Garment winners left to right: Jessie Weiss, Elizabeth Colwell, Abigail Schultz, Kimberly Westenberg.
Wisconsin Make It With Wool is a fashion and design competition that challenges Wisconsin residents to sew, knit, crochet, weave or felt garments and/or novelty items.
All entries must be made from at least 60 percent wool fabric or yarn. Garment entries are judged based on their marketability, creative use of wool, construction, and appropriateness to contestants age and lifestyle.
The 2021 Wisconsin Make It With Wool competition was held Sept. 11 at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival, in Jefferson.
Ten contestants competed in the garment competition across five divisions. The winners of each division are as follows: Preteen: Abigail Schultz, Columbus; Junior: Elizabeth Colwell, La Valle; Senior: Kimberly Westenberg, Watertown; Adult: Jessie Weiss, Fort Atkinson; Made For Others: Holley Schwartz, Watertown.
Junior and Senior winners Colwell and Westenberg will compete with state winners from across the U.S. at the National Make It With Wool competition in San Diego in January. Their garments will be judged on fashion and construction by a panel of judges representing the fashion industry, wool and fiber industry and sewing professionals. A style show featuring all contestants will be held during Saturday’s American Sheep Industry banquet.
In addition to the garment competition, eight contestants competed in the Adult Novelty competition. Receiving a cash award, the top three honors were: No. 1: Kathy MacKay, Clintonville; No. 2: Wynn Wittkopf, Pewaukee; No. 3: Jessie Weiss, Fort Atkinson.
Three special awards went to the following entrants: Best constructed garment: Becky Piette, Rothschild; Best constructed novelty item: Kathy MacKay, Clintonville; Best use of yarn: Karen Kottwitz, Hartford.
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