Six ways to put your hands to work this year — dyeing, spinning, knitting, crocheting, and the year-long Kit Challenge. Choose your competition, fill in the details, and we'll have your entry waiting at check-in.
One entry form per competition. Entering more than one? Send this form again for each.
Hand dye a skein in up to four categories. Festival visitors vote; the award is presented Sunday at 3:30 PM.
Buy a kit from a festival vendor this year, finish it at home, and bring it back next year for judging.
Spin against the clock. The festival hands every competitor a 2 oz bag of wool roving.
Bring your own wheel; we provide the 2 oz of roving. Wheel storage is available before the competition.
Crochet a scarf 6–8 inches wide in your own DK or worsted yarn. Donate it to the Community Scarf Project if you like.
Knit a scarf 6–8 inches wide in your own DK or worsted yarn. Donate it to the Community Scarf Project if you like.
How the competition coordinator reaches you before and during the festival.
The specifics for your chosen competition.
Enter up to one skein in each of the four categories. Tick a category to describe that skein.
Tick at least one category to continue.
Buy an eligible kit from a participating vendor during this year's festival, finish the project at home, and bring it back next year for display and judging.
Preferred contact *
Craft category *
Did you add materials that weren't in the original kit?
Did you change the original pattern or instructions?
The finished project must primarily use the materials from the original kit. Additions and changes just need to be disclosed.
The festival provides each competitor with one 2 oz bag of wool roving. Bring your own spindle.
The festival provides one 2 oz bag of wool roving. Bring your own wheel and equipment — you may store your wheel with the festival before the competition begins.
Bring your own DK or worsted weight yarn. Any stitch, pattern, or technique you like.
Nothing is binding — you make the final call when the timer stops.
Required for on-the-floor competitions.
Read it over, then sign by typing your name.
This typed name serves as your signature.
A parent or guardian must sign for any competitor under 18.