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Jude Johnson
- View/Print Fiber Info Guide
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- View/Print Fiber Entry Form
- View/Print Fleece Entry Form
- Fiber & Fleece General Information
- For Mail-In Instructions:
- Fiber
- Loom Woven
- Non-Traditional Woven, Twining, Plaiting, Card-Woven, Etc.
- Handspun Skeins
- Dyeing: Handspun or Commercial Yarn or Fiber
- Products Using Handspun Fiber
- Felted
- Surface Design/Embellished
- Collections (minimum 5 items)
- Fleece
- Special Awards – Fiber & Fleece
Fiber & Fleece General Information
Exhibit Entry – Irwin Building:
• Friday, August 4, 11 am – 7 pm
• Saturday, August 5, 11 am – 7 pm
Exhibit Pick Up:
• Tuesday, September 5, 1 pm – 6 pm (Irwin Bldg)
• Saturday, September 9, 1 pm – 6 pm (Hoskins Bldg)
Exhibitors may enter three items per class, but cannot place more than once per class. All entries must have been completed within the last year, appear new, and be clean. Soiled, smelly, or wet items will be disqualified. No “kit” projects allowed. All skeins of yarn should be a minimum 1 oz. or 100 yards approximately and the yarn needs to be tied in 3 places. No ribbon will be awarded without documentation.
Fiber & Fleece Documentation Forms are required for all entries and must be completed to enter your items. Please see above links to complete prior to entry. Forms will also be available on Entry Days.
Required info to complete forms:
- Personal entrant number (do not write name on form)
- Description of preparation, including techniques and tools used
- Dyeing process, if applicable, including type of dye
- Sample of original fiber, swatch or yarn, and list content, fiber
- Specify Alaskan fiber, if used
All divisions are open to all ages. If you are entering as a Junior, place the appropriate letter on the entry form under sub-category.
Sub-Categories:
A: Junior, ages 12 and under
B: Junior, 13 through 17
If sub-category is not specified, entry will be classified as OPEN.
Judging is on design, color, workmanship, finished appearance, difficulty of execution, and originality.
Loom Woven
Division 01: Clothing
Class:
- 01 Bag
- 02 Belt
- 03 Coat, jacket
- 04 Dress, skirt
- 05 Shirt, blouse
- 06 Scarf
- 07 Shawl
- 08 Vest, tunic
- 09 Other
Division 02: Yardage
Class:
- 01 Clothing
- 02 Household
- 03 Other
Division 03: Household Item
Class:
- 01 Afghan, lap robe
- 02 Bed linens / covers
- 03 Pillow cover
- 04 Table linens
- 05 Towel
- 06 Wall art
- 07 Other
Division 04: Rug
Class:
- 01 Balanced weave
- 02 Rag
- 03 Rep weave
- 04 Warp-faced
- 05 Weft-faced
- 06 Other
Division 05: Tapestry
Class:
- 01 Wearable
- 02 Non-wearable
- 03 Wall Art
- 04 Other
Division 06: Pin Looms
Class:
- 01 Commercial yarns
- 02 Handspun yarns
- 03 Novelty yarns
- 04 Felted finished
Non-Traditional Woven, Twining, Plaiting, Card-Woven, Etc.
Division 07: Clothing or Household
Class:
- 01 Wearable
- 02 Non-wearable
- 03 Wall art
- 04 Three dimensional
- 05 Other
Division 08: Bobbin Lace
Class:
- 01 Bookmark
- 02 Clothing
- 03 Edging
- 04 Motifs
- 05 Scarf
- 06 Other
Division 09: Fibers – Personally prepared by individual entering
Specify hand or machine
Class:
- 01 Alaska mix only
- 02 Blended smooth
- 03 Exotics
- 04 Mixed fibers
- 05 Novelty blended
- 06 Wool
- 07 Wool/Silk
- 08 Alpaca
- 09 Other
Handspun Skeins
•Division 10: Hand-Prepared Fibers – Wheel
•Division 11: Hand-Prepared Fibers – Spindle
•Division 12: Commercially Prepared Fibers – Wheel
•Division 13: Commercially Prepared Fibers – •Spindle
•Division 14: Designer, Novelty – Wheel
•Division 15: Designer Novelty – Spindle
Class:
- 01 Angora
- 02 Basts (flax, ramie, hemp, jute)
- 03 Blended fibers
- 04 Cotton
- 05 Dog or cat
- 06 Down (camel, yak, cashgora, cashmere, quiviut, pygora, llama, alpaca)
- 07 Hair (camel, yak, cashgora, cashmere, quiviut, pygora, llama, alpaca)
- 08 Man-made (tencel, acrylic, polyester, nylon, rayon)
- 09 Mohair
- 10 Navajo ply
- 11 Silk
- 12 Wool
- 13 Mixed fiber
- 14 Selective spinning for color purposes
- 15 Other
Dyeing: Handspun or Commercial Yarn or Fiber
Division 16: Natural Dyes
Class:
- 01 Boiling
- 02 Fermentation
Division 17: Synthetic Dyes
Class:
- 01 Dyed after spinning
- 02 Dyed fleece
- 03 Immersion dyeing
- 04 Multi dye pot dyeing
- 05 Over dye
- 06 One color saturated – solid
- 07 Painting color
- 08 Snow/Ice Dyeing
- 09 Sun dyeing
- 10 Sprinkle dry dyeing
- 11 Squirt dyeing
- 12 Measured striping dyeing
- 13 Stripping
- 14 Variegated color dyeing
- 15 Other
Division 18: Finished Products from Hand Dyeing
Class:
- 01 Belt
- 02 Blanket, afghan
- 03 Coat, jacket
- 04 Cowl, smoke ring
- 05 Gloves, mittens
- 06 Hat
- 07 Linens
- 08 Purse
- 09 Scarf
- 10 Shawl
- 11 Shirt, blouse
- 12 Skirt
- 13 Slippers
- 14 Socks
- 15 Sweater
- 16 Three dimensional, non-wearable
- 17 Vest, tunic
- 18 Wall art
- 19 Yardage
- 20 Other
Products Using Handspun Fiber
•Division 19: Hand Knitted / Handspun
•Division 20: Machine Knitted / Handspun
•Division 21: Woven / Handspun
•Division 22: Woven / Combo Commercial / Handspun
•Division 23: Knitted / Combo Commercial / Handspun
•Division 24: Other Techniques Using Handspun
Class:
- 01 Belt
- 02 Blanket, afghan
- 03 Coat, jacket
- 04 Cowl, smoke ring
- 05 Gloves, mittens
- 06 Hat
- 07 Linens
- 08 Purse
- 09 Scarf
- 10 Shawl
- 11 Shirt, blouse
- 12 Skirt
- 13 Slippers
- 14 Socks
- 15 Sweater
- 16 Three dimensional, non-wearable
- 17 Vest, tunic
- 18 Wall art
- 19 Yardage
- 20 Other
Felted
•Division 25: Raw Fibers
•Division 26: Knitted OR Crochet
•Division 27: Handspun Woven Fabrics
•Division 28: Machine Knitted
•Division 29: Needle Felted
Class:
- 01 Belt
- 02 Blanket, afghan
- 03 Coat, jacket
- 04 Cowl, smoke ring
- 05 Gloves, mittens
- 06 Hat
- 07 Linens
- 08 Purse
- 09 Scarf
- 10 Shawl
- 11 Shirt, blouse
- 12 Skirt
- 13 Slippers
- 14 Socks
- 15 Sweater
- 16 Three dimensional, non-wearable
- 17 Vest, tunic
- 18 Wall art
- 19 Yardage
- 20 Other
Surface Design/Embellished
Division 30: Transformation of Cloth Dyeing, Batik, Resist, Printing, Beading, etc.
