Red Scarf Contest & Eye Candy for Norma

By ScoutJ | Posted in Call out, Contest!, Knitting |

 BUMP!

You still have time to eneter the contest! Come on people!!!

It’s that time again y’all. If you have yet to see, it’s Red Scarf Project time again.  This beautiful yarn was specially dyed for my girl Norma so she can knit a pretty scarf for the project. I figure if I don’t have time to knit a scarf, at least I can dye some yarn and give it to someone who will! If you don’t know about this amazing project go to the Orphan Foundation of America and read about it. I shall wait. I mean hello! In the first year, we took in 3,500 scarves. The following year, that number swelled to over 15,000. Isn’t that amazing!? I would like to hold a little contest for a skein of sock yarn AND a gift certificate to my shop for $25.00 to the winner.

The contest is actually pretty dang easy. For this contest I just want you to spread the word. You don’t even have to knit anything to win. I would love it, if everyone who read this knit a scarf but for now I’m happy with you just telling everyone about this. So here’s the contest. You need to blog or post something on Ravelry telling/reminding everyone about the Red Scarf Project. Heck, tell them to come enter too by spreading the word even MORE!  Link them up with the proper links so they know the exact deadlines. Give them the address so they know where to send their scarves to. Then come back here and show me that you’ve done this. Then you are entered into the contest! It’s as easy as that. Then go knit a red scarf and mail it in. :P

I will hold this contest until Monday at 6:00pm MST. Then comments will be closed. You will only be entered if you show me where you wrote about this. It could even be a picture on flickr with the information. Somehow you need to be able to reach other people wherever it is that you post the informaiton. These are the important things everyone needs to know straight from Norma’s blog:

Scarves for the Red Scarf Project will be accepted from September 1-October 31st this year. 

And don’t forget, gift cards and notes attached to the scarves are very much appreciated.  You might also want to make a little donation to the Red Scarf Fund.  All those wonderful former foster kids, like the ones I met this summer, will thank you. Check out this link to the OFA website for all pertinent info about the scarves. Mail your completed scarves to:

Orphan Foundation of America
The Red Scarf Project
21351 Gentry Drive
Sterling, VA 20166

Make sense? You tell everyone you know about this project. Then show me that you did that. It’s as easy as posting a comment with a link to your post.  et voila! You are entered into the contest. Even if you already posted about it you can still enter. Just show me where.  I will then use the Random Number Generator to pick a winner. Who knows….depending on how I feel I might pick more than one winner. I have lots of pretty yarn I could give away. We’ll see how well you do!

On your mark? Get set…….GO!!!!

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69 Comments

  1. Chelsea the Yarngeek
    Posted August 14, 2008 at 10:59 pm | Permalink
    1

    I’m going to have to dig some red yarn out of the stash and get going! A post for Red Scarves should show up on my blog tomorrow. Thanks for bringing this up in enough time for us to make a difference! :)

  2. gale (she shoots sheep shots)
    Posted August 14, 2008 at 11:22 pm | Permalink
    2

    yay- thanks for passing the word.

  3. Heather
    Posted August 14, 2008 at 11:51 pm | Permalink
    3

    I posted something to the Posh Yarns group on Ravelry; everyone on there is super nice, so I thought some of them might be interested.

    Thanks for the encouragement…now to start on my own donations!

  4. Norma
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 1:34 am | Permalink
    4

    Oh, that’s pretty Norma eye candy! I can’t wait to see it, and I promise to knit it up nice and unisex! (the first one I’m doing is decidedly feminine)

    Thanks for spreading the word, Chica!

  5. Angie
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 4:50 am | Permalink
    5

    This is such a great cause! I had already planned a blog entry on the project, and your post got me motivated to sit down and write mine. Thanks! Here’s the link to my blog entry… let’s hope we overwhelm them again!

    http://stringandaprayer.blogspot.com/2008/08/red-scarf-project.html

  6. Robin
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 6:40 am | Permalink
    6

    I’ve posted about the project in the Kentucky Knitter’s forum on Ravelry. Here’s the link so you can see:
    http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/kentucky-knitters/topics/298867

  7. Netter
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 7:12 am | Permalink
    7

    I love red yarn, so this charity’s been right up my alley. I didn’t manage to get a package out last year, but that just gave me a head start of this year. I posted a note on my blog this morning. http://byhook.blogspot.com/2008/08/scary-good-mood-and-get-your-red-yard.html

  8. Sarah
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 7:50 am | Permalink
    8

    I’ve posted to the Harry Potter Lover’s group on Ravelry. Here’s the link: http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/harry-potter-lovers/topics/298939

  9. Ashley
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 8:42 am | Permalink
    9

    One of my groups on Ravelry is the Teen Random Acts of Kindness. I’ve just posted about the Red Scarf Project there and a couple other places. I am already in the process of knitting a red scarf and will probably knit several more before the time is up if school doesn’t get in the way.
    http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/teen-rak/topics/299010

  10. Elemmaciltur
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 8:53 am | Permalink
    10

    Posted on my blog.

