2024 FIBER CONTEST RESULTS

Skeins:
Class 1: Featured Breed – Romney
1. Dawn Gilmore
2. Kimberly Radcliffe
3. Amanda Vallone
4. Christine Sitterly
5. Melissa Godek

Class 2: 100% Sheeps Wool single, natural
1. Kimberly Radcliffe
2. Christine Sitterly
3. Christine Sitterly
4. Gail Carbone
5. Gail Carbone

Class 3: 100% Sheeps Wool single dyed
1. Christine Sitterly

Class 4: 100% Sheeps Wool two-ply natural
1. Gail Csrbone
2. Christine Sitterly
3. Kimberly Radcliffe
4. Hetty Gunderud
5. Ingrid Anderson

Class 5: All Wool Skein, 2-ply dyed
1. Christine Sitterly
2. Amanda Vallone
3. Kimberly Griesel
4. Amanda Vallone
5. Hetty Gunderud

Class 6: 100% Sheeps Wool 3-ply natural/dyed
1. Amanda Vallone
2. Kimberly Radcliffe
3. Kimberly Griesel
4. Kimberly Griesel
5. Diana Zabele

Class 7: Lace weight 100% sheeps wool natural/dyed
1. Kimberly Radcliffe
2. Christine Sitterly
3. Gunther Maertz
4. Diana Zabele

Class 8: Novice, less than 1 year spinning, youth
1. Emma Lucas
2. Emma Lucas

Class 9: Novice, less than 1 year spinning, adult
1. Leslie Kirsch

Class 10: Blended Skein, 50% Sheeps Wool
1. Christine Sitterly
2. Jaya Srikrishnan
3. Amanda Vallone
4. Christine Sitterly
5. Luca DiMambro

Class 11: Textured yarn, 50% sheeps wool
1. Kimberly Radcliffe
2. Christine Sitterly
3. Kathy Banford
4. Lisa Candy
5. Betty Henderson-Sparks

Class 12: Natural Fibers, no sheeps wool
1. Kimberly Radcliffe
2. Lisa Candy
3. Gail Carbone
4. Lisa Candy
5. Christine Sitterly

Best Skein on a handspindle – Suzan Stapleford Award: Amanda Vallone
Elmendorph Guild: Best Skein by a new spinner: Elizabeth Lucas
Elmendorph: Best Skein in the Show: Kimberly Radcliffe

HANDMADE ITEMS

Class 14: Cowls, adult
1. Jennifer Kaczetow
2. Gail Carbone
3. Laura Swain
4. Hetty Gunderud
5. Ingrid Anderson

Class 15: Romney, small item
1. Kris Granatek
2. Francis Shiner
3. Jennifer Kaczetow

Class 17: Handknit small, handspun
1. Jill Fioriello
2. Gail Carbone
3. Diana Zabele
4. Rosanna Lovecchio
5. Gail Carbone

Class 18: Handknit, small, commercial
1. Dawn Gilmore
2. Kathleen Kristofik
3. Laura Swain
4. Laura Swain
5. Kim Day

Class 19: Handknit, large, handspun
1. Jill Fioriello

Class 20: Handknit, large, commercial
1. Jill Fioriello, Kathleen Kristofik, Sara Healy, Sarah McFarland
2. Sara Healy, Kathleen Kristofik, Jaya Srikrishnan, Susan Knowles
3. Laura Swain, Jill Fiorello, Paul Anderson
4. Christopher Virtuoso, Mary Ellen Cortizas
5. Sarah McFarland, Carol Wood

Class 21: Crocheted, small, handspun
1. Patricia Mueller
2. Leslie Kirsch

Class 22: Crocheted, small, commercial
1. Jessica Franks
2. Francis Shiner
3. Leslie Kirsch
4. Sophie Nist
5. Hetty Gunderud

Class 24: Crocheted, large, commercial
1. Leslie Kirsch
2. Leslie Kirsch
3. Marie-Therese Miller
4. Marie-Therese Miller
5. Francis Shiner

Class 25: Handwoven small, handspun
1. Gunther Maertz, Thomas Victor Olsson
2. Christine Sitterly
3. Jaya Srikrishnan
4. Hetty Gunderud

Class 26: Handwoven small, commercial
1. Astrid Tauber
2. Gretchen Eisenmenger
3. Astrid Tauber
4. Gretchen Eisenmenger
5. Susan Mehringer

Class 27: Handwoven, large, handspun
1. Hetty Gunderud

Class 28: Handwoven, large, commercial
1. Astrid Tauber
2. Rosanna Lovecchio
3. Susan Mehringer

4. Carol Wood
5. Ingrid Anderson

Class 29: Wet-felted, small
1. Jill Fioriello
2. Jill Fioriello

Class 30: Wet-felted, large
1. Karen Parsons Russin

Class 31: Needle, pin-felted, small
1. John Sitterly, Jr
2. John Sitterly, Jr
3. Megan Liberta

Class 33: Fulled, small
1. Sarah McFarland
2. Bruce Barrett

Class 35: Hooked, large
1. Andrea Singer
2. Karen Merker
3. Arlene F. Merker

Class 36: Hooked, small
1. Karen Merker
2. Zelma Barrett

Class 38: Lace knit or crochet, large
1. Jessica Franks
2. Lois Rostanzo
3. Jessica Franks
4. Paul Anderson
5. Jessica Franks

Class 39: Any other technique, small
1. Carol Wood
2. Lucien Skuba-Valdez
3. Hetty Gunderud
4. Isabella Sananta
5. Mavi Smart-Christiana

Class 40: Any other technique, large
1. Christine Sitterly
2. Wendylove Mireku
3. Mackenna Tubby
4. Camila Gomez
5. Sarai Aguilar

Class 48: felted, 95% natural fiber
1. Hannah Parsons Russin

Class 52: Fleece to Shawl
1. Spin City
2. Elmendorph Handspinners
3. Twisted Sisters

Class 53: Dropspindle contest
1. Patricia Hall
2. Andrea Wan
3. Jennifer Kaczetow
4. Rachel Skye
5. Mims Miranda

Class 54: Spinning Wheel Contest
1. Melissa Godek
2. Marni Robbins
3. Chris Chmura

Class 55: Chopstick Knitting Contest
1. Ainur Berkinbayeve, Rafael Wan
2. Nora Carr, Emilie Baldwin
3. Amanda Osborn
4. Christina Hillman
5. Tina Tse

Class 56: Crochet Contest
1. Gayathri Chandran, Tie Eaddy
2. Olivia Melo, Rafael Wan
3. Katherine Gibbs, Emilie Baldwin
4. Ruth Brasch
5. Florence Parmelee

Best Crochet: Jessica Franks
Best Woven: Thomas Olsson
Ulster County Guild Award: Gunther Maertz
Best Youth Award: Astrid Tauber
Best Felted: Jill Fioriello
Best in Show: Andrea Singer
Best Knitted:  Jill Fioriello