Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival
Click here to view map of fairgrounds and building maps with vendor locations.
Saturday, September 30
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00am | Gate Opens & Festival Begins! | |
| Ongoing | Fleece Sale/Contests/Fiber Arts Center | Floral Hall |
| Needle Felting with Blue Heron Farm | Dodge Gilman Building | |
| Fiber Crafts Projects with rePlay Arts and CraftStudies | Outside Vendors | |
| Rug Hooking with Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild | Outside Vendors | |
| 11:00 | Border Collie Herding Demo with Jim McRae | The Green across from Dodge Gilman |
| Spinning Wheel Maintenance with Belfast Fiber Arts | Vendor Pavilion | |
| The Yin Yang Flock, Jacobs & Romneys – The Dancing Pony Sheep Farm | Animal Barn Tent | |
| 12:00 | Drop Spindle Demo with Singing Spindle Spinnery | Vendor Pavilion |
| Starting A Fiber Farm with Wiggly Goat Farm | Animal Barn Tent | |
| 1:00 | Border Collie Herding Demo with Jim McRae | The Green across from Dodge Gilman |
| Hands-On Demo: Botanical Bundle Dyeing with Wing & A Prayer Farm See below for more info on this mini-workshop. | Vendor Pavilion | |
| Gotlands, a Unique Swedish Breed with VT Grand View Farm | Animal Barn Tent | |
| 2:00 | Lucet Cords and Loomette Weavings with West Canaan Art | Vendor Pavilion |
| Fiber Farmer’s Guide to Raising Shetland Sheep with Wing & A Prayer Farm | Animal Barn Tent | |
| 3:00 | Border Collie Herding Demo with Jim McRae | The Green across from Dodge Gilman |
| Enameled Buttons with Cone 6 Designs | Vendor Pavilion | |
| Shearing Angora Bunnies with Laurel Ledge Farm Fibers | Animal Barn Tent |
Sunday, October 1
| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 10:00am | Gate Opens | |
| Ongoing | Fleece Sale/Contests/Fiber Arts Center | Floral Hall |
| Needle Felting with Blue Heron Farm | Dodge Gilman Building | |
| Fiber Crafts Projects with rePlay Arts and CraftStudies | Outside Vendors | |
| Rug Hooking with Green Mountain Rug Hooking Guild | Outside Vendors | |
| 11:00 | Border Collie Herding Demo with Jim McRae | The Green across from Dodge Gilman |
| Tapestry Needle Felting with The Felting Studio | Vendor Pavilion | |
| Camelid Q&A with Snowshoe Farm Alpacas | Animal Barn Tent | |
| Noon | Pizza Weaving Demo with Singing Spindle Spinnery | Vendor Pavilion |
| Introduction to Angora Goats with Wiseacres | Animal Barn Tent | |
| 1:00 | Border Collie Herding Demo with Jim McRae | The Green across from Dodge Gilman |
| Hands On Demo: Felting Made Easy with Marble Meadows See below for more info on this mini-workshop. | Vendor Pavilion | |
| Fiber Fun with Angora Rabbits with Starry Eyed Farm | Animal Barn Tent | |
| 2:00 | Natural Tanning with Vermont Natural Tannery | Vendor Pavilion |
| Raising Valais Blacknose Sheep in Vermont – Wing & A Prayer Farm | Animal Barn Tent | |
| 3:00 | Border Collie Herding Demo with Jim McRae | The Green across from Dodge Gilman |
| German Short Rows with Dirty Water Dyeworks | Vendor Pavilion |
Hands-On Demos
New this year: mini-workshops!
Purchase a kit and attend a Hands-on Demo. These mini-workshops are a great way to learn a new fiber arts skill with a smaller time commitment than a fiber arts class. We are offering the following two Hands-On Demos this year:
