
A year of being dragged around the house by my grandchildren didn't seem to hurt
the llama's placement!

My
handspun socks earned a first even though they were entered in with the "regular" knitting. Again, I placed them there because there was not enough room for all my handspun items in the handspun department of the fair.


I entered a stuffed-applique and embroidery
stocking that I did for my youngest granddaughter and was pleasantly surprised to see it place first. I thought it was up against some very deserving competition, even a lovely stocking done all in cross-stitch!

The
Aeolian Shawl also received a first, not that I was surprised really. That shawl was a lot of work, included some difficult stitch combinations (nupps!), was heavily beaded, and as far as I know had no mistakes anywhere. My only sadness was that my placement of first made my daughter's beautiful shawl come in second.....and hers totally deserved a blue ribbon too. She did a fantastic job! I'm very proud of her.

A crocheted snowflake
tree ornament, I think I placed it in the "seasonal ornaments" class over in the general hobbies section. Anyway, another first.

And my tiniest item (though a HECK of a lot of work!) took the biggest ribbon of all! I got Best In Show for my handspun,
1/4 scale, February Lady Sweater and matching
beret. The entry also got a first in the "handspun, small item" class.