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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[futurecfo.livejournal.com]

what was the prize, btw? My friend was curious because she said the Marion County fair 1st place was $3.

[pixiecrinkle.livejournal.com]

I think it was over $20. It's on the pdf on the state fair website, because they are different by division. Some classes had additional prizes donated for the Best in Show -- I know the knitting class got some stuff from The Yarn Shop, but the afghans were a separate class. I think I at least made my entry fees back!