After a delightful winter spent doing repair projects and painting with hubby at a property we have listed for sale, I’ve mostly worn the same paint-encrusted duds five days a week. I look forward to scrubbing the primer off my hands and fingernails, changing clothes and getting out of town for a couple of days.

Two friends from our Ravelry Prescott Knitters group (waving at Allee and Emily!) and I are going to the game and meeting up with my very own Angel, Dillon (minor leaguers don’t start for another couple of weeks, so he gets to attend a game with me as a spectator, which has never happened before in either of our lives!).

First stop, Tempe Yarn & Fiber and then on to Tempe Diablo Stadium to watch the Angels and maybe get to say hi to a few of the players we’ve met over the past couple of years in the minors.

With two huge knitting projects finally off my needles (both of which were started and worked on at other ball parks over the past two years) it’s fitting that I cast on something brand new to start this season.

Here are the first few rows of Featherweight Cardigan, by Hannah Fettig, anchored with baseball stitch markers, of course.

Play ball!

P.S. Here are some photos from the day at Tempe Diablo.

Now that it’s finished and blocked, I am thrilled with the outcome. A little too decolleté for some occasions, but perfect shape and size.

A big plus: I wore it during the Arizona – Miami Super Regional matchup last night and the right team won, so….

Up next: finish Hempathy socks, then start something new!

Soleil was designed by Alexandra Virgiel and I found it on Knitty.

Go ‘Cats.

A Good Yarn, located in The Old Firehouse Plaza at 220 W Goodwin in Prescott, is proud to announce a book signing with Debbie Macomber on Saturday June 7th, at 1:00 P.M. The bestselling author of A Good Yarn, The Shop on Blossom Street, Back on Blossom Street, as well as The Cedar Cove series, is one of today’s leading voices in women’s fiction.

Debbie’s newest Blossom Street book Twenty Wishes will be the focus of this book signing.

Plan a trip to A Good Yarn in Prescott for June 7th, 2008 and meet Debbie Macomber. Pick up your Twenty Wishes book and while you’re here explore all the fine yarns and notions!

If you live in the area, mark your calendar now to stop by Debra’s shop on June 7th.

… which reminds me, I currently have on my needles a cute pair of socks (seen above right) made from Elsebeth Lavold’s Hempathy Designer’s choice (34% hemp, 41% cotton, 25% modal) and a great summer tank top made with Cascade Pearls (no picture of that yet).

Recently completed are some red socks for cheering on my UA Wildcats, made from a purchase made at Kiwi Yarn Company in Tucson: Meilenweit Cotton (41% cotton, 39% superwash wool, 13% Pllyamide, 7% Elite – whatever that is). These were actually finished at the ballpark, and then put on for good luck. So far, they work well!