Every time Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet takes the mound, another crochet artist goes to work in a different manner.
Anna Gailbreath makes progress on a sweater during each of his starts. She only crochets when Crochet is on the hill, and immediately stops when a reliever enters the game.
Gailbreath joined the NESN studio Thursday to discuss her latest project. She said she uses stitch markers to indicate where each start ends and another begins.
“I can go through and count the stitch markers,” Gailbreath said. “Hopefully there’s 30 of them at the end of the season.