. I love how soft it is, but I kinda wish I’d made it smaller and wider.
Once!
Twice!
Thrice!
It’s time to start working on our yarnbombed chair for the “Loud at the Library” auction and fundraiser next spring. Francy brought the chair and some of us brought various yarns from our yarn stashes. I spread out a quilt so we’d have lots of room to CREATE!
Yarn? Check! Chair? Check! Horse head? Check! Wait, horse head?
Uh, Michele and Francy and Leslie were secondhand store-hopping last week and Francy found an antique hobby horse that caught her eye. Michele convinced Francy to borrow the horse that Michele had made for her daughter Erica. Long story short – Michele dropped off the horse head for me to give to Francy. He made a nice addition to our group.
And the horse ya rode in on…
Leslie, our resident Color Nazi, or CN as we affectionately call her, got right down there on her knees on the blanket and started sorting the yarn by color and tone. It was amazing to see. She quickly discarded about one third of the yarns and kept similar types and weights. Before we all left, we had decided to knit a chevron pattern for the seat out of neutrals with pops of color. Our assignment for next week is to investigate different chevron patterns and to bring any neutral yarns that we still have in our stashes. Black, brown, tan, white, gray – whatever neutrals you may have – wool is preferable.
A knitter in yarn heaven.
Next week we are invited to Francy’s house for lunch. Ah, lunch at the lake. Always a treat. We’ll meet at Albertson’s to carpool out to Francy’s so we’ll be there at noon. If summer is here, can a Castoffs road trip be far behind? We’ll discuss it at Francy’s. Until then, keep those needles blazing, Castoffs, and enjoy the beautiful weather.
