September 5, 2009
I got two blue ribbons and one red.
The red one I got because it was size 10 thread. If it had been size 30 which is finer thread, it definitely would have been a blue ribbon.
The name of the red ribbon doily is Rambler Rose. Tedgie said not too long ago she would like a doily, so she will be the recipient of Rambler Rose. I said she would get it before it went to the Fair and I wished it had won a blue ribbon for her. I finished crocheting it last spring.
I have never taken anything to the Fair though with size 10 thread and received a blue ribbon, so I had an inkling that it would not get a blue ribbon. I thought that since fewer and fewer are crocheting, that size 30 thread maybe wouldn't show up this year. But it did, in a plain pineapple pattern. Rambler Rose with the roses and picots and ruffle and joinings required a bit more time and devotion to the craft of crocheting to complete. I don't find crocheting with size 30 thread any more difficult that crocheting with size 10. There are a lot more colors in size 10. I've wanted to make that pattern for over 30 years. Yea!! it is done!!!
The doily with the pansies is one I got on the crochet site I visit daily called Crochet+ on Delphi from a pattern that a gal had found in her grandmother's patterns and her grandmother probably had written if off from a completed doily. It didn't have the pansies, I added that idea. There was some discussion on the instructions on finishing the edge of the doily, and I came up with a totally different idea of adding pansies. It is crocheted with tatting thread and measures about 10 inches.
People who don't crochet think "bigger the better" when they compare the sizes and will be much more impressed with Rambler Rose than with Pansies. Judges at Fairs have different ideas and a criteria that they follow.
The name of the afghan is "Betsy" I made it last June and had it tied to the bench on my front porch. It was so absolutely cute, I decided to take it to the fair, and lo and behold she got a blue ribbon. There were a lot of afghans entered, and Betsy is really different. She is adorable with her 13 flower stars. I can hardly wait until to put her out again. Looks like it won't be until next Memorial Day because she is still at the Fair this Labor Day.
The red one I got because it was size 10 thread. If it had been size 30 which is finer thread, it definitely would have been a blue ribbon.
The name of the red ribbon doily is Rambler Rose. Tedgie said not too long ago she would like a doily, so she will be the recipient of Rambler Rose. I said she would get it before it went to the Fair and I wished it had won a blue ribbon for her. I finished crocheting it last spring.
I have never taken anything to the Fair though with size 10 thread and received a blue ribbon, so I had an inkling that it would not get a blue ribbon. I thought that since fewer and fewer are crocheting, that size 30 thread maybe wouldn't show up this year. But it did, in a plain pineapple pattern. Rambler Rose with the roses and picots and ruffle and joinings required a bit more time and devotion to the craft of crocheting to complete. I don't find crocheting with size 30 thread any more difficult that crocheting with size 10. There are a lot more colors in size 10. I've wanted to make that pattern for over 30 years. Yea!! it is done!!!
The doily with the pansies is one I got on the crochet site I visit daily called Crochet+ on Delphi from a pattern that a gal had found in her grandmother's patterns and her grandmother probably had written if off from a completed doily. It didn't have the pansies, I added that idea. There was some discussion on the instructions on finishing the edge of the doily, and I came up with a totally different idea of adding pansies. It is crocheted with tatting thread and measures about 10 inches.
People who don't crochet think "bigger the better" when they compare the sizes and will be much more impressed with Rambler Rose than with Pansies. Judges at Fairs have different ideas and a criteria that they follow.
The name of the afghan is "Betsy" I made it last June and had it tied to the bench on my front porch. It was so absolutely cute, I decided to take it to the fair, and lo and behold she got a blue ribbon. There were a lot of afghans entered, and Betsy is really different. She is adorable with her 13 flower stars. I can hardly wait until to put her out again. Looks like it won't be until next Memorial Day because she is still at the Fair this Labor Day.
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