Scaring Crows? Scaring Something? Maybe!

The Waupaca Area Chamber of Commerce (of which The Knitting Nest is a member) is having it’s annual “Scarecrow Contest”. As a participant, we have a really cool PVC frame that we get to decorate to look like a scarecrow. And, being a yarn shop with craft supplies and creative people, I’m betting we’ll have some serious fun and make one heck of a scarecrow in the process!

Here’s how things work: Tomorrow night, October 11, at our regular Stitch night time of 7pm, whoever is feeling inspired can come by with any knitted, crocheted, “yarned”, or other creative item or material to donate to our scarecrow and we will commence with the decorating. We can clothe this guy or gal; we can yarn bomb him/her; we can make the dude/dudette scary/silly/crazy. Let’s just make the scarecrow memorable!! If you bring clothing items that you want back, make sure they are from yarn that can stand up to the weather because our scarecrow is going to be sitting outside in the weather and, um, scaring . . . something . . . I guess.

And, what’s the point of all this, you may wonder (besides a chance for Catherine to pull out a stash of holiday M&Ms)? The Waupaca Area Chamber has several great reasons:

1. You can go around the Waupaca area and look at all the scarecrows, which is good for local businesses. Like us – yay!!

2. As you look at the scarecrows, you can donate money to the can on the bottom of the frame. All proceeds go to the Waupaca Area Food Bank. Helping people going through a rough time – yay!!

3. You may go inside the businesses with scarecrows (like ours!) and fill out a drawing slip (no purchase necessary) for a gift certificate. Drawings will be done and winners announced on November 1, 2012. Free stuff – yay!!

4. The business that has the most support gets an advertising package from the Waupaca Area Chamber. Free advertising – yay!!

You may vote for your favorite scarecrow between 10/15-10/29. But, we need to make our scarecrow the best looking so that everyone will vote for him/her/it, so stop in tomorrow night for some serious yarn fun!! Questions? Give us a call or check us out on Facebook and we’ll be happy to let you know how  you can help! So, come support local business Thursday night and then over the next few weeks as you see these scarecrows around town (but, remember, make sure to give ours more support)!