  11. Marisol
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 9:01 am | Permalink
    11

    Thanks for reminding me my dear! I will post about this today and dig up some red yarn from my stash to get
    started rearly this year.

  12. Martha
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 9:20 am | Permalink
    12

    Thanks. I just posted on my blog and I am going to start casting on this weekend.

  13. Tara
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 10:04 am | Permalink
    13

    What an amazing project & a generous offer to spread the word.

    Posted info on my blog : http://jazzrizz.blogspot.com/2008/08/red-scarf-project.html

    Now, off to see if I can find any red yarn in my stash!

  14. Kate C.
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 10:26 am | Permalink
    14

    I intend to make a scarf (or 2) if I can, but in the meantime spereading the word is a wonderful idea. I don’t have a blog but I posted on Ravelry here:http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/stitch-n-bitch-oklahoma-city/topics/299147 and I am going to make a flyer to hang at work (we have lots of knitters)

  15. Tara
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 10:32 am | Permalink
    15

    What an amazing project & generous gift you’re giving to spread the word.
    I posted the info on my blog: http://jazzrizz.blogspot.com/2008/08/red-scarf-project.html

    Now I’m off to find some red yarn & get working on a scarf (or two) to send in.

  16. Joycelyn
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 11:11 am | Permalink
    16

    http://jww.livejournal.com/337996.html

    always happy to post about a great cause. I just dug out my yarn closet from the OVERRUNNESS that happened this summer. I’ll go back and find the reds and get crackin on some scarf love.
    JWW

  17. Jan
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 11:49 am | Permalink
    17

    I put it on the Loopy Groupies discussion board, opening a new topic.
    http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/loopy-groupies/299242/1-25
    I need to get cranking on this year’s submission!

    Thanks for the contest!

  18. MaggieBelize
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 12:07 pm | Permalink
    18

    Yaaay! I’ve posted the info & link to the front page of my website, under the “Knitting News” heading.

  19. MaggieBelize
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 12:08 pm | Permalink
    19

    Ooops … did I need to say, http://www.LocalGringos.com ????

  20. melanie
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 1:00 pm | Permalink
    20

    I just posted on the Pen Fetish Ravelry board.
    That is one gorgeous colour you dyed up for Norma!

    http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/pen-fetish-crafters/topics/299330

  21. Cindy (Maxfun)
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 1:13 pm | Permalink
    21

    Post is up at http://knitforjoy.blogspot.com/2008/08/fryin-on-friday.html.
    Now I need to dig through my stash and find the red yarn I’m thinking of so I can get started on a scarf!

  22. Helen
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 1:43 pm | Permalink
    22

    I’ll be playing…. and designing another scarf for the purpose (my third).
    Here’s the link to my post today http://shadowdancer.typepad.com/blog/2008/08/what-a-week-she.html

  23. Beth Bachuss
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 3:18 pm | Permalink
    23

    http://astabeth.blogspot.com/2008/08/red-scarf-project.html is my blog post about it.

  24. adminnie
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 8:46 pm | Permalink
    24

    don’t enter me in the contest, but i did post about the project and your contest on the chum. wheeeee! 15000 readers!

  25. courtney (knitnpurlgurl)
    Posted August 15, 2008 at 11:02 pm | Permalink
    25

    I posted about it on my blog( http://confessionsofaknitter.blogspot.com/2008/08/red-scarf-project.html) :-) there is also a thread on my Ravelry charity group (handmade with love)

  26. Hanna
    Posted August 16, 2008 at 6:45 am | Permalink
    26

    I just put up a post on WiKnit, my knitting contest blog:

    http://wiknit.blogspot.com/2008/08/scouts-swag-aug-18.html

  27. Jane
    Posted August 16, 2008 at 6:54 am | Permalink
    27

    I posted about the Red Scarf Project on my blog and challenged my friends to knit at least one. I also linked the Red Scarf Project and your contest on my sidebar.
    http://janevdoviak.blogspot.com

  28. Aunt Kathy
    Posted August 16, 2008 at 7:33 am | Permalink
    28

    I am linking this contest on my blog, as well as all the info on the red scarf project. I had not heard of this before but LOVE the idea. I think I may even make a scarf of two as well.

