Wednesday Night Knitting kicked off with a bang last night! After everyone arrived, we heard the rain beginning to beat down on the skylights, then hammering in a crescendo that became clattering, then crashing, bashing, booming! Stella streaked from the back porch to her hiding place under the tabouret.
I went to look out on the back porch and Deb opened the front door to find this!the temperature at the time was about 70 degrees F. And then Mother Nature calmed down quite a bit, so we went back in and knitted.
Ethel modeled her beautiful newly-finished poncho, so soft and warm! For her daughter-in-law in “up north.”
She brought a charming little pattern book for birds, butterflies and beasts. I’m not usually drawn to amiguri or toys but these look irresistible. Ethel brought out the sweater she’s been working on. She says the DVD that came with the pattern has excellent instructions on how to decrease at the sleeves, without leaving those annoying little holes or gaps. Lois has found an outlet for her happy hat-making mania, a knitting group at nearby Atrium. The members of that group make hats for infants, for adults, for chemo patients–and Lois has made many in the past week or so!
Teresa worked on (of all things!) a mane. Yes, a horse’s mane.
For awhile, it looked like a simple rectangle she was laboring over, but then she unraveled part of it and presto! Ethel and Deb could see this same technique, on a larger scale, for fashioning a hula skirt. Deb has done at least one repeat of pattern on her beautiful, soft, glowing white pima cotton baby blanket.For some light refreshment, we nerds had mango key lime and chocolate cream pie to celebrate PI day, 3.14 (2012). A merry discussion ensued in which some of us declared our fondness for math and science: for some it was straightforward love of the subjects, and for others it was love of just the “art” component of them!
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