SP12 Question of the Week #9

Have you ever entered your knitting (or anything else) in the fair? Would you ever consider it?

To me the fair means the Colorado State Fair. It is held in my hometown and I grew up about a mile from the fairgrounds. I always spent a lot to time there as a kid, mainly as a teenager I suppose. My friend Stacy lived even closer to the fairgrounds than I did. My mom would drop me off at her house and we'd walk the couple blocks to the fair together. Later I drove the car to her house to avoid parking hassles and we'd walk from there. We'd do everything from petting cows to hanging out on the midway to seeing concerts to watching the Ginsu knife demonstrations and so much more. Those were good times!

Oh yes, walking through the building to see the domestic-type entries was on the list too. My friend Carolyn used to enter cookies in the junior division and won several ribbons.

My mom is a quilter and she's entered her quilts several times. She has a collection of ribbons to show off for her efforts. I have been to see her quilts hanging at the fair and that is fun.

As for me, my knitting skills are not nearly advanced enough to even consider entering my projects in the fair. The Texas state fair is held in Dallas and I have never been. However, when my visits to Colorado coincide with the fair, I definitely check out what's been entered.