We met at Leslie’s house in a light snow that became a blizzard and then was sunny. Montana weather! Mary brought treats and wine – yum. A feta cheese log with crackers and oriental mixed crackers. We ate and drank well.
Marylane and Julie were knitting items for the baskets to be auctioned away for LOUD IN THE LIBRARY! fundraiser in March. Marylane is knitting a hat for one of the baskets and Julie is knitting socks. They’re so industrious.
Marylane and her hat for the basket
Julie says that these socks are easy to knit. I have my doubts.
Some of us are sockaphobic. Right Mary? I have knitted a sock. Unfortunately, I have two feet and no desire to knit another sock, so I admire Julie for liking to knit socks. I did knit my one sock by the ‘magic loop’ method, so perhaps I should try the double-pointed needle method. Maybe…
Some of us are coming right along with our felted slippers. As a matter of fact, the room was swimming with them. Mary was ready to put the double sole on her slippers.
One of Mary's slippers awaiting a sole.
Linda brought her completed slippers – all that’s left is the felting. Hers look bigger than mine do even though we used the same pattern size. And mine had a most beautiful and distinctive pattern down the front of the slippers. “Mine didn’t have that ridge down the front,” said Leslie. “Neither did mine,” said Michele. “Neither do mine,” said Mary and Linda. Okay, I get it. I did mine the RIGHT way and everyone else didn’t. Hahaha!
Linda's, Marsha's and Mary's slippers - pre-felting.
Of course, until I sew up the bottoms of my slippers, they really don’t look like slippers. They look like…a hat! Kind of science fiction-ish, isn’t it?
Very stylish, no? No.
Apart from slippers, we were awash with sleeves. Leslie and Michele are on the first sleeve of their fabulous cabled shrugs. Carol is on the sleeve of her sweater. They all look great.
Famous hand model Leslie shows off her shrug.
Michele's shrug - a great pattern. But, the finger! Oh, Michele!
Michele and Leslie told us that the pattern for their shrugs is so involved and difficult that they only do about four rows at a time. Just too intense! The charted pattern certainly does look hard, but Michele assured us that the color-coded chart is pretty easy to follow once you get the hang of it.
Sure LOOKS hard to follow.
Carol’s sweater is sooo cool. The yarn is striping itself in beautiful colors. I can’t wait to see it each week.
Great stripes! But Carol has a boo-boo on her hand!
Speaking of stripes, Roxanne is knitting with the same yarn as Carol – different colors – and her poncho is coming right along. Her yarn is striping also, but in broader stripes.
Striped poncho, or, the bottom of the bikini?
Deb’s vest is so pretty. She is happy with the pattern, now that she learned how to fix her boo-boos without losing her place in the rather complicated pattern.
Wow, it's really getting BIG!
This is a great pattern and it looks like Deb is getting close to finishing the back of the vest. We can’t wait to see how the front goes.
Well, that’s about it for this week. We missed Francy but will see her next week at Marsha’s house. Francy is bringing the treats. Yay! In the meantime, keep those needles blazing and stay warm.
