Sunshine! Flowers blooming! Travellers home! The Castoffs are beginning to dream about meeting in Woodland Park again – but maybe we’ll wait until June to see what our wacky Montana weather has in store.
In the meantime, we were glad to have Marylane back from Arizona. We missed you, ML! And Carol is home from California and a long visit with her mom and dad. We loved having you back with us, Carol.
Carol didn’t have the opportunity (or probably the space in her luggage) to work on her squishy, wavy blanket. She says she’s excited about it all over again, though. It’s beautiful.
Squishy and wavy.
She was counting, trying to find a dropped stitch. Oops.
Leslie and Michele were groaning over their challenging, complicated colorwork slippers. The slippers are reversible and a double thickness, so once the women have knit what looks like a complete foot, they still have another attached foot to add. So, the way I heard it — it’s like knitting four feet. Huh? It made sense when Leslie explained it.
Leslie’s slipper and colorful charts.
Michele’s slipper and lovely toes.
Marylane holding Leslie’s slipper and looking at Michele’s slipper.
Marylane is knitting another vibrant Christmas stocking. She knit one for her daughter and her boyfriend, but I think she wants them each to have their own. More room for ‘stuff’.
Great to see your smiling face again, Marylane!
I am nearly finished with the garter-stitch yoke on my top-down sweater. As soon as I have about seven inches of yoke, I change to stockinette stitch for the body and the bottom of the sleeves. Of course, I found another similar sweater pattern that I like, so I will probably make another one. Can’t have too many elbow length pullovers, eh?
Looks more like a cowl than a sweater at this point.
Deb joined us, but only to talk, I think. “My knitting’s in the car,” she said as she sipped a latte. That’s okay, we’re always happy to chat. She sat beside Julie who was working on a purple heather scarf. Knitting or talking – or both – is acceptable to us all.
Knit and talk. Talk and knit.
Linda was knitting the little lambikin for her grandson, but not with great enthusiasm. I printed off a pattern for a short-row scarf that she seemed more excited about. We’ll see how it’s going next time.
Here’s a final shot of MIchele and Marylane talkin’ and knittin’. Have a wonderful Mother’s Day, Castoffs! Keep those needles blazing and I’ll see you next time at Michele’s house.
Michele and Marylane.
