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Show NATIONWIDE CROCHET CONTEST 1951 OFFERS $2500 IN CASH AWARDS FOR BEST ENTRIES, PURING National Crochet Week, January 6-13, store windows and art needlework counters will feature all the materials that make up the fascinating art of crochet exciting new patterns, colorful threads and hooks. National Crochet Week also ushers in the Nationwide Nation-wide Crochet Contest, a happy event for everyone who enjoys the beauty, the fun and the creativeness of crochet. $2500 in cash prizes will be awarded for the most outstanding pieces of crochet entered in the contest. The Grand National Na-tional Champion whose entry is judged best of all pieces submitted receives re-ceives $500 plus a trip to Chicago with all expenses ex-penses paid. There are many other cash awards, engraved cups and ribbons rib-bons to be won by contestants. con-testants. Would you like to take part in the Nationwide Crochet Contest? It's good fun and profitable, too. Crochet or finish crocheting one or more articles entirely of mercerized mer-cerized crochet cotton. Your pieces can be any of the following: tablecloths, table-cloths, bedspreads. , , , luncheon cloths or sets, centerpieces, buffet or vanity sets, chair sets, doilies, scarves or wall panels, household accessories, edgings edg-ings and insertions, fashion accessories, acces-sories, potholders or hot plate mats. Those are the twelve main classifications. In addition, there are four special categories, Men Only, Teen-Age Girls, 4-H Club girls and Ladies Over 65, in which contestants who are eligible may enter any piece crocheted of mercerized mer-cerized crochet cotton. Preliminary judging in the Contest Con-test will be done at participating state, county and local fairs hroughout the country. Each fair awards a special Nationwide Crochet Cro-chet Contest ribbon to the best piece in each of the sixteen classifications. classi-fications. These winners are then eligible for national judging. It isn't too early to start your crochet entry now, especially if you want to submit a large piece or several articles. A good time to shop for your materials is during National Crochet Week when you will have the widest selection of crochet patterns and cottons and when needlework counters will have Rules leaflets for entering the Nationwide Crochet Contest. The tulip doily shown above is one suggestion of what you might crochet for your entry. The lacy center is pale green, the ring of tulips crocheted in a variety of shaded colors. A direction leaflet for TULIP VARIETIES and a Rules Leaflet for the Nationwide Crochet Contest may be obtained by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the Needlework Needle-work Department of this paper, requesting re-questing Leaflet No. FD-437. |