I received the following email from Carolina Homespun this afternoon and thought I’d pass it along:
Dear Fiber Friends,
Hopefully you have heard that the United Nations has declared 2009 the International Year of Natural Fiber with the goal of increasing awareness about the value of natural fibers produced around the world. This initiative is aimed not only at expanding existing markets but increasing the global demand which will mean more work for those within the fiber industry and in turn help decrease world poverty and hunger.
In honor of this initiative, “Keep the Fleece” (a North American 501c-3-pending) has created multiple opportunities for people to be involved in this international effort. In addition to a Natural Fiber Contest open to all fiber enthusiasts, we are also raising money by creating the World’s Longest Scarf. The scarf will involve thousands of people from around the world working in “teams” who can knit, weave, crochet, or felt a scarf section for a donation of one dollar a row. All of the money raised by each team will then be donated to Heifer International so they can “gift” fiber animals to those in need around the world. At $10 per inch a five-foot scarf would represent five sheep ($120 is the donation for one sheep through Heifer.)
We need your HELP! We will be starting the World’s Longest Scarf at Stitches West at the Carolina Homespun Booth (723) at noon on Friday and of course we need natural fiber yarn to make this happen. If you would like to donate yarn for the scarf we would love it! This is truly your chance to get rid of those orphaned skeins that can help benefit the greater good.
Tags: 2009, carolina homespun, charity, heifer international, international year of natural fiber, keep the fleece, stitches, stitches west
