We trekked out to Mary’s house on the lake in three separate cars. Julie and I walked into Mary’s beautiful house with its stunning view of the lake. Too bad the day was so windy or we could have sat out on the deck and watched the birds and boats. It was a lot of fun from the inside, though.
Beautiful day but windy!
The BIG NEWS of the day came from Carol who just got back from Ireland with her sweetie Mark. Mark proposed in a very romantic spot on the Irish coast and CAROL SAID YES! They’re getting married next week. Well, why wait when you’re in love? We all screamed so much when she showed us her gorgeous ring that I was hoarse for the rest of the day. We wish you fun, happiness and eternal love, Carol.
An Irish proposal! How romantic!
We’ve had lots of grandbabies in the Castoffs circle, but this is our first bride (that isn’t a daughter!). Carol told us all about the trip and the Irish lace wedding dress that she is borrowing from her Irish friend. We are so happy for her.
Well. There’s no topping that news. Mary is waiting for her granddaughter to be born in July. In the meantime she is headed for Denver to see her little grandson Moses. When the call comes from Larissa, she’s out of there like a shot on the way to Phoenix. She ran out of pale yellow yarn for the hooded blanket, but had some brighter yellow, so she used that for the head. We love it and think it looks better than all pale. It’ll probably look cuter on the baby, but Mary modelled it for us.
Quack, quack.
Mary served us yummy rollups, brownies and crackers and dip. And Cupcake merlot (or was it Cabernet?). Good whatever it was. Thanks, Mary!
We Castoffs eat and drink well.
Leslie was stringing very cute ribbon into the tops of Grace’s fruit cozies. These would be great for little treasure bags for a girl, too!
She decided not to make a banana cozy…
Linda has a wedding coming up. Her son Ian is getting married this summer in Colorado. Linda told us about her mother-of-the-groom dress that she bought in Spokane. It sounds beautiful – silver, lacy and shimmery. We need to see a photo, Linda! Or you can show it to us when we meet next at your house.
Linda’s looking pretty happy to be gettng a daughter-in-law!
Julie brought the socks that she’s knitting – looks like she’s almost done. It seems like everyone has smaller projects for summer.
Socks!
Michele showed me a cowl pattern and pretty yarn but in the confusion of Carol’s great news and our scheduling hubbub, I forgot to find out if Michele or Leslie are knitting the cowl. Guess I’ll find out next time. Pretty yarn though.
Yarn for a cowl.
Speaking of, I’m nearly finished with my cowl. I was toying with the idea of using another skein of yarn and making it twice as wide, but my knitter buddies gave me the pros and cons and I decided to stop with 100 grams.
I can wrap it around my neck three times. It’s so soft!
We had a big to-do about redoing our schedules for the summer. It took us a lot of time and discussion and we all whipped out our personal calendars to make the changes. Michele is taking an online class that happens to be available at the exact time of our meeting. What nerve! We had to get everything down in case she won’t be here to tell us where to go. Well, SOMEBODY has to tell us where to go…at least once in a while just to keep us in order. Leslie got a kick out of those of us who were busily noting the dates. Glad she was amused. I was just trying to key everything into my phone.
Michele is the keeper of the calendar. It’s a full time job.
I just wanted to get it all into my phone.
Mary was just a blur – she whipped out her calendar so fast.
I got a peek over Francy’s and Linda’s shoulders as they knitted their respective projects – Linda is still working on her green lace scarf and Francy is working on her sweater. The yarns are such a similar color, aren’t they? This photo shows the food, the knitting, the sunshine outside – it’s a perfect picture of what we do every week.
Knitting, food and talk. That’s the Castoffs!
Next week we’ll be here at Marsha’s house. I’m hoping that the weather will be nice enough to sit outside in the yard. Fingers crossed! In the meantime, keep those needles blazing and mind the thunderstorms.
