HANDY COMPETITIONS

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XXXI, Issue 8832, 12 October 1942, Page 1

HANDY COMPETITIONS

MONEYMAKERS FOR BAZAARS THEY WILL BRING IN PENNIES These tried ideas will bring in a few extra pennies at fair, fete or bazaar: Have a knitting competition: Take with you a piece of plain knitting, say 100 stitches on No. 6 needles with about 5 inches already done, charge one penny entry and time competitors with the second-hand of a watch.

The player who can knit 100 stitches in the quickest time receives a small reward. Keep an eye on the knitting each time it is handed back to you, as some knitters work very tightly. When this happened I asked a friend who knits rapidly to work a loose row for me.

Wrap a novel securely and charge 3d for guessing how many pages there are in the book. This is a very good one for the men, who get interested in it. I got over 5s at quite a small fair.

Get some “dolly pegs,” scraps of silks and ribbons and a good many needles and cotton; Charge 3d entry and give to each competitor a peg (numbered, and noted in a book with a corresponding number and that competitor’s name), about four small pieces of material and lace or ribbon. Set all, competitors around a table on which place the needles and cotton, and tell them they have got 8 minutes to dress their dolly. Arrange finished “dolls” on a table and ask someone who has not watched the dressing process to judge.