An Arizona Baseball Easter

We planned a trip forever ago to watch some of the Spring Training games in Arizona this year. My BIL used to play in the minors, so this is pretty much a must for my husband.

I had a lot to do to get ready for this trip. I had to plan out all of the knitting projects. Experiment on shorter drives if I would be able to knit/read in the car if I took a Dramamin. This worked like a charm on the long drive except, even with taking the "less drowsy" formula, I still slept half of the drive. I also tried to perfect my driving to Arizona joke for the California locals. -I was driving to Arizona to watch the Angels of Anaheim play the LA Dodgers. You see, this is funny if you tell the joke in the South Bay because Angel's Stadium is 45 minutes South and Dodger's Stadium is 45 minutes NorthEast. hahaha - Bad Joke.Either way. Baseball wasn't so bad. Take this guy for example. He looks as good throwing a ball as he goes getting chased around Wisteria Lane by Terri Hatcher. James Denton was the only guy I got up to take a picture of. I did manage to take a picture of the actual baseball, behind my knitting.This is as much as I got done between two games. By the time we got home I was about 8 inches into knee high boots socks.

Sometime before we left, we realized Easter is super early this year. So, Uncle Brian put together an egg hunt at the hotel . It was a pretty fun Easter .

I'm Trying

You know those days that are so busy that it literaly takes you all day to write a ten sentenced email. Nevermind, a blog with paragraphs and uploaded photos. Then your camera battery goes dead and you can't even get all the pictures off of it.

I tried to tell you about our fun Arizona, baseball themed Easter. But that hasn't happened yet. So, I leave you with this. Yarn that I picked up at a LYS in Scottsdale, AZ.

It's Cloinette Jitterbug in Ginger Cinnabar. A very Arizona-ie color. It's not that great of a picture with flash and all, but think... The reds are a better match to the yarn color.

More to come later.

Finally Done and Mailed

I finally finished my not so secret project to my brother's family. It's secret because I didn't want my SIL to read the blog and know how pretty and soft all these hats were before I could get them to her. But, not so secret because she knew I was making them and in which colors and that there was Malabrigo involved. I'm not sure she knows what Malabrigo is, though?

Each hat and wristwarmer is wrapped together. I thought I would try to get a little creative with the packaging! I was shooting for an older look, before the USPS got all stuffy with there package requirements. All of these then went into a perfectly sized toothbrush box with a couple of toothbrushes, too. One of the nice things about working in a dental office is that you can always find the perfect sized box for anything.Here are all of the finished projects. The picture is blurry, but seeing that everything is on a truck somewhere between Hollywood and Mojave (judging from the postmarks), it will have to due. My nephew has the Swell hat and the red warmers, my B has the striped hat and the black warmers, and my SIL has the green set. Even though it was the first day of Spring that these were finally mailed out, they should get some use out of them this year. It's cold where they live.

Patterns and Sources:
Green Hat - Emilie Hat by Louisa Harding, Knitting Little Luxuries
Green Warmers - Fetching by Cheryl Niamath, Knitty.com
"Wave" Hat - Swell by Kimmie Kemper, Knitty.com
Red Warmers - Kid's Wristwarmers by Krissy Otten, Original Design
Striped Hat - Kim's Hats by Kim Hamlin, Last-Minute Knitted Gifts
Black Warmers - Dashing by Cheryl Niamath, Knitty.com

Yarns: Malabrigo Worsted Merino in Vaa (green), Paris Night (black), and Sealing Wax (red)