The Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Growers Welcome You to the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival.

Join us in person at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds to visit and shop with our vendors, attend our Sheep & Goat Shows, shop the Fleece Sale, visit the Breed & Camelid Barns, view a fiber competition or two, and enjoy a variety of author talks.

Schedule of Events:

October 19, 2023:

41 Tents:

9:00am: Handpainting with Natural Dye Extracts - Sold Out

9:00am: Cotton and Linen and Natural Dyes - Oh My! - Sold Out

9:00am: Broom Making Primer - Sold Out

9:00am: Open Weave Produce Basket - Sold Out

9:00am: Williamsburg Handbasket - Sold Out

1:00pm: Porch Weave Stool - Sold Out

1:00pm: Handpainting Yarn with Natural Dye Extracts - Sold Out

1:00pm: Traditional Cobweb Broom

Bldg 27:

12:00pm: Exhibitor Setup Barn 27 'til 8pm

Bldg 37, Bldg 38:

12:00pm: Livestock penning

Bldg B:

12:00pm: Entries Received for Fleece Show and Sale - Wool, Mohair & Alpaca - Noon-3pm

Bldg D:

9:00am: Mosaic Knitting - Sold Out

9:00am: Beginning Spinning - 2 Day - Sold Out

9:00am: A Sampling of Short Rows - Sold Out

9:00am: Mushroom House

9:00am: All About Brioche - Sold Out

9:00am: Intro to Versa Lace

9:00am: Beginning Spinning on a Drop Spindle - Sold Out

9:00am: Getting Started with Inkle Weaving - Thurs - Sold Out

9:00am: Freestyle Weaving for the Creative Spirit - Sold Out

1:00pm: Intro to Stranded Knitting - Sold Out

1:00pm: Continuing Your Freesyle Weaving Journey

1:00pm: Spinning the Next Steps on a Wheel - Sold Out

1:00pm: Beginning Double Knitting - Sold Out

1:00pm: Now How Do I Finish?

1:00pm: Father Christmas - Sold Out

Fosters:

9:00am: Exploring the Drum Carder

Various Locations:

8:00am: Vendor Set-up, Workshop parking in Oval from Mulberry St

October 20, 2023:

41 Tents:

9:00am: Reed Christmas Tree

9:00am: I Love Color - Sold Out

9:00am: Shoulder Pack Basket - Sold Out

9:00am: It Isn't Easy Being Green - Sold Out

9:00am: Indigo Happy Hour Fri AM - Sold Out

1:00pm: Tobacco Stick Broom - Sold Out

1:00pm: Indigo Happy Hour Fri PM - Sold Out

Bldg 37, Bldg 38:

10:00am: Sheep Show Check-in, 10am–NOON, 4 -5:30 pm

Bldg B:

9:00am: Entries Received for Fleece Show and Sale - Wool, Mohair & Alpaca 9am-4pm

4:00pm: Judging Fleece - Wool, Mohair & Alpaca

Bldg D:

9:00am: Getting Started with Inkle Weaving - Fri - Sold Out

9:00am: Spinning Basics and Beyond - Sold Out

9:00am: Knit Faster with Combination Knitting - Sold Out

9:00am: Eastern European "Woolly" Embroidery - Sold Out

9:00am: Darn It! - Sold Out

9:00am: Spinning to Weave - Sold Out

9:00am: Knit Your Bust Fitting Sweater Ever - Sold Out

9:00am: Rhinebeck Gnome of the Year - Sold Out

1:00pm: Beginner Painting With Wool - Fall Foliage Landscape - Sold Out

1:00pm: Mirror Knitting - Sold Out

1:00pm: Brioche Rosetta Stone - Sold Out

1:00pm: Basic Tatting for Beginners - Sold Out

Bldg E:

9:00am: Fiber Contest Entries Received 'til 12:30pm

1:00pm: Photo Contest Entries Received 1pm-6pm

1:00pm: Judging - Fiber Competitions

Fosters:

9:00am: Adventures in Drum Carding

Various Locations:

7:30am: Vendor Set-up, Workshop parking in Oval from Mulberry St

October 21, 2023:

41 Tents:

10:00am: Irish Knitting Basket - Sold Out

10:00am: Footed Fiber Storage Basket - Sold Out

10:00am: The Fundamentals of Carving a Wooden Spoon - SAT - 4 hrs Sold Out

10:00am: Felting Flora, Fauna & Fungi - 2 Day

10:00am: Flax: From the Garden to Finished Fiber

Area 7:

12:30pm: Canine Frisbee Demonstrations

1:30pm: Canine Frisbee Demonstrations

3:30pm: Canine Frisbee Demonstrations

Area 9:

9:00am: Sheep Shearing Demonstrations - 45 minutes after the hour

Bldg 24:

9:00am: NEW! 5-State Fibershed Exhibition

Bldg 26:

