The Castoffs met at Linda’s house on a sunny afternoon. We’re having a beautiful fall so far, lots of colorful leaves and mild temperatures. Ahh! Linda made a wonderful pumpkin cake and sprinkled the cream cheese frosting with nuts. We also had a Covey Run Gesundheit (not really, it’s Gewerztrameiner – just can’t ever remember how to spell it) and a Black Opal Shiraz.
Perfect autumn feast
Everyone loved the cake and clambered for the recipe, so Linda sent it to me.
Francy brought her friend, Roxanne, who was knitting her first project. It’s a long scarf – pretty! We were glad to see Roxanne and hope to see her finished project soon.
I think that's Roxanne behind the scarf
Everyone was finishing works-in-progress. Leslie was deciding how to put together her rug blocks.
Leslie at leisure
Linda was still working on her shawl with tassels. I love this color. It will look great on her.
Beautiful rose color
Marylane was knitting the first sleeve of her sweater. Having done the back and sides, she was wondering about matching the sleeves. Should she try? Or should she just take it as the yarn comes? Not sure anything was settled, but it surely is going to be a beautiful sweater.
Sleeve #1
Francy is working on the henley topdown sweater for her son-in-law.
Henley by Francy
Francy is the crochet Queen of the Castoffs. She showed Leslie how to do a triple crochet to join her rug blocks (although I think Leslie decided to stick with a double crochet) and she showed me how to do a single crochet around Lucky’s (my husband’s) earflap hat that I just knitted.
PippiMarshaStocking
If you think it looks goofy on me, just wait. Lucky reluctantly modeled for me when I got home.
PippiSantaStocking
Mary sewed the horsey button onto her green hat for her friend’s baby, Slade. Isn’t that a great name? Slade. Makes me think of lanky cowboys who roll their own ciggarillos. The hat doesn’t make me think of that, though. It’s adorable.
What a cherub!
We missed Julie, who had an upset tummy that she didn’t want to share. Thank you, Jules for being so considerate, but we did miss you. We missed Carol, whose kitty had to be put down today. So sorry, Carol. We were all thinking of you. We don’t know where Deb was but we missed her too. and Michele was doing a teacher conference thing. Anyway, we hope to see everyone next week at Leslie’s house.
I’ll leave you with a photo of the Castoffs in their natural habitat. Beside the wine!
Cheesh, where's the wine?
Until we meet at Leslie’s house, have fun and keep those needles blazing!
