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Old 11-17-2010, 10:50 PM
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Calling All GC Chicks (Dudes) With Sticks & Happy Hookers To Support Special Olympics

As mentioned in another thread that was about something else entirely, the Special Olympics is having another Scarf Project this year where people make scarves for the winter Olympians. The scarves are made from extremely affordable Red Heart yarn, and the colors must be followed but the design is completely your own. Each state has their own dates or requirements so check the following link for either home or school information. If your state is not participating you could always send to another state.

http://www.scarvesforspecialolympics.org/states

If you'd like to learn to knit or crochet this would be a wonderful project and you'd be supporting individuals who will really appreciate it. With winter holidays coming up this could be a nice project to work on that is also giving to others. It could be a fun sisterhood to learn and make scarves, as well as philanthropy.

If you're an Alpha Sigma Alpha or on a campus with a chapter this would be a different way to support their national philanthropy, and even if you aren't crafty you could buy yarn, knitting needles, crochet hooks, or donate for postage.
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Old 11-17-2010, 11:02 PM
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Ooh this sounds like fun even if I think I can only do 1 this time around.
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Old 11-17-2010, 11:10 PM
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Ooh this sounds like fun even if I think I can only do 1 this time around.
Okay so far you, and me. You have to be done by January 18th and have it in the mail, I have until February 25th, but I will be done much sooner. I will probably buy the yarn this weekend and get cracking. Full price it will set me back $6, but methinks there will be sales at Joanns or Michaels and Walmart carries it. I just need a pattern now and can probably knock one out over Thanksgiving.
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Old 11-18-2010, 01:08 AM
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What a great project. I'm really a beginner with knitting and it's been years since I attempted it last. Maybe I'll give this a try.
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Old 11-18-2010, 02:08 AM
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Okay, I'll participate! I'm not much of an advanced knitter either! The most interesting pattern I know is k1p2.

I'm in Texas and ours is sue by Jan. 20. I think I could do at least one too.
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Old 11-18-2010, 02:27 AM
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What a great project. I'm really a beginner with knitting and it's been years since I attempted it last. Maybe I'll give this a try.
Yay! What's great is that there is a lot of design freedom as long as you stick to the colors and size specified. If you're a beginner it is totally do able with just knit and purl, or even just knit.

I've already got a few people on campus interested so hopefully we can do it en masse as a UI project and get our other campus sites involved. I know a few young women who are fiber artists but none who are Greek so I'd have to network that one.

I think if I do some public knitting it may get people interested in doing their own or donating for materials and postage. We just had a super Walmart open in Pullman ans since they are a sponsor I may be able to get the materials low cost, as well as the two other stores in town. We have a new knitting store opening next week where people plan to teach so maybe the teachers might donate time for this project. Our region is pretty large, but we have two teams in Moscow so I know there is local visibility.
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Old 11-18-2010, 12:52 PM
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This intrigues me...I am not a knitter, but I crochet. I learned everything from my mom, though, and when I see a pattern, I haven't the slightest idea what it means.
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Old 11-18-2010, 02:10 PM
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This intrigues me...I am not a knitter, but I crochet. I learned everything from my mom, though, and when I see a pattern, I haven't the slightest idea what it means.
That's my problem! I see the advanced knitting patterns and they are just a jumble of letter codes and numbers!

A couple of years ago I tried to knit socks. I was doing pretty well until I got to 'turning the heel'. Now I have a really nice tube!
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Old 11-18-2010, 07:51 PM
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This intrigues me...I am not a knitter, but I crochet. I learned everything from my mom, though, and when I see a pattern, I haven't the slightest idea what it means.
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That's my problem! I see the advanced knitting patterns and they are just a jumble of letter codes and numbers!

A couple of years ago I tried to knit socks. I was doing pretty well until I got to 'turning the heel'. Now I have a really nice tube!
DO IT!

What is nice about doing your own chosen scarf design is that you can keep it simple and even a beginner or someone who hasn't hooked or knit for years can still make a scarf. Your k1p2 will make beautiful ribbing and if you've never done color changing it won't be that difficult.

sigmadiva, socks can be really difficult and scary the first time. I've gotten a few different books and gone online to have different explanations and it helped the heel turning a lot. You should check your local public library and see what's there so you can finish your socks. I am a HUGE fan of the two at a time magic loop method and have a great book by Melissa Morgan Oakes called 2-at-a-Time Socks and you can get one on Amazon for under $10. Haven't used her similar book, Toe-Up 2-at-a-Time, but I had a pattern and used the magic loop and her book as guidance and the socks turned out beautifully.
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Old 11-18-2010, 08:14 PM
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I'm not sure if this is the same for all JoAnn's, but they are having a sale Sun-Wed of next week. They have some items with a % off, and they have coupons for $5 off a purchase of $25-49.99, $10 off $50-$74.99, etc. I didn't get everything I needed there today, because I knew they'd have sales coming up!

That said, it is entirely possible I could do one as well. I have already planned to knit at least to scarves for Christmas, but I could do this after I'm done with those. Ooooh CA has a really late deadline (Feb 25). Sweet!

Btw, I found out today that one of my neighbors growing up is being inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame as Special Olympics athlete of the year. Cool!

ETA: Just told my mom about this, too!
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Old 11-18-2010, 08:20 PM
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I'm not sure if this is the same for all JoAnn's, but they are having a sale Sun-Wed of next week. They have some items with a % off, and they have coupons for $5 off a purchase of $25-49.99, $10 off $50-$74.99, etc. I didn't get everything I needed there today, because I knew they'd have sales coming up!

That said, it is entirely possible I could do one as well. I have already planned to knit at least to scarves for Christmas, but I could do this after I'm done with those. Ooooh CA has a really late deadline (Feb 25). Sweet!

Btw, I found out today that one of my neighbors growing up is being inducted into the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame as Special Olympics athlete of the year. Cool!

ETA: Just told my mom about this, too!
You need to get your Kappa KEYster to the store and get into it!

It could be a good SON/DON thing as well, since winter sports are kind of our thing, especially Nordic skiing. If some miracle happens that allows me to come home we'll go KIP and eat blotkake.
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Old 11-18-2010, 08:27 PM
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You need to get your Kappa KEYster to the store and get into it!

It could be a good SON/DON thing as well, since winter sports are kind of our thing, especially Nordic skiing. If some miracle happens that allows me to come home we'll go KIP and eat blotkake.
I understood most of those acronyms but not KIP...lol. Oh, and I have blotkake in the fridge right now.
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Old 11-19-2010, 12:42 AM
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Walmart has the yarn for $2.23 a piece here. And I bought another set of circular needles. (I don't think I know the difference between the Magic Loop and regular circular needles VS)
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Old 11-19-2010, 10:29 AM
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For the crocheters who don't know how to follow patterns, pick up the "I can crochet" book from Walmart. It usually comes with a few crochet hooks, too. This has the basic stitches with their abbreviations, as well as a few easy to follow patterns. If I'm not mistaken, there is a scarf pattern in it. I have been crocheting for 20 years since my grandmother taught me at 15. She just taught me the basics, and I taught myself how to follow a pattern so I could make those intricate baby blankets for friends who were expecting. It's really not hard...it just looks daunting. Good luck!
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Old 11-19-2010, 11:07 AM
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I love this idea. I just posted it on my online chapter's email list as a possible service project. I plan to participate either way, so I will have to get started soon. Rhode island's mailing deadline is Jan 29th.
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