Okay, let me start by saying that this event isn’t until May 16th. BUT- if you wait until May, or April, or maybe even March to order your tickets, you are going to miss out on this awesome event. And, Sugar, I don’t want that for you. Baseball and knitting? Together in one stadium? With some of my very favorite people in world? Trust me. You want to be there. *
And the tickets are DEAD CHEAP. Like, $11. Plus there are awesome goodie bags (sponsored by yours truly and others) and awesome door prizes. Here what my good friend Kate, the organizer, has to say about the event, tickets, etc.:
“The game on May 16th will be followed by a free Fan Fest event. This includes lots of activities for kids (young and old) and free food (hot dogs, chips etc.).
Tickets are for reserved seats. We try to sit behind the screen (behind home plate) to prevent knitting related injuries from unseen foul balls.
Ticket are $11 each. This will include mailing of the tickets to you ahead of time and also helps to defray the cost of goodie bags or other shwag. There is no child price as these are reserved seats. Children under the age of 2 do not need a ticket, unless you want a separate seat for them to sit in.
Two ways to order:
1) Paypal $11 x the number of seats that you want to kateburke24@gmail.com. Please make sure that the address attached to the Paypal account is where you want the tickets mailed. If you want them mailed some where else, please put that address in the comment section.
2) if you would prefer not to use Paypal, email me at kateburke24@gmail.com. I can take your request that way and provide you with a mailing address so that you can pay by check.
Tickets will be mailed to you well in advance of the game. On the day of the game, there will be a Stitch & Pitch table just inside the main gate. This is where you can come to meet other knitters, drop off FOs to donate and pick up your goodie bag.”
Here’s the Rav group for the event.
I hope to see loads of y’all there. “Hope” because (*) last year Erin and I spent THREE HOURS driving around looking for the stadium. Don’t worry- it’s not hard to find at all. We just had really bad directions from Mapquest with an imaginary exit number on them. BTW- for those of y’all unfamiliar with the Northeast, Rhode Island, where this event is held, is about the size of North Dallas. Or maybe Plano. In fact, you can not drive for three hours and still be in Rhode Island. We had to turn around at the state line a couple of times! And- here’s the punch line- after THREE HOURS of looking for the stadium, we gave up and went home.
This year, I hope to be there, schedule and maps permitting.
P.S. One of y’all very sweetly asked for a downloadable calendar of events. Great idea. I’ll try to figure out how to make it happen soonest.
EDITED TO ADD IMPORTANT INFO FROM KATE: “I will be purchasing the first block of tickets on Monday, March 1st. If want to be assured of a seat in the “stitcher” section, get me your ticket requests ASAP! I can add on after that, but those seats may be scattered a bit, depending on what is available.
















