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Fernie Mayor challenging the region’s knitters

The City of Fernie’s mayor is challenging all the other mayors in the region and their communities to get out their knitting needles to help knit the world’s longest scarf.
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(Left to right) Mary Weselake

The City of Fernie’s mayor is challenging all the other mayors in the region and their communities to get out their knitting needles to help knit the world’s longest scarf.

“I was approached by Mary Weselake to help with this project to raise money for the Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC),” said Mayor Cindy Corrigan.

On Thursday at a “Stitch ‘n’ Bitch” held at Heaven Stitch and Design, Mayor Corrigan took out knitting needles and yarn for the first time in nearly 20 years she said.

“I’m

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