Hey all,

First of all, We want to thank everyone that has contributed to Afghans for Afghans so far.  We are doing great, and want to really push on through to make our local Tallahassee contribution really great, especially this year.   To that end, the Bully is doing 2 things for A4A; we’re collecting hand knit and crochet items AND we’re making a shop Lizard Ridge to be raffled off and the money donated to A4A to help to cover their shipping costs.

• Extending the Bully’s A4A deadline to November 30th.
• Outlining the prizes generously donated by Hannah at Wooly Bully
• Outlining the point system

Prizes:

1st prize: 4 whole skeins of cashmere

2nd prize: 1 set of the awesome new Hiya Hiya interchangeable needle set (that’s needle tips from size 2-8 and 4 cords from size 16”-40”)

3rd prize: 1 Barbara Walker knitting book of your choice!

Now for the point system:

The way this is going to work is that at the end of November, when all is said and done and we’ve finished collecting all the A4A items, we’re going to put names in a hat. 1 point = your name once in the hat. There are different “points” attributed to different items. here goes:

5 points:
Baby Blanket (30 inches by 40 inches minimum)
Adult Sweater

4 points:
Child sweater (age 5 and up)
Child pants
Adult vest

3 points:
Baby sweater (like Erica’s beautiful Firefly)
Baby pants
Child vest

2 points:
Baby vest
1 pair of full size adult socks (not footies)
1 pair of adult mittens/gloves

1 point:
1 Noro Lizard Ridge Square (unblocked please)
1 pair baby socks
1 pair baby mittens/gloves
1 pair adult fingerless gloves
1 pair adult footies
baby/child/adult hat

A few reminders:

• A4A this year is really stressing Baby Blankets.
• Everything knit and crocheted for A4A must be made of natural fiber, such as wool or alpaca.
• No scarves.
• No baby booties.
• No graphical representation of people or things on the donations please, these items will be unusable.
• No Camoflage (for obvious reasons).
• A4A has loads of FREE great patterns available if you need inspiration! You can find them on their website.

Love,

Rubino and the rest of the Wooly Bullies.