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Warren County Fair 2012

Knitted outfit

This year I entered 19 items and received 17 ribbons. The 1st place ribbons were for the white knitted American Girl Doll dress , poncho, hat and gloves; a crocheted Barbie bridal gown, hat and basket; a dress with a pinafore and purse (that also won Best in Show!) for an AG doll; a hand-knitted sweater, hat and mittens for Alex; a pink crocheted afghan for Maggie; an afghan-stitch crocheted purse; a yellow crocheted doily; a pair of crocheted bear slippers for Alex; pink crocheted booties; a white/silver crocheted bookmark that Emma took home; and our Good Times scrapbook.

Crocheted Barbie gown

AG doll outfit.

Alex's sweater, hat and mittens

Maggie's afghan

Second place ribbons were for the eucalyptus swag, six crocheted coasters and a crocheted ladybug backpack I made for Alex. Third place ribbons were for the three crocheted potholders and a cross-stitched picture of Santa.

The Angry Bird hat didn't win! That was a surprise. I was told that the judges didn't even considered it for judging because they didn't feel that a teenager would even want to wear it! My granddaughter was very happy to take it home and she can't wait for cold weather to wear it to school.

I have already started making things for next year's fair.  Emma's afghan is almost finished and, like Maggie's, I've incorporated her name into the afghan.

Warren County Fair 2011

The Warren County Fair was held while I was away in Florida with Kara and the girls. I had everything packed and labeled so Jimmy could take them out and get them entered. I was holding my breath until I got a phone call from him saying everything went off without a hitch. Whew!

The "Best of Show" ribbon was won (plus 1st place) for the raincoat, hat, bag and dog I made for the American Girl doll. I had also tried to make a green "pleather" raincoat and hat, but that



stuff is MURDER to try to sew! Never again. I'll stick to real fabric. The little bag also has a small spiral bound pad and a "toothpick" pencil. Her umbrella is a circle of fabric with toothpick "spokes" that I gathered and tied to a thin dowel rod with a wooden bead at the top. It can't be opened, but looked so cute with the raincoat. The dress beneath the coat is pretty blue/yellow/white flowers. I used that same fabric as the trim on the coat.


The other AG doll outfit was a knitted poncho, skirt, top, mittens, boots
hat, and messenger bag. The yarn for the skirt, mittens, boots and hat was turquoise and the yarn for the poncho was a brown/turquoise variegated. Maggie and Emma were excited to know that they would be getting the outfits after the fair! This doll's bag also had a little notebook and "pencil".


The afghan was a beautiful shade of royal blue and it took me FOREVER to get it crocheted. It had several different stitches - popcorn, cables, zigzags - and I had to rip it out several times because I'd look at it and see that 4 rows below, or so, had a mistake! Rats!! I was happy that it won a 2nd place ribbon but I really, really thought it was a 1st place winner. Even Kara's friend (who won 1st) thought it was going to be the winner. Rats, again!

These were just three of the 16 items I had made. I received 16 ribbons, plus the "Best of Show" ribbon. The money prizes totaled about $47. I'll never be rich but I enjoy making things.