Yes, it is state fair time in Minnesota, which is bittersweet. It means that fall really is here and summer is almost gone. I love fall, but what the …??!! Where did summer go?
Okay, stop ranting! Kim and I went to the fair yesterday on a picture perfect day. My dear hubby dropped us off! The buses were set to start an hour later than usual and that would be well after the Creative Activities doors opened. The only reason we were a tad late was because I had to use the restroom! The traffic snafus caused by the transportation changes were the highlight of fair coverage on the evening news.
The first order of business was to hunt for our entries.
The first thing we spotted was my Moose River Cowl (this was made from yarn I won). And congrats to Lucy for her blue ribbon sweater!
The next two items were next to each other in the case: Pravigan and my latest Plaid Squared Felted Bag.
Doesn’t it look like that rosette ribbon has been snipped off?
Then we eyeballed Kims’ gorgeous fair isle blanket which also won a blue:
After that we had to hunt a little for our other entries. Here are Kim’s stunning hat and stranded scarf:
My Capture the Moment won a 2nd place ribbon and was kinda flopped into the case:
Our friend, “N,” also won a ribbon – her first time entering!!
Baby Bonnet did well, and is hiding in the garments section!!
Also hiding in Garments is a sad looking little pancake, my Fair Isle Long Hat:
The hats that don’t win ribbons get plopped onto sewing mannequins! Here is how I see it!
We finally found Dumbo – so proud to see him with his second place ribbon!!
I also entered three items in the senior category:
Bonnie Esplie again won our Penelope Knitters award for a beautiful pair of gloves!
Kim and I volunteered at the MKG booth where we talked to fair goers about knitting and the guild. A highlight for me was when my dear friend Lynn and her family found us at the MKG booth!! We also dined on several healthy food choices: Corn Dogs, Mini Donuts, Fried Cheese Curds, ice cream cones, and Big Fat Bacon!! It’s the Fair!! You have to eat like that! 🙂
PS to Commenters: Unfortunately I don’t have all the details about Kim’s projects!! She is Luckydogknits on Ravelry if you want to ask her about them or ask her to post them to her project page. 🙂
PS2 in response to Amy: Amy asked why I entered some items in the senior category instead of regular knitting. There are several factors. I entered Fading Point in seniors because I thought it would not do well against the level of competition in the regular knitting category – it would have been entered against shawls. (Senior has three knitting lots: sweater, scarf, and not a sweater or a scarf, aka “other”!!!). I entered my Ovale Decke shawl in the “other” lot. I didn’t know what lot to enter my beaded Snowfall Hat in in the regular knitting. I already had an entry in the colorwork hat lot so it would need to go elsewhere, but if they moved it into that lot it would have been disqualified because you can only enter one item per lot. They had a couple of beading lots under seniors: beaded necklace and beaded “other.” So Snowfall landed in Beaded Other and snagged a blue!!
