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Fiber, Dept. 28 214 Socks Patterned—Complex Stitch Pattern Lauren Scarpa, Superintendent 203-269-6662 215 Toys Chris Cunningham, 203-804-4429 216 Pillows Asst 213 Socks plain—simple stitch pattern Fiber, Dept. 28 214 Socks patterned—complex stitch pattern Lauren Scarpa, Superintendent 203-269-6662 215 Toys Chris Cunningham, 203-804-4429 216 Pillows Asst. Superintendent 217 Afghan plain 218 Felted hat Committee 219 Felted bag plain Joy Higgins Megan Higgins 220 Felted bag ornate Sharon Hogfeldt Peg Jiantonio 221 Felted mittens Kathy Kohen Brian Lyman 222 Felted garments—warp can be commercially spun yarn, but Pat Norcia Sue Rasted weft must be handspun. 1 ft. sample of handspun fiber must Laurie Sanford John Swearinger accompany garment. Lee Swearinger 223 Felted holiday item knit, crochet or felted DEPARTMENT ENTRY INSTRUCTIONS 224 Felted soap ONLINE ENTRY IS REQUIRED. To be an Exhibitor, you must click on 225 Felted other the Online Entry link and follow the instructions. Entry deadlines 226 Woven garments are listed on the Exhibitor Deadlines and Delivery Dates page. (If 227 Other online entry is absolutely not available to you, please contact your 228 Animal knit, crochet or felted Department Superintendent.) 229 Youth (18 and under) felting 230 Youth (18 and under) bag 1. All yarn must be handspun on a spinning wheel or drop spindle 231 Youth (18 and under) scarf and spun by the individual entering it. No commercial mill spun 233 Youth (18 and under) other yarn is allowed unless specifically noted for special categories. 235 Crocheted hat 2. Only 1 item per Class may be entered by an exhibitor, except for 236 Crocheted scarf the alpaca, llama, angora goat, angora rabbit and cashmere goat 237 Crocheted bag/purse classes. 238 Crocheted other 3. Each entry must be tagged with exhibitor name, class #, class 239 Other—Any project that does not fit the above garment name and type of fiber. categories. 4. No items previously entered in the Fiber Department can compete again for prizes. HAND SPINNING 5. All entry forms must be received by Sept. 16. No exceptions. Each skein must be spun from livestock fibers, tagged with fiber 6. Exhibits must be dropped off Sun., Sept. 20, between 2 - 6 p.m. content, how fiber was prepared and your name. Each skein must 7. Exhibits must be picked up Sun., Sept. 27, between 6:30 - 8 p.m. weigh at least 1 oz. Any skeins less than 1 oz. will not be accepted. If you cannot make it by 8 p.m., please make arrangements for 300 2 ply—1 skein pick-up of your entries. 301 Singles—1 skein 8. Please make sure you have the right Class # on your entries. 302 Mixed livestock fibers—can be sheep, alpaca, llama, rabbit, goat 9. Please don’t wash your fleece before entering it. 310 Mixed fibers—50% Livestock fiber, 50% Other—can be bamboo, cotton silk, etc. Premiums 320 Exotic fiber—examples are cashmere, angora, quivet, yak, 1st—$35 2nd—$30 3rd—$26 4th—$22 5th—$18 bison, cashgora, etc. Spinners choice for preparation, plying 80 Baby/child’s hat and/or color. 81 Baby/child’s mittens 330 Art yarn—Each skein must be spun from livestock fiber but 82 Baby/child’s sweater can be plied with a commercial novelty yarn. 83 Baby/child’s booties 340 Scarf patterned—complex stitch pattern 84 Needle felting free form/sculptural 400 Navajo ply—1 skein 85 Needle felting decoration on any base 410 Mohair singles (100% Mohair) 86 Art yarn scarf 411 Mohair 2 ply (100% Mohair) 87 Art yarn hat 412 Mohair other (100% Mohair) 88 Art yarn other 420 Alpaca singles (100% Alpaca) 89 Fingerless mittens 421 Alpaca 2 ply (100% Alpaca) 90 Fingerless gloves 422 Alpaca other (100% Alpaca) 200 Cardigan plain—simple stitch pattern 430 Llama singles (100% Llama) 201 Cardigan with pattern—complex stitch pattern 431 Llama 2 ply (100% Llama) 202 Lace work 432 Llama other (100% Llama) 203 Pullover plain—simple stitch pattern 500 Cable ply—one skein 204 Pullover patterned 600 Spinners texture choice—this class will be judged on creativity, 205 Scarf plain—simple stitch pattern texture from natural fibers 206 Vest plain—simple stitch pattern 700 Spinners color choice—hand dyed after spinning or in 207 Vest patterned—complex stitch pattern fleece form and then colors blended in carding process (no 208 Shawl commercial dyed) 209 Shawl lace work 800 Spinners color choice—commercial dyed 210 Mittens 850 Novelty—anything unusual and out of the ordinary 211 Hat plain—simple stitch pattern 860 Youth (18 & under) singles one skein 212 Hat patterned—complex stitch pattern 870 Youth (18 & under) other one skein PREMIUMS FLEECES—LIMIT 4 ENTRIES PER CLASS 1st—$30 2nd—$25 3rd—$20 4th—$15 5th—$10 900 Fine wool—Pure Bred White. Cormo, Merino, Rambouillet, Targhee 901 Down breeds—Dorset, Hampshire, Oxford, Shropshire, Southdown, Suffolk 902 Medium breeds—Pure Bred, White, Cheviot, Columbia, Corridale, Finn 903 Long wool purebred white—Border Leicester, Cotswold, Lincoln, Romney 904 Purebred natural colored—Border Leicester, Cotswold, Finn, Lincoln, Romney, Shetland, etc. ALPACA—5” square cut off barrel, neatly wrapped in tissue paper (fiber aligned). Must be accompanied by 3 X 5 photo of Alpaca sam- ple was taken from. Also include name of Alpaca and sex. 906 Alpaca (Ages 6 to 12 months) 907 Alpaca (Ages 12 months and older) LLAMA—5” square cut off barrel, neatly wrapped in tissue paper (fiber aligned). Must be accompanied by 3 X 5 photo of Llama sample was taken from. Also include name of llama and sex. 909 Llama (Ages 9 to 12 months) 910 Llama (Ages 12 months and older) ANGORA GOAT—5” square cut off barrel, neatly wrapped in tissue paper (fiber aligned). Must be accompanied by 3 X 5’ photo of Angora goat sample was taken from. Also include name of Angora goat and sex. 911 Angora goat (kid) 912 Angora goat (yearling) 913 Angora goat (adult) CASHMERE GOAT—send 5” square wrapped in tissue, along with snapshot of animal. 914 Cashmere goat (kid) 915 Cashmere goat (yearling) 916 Cashmere goat (adult) 917 Angora Rabbit—send 5” square wrapped in tissue, along with snapshot of animal. 999 Fleece to hand knit or woven must have 5” square sample of fleece, photo of animal, on index card, breed of animal, age, sex; plus exhibitors name/farm/address/phone how fiber was prepared..
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