[vermont] Tunbridge Fair

Vacation last week was awesome. Found a local hike (Kent's Ledge) and did it every day- except a couple when it was raining or I was prepping stuff for the fair. Here's everything I entered:

11 items: a quilt, child's sweater, fox mittens, papillon shawl, rose bundt cake, doily, handspun scarf, rose teapot cosy, green hat, lemon lavender cookies, lace socks. I had also preregistered for a wreath and wall hanging but I wasn't able to finish those in time.

So the cake:

I used my rose bundt pan and finally achieved a crisp/clean design (runny batter, banging the pan on the butcher block many times to loosen air bubbles). I mixed up some dragonfruit powder, powdered sugar, milk to make a runny icing to paint on with a pastry brush:

I'm really happy with how it turned out. It received good comments from the judges.

The other baked items I entered were the lemon lavender cookies:

I ordered some Nordic Ware cookie presses and there was a definite learning curve to using them but once I got the molds consistently greased/floured, the cookie impressions were clear. I also used a round biscuit cutter to make them all the same size. After baking/cooling the cookies, I brushed some lemon juice/powdered sugar icing over the top.

I went to the fair on Thursday to do a spinning demonstration at the Fiber Nook for a couple hours in the afternoon.

Came back later in the evening with Dollar to go fair-y things. Like getting Maple Creemees:

I also bought a pound of maple sugar while I was at the Sugar House. (I remember it being $9 in the past but it was $12 this year!)

Sleepy, perfect little piglets:

Then we went to Floral Hall and found all my items. And saw a Best In Show ribbon on my Papillon Shawl! 

I picked everything up Sunday night. Here's how I did:

Best in Show!!! Now I can start knitting whatever I want...