Reversal of Fortune
Aug 25th, 2008 by Tana
You can’t take yourself too seriously when you enter things in the fair.
See those two sweaters above? The one above is simple garter. In other words, plain. Yes, there are color changes, but they are at the end of the row. Very simple. The other is knit with fine yarn and has perfectly executed intricate stitching. The cables are very even. The seed stitch is impeccably even, and that’s not easy. But at the county fair, the simple one got the blue ribbon and the other one lost out.
Not so at the state fair. Same two sweaters, different ribbons. The white one with perfectly executed intricate stitching got first place, and the other one got nothing. I don’t know either of the knitters who made them, but it made my heart feel good to see the wrong made right.
One of my entries was a little sweater in the same class. Same pattern as the one that got the prize at the county fair, the Baby Surprise by Elizabeth Zimmerman. Mine placed 4th, the other Baby Surprise – nothing.
Remember this?
Well that became this.
And with it I scored two blue ribbons. Yes, two. One for it’s class – felted items. And one in a special class for items made with natural fiber. With the second blue ribbon, I scored a $25 gift certificate to my favorite yarn store in Omaha – Personal Threads. My lucky day, indeed.
You can’t take yourself too seriously when you enter things in the fair. But I sure am going to enjoy spending that $25 gift certificate.
Congrats! The last two times I have won gift certificates at the fair, I’ve had to work really hard to get them. In fact, I’ve never actually received a certificate. I’ve had to contact the stores and show them proof that I won the prize. For the Personal Threads one I actually had to show them the fair book so they would give me the right amount (they were only going to give me $15). Hopefully they are more organized this year but if they aren’t, I thought I’d give you the heads up.
Yay blue ribbons! Congratulations! I didn’t win any ribbons, but, as you say, you can’t take it too seriously. I entered a photo that had won 4th place in another contest, and it didn’t place at all. Art is so subjective.
What will you do with that little felt bowl? It’s very cute–does it hold your yarn/knitting projects?
congrats on your blue ribbons!
that is awesome.
I would have felt the same way about that white Aran sweater and the discrepancy in the judging. Kind of like the Olympics, huh. I’m glad the State Fair judges got it right.
Your felted bag is MAGNIFICENT!!! I’m going to the Fair tomorrow afternoon and will check out all the entries. Last year, Dave went with me to the exhibition hall and we spent 10 minutes top looking at everything. This year…..I’ll make it a solo visit. Or send him on his way to find a corn dog. 🙂