2015 Finger Lakes Fiber Festival
Finished Items Award Winners
AMELIA COON MEMORIAL AWARD
for a
JOYFUL CHILD’S GARMENT
Caroline Baker-Drake
BEST HANDSPINNER’S BASKET (Part II)
Marcia Mussack
BEST JUNIOR FINISHED ITEM
Felicia Conheady
LINDA GEIGER MEMORIAL AWARD for
BEST BLUE FINISHED ITEM
Jillian Wagner
SHEEP STUDY AWARD for BEST
FINISHED ITEM-GVHG sheep study
participants
Bonnie Weidert
MARYLIL McSTRAVICK MEMORIAL
AWARD for BEST FELTED ITEM
Deb Bolcko
EXCELLENCE IN KNITTING
Christan Monin
ANN SENOUR MEMORIAL AWARD for the
BEST WOVEN ITEM DEMONSTRATING
CREATIVE USE OF COLOR
Catherine Almekinder
BARB KELLER MEMORIAL AWARD
for the
BEST WOVEN ITEM incl. HANDSPUN
YARN
BEST HANDWOVEN ARTICLE
Catherine Almekinder
BEST HANDWOVEN ARTICLE incl.
HANDSPUN YARN
BEST NOVICE WEAVING
Hadley Drake
BEST KNITTED LACE ITEM
Sharilyn Ross
VERNABELLE FREUND MEMORIAL
AWARD
for BEST LACE ARTICLE
MADE WITH HANDSPUN
Bonnie Weidert
BEST FINISHED ITEM FROM STASH
STEW
VISIONARY AWARD for AESTHETIC
EXCELLENCE
Judy Green
BEST USE OF ALPACA
Anita Lopez-Conheady
BEST FELTED WEARABLE ARTICLE
Anne M. Fischer
BEST NON-WEARABLE FELTED ARTICLE
Linda Helms
2015 Finger Lakes Fiber Festival
Handspun Skein Award Winners
BEST NOVELTY SKEIN
Jan Delles
BEST NOVICE SPINDLE SPUN SKEIN
CAROL ELY AWARD
for
BEST NOVICE SKEIN
Hadley Drake
HELEN BROWN AWARD
for
BEST USE OF FLASH AND COLOR
Jan Delles
BEST JUNIOR SKEIN
Rebekah Tuttle
BEST SPINDLED SKEIN
Helen Trejo
BEST SPINNING TECHNIQUE
Anita Lopez-Conheady
LINDA GEIGER MEMORIAL AWARD for
BEST BLUE SKEIN
Jaye Knight
SHEEP STUDY AWARD for
BEST SKEIN
GVHG sheep study participants
Wendy Caffee
BEST HANDSPINNER’S BASKET (Part I)
BEST USE OF NEW YORK STATE WOOL
Sara Dunham
Diane Seely
BEST USE OF OMBRE-DYED FIBER
Marcia Mussack
NYLAH SYED AWARD
for BEST USE of
SILENT AUCTION WINNINGS
BEST 100% SILK SKEIN
(singles or 2-ply)
Anita Lopez-Conheady
BEST SINGLES SKEIN
Jennifer Holbrook
KIDS GONE WILD! First Place
Felicia Conheady
KIDS GONE WILD! Second Place
BEST ALPACA SKEIN BY A NOVICE
Rebekah Tuttle