The Castoffs gathered at Linda’s house where we had yummy pita chips and dip, bruschetta and toasted bread and wine. Thanks to Linda for making us feel welcome and warm. Because it was spring break, our gathering was fairly small, but we managed to have fun anyway. Duh, we always have fun.
Yummy, we ate well.
Carol is almost finished with her shrug! Yippee! I wanted to take a photo, but she said, “Wait! I only have a couple of inches on the bottom ribbing. I think I can finish.” So I took a photo of her finishing:
Knit one, purl one, knit one, purl one...
But, when it looked like she wasn’t going to finish before we went home, we all encouraged her to unfold the arms and give us a little hint of what was to come when it was finished.
TA - DA! Can't wait to see it on her.
Deb was still working on the third and final piece of her vest. Another project that is almost complete. Sounds like we’ll have a fashion show soon.
Ah, knitters at the home stretch.
Francy was there knitting on her hooded sweater, but she had to leave early. I managed to get a shot of her before she got out the door on her way to a pancake supper. I think she was planning to cook.
Francy, knit yourself a sweater of this color - it's beautiful on you!
Mary still hasn’t decided on her next project, but she finished her dishcloth/practice cable cloth. It’s made out of leftover cotton yarn and it turned out very LARGE. Surprised Mary. Kind of surprised us, too. I think it’ll dry, er wash, a lot of dishes
Dish TOWEL, more likely.
Linda had started a pattern that I’ve always found intriguing – entrelac. It looks really hard, but Linda says that once you get the pattern down, it’s not that hard. Just lots of picking up stitches as you change squares. I got the online instructions but I’ll have to think about whether or not I want to knit another scarf.
Kind of reminds me of a court jester's outfit.
Linda’s using Noro yarn, which I love because the variations in color show up as you knit along. Here’s another shot of it, only my camera did something weird with the colors. A larger version of this scarf is on the Lion Brand Yarn website.
Brighter colors! You can see the squares better.
Rather than risk making a mistake on her entrelac scarf, Linda worked on her prayer shawl instead. We’ve found that we often make mistakes amid the yakking and eating and drinking of a Castoffs meeting, so we bring mindless projects to work on. It saves a lot of ripping and cursing when we get home.
A much easier pattern, eh Linda?
Julie was knitting her top-down henley for her husband, Brian. I’m using the same yarn on my shrug – Wool-ease yarn by Lion Brand. It’s very easy to knit. I like it.
Julie's sweater on the left, my shrug on the right.
Next week our wanderers will be back – well, at least some of them – and we can all catch up on what’s been happening. We’ll be at Julie’s house, so in the meantime, keep those needles blazing and enjoy the week!
