>Never in my life have I seen so much stellar crochet all in one place. I am talking about the CGOA National Conference this past week in Buffalo, NY, and in particular about the 2009 CGOA Crochet Design Contest. I had the gut-wrenching experience of taking part in the judging. We had four hours to examine all one hundred entries and come up with this short list. We could have been there for days.
I’m posting the winner list now, but plan to write more about some of the high points and hopefully have a mess of images soon.
Hearty congrats to all. Personal thanks to Cari Clement, to Lori Fuller who sweated all the pre- and post-show details at Caron headquarters, and a HUGE standing ovation for Caron International Yarns for their support and generous sponsorship of this year’s contest.
>This contest is a definite asset to CGOA. It's a great idea, generates so much interest and I hope the tradition continues. Thanks for volunteering your time!
>Thank you all for judging the contest, and I am proud to have been chosen as one of the winners!
>Thank YOU, TurquoizeBlue! Your Home Decor prize winner was majorly cool!
>Thank you, Doris, for all your hard work and participation in judging the CGOA Contest. I am honored to have been chosen first prize winner in the ART category.What a thrill for me to hear about winning after my depressing week of not being able to come to the conference at the last minute due to my Mom's open heart surgery! It was a hard decision to ditch the conference, but the right one. I can send you a photo of my winning "Heartrock Hotel."