CGOA 2012 Design Competition Results, as announced during the Awards Ceremony at the conference in Manchester, NH, 28 June 2012:
Category: Accessories, sponsored by WEBS, Americas Yarn Store
Third Prize $100
“Romantic Pineapple Shawl”, designed by Kathryn White
Second Prize $200
44 “Vineyard at Dawn Shawl”, designed by Linda Dean
First Prize $300
29 “Knots of Love Shawl”, designed by Kathryn White
Category: Afghans, sponsored by Red Heart
Third Prize $100
69 “Diagonal Modern Art”, Nancy Smith
Second Prize $200
67 “Ahana”, designed by Brenda Bourg
First Prize $300 and $100 Founders Award, sponsored by Gwen Blakley Kinsler
34 “Princess and the Pea”, designed by Michele Wilcox
Category: Fashion, sponsored by Interweave Crochet
Third Prize $100
51 “Cool Breeze Tee”, designed by Jill Hanratty
Second Prize $200
49 “Glendalough Shrug”, designed by Jennifer Ryan
First Prize $300
65 “Mystique”, designed by Tammy Hildebrand
Category: Small Wonders Jewelry, sponsored by Boye and the Crochet Dude brand of tools and accessories
Third Prize $100
14 “Hairpin Lace Bracelet”; designed by Jean DeMouy
Second Prize $200
10 “Marseille Necklace”, designed by Shelby Allaho
First Prize $300
47 “NC Necklace”, designed by Karen C. K. Ballard
Category: Thread Crochet, sponsored by AllFreeCrochet.com and FaveCrafts.com, offering diverse crochet e-newsletters, e-books and patterns
Third Prize $100
27 “Southern Rose Doily”, designed by Kathryn White
Second Prize $200 and also winner of $100 People’s Choice Award sponsored by Crochet Liberation Front:
18 “Pineapple Rose Delight”, designed by Carol Booth
First Prize $300
24 “Charm Blouse”, Natalia Kononova
Category: Fanciful Fashion, sponsored by Tahki Stacy Charles, bringing you fine yarn lines Tahki, S Charles, Filatura Di Crosa and Loop-d-Loop
Third Prize $100
62 “The Whirlwind”, designed by Diana Toni
Second Prize $200
17 “Freya Dress”, designed by Linda Skuja
First Prize $300 and $200 Special Award for Technical Merit, sponsored by Designing Vashti
25 “Summer Dreams Bolero”, designed by Dot Drake
Category: Artistic Expression, sponsored by Tulip Company, makers of exceptional tools including Etimo cushion grip crochet hooks and Carry T
Third Prize $100
33 “Sensory Herbary”, designed by Martha Furman Kojro
Second Prize $200
38 “Cat Tree”, designed by Sachiko Adams
First Prize $300
28 “Ageless Elegance Gatetop Purse”, designed by Kathryn White
$1000 Grand Prize, sponsored by Vogue Knitting Crochet
52 “Reversible Rowan Tree Vest”, designed by Laurinda Reddig
Doris Chan Crochet 
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Check out these beautiful designs & winners !
The painterly effects in the last one took my breath away. All the winners deserve to be so proud.
Thank you, I spent a lot of time going through every skein of the Medelinetosh dk handdyed yarns in the shop to pick just the right shading. Check out my blog to see why the Rowan Tree. 🙂 http://rememberingrowan.blogspot.com/2012/06/rowan-tree.html
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For your next inspiration …. check out these winners!
All beautiful. Reblogged 🙂
Thanks for sharing the pictures of these beautiful designs for those of us who couldn’t be there in person!
These designs are are so creative and gorgeous! Well done, everyone!
any idea when the pattern for the first place shawl will be available?
These are so very beautiful! Thank you for sharing them w/us.
Awesome crochet pieces. Thanks for sharing them.
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Everything is so beautiful, I am in awe of these wonderful works of art, want to cry, too pretty.
It continues to amaze me how the designers of today can imagine and then create their fashions of crochet art on a regular basis. BTW Doris, I just pre-ordered your new book from Amazon and will be waiting with baited breath for it to be released and to arrive in my home. The clothing on the cover is enough to make any crocheter drool!
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MAGIC… MAGNIFIQUE… BEAUTIFUL…
Please, excuse-me but I don’t speak english !
So many beautiful pieces. I’m especially fascinated by “Romantic Pineapple Shawl”. I have loved the pineapple patterns my grandma crocheted since I was a young girl. For years after I had crocheted for far too long, I decided to make my first pineapple pattern. I had previously thought that anything that lovely must be hard to do. Guess what I discovered, I loved crocheting it even more than looking at it. Thanks to all the designers…and especially to you Doris for sharing all this beauty with us.