KNITTING WITHOUT DOG HAIR IS NOT AN OPTION

OK - here is the review: WE HAD A BLAST!!!

Please don't ask me anything about the game - I have no clue. And I am not ashamed to admit this, because a) I am not into sports and b) I am from Germany, where there is no baseball - shocking, I know. I was at the Stitch N' Pitch game for the STITCH part and to hang out with my knitting friends.

The Knitch package for the event was great. No worries about parking or waiting forever to leave the ball park after the game. In addition to the bus ride from the store to the ball park and back, and the ticket to the game, we got a goody bag with yarn, a t-shirt, water and snacks, and a 15% discount card for the next purchase (YAY for that). And as much beer and soft drinks as you could handle was available on the bus. So, I started the day with a Bavarian breakfast - a beer - on the bus, and all was well.

You can see Ms. Jane and Mr. Jane, Jen and Regan. There were a bunch of bloggers - I am sorry if I didn't catch all your blogs. Maybe, if you read this, you can leave a comment and I'll update the entry.

Despite all the concern that we had about going to a ball game in Georgia in freakin' July, the weather was quite OK. It had rained in the morning and it was overcast for most of the day. And we had seats in a covered area. But, dear TNNA organizers, please book next year's Stitch N' Pitch game in Georgia later in the season - maybe like September?

Here are some pictures I took during the game:

You can see Doug and Courtney (waving) and Diana (smiling).

Jacquie (with the sunglasses and the peachy shirt) is knitting away on a beautiful ruffled baby blanket. And Linda - always smiling - is holding up her yellow knitting.

The YARRRN pirates - Nancy, FAMOUS Steve and I - got a lot of attention. ;-) There were actually four of us with the same t-shirt and the all the girl pirates - Olivia, Nancy and I - posed later on at Knitch - after the game...

You can find more SnP pix here.

I was pretty tired when I came home - Jen and I left my house at 9:45am and we got back around 7pm. But it was wonderful that I did not have to drive a single inch all day.

And I also met a celebrity - Ken Bridgewater from Westminster Fibers. He was there as the TNNA representative. A very nice man - hi Ken! (He said he would look up my blog.)

I don't have much knitting content for you right now. I have almost finished Mystery Stole 3, clue no. 3 - only 6 more rows to knit. Clue no. 4 was published today - DANGIT - but we have two weeks to complete it, not because it's getting more mysterious now (which it is), but because some of the MS3 knitters also need to read the new Harry Potter book (truly!). I have to say that I've read all the previous HP books and saw all the HP movies (multiple times), but somehow I am not that hyped about the latest movie or the new book. Hence, I have not been to the theater to watch the movie, nor have I ordered the book. Oh well...

Too many others things to do. Which brings me to my current knitting situation. I feel like I am in a knitting funk right now. I have started at least 15 projects but I don't feel like working on anything I've started (besides MS3, but there is that knit-a-long group pressure...). Then I see all these other projects and I start another one. Is this a disease - the second stage of a serious addiction? Is it knitter's ADHD - a behavioral condition in which knitters have difficulty paying attention and focusing on any specific knitting project? Maybe I should publish a list of my UFOs to get my head straightened...

So I'm muddling along and grateful it's Friday. Tomorrow I finish my three-session weaving class. I am debating about blogging on the class. It might be a pretty bad review, for a lot of reasons, and I don't know if I want to do it or not. I feel like I should to save other people from spending over $100 on something they might not enjoy... Let me ponder a little longer. Or maybe I just have to have some wine tonight, finish my homework for tomorrow and get it over with... Wine YES, homework - I don't know...

Our Friday knitting group will meet this evening at our new location - we'll see how that works out. Since it is at Knitch, I have no doubt that we'll have a great time. Maybe I should just bring my sleeping bag in the future and camp in the store from Thursday through Sunday. Sleeping with cashmere sounds enticing, but not enough to spend the night away from hubby. ;-)

And Diana, thanks for reminding me that I am also not one of the cool kids. You can now check your status on Ravelry . In case you have not heard about Ravelry - it is a cool (still in beta) website for the knit and crochet community.

So, here is my status - pretty darn uncool...
Found you!
You signed up on June 7, 2007
You are #7547 on the list.
1486 people are ahead of you in line.
11198 people are behind you in line.
31% of the list has been invited so far.

At least they show you a cute alpaca to ease the pain...

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!!! TGIF!!!