9:00am: Is There a Need? Who Will Lead? - Survey Results for Solar Grazing - Cornell University

Bldg 27:

9:00am: Llama & Alpaca Farm Displays

Bldg 27, Front:

11:00am: Parade! Camelids, Cashmere and Friends Breeds Parade, presented by Barn 27 Walking around the Fairgrounds

3:00pm: Cashmere Fiber & Spinning Demo

Bldg 28 - Breed Barn:

9:00am: Lincoln Sheep

9:00am: North American Wensleydale Sheep

9:00am: Herdwick Sheep

9:00am: CVM Romeldale Sheep

9:00am: Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Growers Association

9:00am: Gotland Sheep

9:00am: Tunis Sheep

9:00am: The Livestock Conservancy

9:00am: Merino Sheep

9:00am: Cormo Sheep

9:00am: White Dorper Sheep

9:00am: Lincoln Sheep

9:00am: Dutchess County Animal Response Team

9:00am: Backyard Green Films

9:00am: Traditional English Southdown Sheep

9:00am: Teeswater Sheep

9:00am: Santa Cruz Sheep

9:00am: Sheep Breed Displays

9:00am: Breed Specific Knitting Display & Spinning Demos

9:00am: Border Leicester

9:00am: Coopworth Sheep

9:00am: Corriedale Sheep

9:00am: Romney and Icelandic Sheep

9:00am: Cotswold Sheep

9:00am: Shetland Sheep

9:00am: Leicester Longwool Sheep

9:00am: Valais Blacknose Sheep

10:00am: Southdown Sheep

Bldg 28A Breed Talks Tent:

10:00am: Breed Talk: White Dorpers, shedding sheep

10:30am: Breed Talk: Santa Cruz Sheep

11:05am: Breed Talk: Coopworth Sheep

11:40am: Sheep Selfie Station

12:15pm: Breed Talk: CVM Romeldale sheep & The Livestock Conservancy

12:50pm: Breed Talk: Gotland Sheep & Fiber

1:25pm: Breed Talk: Farm planning and working with conservation

2:00pm: Breed Talk: Herdwick Sheep

2:30pm: Breed Talk: North American Wensleydale Sheep & Fiber

3:00pm: Beginning Shepherding Q and A

Bldg 34 Livestock Arena:

9:00am: NY State Bred Ewe Sale Show Returns! 9am SaturDay OPEN to All Breeds, Bred Ewes and Ewe Lambs

11:00am: Used Fiber and Sheep Equipment Auction 1/2 Hour after Bred Ewe Sale TBA - Register Online, unload your old stuff

Bldg 37:

2:00pm: White & Natural Colored Sheep Show 'The Black and White Show'

Bldg 37, Bldg 38:

6:00am: Sheep Show Check-in, Livestock penning until 8am - Vehicles OUT by 8:30am thankU

Bldg 38:

10:30am: Angora Goat Show

Bldg B:

9:00am: Jessica Vitkus / Crafting Change / Signing SaturDay 9:00 - 5:00

9:00am: Meghan Fernandes & Lydia Gluck / Pom Pom Magazine ALL Day!

9:00am: MDK Modern Daily Knitting! / SaturDay / Books available all Day!

9:00am: Pom Pom Magazine / New issues + New Books + Previous issues + Previous books! SaturDay ALL Day!

9:00am: Fleece Sale 9am-4pm - Wool, Alpaca, Mohair - HOSTING the 2023 NATIONAL GOTLAND FLEECE SHOW

9:30am: Iza Trapani / Signing her delightful children's books / SaturDay 9:30 - 3:30

9:30am: Toni Lipsey / The Tunisian Handbook / Signing SaturDay 10:30 - 4:30

9:30am: Mary Jane Mucklestone / 200 Fair Isle Motifs + Color-Work Knitting / SaturDay 9:30 - 4:00

9:30am: Sara Delaney / Design Your Own Crochet Projects / Signing SaturDay 9:30 - 4:30

9:30am: Kristina McGrath + Sarah Walworth / The Knitting Pattern Writing Handbook / Signing SaturDay 9:30 - 11:30

9:30am: Gudrun Johnston / Grand Shetland Adventure / Signing SaturDay 9:30 - 4:00

9:30am: Rosann Fleischauer / Cozy Coastal Knits / Signing SaturDay 9:30 - 11:30

9:30am: Cindy Conner / Homegrown Flax and Cotton / Signing SaturDay 9:30 - 11:30

10:00am: Melanie Falick / Making a Life / Signing 10:00 - 2:00

10:30am: Patty Lyons / Knitting Bag of Tricks / Signing SaturDay 10:30 - 12:30

10:30am: Alexis Hoy / Storymaker: Knitting, Fibre, Fable / Signing SaturDay 10:30 - 12:30

