Pics from 2008 game!

Amy Singer from knitty.com & Ace


Haley & Ace & Amy: Ace wears his new hat!


Haley & Amy & a really big hat


Amy throws out the first pitch


TD Canada Trust special seats at field level are occupied by knitters




Cindy & Hubby: Studioloo

The Making of the Freebie Bags

The making-up of 1000 freebie bags was a big undertaking! On a warm Sunday morning volunteers gathered for 3 and 1/2 hours to try and make sense of 20 big cardboard boxes of bags, yarn, patterns and wool soap.

Thanks to Liane, Wendy, Shelna , Lynne, Rosie, Paul , Naomi and Sophie for helping!


Lynne (left) & Shelna (right) are making up packets of pattern leaflets to go in the bags. Paul (centre) opens a box of tote bags.



Wendy, the mistress of the yarn. Yarn in it's natural habitat (the plastic bag), eagerly anticipates it's new home. The piles you see aren't even 10% of the total number of bags.


Rosie packs away the finished bags, ready to be handed out at the game.

Tickets Available Online

All of the stores have sent in their ticket orders but you can still get tickets online!

New Celeb! Laura Chau!

Super Multi Crafty Laura Chau of Cosmicpluto Knits will be joining us! You may know Laura's work, like Roam, Serrano and Thermal from Knitty.

Cindy Cole may not be a 'celeb' yet, but it won't be long because she's one of the most interesting a prolific artists I've come across ina long while! Cindy is a fibre artist extraordinaire - she makes toys, graments, jewellery, spins yarn, dyes batts, knits, crochets and probably a few more things I don't know about. She's also an author and publisher of Studioloo Magazine.

More Celebs: Wannietta Prescod!

Also at the game will be Wannietta Prescod, 3rd fastest knitter in the world as determined last February in Minnesota. She will be sitting with a bunch of friends from the Downtown Knit Collective. Wannietta is a member of the World Champion Back to Back Sheep Challenge Toronto Spiders Team. This is the second year in the world that The Spiders have held the World Championship Trophy beating teams from Japan, New Zealand, Australia, Czechoslavakia and several other Canadian Teams to win the Trophy

Birds of a Feather Knit Together!

Do you want to come to Stitch 'n Pitch but feel awkward about attending on your own? No problem! You can join a group of other people who are also coming on their own and sit together, a Stitch 'n Bitch of solitary knitters!

To join the Solo Crew all you have to do is purchase your ticket through Knit-O-Matic and you'll be seated with other people just like you!

Contact Knit-O-Matic at 416-653-7849, info@knitomatic.com, www.knitomatic.com, tickets are the usual price, $20 (cash preferable).

We'll see you at the Game!

Throwing the first Pitch: Amy Singer!

We've got confirmation, Amy Singer, editor of Knitty.com, blogger, designer and author of Knit Wit, Big Girl Knits, More Big Girl Knits, and No Sheep for You will not only be in attendance but is throwing out the first pitch!

More Designing Bloggers! Stephanie C. Roy!

Silk Garden Beanie Pattern by Stephanie C. Roy

Internet blogger and designer Stephanie C. Roy will be joining us at the game! Dr. Stephanie's patterns (she's got a PhD in sociology from OISE at the University of Toronto!) have been published in Knit Wit, Big Girl Knits and No Sheep for You. She shares her life with yarn on her blog and she knits too! You can find all of her designs on Ravelry.

More Authors! Emily Way!

We've confirmed that author Emily Way will be joining us at Stitch 'n Pitch this year! Emily is creator of Wool Works, a pioneer of the 'kniternet'!

More Designers! Barbara Gregory!

Bacardi by Barbara Gregory from the book 'No Sheep for You' by Amy Singer

Knitting Designer Barbara Gregory will be at the game this year! You may be familiar with Barbara's patterns from Interweave Knits Magazine (Delft Tiles), No Sheep for You (Bacardi), and Knitty.com (Arietta). You can see more of Barbara's work on Ravelry.

Fibre Arts Celebs Ahoy!

We've got confirmation, the following fibre arts celebs will be in attendance at this year's Stitch 'N Pitch!

• Robin Melanson, knitting designer and author of Knitting New Mittens and Gloves.
• William Hodge, beading and Textile artist, author and instructor.
  
• John Willard, quilting artist and instructor
  
• Robert Wylie, textile artist, fashion designer, author & instructor.

More to come ....

Toronto Craft Alert

Stitch 'n Pitch is on Toronto Craft Alert!

Stitch 'n Pitch Toronto on Ravelry

We have a thread on Ravelry!

Knitting Daily goes to the Ball Park!

Check it out! Today's entry from Knitting Daily/Interweave is Stitch 'n Pitch! Today, they offer a free pattern for Sparkly Sweatbands.