MARCH MEETING AT CEDARCREST MANOR

 Her we are at the Cedarcrest Manor meeting with the senior's group there. They meet once a week knitting and crocheting lots of great stuff for Casting off the Cold. I have to say that the Markham group really enjoyed meeting these ladies and had a lot of fun being there, so would prefer to meet there. So if you are interested in joining us you can contact me at castingoffthecold@gmail.com.
As you can see in the first two pictures every one enjoying a cup of tea and cookies.

Serious busy in this photo, Madge teaching some one to left hand knit.

All these hats are from Joan and Joan loves pom poms. Beautiful hats.

Here are a variety of items from Barb, lovely.

Kids hat and mitt set from Lynn,

Lynn love to knit up sweaters and add a T shirt for a finish look. I love this idea.

Also from Lynn this lovely blanket.

And this one too!!

More hats from Joan,

Hat and scarf sets from Joan,

and this crocheted blanket.

These are some beautiful hat and scarf set from Christine,

And another dish cloth blanket from Christine.

Christine loves knitting these up, she said it works up pretty fast.

Here is an afghan Nayana made, beautiful!

This one is my third afghan for  ( 360 Kids ) I am on my forth.

Well as always, I have to thank you all for such beautiful work and for your time.

STOUFFVILLE FEBUARYY MEETING

Hello every one, we are looking for new members for the Stouffville group. you are welcome to join us any time, on the third Sunday of each month from 1pm-3pm. You can contact me at castingoffthecold@gmail.com any time. 

This year we are making afghans for Pathways now ( 360 Kids ) 25 in all and I think we will make our quota, in time for this fall. By the way, we still need lots of baby blankets, all sizes for the other charities we donate to.If you would like to help out and cannot make it to the meetings, all you have to do, is make some thing and drop off at one of our drop off point. Or contact me to make arrangement for pick up or drop off at my place.

Now here are some items fro the members, these hats were donated by a donor from Stouffville and Beth made up scarves to match them. How lucky she had the colours to match!! Good job Beth.

Christine also matched scarves for these two hats.

An afghan from Christine. Great colours.

And from Marg, scarves to match the hats that we donated. What a great idea ladies.

Baby blanket from Marg. The pattern is-- knit heir loom baby blanket.

Beautiful afghan from Beth.

And this one also, she used the sand stitch pattern for this one. It is a great look.

Many thanks ladies for your great work and your time.

MARKHAM MEETING

Well we are still working on afghans for Pathways ( 360 Kids ) This is my second one using my scraps. I was not sure I would like the colours, but it turned out pretty good, if i may say so!! I am on my third afghan using the sc spike stitch and I am loving it.

From Monica, a beautiful cowl and hat and a hat and scarf set for a boy.

This blanket, Monica started a while back and finally finished it. It is the 10 stitch blanket pattern. Looks good!!

And of course from Christine, this lovely blanket,

And here is another from her.

This one is also from Christine. All so beautiful.

I love the stitch from this one, but Christine could not remember it so i cannot say what stitch it is. i will have to find out.

From Jane, a hat and scarf. the scarf is made up of cables.

From a new member Brenda, this gorgeous baby blanket. She used a cotton blend yarn for this and what a lovely stitch.

Also this one, beautiful.

And here is a hat and scarf , also from Brenda.

Thank you all so much for all your beautiful work.

STOUFFVILLE GROUP MEETING

WOW, this beautiful mermaid shell blanket, was crocheted by Beth for a friend of hers daughter. She did a wonderful job. This little her is going to be very happy.

A dish cloth blanket by Christine.

This toddlers blanket also made by Christine.

I love the different stitches Christine used for this blanket. So well done.

Donation from a friend of Kathy.

Hat and mitt from Kathy.

And of course these gorgeous baby jacket,

and this lovely jacket and hat. Love it.

Hats from a donor from Stouffville.

 And two lovely scarves.

From Beth, a beautiful baby blanket.

This one Beth crocheted using DC all the way through.

 Such lovely hat and cowl sets from Marg,

And this beautiful receiving blanket.

What a beautiful afghan .

Thank you all for your great work.

TODDLER BLANKET RAFFLE!!

This year we will be raffling this beautiful toddler's blanket, lovingly knit by online group member Brenda from Scarborough. The blanket is 40" x 52", a good size for a small child's bed.

Raffle tickets are $3 each, or 2 for $5. You can contact Sally if you are interested in purchasing tickets.

Thank you Brenda for this beautiful blanket.

JANUARY MARKHAM MEETING

This is a very good start for 2016 ladies, you have been working over the holidays I see. I love this, so keep up the good work.

Here are some hat and scarf sets from Monica,

And from Jane, two beautiful sets.

On the table are a couple of hat and scarf sets and a star wars hat that Nayana made.

Liz's famous blanket.

From Madge hat and scarf sets.

This beautiful blanket is from Sharon,

and this lovely hat.

The first afghan for Pathways (360 Kids) this is their new name.

 Scarves donation from Knitters Arttic.

 Also from an online donor these scarves.

Thank you all for your amazing work.