I haven’t been able to go to this small and mighty fiber festival for two years now. I had 4 entries into their textiles competition, which required items to be 100% handspun yarn.
Judged by Stephanie Gaustad. She had lots of nice things to say about my shawl. She loved the care that went into choosing the coloring, and was impressed with how concentric the circles were. She loved the creativity of the pattern and sat there trying to pick out different constellations. She was super impressed with the thin spinning I had to do in order to get a 3-ply through the small beads. And loved the diagonal ribbing edging, which added much security to the weight of the shawl. At one point she stood there in silence, admiring it before saying “You are standing in front of hundreds of hours of work.” heh, yeah no kidding! There was what I thought tough competition, but this was an easy pick for her! yay!
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