We Castoffs had a Babypalooza at our meeting at Michele’s house. When I got there, Lisa and her sister Lynn (visiting from Alaska) were there with Lisa’s granddaughter Greta. I hardly recognized Gretta – she has grown so much! She’s nine months old now and crawling and squealing. She’s adorable.
Greta Grace! My, how you’ve grown!
It was great to see Lynn again. She came down to see Mom who’s been under the weather. I love when sisters get together – maybe because I don’t have one. Envious!
Sisters – Lynn and Lisa.
It was good to see Erica, Michele’s daughter, looking so well. She’s living here while she goes to school locally. She was off to cadaver class! Yup. That’s what I said. Erica paused to say bye to Marylane on her way out. Erica and Michele had hiked in the snow to Mt. Aeneas earlier. Soon it’ll be too snowy to find the trail. Winter is coming.
Marylane had hike-envy.
Leslie and her daughter Sienna came in with the incredible giggling granddaughter, Mira. This was Mira’s first appearance at a Castoff’s meeting and she is adorable. She was wearing the sweater that Leslie had knit for her recently and it was very cute. We all gathered around her and she started laughing and giggling and delighted us all – especially her grandma whose BIRTHDAY WAS TODAY! Happy Birthday, Leslie! I didn’t even get a photo of you and your delicious cake that Michele baked…too many babies to pay attention, even to the birthday girl.
Such a delightful little girl! Mira!
Of course the baby girls were fascinated with each other. Why is it that babies are so interested in other babies? Size? Curiosity? Just can’t believe that there’s another little person in a world of giants? Whatever the reason, it’s always fun to see the look on their little faces when they recognize one of their own generation.
Well, they don’t pay attention to each other ALL the time. Short attention spans, I guess.
Oddly enough, some of us did bring knitting to the meeting. Huh, imagine that. We didn’t know that it was baby day. Francy was knitting a cardigan for her granddaughter, Grace, who she is going to visit later in the week. There are a lot of granddaughters in this group, aren’t there? Grace is a toddler now – a big girl. We all can’t wait to see how much she’s changed when she comes back for a visit.
Francy holding Grace’s cardie.
Julie was knitting a sweater for a friend’s baby. She dug around in her knitting bag and came up with yet ANOTHER baby sweater that she gave to Greta.
“Who did you knit that for?” -Lisa
“Uh, I forgot, but it looks like it would fit Greta.” – Julie
And it did – perfectly!
Greta got a new sweater! She’s happy!
Julie’s other gift sweater for a baby. Is she getting prepared for a grandchild?
Linda is making good headway (no pun intended) on the hat for her friend’s son. She already made a similar one for the brother. I really like this pattern. Linda just saw an episode of Knitting Daily on PBS that showed how to carry yarn in a multi-color pattern. She’s trying to use it for this hat. Sometimes the carried yarn is too tight on the wrong side – I know because I’ve made that mistake – so any advice is useful if you’re knitting a Fair Isle-like pattern.
Colorful hat, Linda!
I started a sweater that’s knit from cuff to midpoint – on both sides – then joined with a three needle bind-off. I SHOULD be finishing my sister-in-law’s slippers, or that blue vest that I started last spring, or my brother’s alligator…hmm. Almost forgot about the alligator. Anyway, I’d rather knit than finish stuff. Maybe this week I’ll change my ways. Hah.
My sweater – well, the cuff of one sleeve.
Next week we’ll meet at Carol’s house. The leaves are falling and the weatherman is predicting that snow will be falling this week, too! Gulp. Not sure I’m ready for snow, but it’s coming anyway. Castoffs, have a great week and keep those needles blazing. Stay warm!
