The Pure Speculation Festival Jayne Hat knit-a-thon was a resounding success! It was a long weekend of cramped fingers and smiling customers. When the knitting needles were put down our volunteer knitter had managed to finish 4 Jayne Hats.

The @ABbrowncoats twitter account shared photos of the hats as they were being produced and we’ve uploaded them to our Facebook Fan page.

Got pictures of the knit-a-thon? Please share. Perhaps you saw Sheelagh madly knitting at the booth, wandering the vendor area (walking and knitting is a special talent), or knitting away during the guest of honour mega-panel? We’d love to receive copies of any photos you may have taken during the event. Forward to info@cstsedmonton.org and we’ll get them online for all to see.

Pledges are being collected and the final total is not yet in. However, when the dust settles and the pledges are in we expect the event to have raised over $400!  These funds will be used to purchase yarn for our volunteer knitting team. With another 100+ hats to complete by March 30, 2012, the funds to purchase more yarn for our volunteers was desperately needed! In April, we’ll be selling the hats at our booth the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo. The sale of Jayne hats at our convention booths pay all of the up-front costs for our annual Can’t Stop the Serenity event in Edmonton.

The enthusiasm of the Pure Spec guests and those who supported the event was contagious. We look forward to hosting a knit-a-thon again during Pure Spec 2012.

Prizes
Donors will recall that we promised prizes for online pledges of support. The available prize items include a James Hance “Firefrog” print, Browncoats: Redemption DVD, Tshirts and assorted AB Browncoats goodies.  Prize winners will be announced once all the donations are collected and winners will be contacted via email before we publish their names online.