Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival
Click here to view map of fairgrounds and building maps with vendor locations.
Saturday, September 30
Time | Activity | Location |
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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 |
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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: