[lace] Fair entry categories - whys and wherefores

2004-08-19 Thread Tamara P. Duvall
On Aug 17, 2004, at 15:27, Alice Howell wrote: What are the classes/divisions/etc you have to deal with in your local fairs? I worked for several years to get the classes revised in our local county fair. [...] The philosophy was that an edging could be on anything, or entered without being

Re: [lace] fair entry categories

2004-08-18 Thread Jean Leader
I think the annual Royal Highland Show is probably the nearest Scottish equivalent to state fairs.This usually has three lace classes in the Handcrafts section - two for bobbin lace and one for tatting (needle lace often fits in one of the embroidery classes). In most cases a particular item

[lace] fair entry categories

2004-08-17 Thread Alice Howell
Fair entry categories have been referred to a couple times recently. What are the classes/divisions/etc you have to deal with in your local fairs? I worked for several years to get the classes revised in our local county fair. You don't even want to know what they used to have. Here's what