  29. Wendy
    Posted August 16, 2008 at 8:35 am | Permalink
    29

    Hello, I linked to the project on my blog, I also did one better and mentioned it to my Yahoo group Loves Many Cloths… ( http://www.lovsmanycloths.com ) I am going to try to make a scarf, but I can not make any promises, things just do not seem to go the way I want them to, lately… Here is the post on my blog http://wendy-adayinthelifeofwendy.blogspot.com/2008/08/red-scarf-project.html ..Have a wonderful weekend….

  30. Tanya
    Posted August 16, 2008 at 8:45 am | Permalink
    30

    This is a wonderful project! I linked back to you ! must go in search of red yarn from my stash.

  31. CC
    Posted August 16, 2008 at 11:08 am | Permalink
    31

    I gave address and info on the Red Scarf Project back on July 28th. Showed one of my two finished scarves on Aug 11.

  32. edina
    Posted August 16, 2008 at 12:07 pm | Permalink
    32

    What a great cause! Here’s my blog post about it:

    http://knitwithme.blogspot.com/2008/08/good-cause-and-contest.html

  33. aimee
    Posted August 16, 2008 at 1:12 pm | Permalink
    33

    Thanks for spreading the word about this project! I can’t wait to make a red scarf and be a part of this journey to help others know that they matter. I’ve posted info on my blog to help spread the word more! http://mydadhungthemoon.blogspot.com

  34. edina
    Posted August 16, 2008 at 1:39 pm | Permalink
    34

    What a great cause! Here’s my blog post:

    http://knitwithme.blogspot.com/2008/08/good-cause-and-contest.html

  35. Katie
    Posted August 16, 2008 at 5:45 pm | Permalink
    35

    Thanks so much for this opportunity! I just posted about the project and hopefully I will get to finish up a scarf to send!

    Here’s my post:

    http://knitabitknitabit.blogspot.com/2008/08/bag-has-begun.html

  36. Erika
    Posted August 16, 2008 at 8:37 pm | Permalink
    36

    Thanks for the opportunity to enter the contest.
    I blogged about it here: http://knitting.pantheonacres.com/?p=284

  37. Laurie
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 12:04 am | Permalink
    37

    I posted the information on my blog, http://knittinggarden.blogspot.com/ and also posted on Ravelry in a “Red KAL” that’s being held now by the Loopy Groupies. I thought that might be appropriate. Thanks for the reminder that it’s Red Scarf time again.

  38. victoria
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 12:22 am | Permalink
    38

    hi there i posted about the red scarf project on my blog that’s in the website field above.

  39. Elaine
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 7:40 am | Permalink
    39

    This is a new charity for me, and I’m happy to help support it. I’m posting it on my blog elaine-knitting.blogspot.com and I hope to get some red scarfs going.

  40. mudmaven
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 8:18 am | Permalink
    40

    What a wonderful project! I put up a blurb on my blog with a link to their website and hopefully I’ll get some of my knitting buds to crash their stash and get knitting. I’m also doing a small beginner knitters class this fall and maybe that can be my student’s first project! These gals are also card makers, so maybe we’ll combine the two and come up with some nice items. Thanks! ~chris

  41. mudmaven
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 8:19 am | Permalink
    41

    Oops - forgot to put in the link: http://mudmaven.blogspot.com/2008/08/attention-all-you-knitters-out-there.html

    ~chris

  42. Renee
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 8:22 am | Permalink
    42

    This is new to me, I just bumped into a link this morning and I think it is a fabulous project!
    I just put a blog post up today to help spread the word!
    http://loveoneworldzero.blogspot.com/2008/08/have-you-heard.html

  43. Janine
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 12:26 pm | Permalink
    43

    I wish I had time to knit one, but I have so many knitting deadlines it’s not funny :-(

    Still I have spread the word and hopefully that will bear fruit

    http://guernseygal.typepad.com/knitting_on_an_island/2008/08/heads-up-people—its-red-scarf-time-again.html

  44. Debbie
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 1:57 pm | Permalink
    44

    I’ll be making a scarf, and I posted on Ravelry (http://www.ravelry.com/discuss/iowa-ravelers/topics/301326) and on my blog, Rites of Passage.

