4th Annual "60 Scarves in 60 Days" Challenge

 I am pleased to announce it's time for the

Fourth Annual 60 Scarves in 60 Days Challenge!

Wow!  The Fourth Challenge!!  In the past I kicked this charity drive off on October 1st; this year I decided to kick the event off a month earlier -- prior to the holiday crunch time -- to afford more people the time to participate! 

I love having this charity drive as anyone can participate -- any skill level -- any fiber art (crochet, knit, weaving) -- and it's all for helping people in need in your own community!

Here's how to participate: Create a scarf for charity by either knitting or crocheting it (if you're a weaver, that works too!) and then let me know about it by sending me an email or leaving a comment here so we can include it in the official count. You do NOT need to send me anything -- you can donate it to your own local charity, or send it to an organization like the  Orphan foundation.

And this year, I'm going to offer a drawing  -- if you blog about your scarf (tell us if you used a pattern or learned a new stitch, if you enjoyed using a particular yarn, and the organization you'll be donating your scarf to, and such) I will enter your name into the crocheted hat for a special drawing!  Don't have a blog?  That's OK -- send me your essay (minimum of 250 words) and I'll post it here for you.  After theChallenge I'll have Mr. Dee draw a name and the winnerwill receive a "Yoo-Hoo Bamboo Black Bag" purse kit that can be knitted or crocheted!  (A $35 retail value!).   

Let's see if we can get 60 scarves created for charity by the end of October!  Are you game?  Last year we were able to donate 80 scarves!! To help in promoting this challenge consider saving the Challenge button above onto your PC and then displaying it on your website or blog! Be sure to link to this blog entry so others can learn about what is involved to participate. The more people we can get involved in the challenge, the better chance we have of meeting this goal -- and even beating last year's numbers!

Please keep in mind that if you wish to have your scarf count for this drive it does not need to be fancy in stitching or fiber content. Creating a scarf is a perfect project to practice your stitches on regardless of your skill level! Besides doing something good for your community, and your country, (and perhaps using up some of that accumulating stash?) it will make you feel good inside.

Scarves are like hugs; you don't realize the true warmth they wield until you give one away! And if you don't know how to crochet or knit, then what better reason is there to learn?!? We have until October 31st, so that's plenty of time if we combine our efforts!
Care to join me?!  J
Tags: 60 scarves in 60 days challenge, knit, crochet, weave, charity community