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| CTC Ribbon |
Crochet Twin Cities members! Whether you volunteered at the fair, entered items into the competitions, donated items for our give aways, or provided support to each other in so many ways, your contributions were invaluable. Several of our members received ribbons this year, so, it's going to take a little while to document them all. Let's get it started with the Crochet Twin Cities' sponsored ribbon for the best overall wearable crocheted item. CTC does not have any input into the award, aside from specifying that it must be an item from specific categories. The judges awarded the 2024 ribbon was to Leslie J. of Inver Grove Heights. Leslie will receive a 1-year free membership to CTC as part of the award. I hope we see Leslie at an upcoming meeting.
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| Bree's bee |
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| Carla's bee |
While it may not come immediately to mind as a crochet competition, the Bee & Honey category under the Ag-Hort-Bee competitions has an award for a crochet item, with a bee or honey theme (class 111). A couple of our members have been competing in this category; Carla entered some really cute bee-themed placemats and Bree won first place this year with this honey of a bee! According to the divisions, rules, and premiums documents. Items are judged on overall appearance, craftmanship, creativity and conformity (not precisely sure what that means).
This year we did something new (again). Wait, how can it be new if we're doing it again? Here's what happened: in spring 2023 I thought I'd participate in a local craft fair. I had so many leftover items, I brought them to the fair and gave them away to people (mostly children, but some adults too), who stopped by to visit us. It was a huge hit with the kids, so this year, I made items specifically to give away. Then I realized that everyone should be able to join the fun, so we asked members to assist with making give aways. As always, our group came through with flying colors! We had scrunchies and fidgets and critters galore, there were key chains, baskets and bags and more.
I am going to need to spend some time getting photos, and the winners list together, so I will leave you with a few pictures from our demonstration booth. Our next meeting is Saturday, 9/14 at Highland Park Library in St. Paul. We'll be learning corner to corner crochet from Barb, the supply list and the information for downloading the free pattern will be in the newsletter sent out to members on 9/7. We'll also add a link in Facebook and on the blog closer to the date. This meeting is free and open to the public. All are welcome!
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| September 1, 2024 |
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| August 22, 2024 |
I am going to need to spend some time getting photos, and the winners list together, so I will leave you with a few pictures from our demonstration booth. Our next meeting is Saturday, 9/14 at Highland Park Library in St. Paul. We'll be learning corner to corner crochet from Barb, the supply list and the information for downloading the free pattern will be in the newsletter sent out to members on 9/7. We'll also add a link in Facebook and on the blog closer to the date. This meeting is free and open to the public. All are welcome!
