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2018 NY Sheep and Wool Festival

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It was a great show in 2018. Thanks to all the volunteer power and amazing fans that make this one of the best fiber festivals in the U.S. Keep checking https://sheepandwool.com/schedule/ for the latest Festival Schedule. When our 2019 sched is ready, it’ll be there (check the dates). See you again in October!

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6:00am EDT

Livestock penning until 8am - Vehicles OUT by 8:30am thankU Bldg 37, Bldg 38

9:00am EDT

Amy Christoffers | Signing with Pom Pom | Saturday, 9 - 11 | Issues 23 and 24 Bldg BAmy Christoffers Emily Foden | Signing her new book Knits About Winter | Saturday + Sunday, 9-11 and 2-4 at PomPom Booth Bldg BEmily Foden Julie Weisenberger | Signing Cocoknits ! 9:00 -11:00 + 12:30 - 4:00LIMITED Bldg BJulie Weisenberger Norah Gaughan | Signing with Pom Pom | 9-11 Both days! Plus Saturday 2-4! Bldg BNorah Gaughan Fleece Sale - Wool, Alpaca, Mohair Bldg B Sheep Breed Displays Bldg 28 Workshops All Day, Half Day, Walk-In Registration - See Catalog Bldg D John Martin | Signing his book WOOL and WINE | 9:00 - 5:00 Bldg BJohn Martin Mason Dixon Knitting! | All day books and signing! Bldg BKay Gardiner • Ann Shayne Pom Pom Magazine | New issue + new books AND previous issues + previous books! ALL DAY! Bldg BMeghan Fernandes • Emily Foden • Norah Gaughan • Lydia Gluck Sheep Shearing Demonstrations - 45 minutes after the hour Area 38 B Photo Contest - Photos Displayed Bldg E View handmade fiber art competition entries on display all day Bldg E Needle Felt Notebook Bldg 41fiberflame Needle Felting 'tiny pictures' w/ Wool Yarn and Roving Bldg 41fiberflame New!!! Weaving Bldg 41fiberflame Two by Two Petting Zoo Area 13 Upcycled Sweater 'Puppets' Ages 7+ Bldg 41fiberflame Upcycled Sweater Stitching: Stuffies & Pillows Ages 10+ Bldg 41fiberflame Wool Roving Ornaments Bldg 41fiberflame Yarn “Painting” Embroidery - Ages 3+ Bldg 41fiberflame Llama & Alpaca Farm Displays Bldg 27 Shopping! Find a Vendor Various Locations Vendors List 22D Wine Tasting, Specialty Foods Bldg E

9:15am EDT

Sara Delaney | Signing: Design Your Own Crochet Projects + more | All day Saturday! Bldg BSara Delaney

9:30am EDT

Alice O'Reilly | Signing with Kathleen Dames | I Knit New York + I Knit Paris! | Saturday + Sunday 9:30 - 4:30 Bldg BKathleen Dames • Alice O'Reilly Iza Trapani | Signs Baa Baa Black Sheep and more! Saturday, all day. Bldg BIza Trapani Kathleen Dames | Signing with Alice O'Reilly | I Knit New York + I Knit Paris! | Saturday + Sunday 9:30 - 4:30 Bldg BKathleen Dames • Alice O'Reilly Susanna Leonard Hill | Signs her children's books + *new* When Your Llama Needs a Haircut ! Both days!LIMITED Bldg BSusanna Leonard Hill Beth Brown-Reinsel | Signing the 25th Anniversary Edition of Knitting Ganseys | 9:30-5:00 Bldg BBeth Brown-Reinsel

