When the two friends went back to check, the scarves had all been claimed. And Marshall even convinced the especially bashful Jacobs to personally offer a scarf to a man panhandling at a stoplight in frigid temperatures.

“He put it right on and looped it around his neck. So, that was cool,” Jacobs said.

After just 10 days, Jacobs had crocheted so many scarves, she ran out of yarn and money in her household budget to buy more. So Marshall posted a social media campaign for donations of yarn or money to purchase more yarn, prompting friends and acquaintances to pitch in a little over $100.

Jacobs took some of that cash straight to Hobby Lobby, where she purchased new skeins in shades of gray and blue and brown so her next batch of scarves would also appeal to men in need.

She has only one stipulation.

“It has to be acrylic. I’m allergic to wool, so I can’t work with it, and most people, even if they’re not allergic, don’t want to wear something scratchy,” Jacobs said.

By the 15th, Jacobs had completed 10 more scarves, so she and her 10-year old daughter Emaleigh McIntosh, and her best friend who is Marshall’s daughter, Mehaketv Marshall, 13, all loaded up in Marshall’s SUV about 8 p.m.