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Competitions

These pictures capture the past six years competition winners. The Guild awards three prizes each year - 1st prize is the Armada Plate, 2nd prize is the Shepherd's Crook and the Morton Casket is awarded as a prize for originality.

All competition entries have to demonstrate at least one of our core skills and they are judged by an external expert.

2010 Competition theme : Strictly Come Dancing

mohair boa

  doubleweave shawl
Armada Plate &
Morton Casket Winner:
Mohair Boa		 Shepherds Crook Winner
:Double Weave Shawl

2009 Competition Theme: Harvest
woven cushion cover ikat woven scarf
Armada Plate Winner:  Woven Harvest wall hanging and cushion Shepherd's Crook Winner: Harvest Knee Rug  Morton Casket Winner: The Last Sheaf
 
2008 Competition Theme: Second Time Around
 bread basket liner  woven cushion cover  ikat woven scarf
Armada Plate Winner:  A piece of hand-woven fabric recycled into a bread basket liner Shepherd's Crook Winner: A cushion cover woven using remnant yarns  Morton Casket Winner: A scarf woven on a riggid heddle loom, using sock yarn to get the effect of ikat weaving
2007 Competition Theme: Hand Bags & Glad Rags
 hand woven scarf dyed and knitted bag woven/knitted bag
Armada Plate Winner: A hand woven scarf. Shepherd's Crook Winner: A handbag knitted with bamboo yarn, hand dyed with indigo  Morton Casket Winner: A handbag made from hand dyed wool and combining an ninkel woven band for the strap and patchwork knitting for the bag body.