Marylane hosted us in style on her deck with kohlrabi, homemade pesto with baguette slices and wine.  I had the Banrock Station Shiraz.  As a matter of fact, Julie and I liked it so much that we stayed late and finished it.  We sat and talked and watched Marylane’s corn grow – and it is very tall and tasselly.  Anyway, Francy, Leslie, Julie, Carol and Marsha (me) enjoyed seeing our occasional guest, Lisa.  She wandered in from her house down the street.  Someday we might get her to pick up some knitting needles.  Maybe.  Not that it’s obligatory.  We like the company.

Hi, Lisa! Come back anytime!

We had more little mittens this week.  Carol brought two sets of cuties made with cotton yarn.  I’ve just got to knit some of these.  “Is the pattern difficult?”  we asked.  “No,” said Carol, “but at first I wasn’t sure what BO meant…Back off?  Body odor?”  We all screamed in unison, “BACK OFF!”  Not really sure why but it seemed very funny at the time.  Still does!  Finished with a little mitten?  Just BO.

Carol's mittens - pretty pastels.

Julie decided that since Chistmas isn’t far away (yeah, right, Jules – thanks for cutting our incredibly short summer even shorter, cheeez) she is knitting bigger mittens.  This pattern is great, though, knitted with Nashua brand ‘Wooly Stripes.’    I was so overcome when I saw them that I blurted, “I want that recipe!”  Of course, the words went through the Shiraz and came out…wrong.  Perhaps Julie will bring me the ‘recipe’ for her mittens next week.

Kung-fu mittens!

This photo is my protection from a lawsuit, or a very severe frown.

Francy was working on her Moebius scarf.  She brought the indecipherable instructions and even with the ad removed from instruction #3, we were all a little unsure about knitting below a stitch.  Francy soldiered on however.  After I read the instructions out loud, Leslie looked at Francy.  “But why would anybody want to do that?”

The expression that begs to ask why.

I don’t think anybody had an answer.  But Francy maintained her cool and kept knitting.  And, after all, what else can any of us do in the face of disbelief, but keep on knitting?

I think I can. I think I can. If Moebius can, so can I.

That’s about it for this week.  Sorry that I didn’t get a photo of Marylane with either of her sweaters.  Like she says, “I have to work on several projects at a time, because when I get stuck, I can go on to the other ones until knitting group rolls around and you all can help me”.  Amen, sista!  We are all about helping each other.  Until next Wednesday at Michelle’s, just back off and don’t make me use the pointy end!

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