Geoffrey Chaucer yfryed mi brægen*

*fried my brain

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But let's see what I can give you.  Today is Day 2 of the Red Scarf Project. As of yesterday, you could start mailing your completed scarves, together with cards of encouragement and gift cards for things college students might need or like -- school supplies, fast food, coffee chains (and I think you know what I mean by that), and the like -- if you are able to be so generous.  The deadline is December 15th, so don't worry if you haven't started your scarf yet -- there is plenty of time.  But don't leave it to the last minute -- you know you'll be crazy doing holiday knitting at that time, right?

The mailing address is:

Orphan Foundation of America 
The Red Scarf Project 
21351 Gentry Drive 
Sterling, VA 20166

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Gale Zucker has updated her wonderful poster with this year's deadlines.  You can download it from this link, (zipped files) within which is a pdf for a poster you can print off and place in your favorite knitter's hangout or local yarn store.  

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P.S.  We were talking about cards the other day, and just after, I found these:  

They're from Quotable Cards.  I love 'em!

Comments

[cindycindy]

I can't tell you how hard it is on my to laugh out loud first thing in the morning. It hurts:-P Thank you for the title. Fabulous. And, don't underestimate the slowness of some of us knitters. You can spend a lot of time ripping and restarting when you don't pay attention.

[Becky]

Norma,
Remember when I said how lucky you are for getting to go back to college? Fugetaboutit! I loved my English classes more than anything, but I still think Chaucer is akin to hazing in college. He does make your head spin, and not in a good way. Your post title was incredibly descriptive and accurate.

[Anne]

Perfect - thank you for the cards link. I like those very much.

I'll send you a..um....something fun if you show up for class dressed like the Wife of Bath.

[AnnaMarie]

Ahhhh, old english. Can't tell you how many receipt books I've had to decipher in that stuff. Makes a gal CRAZY on top of trying to figure out the measurements and ingredients. Great food but at a cost of crossed eyes and brain hurt.

[Vicki]

Yay! Just downloaded and printed an updated poster -- it looks great!! Those cards are terrific -- they come in magnet form, also (Katie gave me a "What would you attempt..." magnet for Christmas last year).

[Marilla]

I love those cards, but had sort of forgotten about them. I have several pinned to my inspiration board to remind me of certain things it helps to remember. I think they would be wonderful to send with the red scarf. I'm going to be dyeing later today and just mixed up a bunch of reds. I think I will dye a few skeins of red yarn and get going on my scarf.

Love the old english reminder. I saw Chaucer in the photo of your pile of books and thought how much fun you were going to have with that.

[Joannah]

What would we do if we knew we could not fail? Good question. Thanks for the card ideas. Chaucer's spelling...not so much.

[Mary Fran]

Yes, I need to get that in the mail, don't I? TT: School started today. Just put my heart on the bus and watched it drive away. Oldest started 3rd, middle started 1st. PS We are friends on FB - you can see the pictures, if you like.

[Linda M.]

will we have an opportunity to send money/contribute prizes to a raffle to raise money for the fund again this year? Knitting time is tight but I'd like to be able to contribute again in ways that suit me better this year.

[laurie]

Quotable cards--how great, thanks for the link.

[Stalker Angie]

I think I need to paper my walls with those cards!
Is it weird that I actually like Chaucer and find him amusing as all get out? Wait...everyone already knows I'm weird. Nevermind.
Also, I'm stealing Marilla's idea for an inspiration board, kthx.

[marianne]

Didn't need any translation, what does THAT mean. heh. Will some clever person design another 'wrap'?

[kmkat]

Love that first card! I would revamp our county government so as to make it work smoothly, efficiently, and effectively. And I would balance its budget.

[Seanna Lea]

My scarf is about halfway done. It's a good thing that there is so much more time, because the crazy hit hard and fast the last couple of weeks and I could count the hours I got to knit on a single hand.

[Ruth]

Ah, Chaucer. How I loathed struggled with thee.

Great cards.

[beverly]

I once took an independent study on Chaucer. It was supposed to run as a class, but I was the only student who didn't drop upon learning that we were going to read it in the original Middle English. By the end of the semester, I could read quite a bit sans glossary. It was pretty fun!

[Cookie]

Mr. Chaucer and I are no longer on speaking terms. Just thinking of him makes my eye twitch.

Fabulous cards!