South Africans knitted thousands of scarves to leave in public places for those in need
Because even in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Carolyn Steyn and her KnitWits have been hard at work making sure the secret scarf mission will keep the most vulnerable warm this winter!
Johannesburg South Africa (08 July 2020) – As the cold front hit South Africa earlier this winter, philanthropist and ‘Arts Angel’, Carolyn Steyn once again inspired the nation to knit scarves and leave them in public places for those less fortunate!
Carolyn’s journey with knitting for South Africa started in December 2013, when Zelda la Grange, the late former President Nelson Mandela’s trusted assistant, presented her with a challenge: knit, sew or crochet 67 blankets for Nelson Mandela Day! Carolyn gladly accepted Zelda’s challenge and soon called on her friends for help which quickly developed into a Facebook group called “67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day”. In just days, hundreds of people from around the world had pledged to knit a blanket for Nelson Mandela Day.
Since then, 67 Blankets for Nelson Mandela Day has transformed into what some are calling a “movement” – a movement that has captured the attention of many South African and international celebrities as well as corporates and “KnitWits for Madiba” in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Cyprus, London, the US and India. Carolyn and the “KnitWits” have been very busy knitting blankets and handing them out to thousands of South Africans in need over the past years, but somehow the philanthropist still finds time to inspire the nation to do more.
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