Hello!  Welcome to our inaugural post of the Castoffs, a group of lively knitters, inquiring political minds and women who just want to have fun.  We invite you to sit in on our weekly meetings and hear what we have to say.  We also want to show off our wonderful projects.  And any that aren’t so wonderful receive a chanting of our group’s mantra, “Oh, well, it’s only a…”  Here you fill in the blank.  “It’s only a dishcloth!”  “It’s only an afghan!”  “It’s only a @!*$&!! twenty dollar a skein alpaca heirloom sweater!!”

But the point of our blog is to share our triumphs and frustrations, our joy in knitting and our love for our companions.  We will be posting whatever we discuss at our meeting, from sailing on the beautiful Flathead Lake to hiking in Glacier Park; from Michele’s excellent recipe for chocolate Grenache cake (yummmy!) to the kinds of wine we like to drink while we knit (gimme a red!) and occasionally we will bitch about Republicans, so consider yourselves warned.

So grab a skein of yarn, a couple of needles, sit back and join us.  We love to knit and we are quite knowledgable (if I do say so myself)  and plan to share a lot of great patterns and opinions.

It's only fair to share...