Class:
- 01 Sculptural
- 02 Wall art
- 03 Art fabric
- 04 Wearable
- 05 Interior textile accessories
- 06 Other
Division 31: Paper Making
Class:
- 01 Single sheets
- 02 Book of all handmade paper
- 03 Sculptural
- 04 Wall art
- 05 Other
Division 32: Mixed Media (multiple fibers used in a finished piece)
Class:
- 01 Sculptural
- 02 Wearable
- 03 Non wearable
- 04 Wall art
- 05 Other
Division 33: Handmade Spinning and Weaving Tools for Fiber & Fleece
Class:
- 01 Combs, carders. hackles
- 02 Drop Spindle
- 03 Loom
- 04 Needles – glass, wire, or wood
- 05 Niddy Noddy – PVC or wood
- 06 Spindles, with 1 oz. fiber on
- 07 Spinning wheel
- 08 Stitch markers
- 09 Yarn Bowl
- 10 Other
Collections (minimum 5 items)
Division 34: Spinning (1 ounce or 100 yards per skein minimum)
Class:
- 01 Different fiber skeins
- 02 Different spinning techniques
- 03 Novelty skeins
- 04 Different color / Same fibers
Division 35: Dyeing (1 ounce or 100 yards per skein minimum)
Class:
- 01 Natural dye wearable
- 02 Natural dye non-wearable
- 03 Natural dye other
- 04 Synthetic dye wearable
- 05 Synthetic dye non-wearable
- 06 Synthetic dye other
Division 36: Felted
Class:
- 01 Wet wearable
- 02 Wet non-wearable
- 03 Wet other
- 04 Needle wearable
- 05 Needle non-wearable
- 06 Needle other
Division 37: Woven
Class:
- 01 Loom
- 02 Tapestry
- 03 Continuous on 1 warp
- 04 Other
Division 38: Fleece to Finish – NEW DIVISION
Exhibitor must document a minimum of 3 steps you personally completed in this process. Pictures are recommended.
Class:
- 01 Same Fibers – Individual Project
- 02 Same Fibers – Group Project
- 03 Mixed Fibers – Individual Project
- 04 Mixed Fibers – Group Project
Enter a maximum of four fleeces per class. Fleeces must be no more than twelve months’ growth, as commonly measured by the wool trade. All wether fleeces in wether classes only. Enter each fleece in a clear plastic bag; one per bag. Do not include skirtings. Tag fleece with exhibitor name, breed and sex of fleece, division, and class number.
Definitions
Fine: Fine combing 64’s to 80’s
Medium Fine: Half-blood combing 60’s to 62’s
Medium: Blood combing 56 to 58’s & blood combing 50 to 54’s
Long: Low blood combing 46’s to 48’s; Common 40’s to 44’s; Braid, 36’s or coarser.
Natural colored: 30% or greater color content: solid white= 0%, solid black = 100%
Fleece Judging Information
Judging criteria:
- Quality or fineness typical of the breed
- Evenness of quality or fineness throughout the fleece
- Length and strength of staple
- Estimated clean weight
- Condition
- Character, including crimp and color
Fleeces will be penalized if they:
- Show paint or tar (except soluble branding fluids)
- Show excessive dung locks or tags
- Are discolored or clotted by excessive moisture
- Show a weak staple or break in fabric
- Contain excess burrs or other vegetable matter
Division 1: Wool, White Fleece
Division 2: Wool, White Fleece – Ram
Division 3: Wool, Colored Fleece
Division 4: Wool, Colored Fleece – Ram
Classes for Divisions 1 – 4:
- 01 1 to 6 Months – Lamb fleece
- 02 7 to 15 Months – Hoggit fleece
- 03 Off-white or cream Lamb fleece
- 04 Purebred, Fine
- 05 Purebred, Medium Fine
- 06 Purebred, Medium
- 07 Purebred, Long Wool
- 08 Market (Crossbred), Fine
- 09 Market (Crossbred), Medium Fine
- 10 Market (Crossbred), Medium
- 11 Market (Crossbred), Long Wool
- 12 Natural Colored, Fine
- 13 Natural Colored, Medium Fine
- 14 Natural Colored, Medium
- 15 Natural Colored, Long Wool
- 16 Wether, White
- 17 Wether, Natural Colored
Division 5: Alpaca
Class:
- 01 White Huacaya
- 02 Colored Huacaya
- 03 White Suri
- 04 Colored Suri
Division 6: Llama
Class:
- 01 White
- 02 Colored
Division 7: Exotic Animal Fibers
Class:
- 01 Angora
- 02 Bison
- 03 Camelids
- 04 Cashmere
- 05 Cat
- 06 Dog
- 07 Mohair
- 08 Musk Ox
- 09 Pygora
- 10 Yak
- 11 Other
Special Awards – Fiber & Fleece
Outstanding entries will be recognized by these generous donors:
