Welcome October, and welcome SOCKtober. Here’s the deal: there’s a lot of people in our community that have cold feet and could use some kindness. We knitters understand both of those things well, so here’s our call to action: Baaad Anna’s will join Stash Lounge in Alberta and Little Red Mitten & Yarns Untangled in Ontario (and perhaps others?) to collect socks for groups that work with marginalized people in need over the month of October, with the goal of collecting 3000 pairs by the end of the month!

Bring in packs of new store-bought socks and you will get a entry ticket for our BA Soctober Prize basket. One ticket per pair; so feel free to costco-up and bring in multiples in packs! Our prize basket will start with two skeins of sock yarn from my personal coveted stash. For every 100 donated pairs of socks we collect in store I will add another skein! One draw, one prize… winner takes it all!**

DROP OFF: Baaad Anna’s Yarn Store OR Baaad Rabbit Fibre Arts (and exchange for a ticket!)

Last year over 2,678 pairs of socks were collected and distributed to warm the soles of folks in Alberta and Ontario from Stash’s call-out. This year let’s add BC to the mix and help smash that goal with this friendly competition. We’ll keep updated weekly numbers and check back regularly to see what fun additions we come up with throughout the month of Soctober!

** Prize is a thank you gift for your donation. NO PRIZE VALUE as all components of the final prize are gifts from friends of BAYS. Each pair of new, non-handmade socks donated will get one draw ticket; there will be one single winner of ALL of the prize components, drawn from the collected tickets. BAYS staff will use the contact info given to attempt to contact winner, and winner is responsible to collect the prize from BAYS within ten days or a redraw for a new winner will take place.**