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True Beauty!
hopefulWhat makes a person truly beautiful? Is it the clothes they wear? The way they look? Their attitude, or their outlook on life? Beauty is always being debated, and society is always coming up with new criteria to determine who is really beautiful and who is not. The new show "True Beauty" takes 10 different people who are competing to be the ultimate true beauty, but they don't realize that what they are being judged on is their inner beauty. I think this is a great concept to show people that even though your physically beautiful it doesn’t count for anything if your insides are rotten. So I want to take this concept, maybe tweak it a little bit, and apply it to what I love. Knitting! So for anyone who's interested (and still reading) here is what I want to do. Basically, those who choose to join in or participate will contribute a scrap of yarn that was leftover from a previous project that was recently made. The amount of yarn should be enough to knit 3-5 inches on a 5 inch-wide scarf. With it the contributor will include a short letter or postcard with this:
My name is ____your name_________.
This yarn is from ___yarn brand_______, it was leftover from ____project name____ which was created for ___who was it for?___. I consider this project to be special because ____why was it special?___ I hope my contribution will help a truly remarkable and beautiful person!
Sincerely,
___your name_____
The finished scarf (or hopefully scarves!) will then be sold off auction style with 100% of the money going to the Support Network for Battered Women. www.snbw.com
I hope that there will be at least a couple of people that will show some kind of interest, and hopefully we'll be able to make a nice contribution to SNBW, and a chance to create a unique and truly beautiful scarf!
This is what I have in mind right now, but of course if you there are any tips, ideas, etc. feel free to share them. The scarves would be made by people who volunteer their time of course. At first, I thought I would do this myself because the last project I did, most of the people bailed out on me…. but I’m hoping that ravelry members wont be so rude. The yarn would be put into one of 3 categories:
worsted weight
novelty
striping
I’m sure that some of the yarn will fit into more than one of these, and if you have suggestions let me know. Then of course the yarn would be given to the person who volunteered to put together the final scarf. In my opinion the yarn would not have to be machine washable because the scarves would be more as a show piece than as a convenience piece, if I’m making sense. A picture should be taken of the scarves as they progress and that picture will be attached to it’s rightful card. There should be at least 15 cards with each finished scarf which will be sent to the auction winner to show how the scarf was made and what each piece means to each person who contributed. How does that sound?
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