Ventura County Fair's Wool Spinning competition was today, and Craftydiver invited me to carpool with her to the competition. :) That was lucky because gas would have other wise cost a pretty penny.
Craftydiver and I had to endure quite a bit of traffic on the way up. (Well, mostly she had to endure it, since I just had to sit there.) However, we got there just in time for the competition, with enough time to use the restroom and relax. The competition was split into seven classes: Novice Spinning Wheel, Novice Spindle, Intermediate Spinning Wheel, Intermediate Spindle, Advanced Spinning Wheel, Advanced Spindle, and Masters Class. I think you have to win in the Advanced Class to move onto the Masters Class. Every class can have up to five placements, depending on the number of participants. Basically, if you show up you'll likely win something. Today, there were nine people in the competition only. There were three in the Beginner's Wheel, two in Intermediate Wheel, four in Advanced Wheel, and I'm fairly sure no one participated in the spindle competition even though every one brought a spindle. Wait, One person participated in Beginner Spindle I believe, but I think all beginners were judged together.
