Contests And Competitions
Strategic Spinning
When: Sunday at noon
Where: Central Lawn
Entry:Preregistration is appreciated, but not required. Please email your intent to enter to Kristy Bellavita
All ages are welcome.
Fees: This contest has no fee.
In this competition, spinners must determine the best weight to spin the given fiber, spin all the fiber within the hour and produce the maximum yardage.
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Each contestant must supply a spinning wheel or spindle.
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Spinners are given one ounce of mystery fiber.
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Spinners must spin ALL fibers within one hour.
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Contestants not finished within the allotted time are disqualified.
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Winner is determined by the maximum yardage from the
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given fiber.
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Prizes and ribbons awarded through 5th place.
Spinners’ Triathlon
When: Sunday at 1:30 pm
Where: Central Lawn
Entry: Preregistration is appreciated, but not required. Please email your intent to enter to Kristy Bellavita All ages are welcome.
Fees: This contest has no fee.
This is a three-part competition:
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Competition 1: Spin for 2 minutes
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Competition 2: Spin for 2 minutes wearing rubber gloves (gloves provided)
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Competition 3: Spin for 2 minutes blindfolded (blindfold provided)
In each competition, points are awarded based on the length of the yarn: 1st – 25 pts; 2nd – 20 pts; 3rd – 15 pts; 4th – 10 pts; 5th – 5 pts.
After completing all three competitions, contestants are placed according to their total accumulated points.
Contestants must supply a spinning wheel or spindle.
Contestants must complete all three competitions.
Prizes and ribbons awarded through 5th place.
Team Spinning
When: Sunday at 2:30 pm
Where: Central Lawn
Entry: Preregistration is appreciated, but not required. Please email your intent to enter to Kristy Bellavita All ages are welcome.
Fees: This contest has no fee.
The goal is to be the first one over the finish line!
Each team must supply a spinning wheel.
One person treadles
Another person stands and drafts—pulling backward (the yarn does not wind onto a bobbin)
The winning team is the first team to cross the finish line 50 feet away. Prizes and ribbons awarded through 5th place.
KNITTERS’ TRIATHLON
When: Saturday 3pm – 4pm
Where: Central Lawn
Entry: No registration is required.
All Ages Welcome If you would like to assist please contact Kristy Bellavita.
Fees: No Fees Three events to challenge you and make you giggle! Come join the fun!
Bring size 8 needles – if you don’t happen to have, loaners will be available. Crocheters ALSO WELCOME.
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Photo Contest
When: Entries are accepted Friday, Sept. 27 from 1-6 pm at the main gate information desk.
Where: Photos are displayed during the Festival upstairs in the main pavilion
Entry: Preregistration is appreciated, but not required. Please email your intent to enter to Kristy Bellavita
This contest is open to all amateur photographers; professional photographers may not enter. All ages are welcome.
Fees: This contest has no fee.
Help make a beautiful, interesting gallery of photography
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Class A: Color Photographs
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Class B: Black and White Photographs
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Class C: Digital Photographs and Computer Enhanced
General Rules:
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Photo must have been taken by the entrant within the last year.
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Photo must relate to a fiber producing animal, plant or process.
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Minimum print size 5” x 7”
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All photos must be framed or mounted on poster board with a recommended means of hanging.
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Name, address and phone number must be written on the back of all entries. Indicate if photographer is under age 12.
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Entries will be judged at 8 pm Friday.
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Judging is based on composition and quality.
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All photos unclaimed at the Information Desk by 6 pm on Sunday become the property of OFFF.
Prizes And Awards: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-place ribbons with special prizes in each category! Prizes can be claimed at the main gate information desk.
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2020 OFFF Logo Design Contest
We are taking submissions for a festival logo for 2020! The winner will receive $100 and recognition in our 2020 catalog, and the logo will be featured in promotional materials online and in print. 2020 festival merchandise will also feature the winning logo.
The logo should represent our featured handcraft and fiber, and incorporate our festival symbol, a diamond -- although not mandatory. Our celebrated handcraft for 2020 is basket-making, and the celebrated fiber is Plant Fiber.
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Contest Guidelines
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Illustrations must reproduce easily in black and white (catalog) and color (apparel).
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Submissions must be your original art and not previously published
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Mandatory: Do not include the year in the logo
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Designs should represent the celebrated fiber and handcraft, and incorporate the festival symbol, a diamond​
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Participants need to sign a release authorizing OFFF to use the illustration in the catalog and on promotional items.
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Send your art to:
OFFF Logo Contest
30881 S.W. Bald Peak Road
Hillsboro, OR 97123
or email to Brandy Chastain, whistlestop.bc60@rocketmail.com
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Include a self-addressed stamped envelope if you want your artwork returned.
OFFF reserves the right to crop the original artwork.
Illustrations will be accepted December 1, 2019 through February 15, 2020.
