A Bluestocking Knits

Here is an eclectic selection of things from the Fiber Arts division at the County Fair this year — things that caught my eye, mostly, out of quite a lot of interesting items, from all classes and of every type of fiber.  The above was, obviously, a bit of a show-stopper!

The first-place winner in the socks class.  Nice design, and beautifully worked — I might hesitate to suggest to the fair staff, though, that the charming little elephant belongs on the outside of one's ankle.

I had thought that these would appeal to the judges and I was not far wrong, though in view of the competition, I can see why they chose the ones they did for first place!

I thought this was really stunning — not only beautiful woodworking, but with a wild and gorgeous needlepoint back! and here is a closer view of that —

This is really charming!  I'm not sure what it's for — billets-doux, perhaps! — but charming.  I really like the silver-grey on cream color choice.

Of course this caught my eye very quickly!

I have always loved the William Morris acanthus designs, with their subtle shading.

And this I have mentioned before, but here it is again full-sized, so that you can see some of the detail.  Unfortunately I didn't get a photo of the whole thing — it is probably twice this size.  It is a sampler in cross-stitch of past OC Fair logos, and quite incredible to behold! —

The Fair runs through August 12th, so if you're in town, stop by!