10:00am EDT

Breed Talk: Coopworth Sheep Bldg 28Marianne Dube Made in the Moment - Sat 10:00 AM - SOLD OUT Bldg DLeslie Wind Make It With Wool Judging Bldg E Bred Ewe Auction - Followed by Goats, then The Big Used Equipment Auction! Bldg 34 Livestock Arena Dream Catcher Scarf Pin - SOLD OUT Bldg DJacquie Chalmers Lucy Ewe - Rug Hooking 101 - Sat AM - SOLD OUT Bldg DMaureen Rugar Natural Indigo Dyeing - Sat AM - SOLD OUT Bldg DNica Rabinowitz Steeks Without Fear! - SOLD OUT Bldg DDonna Kay Stool With Rush Top - Saturday AM - SOLD OUT Bldg DSue Muldoon STRANTARSIA Working Patches of Colourwork in the Round - Sat AM - SOLD OUT Bldg DNathan Taylor Today's Granny - SOLD OUT Bldg DJulie Cashin Twigg Stitch Technique - SOLD OUT Bldg DVicki Twigg Lisa Steele | Natural Chicken Expert | Signing 101 Chicken Keeping Hacks + | 10-12 + 2-4 Both Days! Bldg BLisa Steele Margaret Hubert | Signing her books 10 - 4 on Saturday! Bldg BMargaret Hubert Margeau Soboti | Signing her two books, Margeau Chapeau + Margeau Blanc | Saturday 11 - 1 Bldg BMargeau Soboti Maude White | Signing her book Brave Birds, featuring cut paper art! Bldg BMaude White On-going barn-frame looms and Union loom weaving demos Century Museum Margaret Hubert | Signing | 40th Anniversary of her first book! Saturday, 10:00-5:00 Bldg BMargaret Hubert Coiled Pine Needle Baskets - SOLD OUT Bldg DKatie Grove Creatures Over A Wire Armature Bldg DRegina Yurkonis Lichen Dyeing - Sat - SOLD OUT Bldg DKathy Sparks Sizeable Yet Slim Storage Tote Basket - SOLD OUT Bldg DMary Ann Williams Spinning Luxury Fibers Bldg DNatalie Burger The Finer Points of Combing! - SOLD OUT Bldg DKimberly Radcliffe

10:30am EDT

Breed Talk: Blue Faced Leicester & Border Leicester Sheep Bldg 28Bobolink Farms Angora Goat Show Bldg 38 Canine Frisbee Demonstrations Area 7

11:00am EDT

Breed Talk: “Diamonds in the Rough”, Santa Cruz Sheep Bldg 28Phillip & Paula Garner Llama Care, Maintenance & Photo Opportunities! Demo Tent-North End of Barn 272HF • Spitter's 4H Club “Mad Science” Area F Bristol Ivy | Signing with Pom Pom | Both days, 11- 1 | Knitting Outside the Box Bldg BBristol Ivy Caitlin Hunter | Signing with Pom Pom | Both days, 11 - 1 | Issue 27 Bldg BCaitlin Hunter • Pom Pom Quarterly Clara Parkes | Signing | A Stash of One's Own + more! (11-2 Saturday) Bldg BClara Parkes Silk Reeling from Cocoons! Bldg ETheresa Drouin-Guerette

11:15am EDT

Made in the Moment - Sat 11:15 AM - SOLD OUT Bldg DLeslie Wind

11:30am EDT

Breed Talk: Introducing the "Worlds Cutest Sheep" to the USA. Bldg 28Martin and Joy Dally Breed Talk: Valais Blacknose: Introducing the "Worlds Cutest Sheep" to the USA. Bldg 28Martin and Joy Dally Norah Gaughan | Signing 40 Timeless Knits | Saturday 11:30 - 1:30 Bldg BNorah Gaughan

12:00pm EDT

Alpaca Care, Maintenance & Photo Opportunities! Demo Tent-North End of Barn 27 Breed Talk: Sheep Selfie Station Bldg 28 Amy Herzog | Signing her NEW book Ultimate Sweater Party, 12 - 2, both days! Bldg BAmy Herzog Vilasinee Bunnag | Signing her book Loome Party, 12 - 3, both days! Bldg BVilasinee Bunnag Toby Roxane Barna | Signing her book Design Doubles | 12:00 - 4:00 Bldg BToby Roxane Barna John Churchman | Signing classics + the new book, Alpaca Lunch! Bldg BJohn Churchman

12:15pm EDT

Wildman Jack Area F

12:30pm EDT

Breed Talk: Versatility of Shetland Sheep and the Master Spinning Program Bldg 28Judi Lehrhaupt Canine Frisbee Demonstrations Area 7

