Knit Your Bit Reinvented - Row, Row, Row

This weekend I stopped into Joann Fabrics out in Metairie to buy yarn for a friend's gift and was hanging around in the foyer. I didn't understand what I was seeing right away - I though the table was a demonstration of arm knitting and other technique classes offered by the store. But then I looked a little closer and read the "Row, Row, Row" sign which urges passersby to donate a few minutes of their time and knit a couple rows.

(Check out the adorable little pun they use!)

There were two skeins of blue yarn and two long size 11 needles which already held 6" of a knitted scarf. I could tell that the knitted piece was by multiple knitters and was intrigued. Once I knew what I was seeing, I immediately picked up the needles and started knitting the double-knit stockinette stitch I've been using in the washcloths I made.

As I left the store, the clerk thanked me. I asked him how long the yarn's been there and he said a month or so. I think it's a wonderful way to do a knitalong. 

Well done, Ronald McDonald. If your JoAnn Fabrics has one of these, please help out! If your JoAnn Fabrics (or Michael's, or AC Moore, or any other craft store that sells yarn) doesn't have this, ask them to pick it up! 

What other ideas do you have for knitting to help those in need?