Prizes

• the Balderdash 2019's Balderdash 2019 Coasters - A set of four (4) official Balderdash 2019 coasters!
• the Balderdash 2019's Best Tall Tale - Awarded to the fake project with the best story in its description.
• the Balderdash 2019's Best True Story - Awarded to the real project with the best story in its project notes.
• Jackalgirl's Feature Finder - Spintrolla Website Guinea Pigs
• Snazzyb's Goody Pack from the UK - A package of tasty treats!
• EmmeSpins' Google Transmogrifier - Virtual prize awarded to the person who produces the best Google Transmogrified version of one of their project stories!
• Lava Divers, LTD's I Can't Believe It's Not Lava! - Awarded to the individual spinner who spins (real) yarn in the most unusual location or way. Read more in the Balderdash Group on Ravelry.com.
• the Balderdash 2019's In Suspense! - Awarded to the most suspenseful spinning project tale.
• QuiltBeadKnit's Pattern Goodness! - Any pattern up to $7 in value from the Ravelry database, for the spinner of the most (real) yardage.
• Moon's Magical Creature Refuge's Rolag With It - Eight (8) beautiful rolags made of 100% pure magical unicorn floof, awarded to the winner of the "Best Tall Tale" prize.
• the Balderdash 2019's The Knotical Mile - Awarded to the spinners who have spun more than one nautical mile (2025.33 yards) of real yarn.
• Yakityak's Your Biggest Fans - Awarded to the participants who posts the most entertaining photograph of spinning in or around a crowd.

Balderdash 2019 Coasters

Awarded to all team captains and a randomly-selected assortment of active participants, these awesome paper coasters are sure to hold up your coffee, tea, or beverage of choice in style during all your future spinning projects!
A hearty thank you! to Yakityak for providing this year's motto!

Sponsored by: the Balderdash 2019

Best Tall Tale

This prize is for the real project with the best story, as nominated by our panel of judges and chosen by participant vote. In order to be considered, the project needs to have a valid URL (link) to an off-site page that tells the (fabricated) tale with the appropriate level of awesomeness. There will be a dedicated thread on Ravelry for these whoppers but your tale of woe (cakes) can be at any other offsite location. Remember, though, that your story does need to be accessible to the judges (not behind a paywall, for example).
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pinnochio_(8686708312).jpg

Best True Story

This prize is for the real project with the best story, as nominated by our panel of judges and selected by participant vote. In order to be considered, the project needs to have a valid URL (link) to an off-site page that tells the (true) tale with the appropriate level of awesomeness. The project page does not have to be on Ravelry but it does need to be accessible by the judges (not behind a paywall, for example).
Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vèrrinne_Salle_Pârouaîssiale_d%27Saint_Ouën_Jèrri_05.jpg

Feature Finder

This prize is awarded to those participates who have entered the Matrix and found stuff that does not work. We very much appreciate the users who have provided invaluable help testing and reviewing the look & functionality of the website. They suffered for your fun!

Goody Pack from the UK

This lovely package of UK chocolates & other tasty comestibles (along with a cone of fiber!) comes from our very own SnazzyB! The Goody Pack will be awarded to the top overall spinner (of real yardage). Note: actual contents may vary from what's pictured.

Google Transmogrifier

EmmeSpins has contributed this virtual bragging prize, to be awarded to the participant who best "transmogrifies" a story from one of their spinning projects by passing it from its original language, through Google Translate three times, and back into its original language. The best "transmogrified" story will be selected in the Ravelry Balderdash Forum.

Calvin is © Copyright Calvin and Hobbes, © Andrews McMeel Syndication 2019. All Rights Reserved. Use of Calvin is under Fair Use for the purpose of a parody prize; no endorsement of the Balderdash, Google, or this prize by Calvin & Hobbes or Andrews McMeel Syndication should be inferred.

Google is © copyright Google, Inc. 2019, All Rights Reserved. Use of the word Google & the letter "G" with Google-specific colors is under Fair Use for the purpose of a parody prize; no endorsement of the Balderdash or Calvin & Hobbes by Google, Inc. should be inferred.

I Can't Believe It's Not Lava!

Awarded to the individual spinner who spins (real) yarn in the most unusual location or way as pictured in project photos. You can learn more about this award in the Balderdash Group on Ravelry.com. The award is three (3) batts of lava*!

*otherwise known as a bright mix of lava colors in Merino, Border Leicester lamb, Blue-faced Leicester, kid mohair, faux cashmere, Faux angora, carded sari silk, & Angelina by our very own Moonturtle!

In Suspense!

Awarded to the most suspenseful spinning project story, this full-sized international orange bridge is sure to liven up your neighborhood. Shipping & handling the responsibility of the winner. Some assembly required; batteries not included.
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manhattan_Bridge_Construction_1909.jpg

Pattern Goodness!

Any pattern up to $7 in value from the Ravelry database, for the spinner of the most (real) yardage, regardless of whether the spinner is in a team or is a Rigamaroloner.

Rolag With It

This prize of eight (8) rolags made of the purest, most magical* uniforn floof** in the land, will be awarded to the winner of the "Best Tall Tale" prize, given for the person with the most entertaining (but entirely fabricated) project story in the competition.

*Magic may be nullified by skeptical attitude. User accepts all magical risk.

**Unicorn floof made by our very own Moonturtle out of Mulberry silk, Banana silk thrums, Polworth, Merino, faux cashmere, faux angora, & Angelina.

The Knotical Mile

This award is automatically awarded to any spinner who has spun a total competition length of more than one nautical mile (2025.33 yards) of real yarn.

Your Biggest Fans

A set of four one-of-a-kind stitch markers, hand-made by our very own Yakityak, which will be awarded to the particpant who posts the most entertaining photograph of spinning in or around a crowd. Bonus points for photos of strange onlookers and/or (safe) onlooker mayhem.