Last night, Hubby, Abby and I went to see the Mariners game with some friends.

In the car, on the way to the game

Abigail in the stands

and the obligatory field shot

We lost, again. The sad part is that there was nothing interesting to watch, the whole game. Nate was actually bored. Used to be, even if we lost, there was something worth seeing. Nada. No spectacular fielding, no home runs, nothin’. Can I tell you how much I miss Mike Cameron out in center field? He has been my favorite Mariner (well, aside from Dan Wilson, who will always hold a special place) to watch for some years now. He’s amazing out there. (Sigh). Maybe they will put together a team next year. One can only hope.

So, I was really glad I brought something fun to do

Notice the bag? Blue Tote made her debut yesterday. She was received very well. I’m kind of liking the flare at the top. It makes the contents of the purse much more accessible, which was good last night in view of the fact that it was crammed full of stuff for the game. As for the Mother’s Day Diagonal: HA! I got the stinking thing right! Well, so far at least. See the stitch pattern? It’s so pretty!

Can I tell you that much of the entire row of seats we were sitting in were laughing at me? I slipped half the stitches onto another circular, put it on my head, and looked at myself in a compact mirror. In trying to decide if I was going to add the contrasting color, or knit it straight, I held different skeins of yarn on top of my head, and asked the general surrounds their opinion. They didn’t mind. They were bored too.

People that know me now don’t believe that I used to be painfully shy. I really was. I’m so glad that’s over.

Thus far, I’m really liking my hat. I cast on 108 stitches this time around, as opposed to the 144 the first time. A HUGE difference. Over 12 rounds, I’ve decreased to 72 and switched to one strand of yarn. I’ve worked about six rows from that point so far. Fingers are crossed.

PS- I followed advice from the peanut gallery at the game, and am knitting the whole thing red. Also, I don’t think I’ve said yet, but the yarn is Cotton Classic by Tahki.