Ladies Knitting night

Last night was my night to hostess the monthly ladies craft night.  They wanted to learn to knit.  We have already set a pattern that the hostess provides dinner.  These ladies have also been dieting with me so I decided to have soup and salad for dinner.  But a week ahead of time, I decided to have Kneaders Bakery do the heavy lifting.  I ordered a gallon on my favorite soup, salad, fresh bread, and brownies for dessert.  One of my friends is gluten free so I made a big batch of butternut squash soup.

Philip came by after school to help me get ready.  I'm always amazed how sweet he is.  He even ran to pick up the food which was very helpful.  After work, I got busy in the kitchen so I was all ready.  I even got 20 minutes before they all arrived to relax and put my feet up.  And that is exactly how I like to do it!

This is the first time I've had my friends over. In fact, I haven't had friends over years and years.  Since I finished my kitchen I think.

We had a cocktail and then dinner and then jumped into knitting.  I'm not a pro knitter but I printed off a few photos to help us and then I started showing them how.  I think casting on is hard. The knit gets tight and you are learning as you go.  But after some practice, we all got that done.  Then we started to actually knit.  It took a little time to get a hang of it.  But these ladies stuck with it and were patient in learning.  I think we each got 3 rounds done each.  It is so fun to see everyone learning and even though they were sure they were not doing it right, before they knew it, they started to see it take form.  Our goal is to make infinity scarves. 

I thought the evening was great fun.  I practically have to pinch myself to have such fun friends that are so caring and supportive.  Our next class will be a burlap wreath.

Christine, Me, Kim, Jen, Gayle

Stacy, Christine, Me