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Whether you are an artisan craftsperson or absolute beginner, no matter what age, the Manning River Turtle Group (formerly the Manning River Turtle Conservation Group) wants you to join in their inaugural Winter Solstice Beanie Competition.
The idea is simple - create a beanie and enter it into the competition. As long as you make it yourself and it's G-rated, the MRTG want you to enter it.
It can be as simple or as creative or as complicated as you want. If you're stuck for inspiration or this is your first time knitting or crocheting, youTube and Ravelry are great places to start for tutorials and patterns. And there are plenty of free patterns on the internet.
Kids, if you've never knitted or crocheted before, try asking a relative if they can teach you so you can join in.
There are cash prizes for five categories:
- Children aged 12 and under.
- Children aged 13-18 years.
- Most creative beanie.
- Beanie most resembling a Manning River Turtle. (Here's a tip - to find out what the Manning River helmeted turtle looks like head to manningriverturtle.org/manning-river-turtle/ where there is a description of the species and pictures for you to base your beanie on.)
- 'Packers' Prize' - all beanies from all categories will have a chance of being awarded this prize.
"We can't wait to see what people come up with!" MRTG founding member Kerrie Guppy said.
The Beanie Competition is being held in place of the group's usual annual event, the Winter Solstice Lantern Walk at Wingham Brush, as organisers considered how difficult it would be to institute a COVID safe plan for the event.
The Beanie Competition is being held to raise awareness of the endangered Manning River helmeted turtle which is only found in the middle and upper Manning River catchment areas.
Entry into the competition is free and you can enter as many times you want. But remember - you have to have made it yourself. We encourage entrants to be mindful of the environment and use natural fibres rather than acrylic yarn, however we recognise cost may be a factor and entries will not be judged on whether natural or acrylic fibres are used.
Entries can be dropped of at Manning Regional Art Gallery on Manning Street, Taree, and must be in by June 11. Entry forms will be available at the Art Gallery.
Judging will take place on Sunday, June 20 and winners will be announced on the Manning River Turtle Group Facebook page (the one with the logo), the Winter Solstice Beanie Competition Facebook event page, and the manningriverturtle.org website.
Beanies will be exhibited at the Art Gallery for the week following judging.
Keep up to date with the competition at the Winter Solstice Beanie Competition Facebook event page.
It is hoped there will be an exhibition of the entries into the competition in the week following judging, but details are yet to be finalised.
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