On a slippery, slide-y sort of day, we met at Michele’s house. There was the promise of a thaw in the air, but none of us were holding our breaths. I was late, so I joined conversations – and knitting projects – already in progress.
The first thing I saw was Carol’s beautiful purple scarf that she had finished. Wow! Such a vibrant color.
Lovely scarf!
On her lap was a legwarmer, one of a pair that she’s knitting for her daughter, Shannon. It’s a Valentine’s present, embellished with hearts.
Hearts aren’t too clear, sorry!
Carol has also bought yarn and pattern for a sweater – her ‘first garment’ as she put it. Hard to believe that she hasn’t knit a sweater, but that’s what she said.
Very pretty yarn. I like the pattern too.
Anne joined us – yay! – and was wearing a skirt that she knit. This pattern was originally brought to our group by Michele, who has knit several of them. Mary is knitting one like it for her daughter, Larissa, in gray. A very popular pattern.
Anne’s skirt.
…and one like it that Mary’s knitting. Deb in the background working on her sweater.
Anne was working on a hat while she was there. It’s a pattern that we all realized that we have in our books – it has the option for ear-flaps and a tie under the chin that Anne is going to add.
Such a cutie.
Francy finished her ‘stop’ and ‘go’ mittens for granddaughter Grace. Now she’s planning to knit ‘left’ and ‘right’ mittens. Adorable.
Grace will love these.
Just to prove that I really come to meetings, other than to take photos, here I am wearing a skinny cabled scarf that I knit several years ago.
Ta-da! The blogster!
I brought the neck warmer that I started last week. Not sure what I’ll do with it. I might make another and save them for Christmas presents for my nephew’s sons. It was a quick and easy cable pattern.
Neck warmer, or head warmer.
Michele was starting a simple, one-row repeat scarf using beautiful variegated yarn from her stash. I forgot to ask her if she was wearing the vest that she was working on last week. Bet she was. It’s very pretty and the pattern seems fairly easy.
Michele in her orange vest.
Leslie has arrived at the edging of her sweater. She picked up hundreds of stitches around the neck and front and is doing a knit 1, purl 1 ribbing. Then she’ll pick up around the sleeves and be near the end. Yay! It’s hasn’t taken her very long at all.
Haha, easy for me to say it hasn’t taken long to finish. I only see it once a week!
Linda is re-knitting the scarf that she ripped out a week or so ago:
Much happier with this attempt.
Marylane was knitting mittens and I took a very bad photo and decided not to publish it. You’re welcome, Marylane! Mary sent me a photo of mittens that she knit for Moses. They match his owl hat. Very cute.
Mittens to match the owl hat.
Julie finished the baby sweater that she was working on last week. She couldn’t be with us but I thought this was so adorable:
Julie’s baby gift for a co-worker.
That’s all, folks! We’ll be at Marylane’s house next time. The snow and ice are starting to melt (at least temporarily) and giving us a glimmer of hope for spring. Keep those needles blazing and enjoy the Olympics!
