We met at Linda’s house and talked about what we plan to knit next. All of us are in the middle of a project or just in the thinking stages. First, I’ll show you the finished projects that we all saw at Michele’s house. I didn’t post a blog from that meeting because we were all so saddened by the death of Walker, Marylane’s son.
Julie was in a flurry of knitting and felting before she left for a visit to see her mom in Wisconsin. Just look at the little bags and purses that she finished!
Cute little felted bags!
We had all assumed that a person couldn’t felt a knitted object in a front-load washing machine. Well, our Julie gave it a try and voila! she did it.
Michele finished her shrug and it is beautiful – so soft and halo-ey and cable-ey. I took a close-up of the cable pattern to give you an idea of its intricacy.
Amazing shrug.
Close-up of pattern on Michele's shrug.
Michele loves how warm and comforting the shrug feels. It’s a great yarn.
At Linda’s the next week, we talked and ate and drank. As usual. Linda had wonderful food and drink for us and we took advantage of it.
Yum!
Guacamole, chips, edamame, and chocolate covered pretzels. On the table is a project that I started – a Kindle cover knitted from Berroco metallic sock yarn on size 2 needles. That’ll take me a while, won’t it? The needles that I had (the only size 2) are antiques that belonged to my aunt Louise. They are at least 60 years old – just my age! It’s fun to carry on a family tradition with the same needles.
My other project is a top-down Henley. I have used this pattern before with Brown Sheep wool/cotton yarn but I goofed and shrank the sweater. Now I’ve decided to make it with acrylic yarn. No shrinkie.
Start of a top-down Henley.
Michele is also knitting with size 2 needles on a much larger project than my little Kindle cover. She is knitting a sweater for her daughter Erica. I love the sheen to this yarn. And the pattern. As you can see, it’s at the very beginning stages.
Sweater for Erica.
Michele got to the ‘let’s measure the gauge’ stage and she had a lot of help. Some wanted her to start over (Francie) and some thought it was okay as is (Michele). Hmm. I think Michele won this round.
Well, if I stretch it just a little...
Francie is knitting something blue. Sorry, Francie, but I forgot what it is. What I do remember is that you were making your first YO’s or yarn-overs. We couldn’t believe that such a wonderful knitter was just now getting to yarn-overs, but there you are.
It's just a HOLE.
Leslie is working on a mystery project that will be revealed at a future date. In the meantime, it looks suspiciously like a bib. Having recently joined the ranks of the sixty-somethings, I’m beginning to see the need.
Have another big bite of guacamole, Leslie. You're ready for it!
We did a lot of sitting around and talking. Mary is still thinking about what she wants to knit next. I think cobwebs are forming on her needles. Tick-tock, Mary.
I think I hear gears grinding...
Linda is knitting a very darling stuffed Elephant. So far she has his head and trunk and is ready to sew on the ears. Cute.
Harrrrummmph! (Picture elephant blowing his trunk, please!)
I love his little tusks.
Next time we’ll be at Carol’s house. I know that Deb has finished her vest and has worn it to work, but she can’t come to the meeting. I’ll get a photo later. Until we meet at Carol’s, enjoy the sunshine and give your children a hug. Keep those needles blazing, Castoffs!
