Fleece Show & Sale

The Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival is THE place to purchase top quality fleeces for handspinning or felting. Our Fleece Show & Sale invites owners of all species of fiber-producing animals to enter and/or offer fleeces for sale. 

It is NOT necessary to enter the show in order to offer your fleeces for sale.

Please read if you are entering fleeces in the show and/or sale:

Click the links below for Fleece Show & Sale forms:

Fleece Show & Sale Entry Cards
Fleece Show & Sale Summary Form

Each fleece that is entered in the show and/or sale MUST be accompanied by TWO copies of the Entry Card.

Each person entering fleeces must fill out ONE Summary Form. 

Please follow these rules to help us ensure that we can identify the owners/sellers of fleeces.

Fleece Show Categories

DIVISIONS

  1. Sheep – Natural colored wool
  2. Sheep – White wool
  3. Alpaca
  4. Llama– Single coat
  5. Llama – Double coat
  6. Mohair
  7. Cashmere
  8. Other (bison, yak, water buffalo, silk, angora, etc…)

CLASSES

Wool:

  1. Fine (under approx 22 microns)
  2. Medium (approx 22 – 31 microns)
  3. Long (over approx 31 microns)
  4. Double Coated

Alpaca, Llama, Mohair, Cashmere and Other:

  1. Up to 24 months of age
  2. Over 24 months of age

Fleece Show Rules

  1. Fleeces may be entered for SHOW or SALE or BOTH
  2. Fleeces being entered into the SHOW must be mailed or delivered to the home of Mary Lake in Tunbridge by end of day, Thursday, October 3. Judging will take place on Friday, October 4, to allow us to open the show to the public as soon as the Festival opens on Saturday.

    Mary Lake’s mailing address: 13 Tunbridge Rd, Randolph Center, VT 05061

    Mary Lake’s physical address: 13 Tunbridge Rd, Tunbridge, VT

    Directions to Mary Lake’s house

    OR fleeces can be delivered to the fairgrounds on Friday morning from 9am – Noon (judging will begin at noon!). Please bring to Floral Hall.
  3. Fleeces that will be for show or sale may be delivered to the Tunbridge Fairgrounds on Friday, October 4, from 9am to noon. Fleeces that are for sale only may be delivered at any time during the festival. We encourage early delivery to have the best chance of selling your fleece!
  4. Fleece show and sale will begin at 10:00am on Saturday and will end at 4:00pm on Sunday.
  5. All fleeces – unless sold! – must remain on display until 3:00pm on Sunday.
  6. All remaining fleeces shall be picked up between 3:00pm and 4:00pm on Sunday.
  7. Any unclaimed fleeces after 4:00pm on Sunday become the property of the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival.
  8. VSWF will make every effort to display and care for the fleeces, but assumes no responsibility for damaged, lost, stolen or erroneously sold fleeces.
  9. Fleece should be rolled cut side out and placed in a large, clear plastic bag. For each fleece, fill out TWO COPIES of the  FLEECE SHOW & SALE ENTRY CARD.  Each entrant must also fill out a FLEECE SHOW & SALE SUMMARY FORM. 
  10. Entry fee for Fleece Show and/or Sale is $5 per fleece. Limit 2 entries per person per class for show fleeces only. 
  11. Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival will collect 6% Vermont sales tax. Sellers will receive payment for their sold fleeces after the Festival weekend is over and we have time to review the paperwork.
vermont sheep & wool festival

Ribbons and prizes will be awarded to the winning fleeces!

The David Hinman Award for best fleece is donated by the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival.

Please contact us with questions about the Fleece Show & Sale.

Hinman award for best fleece at vermont Sheep & Wool Festival