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Juried Exhibit Award Winners |
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Personal Adornment: Anastacia Pesce Crocheted Beads Non-Traditional Materials: Dimensional 2D & 3D |
Katherine Kowalski won first place with her freeform crochet "Wild Sox" in the Slippers Crochet Contest held at the Wednesday evening Pajama Party.
The New York City Crochet Guild won the Chapter Challenge. Barbara Hillery serves as Chapter President; Chapter member Lily Chin created the winning entry. "The Many Facets of Our Chapter" was the theme. Chapters were challenged to create a scrapbook showing how they were fulfilling the mission of CGAO to strive toward excellence in crochet, preserve the history, and promote the art and skill of crochet.
International crochet expert Pauline Turner presents Dorothy Schmidt of the Northern Illinois chapter of CGOA with the Diploma in Crochet - Part 1.
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Members of the Northern Illinois Chapter of CGOA crocheted "beaded beads" in purple and teal, the conference colors. Bead artist Jenny Bezingue then used the beads to create a stunning beaded bead necklace and earring set. The necklace and earrings were raffled to raise money for the Northern Illinois chapter which hosted the Chain Link 2003 conference. Phoenix Custom Primitives of Fort Valley, Georgia donated four crochet hooks as raffle prizes at Chain Link 2003: Water buffalo horn, Stellar's Sea Cow, Baleen, and Black coral. |
 Lydia Borin, the "Beadwrangler", designed the "Jazzy Net" necklace specially for the Chain Link 2003 conference. The necklace is worked in bead crochet netting and bead single crochet in the round, primarily with size 11/0 Czech beads and Jean Stitch thread, plus fine metallic thread to jazz it up. In keeping with the conference theme, Lydia added a sterling saxophone, trombone, and musical notes. |
Special Drawings held at Saturday Banquet/Fashion Show |
| 10th Anniversary Celebration Basket: Michelle Mondro Northern Illinois Chapter's Beaded Bead necklace: Phoenix Custom Primitives designer hooks: Lydia Borin's Jazzy Net necklace and earrin
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