Last Thursday night I went back to the place that started it all, Safeco Field, for the Seattle Mariners Stitch and Pitch 2007! I was at the first annual Stitch and Pitch two years ago, but missed it last year because I was out at sea. I got my (sadly blogless!) knitting friends together once again, and we headed to the field for $8 beers, knitting, and swag. SnP has grown so much since the first year! I could hardly take it all in.
The sock posed on the big mitt outside of the home plate gate:
After visiting the many vendor booths, I ended up with a free Stitch and Pitch needle case (love the free swag!), a skein of Socks
That Rock Heavyweight in colorway "Little Bunny Foo Foo," and a kit for
a beaded Koigu beret. I've never used beads in my knitting before, and
this seemed like a modest starting project. I don't have any idea what
I am going to do with the STR, but as usual with this yarn, I just
couldn't resist the colors (Tina so totally RAWKS!). Check it out:
The colors are a little washed out in the bright sun, but you get the idea. Irresistible!
Here you can see some of downtown Seattle and the Space Needle from one of the booths.
I saw at least one Seattle Knitblogger, but was too shy to say hello (dumbass!). Maybe next time.
And, finally, here we are, knitting and [not] watching baseball:
I don't know if it's the light-colored pants, or because I am in front, or because I am an Amazon, but I look freaking huge in this photo. Attack-of-the-50-Foot-Woman-huge, not Orca-huge. Ah well, at least you get a WIP update on the second Jaywalker. *Sigh* Check out the pink hair on the girl behind us! It so rocks - I never had the balls to get that extreme, even when I was all pseudo-angsty in high school. Also note that we are one row away from literally being as far away from the field as possible. Nice.
Anyway, fun was had by all, and this will surely be an annual event for this gal. Who's coming with me next year?!
