The Castoffs met at Marylane’s house and Marylane served us a lot of wonderful veggies from her garden, cheese and crackers and wine. We all ate and drank and talked, talked talked.
Julie eating and drinking and talking - not necessarily in that order.
Carol had to leave early, but she showed us her boo-boo. She is knitting a hat for her son Duncan, but cast on too many stitches – oh, dear. Before she ripped it out, Marylane was kind enough to volunteer as a model. Yep, the hat really should have been a little smaller…
I know Marylane is in there somewhere...
Speaking of Marylane, she had her beautiful shawl. We all enjoyed making this shawl for her and pitched in to make mittens for Richard, Marylane’s husband, out of the leftover yarn from the shawl. Leslie and Marylane felted Richard’s mittens while he was at home. I got a photo of ‘before and after.’ Here is ‘before’:
My...what big mittens you have, Richard. You could store your lunch in those things.
And ‘after’ along with Marylane and her shawl:
Beautiful colors. Warm thoughts.
We all wish you both comfort and joy whenever you wear the mittens and shawl that were knitted with such a lot of love from your friends.
Francy is setting a good example by knitting Christmas gifts already. Geez, I haven’t even thought about Halloween, much less Christmas, Francy! But your stocking look great and the sweater that you’re knitting for little Grace is adorable.
A Christmas present from Grandma.
Stockings for Josh and Heidi.
Mary has finished one of her socks. All she has to do is to graft the toe and Voila! one more to go. We all bemoaned the fact that once you finish a sock, you have to turn right around and do another one just like it. Doggone feet anyway. I think I have a sock at home that has been waiting for its mate for over a year. Hmmm. Perhaps I’ll use it as a phone holder.
One down, one to go. A great sock, Mary!
I’m making good progress on my shawl. I bought the yarn in Scotland and it looks like I’ll have enough to make a good, long wrap. I love this yarn.
Looks like the hills of Scotland, doesn't it?
Deb is still working on her sweater for Glen and she wore the lovely vest that she knitted herself. You have become a good knitter, Deb. We’re happy to know ya.
And it looks like she's a happy knitter, too!
Linda has just about finished her newsboy hat for her daughter and is trying to decide whether or not she wants to add a buttoned band to the front. I’m sure she’ll make a good decision. Love the pattern and so does Marylane because she’s making one too. And so is Mary! All for their daughters. Lucky girls.
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Julie is still working on the mauve basketweave baby blanket that is so soft. Pretty!
Pretty project by a pretty knitter. Ahhh!
Leslie whipped up a wonderful cowl that she modeled for us. It’s made from chunky wool using several different stitches and can be worn several ways. Leslie showed us a couple. She is all about versatility.
Ooh - not only a hand model...
...but a neck model too!
I think I need one of those, Leslie. Not sure I’d model mine with such elan, though…
We were happy to see our crochet friend, Kerrie – sorry I didn’t get a photo of you, Kerrie. Maybe next time.
And next time we’ll meet at Linda’s house, so until then keep those needles blazing and enjoy the fall colors.
