Not so cocky.

I ended up entering four items in the Carolina Fiber Fest competitions, and only one received a ribbon - third place for the Camellia Cardigan.

    

Brown Sheep Sunflower pattern.

   

Above is the bamboo sunhat I crocheted for myself while on the trip last summer.  Handy because it stuffs into a pocket but covers my face and neck well.

Mittens of Knitting Buddha handspun yarn.

  

No feedback on any of the items so I don't know why the others didn't place, or why the cardigan scored so low.  Now I don't know if I'll try entering it into the State Fair in the fall.  I guess I was too used to scooping up ribbons on everything I entered in the Berlin Fair in Connecticut, and last year getting a Second Place ribbon on the item I quickly crocheted to have something to enter.

I looked at most of the other items, although only with eyes.  These I thought interesting:

My Niece #2 and I wandered around to look at everything; she achieved much inspiration but no yarn.  She surprise purchased a t-shirt for me, and I purchased some cute stitch markers for her.  She did some more wandering while I helped to staff the guild table:

Jane at the booth.  Items made by Guild members.

In addition we celebrated my mother's birthday and after the festival closed my parents and I went to the North Carolina Opera's 15th Anniversary Gala.  Today was much quieter overall, just the cinema class and online fiber groups, since we had waves of storms wash through, complete with thunder and tornado warnings.