Scarf Team Guidelines

A scarf team is made up of five or more knitters, crocheters, felters or weavers who will work on as much or as little of their scarf section as they want.  Each team needs at least one captain (someone to take responsibility for signing up the team and donating the money on the Scarf Team Listing page or you may send a check payable to "Keep the Fleece" and mail it to P.O. Box 1752, Rockland, ME  04841.  We will forward the funds to Heifer International.

Remember, contributions to Keep the Fleece are tax deductible for charitable purposes.

Start your scarf – remember to work out your gauge so the scarf is 9 inches wide. Each row of the scarf represents a suggested $1.00 donation per row. (Weavers and felters can calculate at a recommended rate of $10 per inch.)  Team members can donate the money themselves or raise the money from others. The World's Longest Scarf is not limited just to passionate fiber enthusiasts; we encourage younger participants from school, church, Girl Scouts, 4H groups, etc. to form their own team as well. Each scarf literally represents money raised for Heifer International to build the world’s largest herd. A donation to Heifer International of $120 is enough to buy one sheep, so at $10.00 per inch, a 5-foot scarf represents 5 sheep – just think about how many sheep a 40-foot scarf represents!

It is our goal that each scarf is a collaborative project to be worked on by as many people as possible. You can trade a partially finished scarf with another team so the scarves move around the country. Have fun, scarf in public and raise awareness about fiber arts and natural fiber. Have a scarf party, a scarf exchange team swap, or meet at fiber gatherings to join scarf sections.

Each team can make one scarf or many scarf sections. It doesn't matter how long your scarf section is. However, once all the sections have been tied together and displayed in a place of national prominence, it will eventually be untied and individual scarf lengths will be donated to people who need them. Longer sections may be auctioned to raise more sheep dollars and add to the herd!

All the scarves need to be in Rhinebeck, NY by October 1 (shipping information will be posted later) – they will be joined at the New York Sheep & Wool Festival Oct 17 & 18, 2009.

Scarf Requirements

In order to join with others of its kind each scarf (or scarf section) should:

• Be 9 inches wide (please be accurate)

• Have 12-inch ties at each of the four corners (ties can be i-cord, braid, crochet, as long as they are secure and strong!)

• Be made of natural fiber ONLY

• Travel with its own scarf journal (details to follow)

Your scarf can be knit, crocheted, woven or felted and should match the amount of money you have raised - $1.00 per row or $10.00 per inch. Pictures are fabulous! Labels including fiber content and location are also very much desired. (It will help us if the labels are permanently attached rather than attached with something that will easily come undone). Remember the scarf will most likely travel a bit before it becomes many little scarves – we hope to take it to the White House, the National Mall or some other location of international significance that will make a statement!

Remember, you can create your own scarf team page with pictures by registering at http://www.keepthefleece.org/scarfalbum.

Scarf Journal Guidelines

We would love to have a record of the knitters, fibers and locations that go into the making of the world’s longest scarf. To that end we are asking each team to keep a scarf journal – journals can be plain or fancy but should include the name of each person working on the scarf, the fiber they used and where the rows the scarf has been worked on -- the more information the better.

To download sample journal pages, click on http://keepthefleece.org/ktfscarfjournal.pdf

Please keep the journal with the scarf – so if you trade scarves with another team (highly encouraged!) the journal goes with the scarf rather than staying with the team. Please send the journal in with the scarf when it gets sent to NY.

Happy Scarfing!

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