Stampede Knitting – Again

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Two years ago, I knit the Evenstar shawl specifically to enter in to the Creative Arts & Crafts competition at the Calgary Stampede. Last year I was eaten up by wedding planning/wedding blogging so I didn’t even try. This past year I knit what I wanted to for me, then when Stampede time rolled around again, I had to look back and figure out what, if anything, I deemed worthy. I decided that the best thing I’d knitted was my not-going-to-Rhinebeck sweater.

Last Friday the husband and I were on the grounds to catch an Our Lady Peace concert, and I made him look around the knitting displays first.

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Third place! Sadly, not Third in in the whole Knitting section (that would mean $100!) but 3rd in Stockinette/Garter stitch sweaters isn’t too shaby! The awards are tiered like that – the top 3 knitted things out of all the entries get 1st/2nd/3rd in Section, plus cash prizes, and then the top 3 things in each class (lace accessories/stockinette sweaters/etc) get ribbons. I had to explain that to a non-knitter lady who was there taking pictures for her knitter-sister and texting her that she won $125. I felt bad, but figured it was better to tell her than not.

A few days later, one of my friends texted me this photo:

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My friends are awesome.

Sillily, I forgot to take any pictures of the winning items, but I did take some pictures that you might be able to help me identify:

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I love both these shawls, but don’t know the patterns! The pictures aren’t the clearest, what with iPhones & the glass cases, but I thought I’d throw it out there.

The purple/green was in ‘Stockinette/Garter Stitch Accessory’ and the blue was in ‘Embellished Item (knit with beads, sequins, etc)’. The beads are on every cross of the lattice section.

Any ideas?

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  • http://www.inkyblack.net Maire

    Someone from The Loop’s Group (on Ravelry, but also rather local to us) identified the bottom shawl as Faberge by Laura Aylor (sorry, I can’t remember how to get my keyboard to do French accenting). Not sure on the top one. It looks like the sort of thing that Romi Hill would design, but I don’t recall seeing it in her catalogue.

  • rycrafty

     Thank you! And I’ve managed to track the other one down: The Elowen shawl by Judy Marples. I see some two-colour shawls in my future!

  • Marian1

    First, congratulations! Your sweater is stunning. The bottom shawl with 3 different sections is the Faberge. I once knitted it for the Ravelympics (or whatever it was called this past year) and it was a really fun knit!