  45. Elaine
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 2:11 pm | Permalink
    45

    I posted this on my blog - elaine-knitting.blogspot.com

  46. Shelly
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 3:10 pm | Permalink
    46

    I LOVE this project!!!! Things got kind of hectic last year so we missed it….so happy that they moved up the deadline! I’m not sure how to link my blog here, but I’ve got the post :)

    survivingmunchkinland.blogspot.com

  47. Christy
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 4:56 pm | Permalink
    47

    Yep, posted today. Great charity.

  48. Luv2stitch
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 6:00 pm | Permalink
    48

    I love this idea and am excited to participate. I just posted an entry on my blog.
    http://weblog.xanga.com/sharingthemoment/670728005/red-scarf-project.html

  49. beverly
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 6:18 pm | Permalink
    49

    Just left my post: http://wbnm.typepad.com/pomogo/2008/08/scout-wants-the.html

    xx

  50. Chris
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 8:01 pm | Permalink
    50

    As of 4 am CDT Monday, I will have a post up about your contest.

  51. Michelle
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 9:39 pm | Permalink
    51

    Doing my part to spread the word!

    http://zlistknits.com/2008/08/17/return-of-the-dmtp/

  52. Ananda
    Posted August 17, 2008 at 11:05 pm | Permalink
    52

    This is such a nifty idea! I love it! Enough so that I even blogged about it here: http://onlyifblissslept.blogspot.com/2008/08/knitting-contests.html

  53. Sarah R
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 7:00 am | Permalink
    53

    I posted this morning. Now I have to get busy knitting. The date snuck up on me this year…I’ve got to hustle!

  54. Heide
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 7:15 am | Permalink
    54

    You’re all PSA’d! I hope lots of people get busy with their needles and come this fall that a flood of red adorns campuses across the country. Cheers!
    http://heideho.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/red-scarf-project/

  55. Rebecca
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 7:59 am | Permalink
    55

    I posted here. Thanks!

  56. Trish
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 8:21 am | Permalink
    56

    Hey Scout! I posted a reminder on Craftster here:

    http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=263431.0

    Hope this counts!

  57. janna
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 8:56 am | Permalink
    57

    I just posted a reminder on my blog. http://knittingrelaxesme.blogspot.com/2008/08/red-scarf-project.html

    I’ll go over to Ravelry and see if any of my groups are lacking posts about it, too.

  58. bird
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 10:01 am | Permalink
    58

    ……posted to my blog! http://birdandsquirrel.blogspot.com/ and heading to Michael’s to pick up some lovely red yarn tonight! thanks for spreading the word!

  59. Ananda
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 10:06 am | Permalink
    59

    heh. thought i posted this. but i love this project! and i did blog about it on my blog:
    http://onlyifblissslept.blogspot.com/2008/08/knitting-contests.html

  60. Risa J
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 11:52 am | Permalink
    60

    What a great thing to do.
    I posted information on my blog….www.newatknitting.blogspot.com.

  61. risiko
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 11:54 am | Permalink
    61

    i just added a post to my crummy blog and learned how to make a link.
    still can’t get the hang of the dang buttons, tho.
    thanks for motivating me to do something charitable and reminding me
    that my neglected blog is out there.

  62. Ananda
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 2:02 pm | Permalink
    62

    Yeah. I blogged about it. Great cause too!

  63. Ann
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 2:40 pm | Permalink
    63

    Just added a post to my blog about it. What a great cause!

  64. 5elementknitr
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 3:40 pm | Permalink
    64

    Posted here:
    http://5elementknitr.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-favorite-color.html

    Splee!

  65. 5elementknitr
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 3:42 pm | Permalink
    65

    Posted on my blog:
    http://5elementknitr.blogspot.com/2008/08/my-favorite-color.html

    Splee!

  66. Debbie
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 3:46 pm | Permalink
    66

    Hi - I’ve added a post to my blog - thanks for the contest and the opportunity to get the word out! Debbie

  67. Rebecca
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 4:45 pm | Permalink
    67

    There are foster children in my family, so this is a great idea!

    http://minou14.livejournal.com/14795.html

  68. Rebecca
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 4:56 pm | Permalink
    68

    I’ve added a post to my journal about this. Thanks for the tip!

    http://minou14.livejournal.com/14795.html

  69. roxy
    Posted August 18, 2008 at 5:46 pm | Permalink
    69

    I’m linking this to my blog and making a post in my Yahoo & Ravelry group MD Knittingcats :)

    Thanks for the push - I love this charity :)

    Peace!
    ~roxy