Quantity Competitons - and their Winners (updated)
Drum roll please.
Ladies and Gentlemen, as we promised before the Summer Season began, today we announce the results of our Quantity Competitions.
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For the Competition for the Most Small Items Knit (in which we defined "Small Item" to mean an item that took at least 350 and no more than 700 yards to complete), we had 14 original competitors. Some of them were overcome by startitis, and thus did not record any finished objects, having been buried under a flurry of lacy goodness to the point where they just couldn’t choose one thing. (I so recognize this condition!!) Others were lured by the temptations of lace in other sizes, and found themselves finishing things that were either too large or too small to qualify for this competition. And, unfortunately, some were beset by life, and had to withdraw from the competition. Of the remaining five, one was sidetracked by her prodigious output for the yardage competition. None-the-less, she registered a solid 6 items. Had she been allowed to count her yardage related entries for both projects, that number would have been higher… Our runner up, with 10 items was marinemom (if only those dishcloths had been bigger, she’d have tied for first!). And the winner, with 12 documented finished items in the small lace category? nolaboard! Congratulations nolaboard! You’ve won…. a $50.00 Gift Certificate from |
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Next up in this awards "ceremony," the heated competition for the most yards knit of yarn into lace in a single season. We started the season with 37 hopefuls. Some of them decided to stick to a single competition, instead of trying to work on high yardage counts AND churning out small items whose yardage would not count in this competition. Others found themselves lured away by cables, or by textured socks. And some, alas, were also beset by life. In the end, we have an even dozen competitors. tinker came in third, with an impressive 6,893 yards of yarn converted into lace. littlelena is our runner up. She managed to knit 8,246 yards of yarn into lace. For this amazing feat, she wins the second place prize of a kit for the delicate silk scarf "Whisp of Summer" .
and finally, our winner , who will be enjoying a $50.00 gift certificate for for having knit 11,855 yards of yarn into lace …. (yes, that’s eleven thousand , eight hundred fifty five yards of yarn) …. is |
Congratulations! to our winners!
We hope you’ll post about what you’ve bought with your winnings!
The judged awards will take a bit more time. We seem to still be collecting nominations, and then we have to give our esteemed panel of judges time to consider the nominees.
While we wait for the Judge’s decisions….— RAFFLES.
And…. a chance to vote for your favorite of the Viewers Choice Nominees!
Oh…. finally, for the record, Here are the final rankings for all competitors posting numbers for these Competitions:
Most Small Items
lynnzpickles 2 (plus many started projects)
vicki 4
birgi t 6
Marinemom 10
nolaboard 12
Yardage Competition
KnatteringKnitter 1000
textilejunkie 1412
Melfina the Blue 1419
alittlefuzzy 1428
kcatt79Â 2000
escr 2267
yarnpro 2560
birgit 3680
sligo 5260
tinker 6893
littlelena 8246
thislittlepiggyknits 11,855
Ahhh I had such hopes and dreams when I started 
Anyway, 350 yrds down, bringing me to a grand total of either…(FOs only)
