Show Y n N i v pf A Aw w x K y 6 y I w or 0 MRS G. G C. C GROSJEAN NIFTY KNITTER r I I was the most surprised person of all was Mrs G G. G C. C Grosjean's reaction when she learned that her Irish rish Fisherman Fisherman Fisherman Fisher Fisher- man knitted sweater had won first place in the 1967 National Wool Needlework Contest MRS GROSJEAN AN Kris whose entry had won her a blue ribbon at the 1967 Utah State Fair is the first and only Utahn I Iso so honored nationally She re received received received re- re a blue ribbon and a 75 cash award from the National Hand Kni Knitting tUng Yarn Association New York City N N. N YI Y 1 r have been knitting for only the past five years she said and began the hobby when my mother who is in her late began I felt that if she could learn I could too THE NATIONAL contest sponsored by the National Hand Knitting Yarn Association ac accepts accepts accepts ac- ac and judges only entries which have won state or and/or county fair ribbons Mrs GrosJean's Grosjean's Grosjean's Gros Gros- jeans jean's sweater was judged best from the hundreds entered from all allover over the country Second place winner in the national knitted sweater class was Betty Robbins Watertown N. N Y New York State Fair Third place ribbon went to Janet Ingomar Mont Rosebud Rosebud Rosebud Rose Rose- bud County Fair MRS GROSJEAN who re resides resides resides re- re sides at 2542 S. S E. E in Bountiful Boun- Boun and who is an inventory management assistant at Hill Air Force Base also entered the national contest in 1966 with witha a knitted dress she is wearing dress entry in picture with which she had won a 1966 Utah State Fair 3rd place ribbon But she did not receive na national national national na- na recognition with that en en- en try Not being one to give up I easily she changed her cate cate- gory to sweaters worked on her project for six months and entered what proved to be the best knitted sweater in the nation nation na nation na- na tion in 1967 |