Today the part of Dorah will be played by Maureen and Nancy

We started out talking about cars getting bumped in parking lots and our experiences learning to drive and it was all fun and games until 2 o'clock when Maureen just couldn't hold back and since Dorah couldn't make it today she felt obligated to stand in for her. LOL! You must know we are talking about the taboo subject...politics! What she said sent us into roars of laughter and then Nancy added more to the story. We had to call Dorah to tell her what she was missing. She appreciated the stand-in!

Chef Barbara B made a fruit cookie pizza with her sourdough recipe. It was as delicious as it looks! The filling in which the fruit settled was made with cream cheese, powdered sugar, and the cookie had almond extract. YUM!

She brought a bunch of FO's today too! This sweet little cardigan has the cutest buttons too.

Crayons in all the colors adorn the front and the strap on the helmet hat.

I missed getting the name of this pattern but it's adorable.

I'm really slipping since I didn't get the name of this hat either!

And she finished the set for a new baby in her family.

Carole finished another colorful Helix Hat using left over DK weight yarns.

I finished the Knit Baby Jacket Set and didn't have buttons I liked so I custom made some with the same yarn as the sweater. I will be doing this again as it was very easy and I like having matching buttons.

This is the cardigan on which I made a mistake knitting the sleeves so I turned a mistake into a design element and added a few bands to each sleeve.

Now I'm working on a matching hat with the same bands.

Jan started the Leftie scarf and had some difficulties with holes forming where the wrap and turn stitches were formed. She has it all worked out now and they look fine!

Her donation project is the Honeysuckle Beanie which is coming along nicely.

Maureen's Bert Baby Blanket has another whole band of color!

Cinzia started a pair of baby booties from a pattern book but it was giving her a hard time so she opted to make her own pattern.

Margaret designed her own hat with a cute little polka dot pattern.

Nancy is a good way through the bodice of the Wee Bean cardigan.

Barbara K's pink striped hat has grown quite a bit since we last saw it. This is the yarn she "cannibalized" (wow! that sounds harsh!) from a ball of variegated yarns that had many colors but she didn't want the pinks. VOILA! Just cut them out!

Carole's Wee Bean is at the same point of progress as Nancy's.

This Kennedy Cardigan is free on Ravelry.

Barbara B is using a lovely, machine washable yarn from WEBS for it.

Janna's Someday Baby Blanket is slow going but beautiful!

Margaret finished the Flax sweater and a matching hat. The sweater was a bit tricky but she mastered it!

I need to walk off that cookie pizza but it's so hot out. Maybe I'll wait until the temps cool down a bit. In the meantime, have a great week and keep those needles clicking!

When will it be warm enough for deck knitting?

We were inside again today where there was lively discussion about grandchildren, comparing how we parented our kids to how our children now parent their kids. When babysitting the grands, rules are enforced with a calm voice and a stern look and laughed about the reaction from them when they thought we weren't listening. I love the direct quote from one of the granddaughters who told her grandmother, "Sometimes I like Poppop better than you but today I like you." LOL!!! It's a good thing we've learned to let those comments roll off!

Our treats today were Barbara B's sourdough apple cinnamon muffins with oatmeal crumbles on top. They were moist and not sickeningly sweet and just light enough to hit the spot for a mid afternoon snack.

Jan finished her Top Down Raglan Child's Sweater. 

We are so proud of her first completed sweater, as is she!

Now she has moved on to the Malt Blanket, a pattern from Tincanknits which is free on Ravelry.

It reminds me of the Flax sweater, designed by the same person.

I've got my two sleeves on one long circular needle to knit magic loop style. It's the Newborn Top-Down Cardigan, a very easy pattern with a very easy to knit cable down the button bands.

Barbara B. is ready to add the sleeves to her bottom up seamless cardigan called Isle Royale, a free pattern from WEBS, also available on Ravelry.

The instructions said to use three needles but she is using one long circular needle which works more easily in our opinion. Here the sleeves have just been incorporated into the body of the sweater and the raglan decreases start at this point up to the neckline for shoulder shaping.

Barbara K. is finishing up her 2X2 ribbed hat. She picked up some Plymouth Encore at the annual blowout sale at WEBS which happens to be not far from her son's place in Connecticut. Her car just automatically veers in that direction all on its own! LOL! I know, my car does the same thing!

Nancy picked out a soft pastel for her baby cardigan that she's knitting for her granddaughter who will be arriving in late June. Like Dorah, she is making the Knit Baby Jacket Set.

Maureen finished the body of the Baby Sophisticate and has started one of the sleeves. When they are completed, she will pick up stitches up the fronts and around the neckline to make the shawl collar.

Annika's Eyelet Stripe Baby Blanket is still growing. This is great social knitting when you want to participate in a conversation and can't pay too much attention to your knitting.

Dorah chose DP's to knit the sleeves on her Knit Baby Jacket set. She forgot that when you want garter stitch in the round you have to knit a round and purl a round so she had a bit of frogging to do. Join the club Dorah! Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt! 

Margaret is on the third iteration of her Flax pullover. She is determined to knit this sweater and I give her credit for her persistence. I give a yarn and project three chances. After that I decide the yarn wants to be something else so I move on to a different pattern.

My "supervisor" decided that watching my neighbor mow the lawn was more exciting than watching me type but I know any second now, he will be begging for food.

Come to think of it, I am feeling a little peckish myself so I'll end here and wish you a great week and keep those needles clicking!