Stitch N Pitch 2007

Last year we went to the Giants Special Event StitchNPitch and had a great time! I kept dropping my yarn because I'm just not that used to holding yarn, knitting and watching baseball. Lucky for me it was a center pull ball. Anyhow, here's a picture of last year, with me, Manuela, Betsy and Sylvia.

This year we all had a great time and a slightly bigger group. They gave us a goody bag with more stuff than just knitty stuff, there was a cross-stitch pattern and a groovy double pointed crochet hook. I've never used one of those, and I'm not all too sure how to use it or what it's for. The game was exciting, because we were down 4-0 to the Atlanta Braves until the bottom of the ninth inning when we tied up the game taking it into extra innings. Alas, we did end up losing, but we gave it a big try. It was also Barry Bond's Birthday, but he stayed at 753. Too bad for us, but we're all hopeful that he'll make it. I'm hoping it's when I have another game. We don't have another game until August. Cross your fingers!

The pictures for this year are us left to right, top to bottom: Liliana, Genevieve, Sylvia, Marguerite, Lucy, Veronica and Rosie.

Anthropologie Capelet

This is my version of an Anthropologie Capelet using this funky yarn that my sister Quirina and I found at Beverly's. It's a weird yarn that has built in disco fabulous eyelash. It's kind of sparkly. Anyhow, I have so much of this crazy yarn. This used only four skeins and that cost me about eight bucks. Cool! Julsey723 on craftster.org posted the pattern, and it was incredible how simple it was to make, and super quick! Four skeins!

Not Quite Bernice Bobs Her Hair

So, no one actually tricked me. I did it of my own accord, so I'm not quite Bernice. Although it's a fabulous story about liberation and women's sensual identity. It's a particularly appropriate reference because although it might seem trivial, it can be quite a hardship on cancer patients when they lose their hair. Keani, Emme, Izze and I all cut our hair off for Locks of Love. They make wigs for children with cancer. Quirina's hairdresser cut my hair, and it took me until I got home to really love it. Here's a picture of me in my flipped out bob with Olive, Rhona and Angela at Nicola and Tony's wedding this past Saturday, 14 July 2007.

Fillmore Street Fair

We were on our way to the Giants game, because it's Saturday and we thought it was 1 o'clock start. But it was 6pm start so then we thought, let's go to the Saturday Market at the Ferry Plaza. So we're driving down Bush, when we pass the Fillmore Street Fair, so we stopped. We used to go to this fair every year, but we haven't been for a while. Last year we were at Olive and Tommy's wedding.

I bought this pin while we were there. It looks like our dog. And I got a jellyfish too, but it's a pendant.

My First Apple Pie

Michael loves apple pie. So I finally made one. Here it is. This is from last Thanksgiving 2006, but as I noted earlier, I'm quite behind in my blog entries. So I'm trying to get caught up and then hopefully everything else will be chronilogically ordered. I don't want to leave them out, when I did actually take a picture.

Ha! It was yummy.

Black and White Baby Blanket

Babies, young babies, apparently cannot see very well. They don't distinguish colors and see contrast best, that is, they can focus on black and white. So I had an idea that a baby's blanket should be black and white, and if I crochet it, it will go very fast. Also, I can easily do stripes or big broad sweeps of black then white and change it around. No rules! It's for a baby. And if the parents just happen to be people who can appreciate good design, well, aren't I just the lucky one!

I also made a little pixie hat. I tried finding a pattern, but they were all for toddlers or adults. So I just made it up. It's kind of messed up because when you knit in the round I must have been missing something. I couldn't see where I was making a mistake, but the rounds weren't connecting. They stepped up. I think to get them to match I should have done this flat and then seamed it. Oh well, I always appreciate a little imperfection in all my work. How else would I know it was really mine?

This was made for JJ and Carri's baby Quinn. I'll see if I can find pictures of the one I did for their little girl Kaia.

Brioche Stitch Scarf

Last season the Giants had a special event night called "Stitch n Pitch", they gave us a little tote bag with a bunch of goodies, knitting needles and some crap yarn in orange and black. I made this Brioche Stitch Scarf as an exercise to practice my brioche stitch. So fun!

Learning how to do increases and decreases and know the direction they are going in, is something I haven't yet mastered. Still, it's so cute, don't you think?

So here's a picture of me wearing it and another of the two sides of the scarf. I gave this to my friend Beth for her birthday. She loves it and doesn't care that it's made from crap yarn because she's a diehard Giants fan. Don't you just love her?!

Go Giants!!