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Stitch N’ Pitchâ„¢ Fan Newsletter

Spring 2007

Dear Stitch N’ Pitch Fan,

Thank you for signing up to be a [tag]Stitch N’ Pitch[/tag] Fan! Last year we were blown away by the response to the Stitch N’ Pitch program and it was because of you that we are BACK in full force with 23 [tag]Major League Baseball[/tag] Teams signed on for another amazing season!

Opening Days of the baseball season are happening around the country. Get ready to again see fans in the stands with their needlepoint, knit, cross-stitch, crochet and embroidery projects!

“With over a million hits to StitchNPitch.com in its first few months, we knew this program was going to be something special,” Patty Parrish, Executive Director of [tag]TNNA[/tag], explains. “Stitch N’ Pitch is sweeping the Nation. The response from [tag]baseball Clubs[/tag], the [tag]needlearts industry[/tag] and fans is overwhelming. Stitch N’ Pitch creates a unique and fun environment for families, singles, couples, old, young, kids, women and yes, even men!”

Watch carefully and you might “catch” a knitting contest, team mascots wearing handmade colorful scarves, images of men knitting, counted cross-stitch frames, teaching tables full of children learning how to needlepoint, a Ceremonial 1st Pitch with a ball of yarn and so much more!! Special Stitch N’ Pitch gift bags, giveaways and surprises will round out each fantastic event. Local needlearts retailers, wholesalers, guilds and groups will come by car, bus and train to be a part of this new American phenomenon – Stitch N’ Pitch

I guess I must have had this pattern on my mind, because I had chosen this log cabin blanket recipe to write about, promptly forgot about it and a couple of weeks later started knitting a log cabin blanket using all my pink yarn.

It might stay pink if it makes it to baby blanket sized, or I might add in some pastel green and blue, too, to make a bigger blanket. We’ll see. I’m also holding several strands of yarn together to make a kind of bulky yarn, which means it’s deeply satisfying how much yarn is used even as the project is still relatively small.

In Kristen Finlay’s version, DK weight yarn scraps (or fingering/sock yarn held double) are used to make a simple scrappy log cabin blanket that’s lighter weight than my version. Log cabin is a great technique for knitters of any skill level because it’s worked in garter stitch. The only not completely basic technique you need for log cabin knitting is picking up stitches.

If you’ve never worked a log cabin knitting project before, this is a good introduction, and it is really nice to use all your yarn scraps in one big project you’ll use for years to come.

If you use a lot of DK weight yarn you can keep building on it whenever you finish a project, or if you use more worsted weight you can do the same thing with it, it will just be a little bigger starting out than the pattern calls for. How big it gets is totally up to you.

I have really been enjoying working on my log cabin project, and it’s my current sitting at my desk and need a break knit (do you have one of those or is it just me?).

Ready to start your own log cabin blanket knitting project? You can grab the free pattern from Kristen Finlay on Ravelry.

Need more log cabin inspiration? Check out more log cabin knitting patterns.

[Photo: Kristen Finlay]

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