Hooray!!!

[pixiecrinkle]

Right after work automat76 and I ran up to the fair to see how I fared (ha!) in the knitting competion.

I'm more than happy!!!!


My Bad Penny sweater took nothing in the sweater category, but the things that placed were amazing.

My capelet took 3rd in the original design category:



And my afghan, my sister's wedding gift, took 1st place in knitted afghans, and Best in Show in the Afghan class!!! Woo-hoo!!!




There have been several of you on my friends list who've not fared so well at the county level. My advice: enter the state fair. Their judges seem to have a better idea of what they're doing, across craft categories. No fun fur scarves and badly executed things were winning here.

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[queensheba.livejournal.com]

Wow, congratulations! I am very very happy for you! All that work you put in was worth it!

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I forget if you technically live in OH or KY, but if it's OH, you should definitely enter the state level next year. There weren't all that many cross stitch pieces, but the ones that were there were stellar, and the one that won Best in Show was similar to the Miribilia (sp?) ones you've been doing -- a woman in lots of shaded colors with beads and stuff. You'd get a fair judging (no pun intended) there I think.