I never enter competitions. The last time I entered one was when I was in sixth grade. That is, until recently. I decided to enter some of my hand knitting and pine needle baskets in the county fair. We never even go to the fair! I thought, though, that it would be interesting to see what would happen.
I asked a friend of mine, the person who taught me how to make reed baskets, if she would join me. She did. Hurray!
Judging took place on 13 July 2000. 3 of my 4 hand knits got first place and 1 got second place; each of the pine needle baskets got first place. Judging took all day and I couldn't stay to see which items got the merit awards--the hightest awards given. I returned on July 14 and found that my latest Norwegian sweater got a merit award, as did my big "masterpiece" basket. I am totally thrilled!
My friend, who is a reed basket weaver, got 1 first place, 2 second places, and 1 third place--all her entries placed.