1:00pm EDT

Breed Talk: Leicester Longwool Sheep and Fiber, talk by Keri Boucher Bldg 28Maple Frost Farm What is a Giant Angora Rabbit? Demo Tent-North End of Barn 272HF Alice + Lisa Hoffman | Reading and Booktalk 1:00 - 1:45 | Tales of Yarn Bldg BAlice Hoffman • Lisa Hoffman Katrina Rodabaugh | Booksigning, Mending Matters, 1:00 - 2:00, both days! Bldg BKatrina Rodabaugh Tatting - Betty Feldman and Catherine Conrady Bldg ECatherine Conrady • Betty Feldman Make It With Wool Fashion Show Bldg E Fashion Show Follows Judging Bldg E

1:30pm EDT

Breed Talk: Agritourism Bldg 28Wing & A Prayer Farm Canine Frisbee Demonstrations Area 7 Used Fiber and Sheep Equipment Auction 1/2 Hour after Bred Ewe Auction TBA - Register Online, upload pics to the catalog, unload your old stuff Bldg 34 Livestock Arena Made in the Moment - Sat 1:30 PM - SOLD OUT Bldg DLeslie Wind

1:45pm EDT

“Mad Science” Area F

2:00pm EDT

Breed Talk: Lincoln Sheep & Fiber Bldg 28Prado de Lana Sheep Farm Alice + Lisa Hoffman | Signing their new book Faerie Knitting | 2-3:30 Bldg BAlice Hoffman • Lisa Hoffman Katrina Rodabaugh, Panel Discussion: Mending Matters w/ Sonya Philip+Tammy White | Seating 2:00 Tales of YarnLIMITED Bldg BKatrina Rodabaugh Peggy Hart | Signing her book Wool: Unraveling an American Story of Artisans and Innovation | Saturday 2 - 3 Bldg BPeggy Hart Exotic Breeds Parade, presented by Barn 27 Walking around the Fairgrounds Bldg 27, Front Sue Stratford | From the UK, signing her books! Saturday, 2:00-3:30 Bldg BSue Stratford White & Natural Colored Sheep Show 'The Black and White Show' Bldg 37 Beginning Handspindle - Saturday PM - SOLD OUT Bldg DDonna Kay Circle Weaving - SOLD OUT Bldg DJacquie Chalmers Jack Punkin - Rug Hooking 101 - Sat. PM Bldg DMaureen Rugar Natural Indigo Dyeing - Sat PM - SOLD OUT Bldg DNica Rabinowitz Recycled Leather Belt Stool - Saturday PM - SOLD OUT Bldg DSue Muldoon STRANTARSIA - Working Patches of Colourwork in the Round - Sat PM - SOLD OUT Bldg DNathan Taylor Twigg Stitch Project Class Bldg DVicki Twigg

2:30pm EDT

Sheep Herding Dog Demonstrations Area 7 Drop Spindle Spinning Contest - Walk-ins welcomed! PRIZES! Bldg E

3:00pm EDT

Katrina Rodabaugh | Booksigning, Mending Matters | 3:00 - 3:30 Bldg BKatrina Rodabaugh Spinning Wheel Contest - Walk-INS Welcome. PRIZES! Bldg E Wildman Jack Area F Needle Felting Animals Demo - Arturo Ceballos Bldg ECottage on the Hudson - Arturo Spinning Demonstrations by Various Farms Barn 27 Llamas, Alpacas, etc Demo Tent-North End of Barn 27 Beginning Shepherding Q and ALIMITED Bldg 28Christina Ahlseen • Prado de Lana Sheep Farm • Wing & A Prayer Farm • Bobolink Farms • Phillip & Paula Garner • Judi Lehrhaupt • Marie Minnich • Jeri Robinson-Lawrence

3:30pm EDT

Canine Frisbee Demonstrations Area 7 Chop Stick Knitting Contest - Walk-ins welcomed! PRIZES! Bldg E Beth Brown-Reinsel | The Gansey, its History and a Detailed Look | Tales of Yarn 3:30, seating at 3:15LIMITED Bldg BBeth Brown-Reinsel

4:00pm EDT

Sheep Herding Dog Demonstrations Area 7 Crochet Contest - Walk-ins welcomed! PRIZES! Bldg E What's the Difference between a Llama and an Alpaca? Demo Tent-North End of Barn 272HF • Derbyshire Family Farm • Spitter's 4H Club