JMF Photo Contest- Voting is Open!

Many, many, many moons ago, I announced a Juniper Moon Farm Photo Contest. Most of you are probably too young to remember the blog post about it, because it was so long ago, but you made have heard your grandparents speak of it and wondered if the contest would ever actually happen or if it was a myth. Well, at long last, I am posting all the entries and it’s time for you to vote.

I loved looking at every single one of these entries. We have some amazingly talented knitters, crocheters and spinners amongst us! Seeing a hat or a sweater made from fiber that was once walking around my pasture tickles me to death.

Here’s how you vote: Feel free to make as many comments as you like about any/all of the projects, but the LAST thing is your comment should be “Voting for _____”.  You must chose one project to vote for. This will make my life mucho easier when it comes time to tally the votes. Please vote based on the project, not the quality of the photos- we aren’t professional photographers here, after all.Knitters, feel free to lobby your friends and family for votes!  Voting will remain open until Friday, March 5th.

The stakes: The winners will receive a $50 JMF gift certificate. I have a feeling there might be a little something for the runners-up as well…

Without further ado, here are the entries.

Finished Objects:

Knitter: Deb Boyken

Weight/Colorway: Worsted/Saffron

Pattern: Original pattern called ‘Hoodwinked ‘

Knitter: Maggie Estrin of Little Grey Cat Designs

Weight/Colorway: Bulky/Blueberry Pie

Pattern: Original pattern called “Bounty”

Knitter: Andrea Beesley

Weight/Colorway: Various (from the September Surprise Sale)

Pattern: Earflap Hat Pattern Generator by Lucia Liljegren with Tessellating Skulls Wallpaper Chart is by Erssie Major.

Knitter: Ayelet Kuper

Weight/Colorway: Sock/Leaf Peepers “Cedar”

Pattern: Milkweed Shawl by Laura Chau

Crocheter: Janet Metzger

Weight/Colorway: Various (From ‘Widows and Orphans’ sale)

Pattern: Original pattern called ‘Glacier Rose’

Knitter: Tania Nuñez

Weight/Colorway: Sock/Maia

Pattern: Original

Knitter: Sara Barron

Weight/Colorway: Worsted/Blueberry Pie in our Kid Mohair/Cormo blend

Pattern:Claudia

Knitter: MJ Moriarty

Weight/Colorway: Bulky/Blueberry Pie

Pattern: Elfin by Wooly Wormhead

Knitter: Kat

Weight/Colorway: Bulky/?

Pattern:Based on the EDI Cowl

Knitter: BMarion

Weight/Colorway: Sock/Breezy

Pattern:Stephen Colbert Socks by Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne, from ’Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside The Lines’

Knitter: Amanda Bock

Weight/Colorway: Aran/Farmstead

Pattern:#20 Cable/Rib Cardigan by Gayle Bunn, Vogue Knitting, Holiday 2004 (modified version)

Knitter: Joan Fernbach

Weight/Colorway: handspun and dyed from our Cotswold roving

Pattern: Jojoland Autumn Shawl

Knitter: Betsy

Weight/Colorway: Worsted/Hand-dyed by the knitter with help from Shelby B Designs

Pattern:Chinese Lace Pullover by Angela Hahn

Knitter: Hilary Detmers

Weight/Colorway:Sock/ Leaf Peepers Spruce and Leaf Peepers Aspen

Pattern: Original pattern called ‘Sock Yarn Faroese Shawl’

Knitter: Anna

Weight/Colorway:Sock/Verdant

Pattern: ‘Vog on by Aleta Fera

Knitter: Anna

Weight/Colorway:Sock/Verdant

Pattern: Breeze by Jennifer L. Appleby

Handspun:

Spinner:Maggie Estrin of Little Grey Cat Designs

Name: Cumulus

Fiber: hand-picked/combed kid mohair locks corespun around a commercial mohair DK weight yarn, wrapped in a commerical laceweight mohair yarn

Since Maggie was our only spinner to enter I herby declare her the winner of the Spinner’s Contest. Congratulations. Maggie! I love that yarn so much it hurts me.