I also love that September spurs a frenzy of knitting and baking for the Ilderton Fall Fair. This year I entered 8 knitted items and 2 baked items.
The knitting division:
Astoria Sweater [1ST PLACE]
Ozmoss Central Park Hoodie [1ST PLACE]
Shibui Reds [2ND PLACE]
Hat & Mitts Set (Donated to Women's Institute) [1ST PLACE]
Thanksgiving Pumpkin [2ND PLACE]
Children's Lizard Mittens (Bazaar Item)
The baking division:
Butter Pecan Pie [3RD PLACE]
Blueberry Bread Pudding with Golden Cream Sauce [3RD PLACE]
It was disappointing to see how many baking categories were eliminated this year. But most disappointing was the limited categories for the Country Fair Baking Contest. This year the categories were: bread, canning, two crust pie, jam/jelly, muffins and sticky buns. Not that there's anything wrong with these categories - but to be fair, these categories are all already included in other baking categories!
The Country Fair Baking Contest, IMHO, should be like the women's 100m track event in the Olympics, or the quest for the Holy Grail. Blood should be spilled to win the championship ribbon - bakers should be frothing at the bit! The categories should reflect this, and one would think that there would be a cake baking section at least.
[steps down from her pedestal]
So, the results of my knitting and baking?
Well, I scored three 1sts, three 2nds and two 3rds. Not bad!
Here's the table of all my goodies. The Blueberry Bread Pudding with Golden Cream Sauce won me a baggie of prizes. It was excellent! I scored an insulated coffee mug with a leather milk holder around it, four dessert dishes in black and white (spotted like cows), two cow pencils, a lovely pen, a cow Xmas stocking, four cow sticky pads, a beanie baby cow, and cow oven mitts! Totally cool!
So that's the Fair for another year! Now to chow down on the pecan pie and bread pudding. Mmmm.......
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