The Great Scarf Auction

[bandgeek]

Saturday, September 17, 3:00 pm

The auction has closed! (A bit early, I know, but I'm leaving for the weekend in a couple of hours.)

Thank you all so much for volunteering your bids, pimpage, skills, and general good vibes to this little project. We've raised $190 for hurricane relief!

And the biggest thanks, of course, go to bookworm_myrtle, ezagaaikwe, and dawnydiesel, who won

Comments

[thisficklemob]

I'd like to do this too, if there's interest. I'm also a beginner, so your disclaimer would apply to me as well. And I think starting off with one scarf would be wise in my case, so I don't get too many projects going at once. I've done this crochet pattern before, and it works well with a variegated color yarn. I can also knit a scarf, if someone found a pattern in knit they wanted.

Likewise, I'd be willing to take exact yarn/color/pattern requests, but I'd also be willing to take a request like, "one of those fuzzy shiny boa-looking scarves," or, "wool, narrow, ribbed, dark blue." Then I could hunt down some pattern possibilities online, and the winning bidder could either choose or leave it up to me. I'd also be willing to buy a pattern, if the bidder had a copyrighted-for-sale one in mind.

Perhaps the easiest place if someone wanted to specify an exact yarn in my case would be something I could get at WEBS. JoAnn's or Michael's would work too, (although my local Michael's has a limited yarn selection).

One other thing... if people wanted to give the scarf as a gift, I'd be glad to include a card that said something like, "This scarf was made in exchange for a donation to the Red Cross [or other charity] for their Hurricane Katrina efforts." In addition to the Red Cross and the charities on the Alternet list, I'd also be happy to crochet for donations to charities like Noah's Wish and the Humane Society.

Thank you for organizing this!

[bandgeek]

Yes, yes, yes! *g*

I'll add your offer to the main entry. And I love the card idea. I think that'll really help to bring people in, too.

Wheeeee! ::twirls you::

[desdemonaspace]

I like the thought of a scarf in exchange for a donation to the Humane Society. I feel for the animals, I really do. (Not that I don't feel for the people--it's just that I'm doing other things for people.)

How do I do this? Do I start bidding here? If so, $50. Something pretty in warm colors: corals, peachy-pinks, golds. Or a pretty green, or a mixture of blue and green. I have fake red hair.

Not too fuzzy, either. It gets in my eyes. So cheap yarn! Yay! No mohair of angora. Itchy.

[bandgeek]

Woohoo!

Looks like you'll win it, too -- you're only bidder #2.

How would you feel about a variegated homespun, like Lion's Homespun? It's an acrylic-polyester blend and quite soft, so it shouldn't itch you or get in your eyes. And it's a bit thicker than your standard worsted-weight, so it usually works up a bit better for scarves. It comes in a bazillion colors, so if you see one there you like, let me know! :)

[desdemonaspace]

"Tudor" is pretty, and so is "Mediterranean."

[bandgeek]

Ooh, I like both of those, too.

I would maybe pick whatever would match your winter coat, but it's up to you. If you see a color in another brand, that's fine too. :)

[desdemonaspace]

My coat is black, so either would be pretty.

I'm wondering if I should do something similar, rather than the Great Christmas Earring Giveaway...? What do you think?

[bandgeek]

Hmmm ... it's an interesting idea, anyway. Maybe if you did it later, like in late November/early December or so? What tends to happen with these disasters is that they get lots of donations right away, but they still need them later, and everyone forgets within a month.

Just out of curiosity, what does it cost you to make a pair of earrings? If you sold them for, like, $5-8, I'd bet people would snap them up.

It's a thought, anyway. Some people are probably going to be getting scarves from me for Christmas, donation or no. I still like to make presents around the holidays. :)

[desdemonaspace]

Depends upon the components. I'm using nicer stones and findings now. Yours were the first I did with sterling hooks. I'm doing most of them in sterling or niobium now. The cheaper earrings are just a couple of bucks or less to make, and the nicer ones could be as much as ten dollars to make (but those'd be the ones I'd be apt to keep for myself!) My workmanship is better now, so I think I'll have more "takers."

I think you're right about waiting until closer to the holidays.