I looked for the official rules for the "60 Scarves in 60 Days" 2011 challenge, but could not find it on the web. Someone somewhere knows the official timing of this event, but I can only go by what has gone before.
Usually, the 60 days in question cover September and October. You can knit or crochet using any pattern or color you wish. The point of this great heap of scarves is to donate it to a local charity - or two or three. Maybe you do work so beautiful that the local hospital can sell them from its gift shop. Or a homeless shelter/community clothing closet/soup kitchen/mission would certainly be happy to hand them out. If your local schools have children who haven't enough warm clothes for winter, perhaps someone there could be found to distribute the scarves judiciously.
If you want to foot the bill for postage, http://www.bevscountrycottage.com/charity-links.html has a list of possible choices in various parts of the world. If you can scroll down to "Scarves" past all the other places that need knitted and crocheted items, you're a stronger person than I am. I might be tempted to sew a few of those scarves together and send out a blanket to Pine Ridge Reservation or Afghans for Afghans.
If you enjoy working with the color red, you might want to contribute to the Red Scarf Project which gives scarves to foster children going to college. Once they are eighteen and leave their foster home, they no longer have an official family. The Red Scarf Project reminds them that someone cares about them and their future. Here's a good link for that project: http://fc2success.org/what-we-do/programs/red-scarf-project/
There are only 8 days left to scrape up some soft yarn and a couple of fast patterns. Big hooks, everyone. On your mark, get set......
Happy crafting,
Kathi
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