10:30am: Robin Hall / The Littlest Weaver / Signing SaturDay 10:30 - 12:30

10:30am: Claudia Quintanilla / Making Memories: Timeless Knits for Children / Signing SaturDay 10:30 - 2:30

10:30am: Liza Laird / Yoga of Yarn / Signing SaturDay 10:30 - 3:30

11:30am: Katrina Rodabaugh / Mending Matters + Make, Thrift, Mend / Signing SaturDay 11:30 - 3:30

11:30am: Hudson Talbott / River of Dreams + / Signing SaturDay 11:30 - 3:30

12:00pm: Paula Pereira / Textured Knits / Signing 12:00 - 3:00

12:30pm: Alexis Sixel / Mosaic Crochet / Signing SaturDay 12:30 - 4:30

1:30pm: Janet Ramsey Conrad / A Knitting Journey / Signing SaturDay 1:30 - 4:30

1:30pm: Dana Williams-Johnson / Yards of Happiness / SaturDay 1:30 - 3:30

1:30pm: Amy Oxford / Punch Needle Rug Hooking / Signing SaturDay 1:30 - 4:30

1:30pm: Norah Gaughan / Knit Fold Pleat Repeat + / Signing SaturDay 1:30 - 3:30

1:30pm: Rosann Fleischauer / Cozy Coastal Knits / Signing SaturDay 1:30 - 3:30

2:00pm: Aimée Gille / La Bien Aimée, Artisanal Dyer / Signing SaturDay 2:00 -5:00

2:30pm: Cindy Conner / Homegrown Flax and Cotton / Signing SaturDay 2:30 - 4:30

2:30pm: Robin Hall / The Littlest Weaver / Signing SaturDay 2:30 - 4:30

2:30pm: Peggy Hart / Wool: Unraveling an American Story of Artisans and Innovation / Signing SunDay 2:30 - 3:30

Bldg D:

10:00am: Hudson River Needle Felting Art - Sold Out

10:00am: Liberating the Labryinth - Sold Out

10:00am: Historical Stitches: Intro to Wool Embroidery w SMT Plant Dyed Wool Floss - Sold Out

10:00am: Slow to Quick: Ease Your Way into Longdraw - Sold Out

10:00am: Intro to Crochet - Sold Out

10:00am: Beginning Handspindle - Sat AM - Sold Out

10:00am: Plying Fundamentals

10:00am: Finishing School - Sold Out

10:00am: Introduction to Traditional Rug Hooking

2:00pm: A Sampling of Sock Heels - Sold Out

2:00pm: Lustrous Longwools - Sold Out

2:00pm: Swatching for Color Using a Pin Loom - Sold Out

2:00pm: Next Steps in Crochet - Sold Out

2:00pm: Hunter's Moon Needle Felting Art - Sold Out

2:00pm: Oops! Now What Do I Do? - Sold Out

2:00pm: Beginning Handspindle - Sat PM

Bldg E:

9:00am: Wine Tasting, Specialty Foods

9:00am: Photo Contest - Photos Displayed

9:00am: View handmade fiber art competition entries on display all Day

9:00am: 2023 Festival Art Contest Show (vote 4 your favorite) $1500 first prize!

9:00am: Silk Reeling from Cocoons!

10:00am: Make It With Wool Judging

1:00pm: Feltmaking Demo with the Northeastern Feltmakers Guild

1:00pm: Make It With Wool Fashion Show

1:00pm: Fashion Show Follows Judging

2:30pm: Drop Spindle Spinning Contest - Walk-ins welcomed! Prizes!

3:00pm: Spinning Wheel Contest - Walk-INS Welcome. Prizes!

3:30pm: Chop Stick Knitting Contest - Walk-ins welcomed! Prizes!

4:00pm: Crochet Contest - Walk-ins welcomed! Prizes!

Century Museum:

10:00am: On-going weaving + sectional warping demos on Union loom, Overshot weaving demo on Barn Frame loom

Demo Tent-North End of Barn 27:

10:00am: Spinning Demos by Various Farms Barn 27 Llamas, Alpacas (Camelids), Cashmere, Pygora Goats, etc 10am-4pm

11:00am: Llama Care, Maintenance & Photo Opportunities!

12:00pm: Alpaca Care, Maintenance & Photo Opportunities!

1:00pm: What is a Giant Angora Rabbit?

4:00pm: What's the Difference between a Llama and an Alpaca?

Various Locations:

9:00am: Shopping! Find a Vendor

October 22, 2023:

41 Tents:

10:00am: The Fundamentals of Carving a Wooden Spoon - Sun - Sold Out

10:00am: Not Too Tall, Not Too Small...a Just Right Wall Basket - Sold Out

10:00am: Wet Felted Mittens - Sold Out

Area 7:

10:30am: Canine Frisbee Demonstrations

12:00pm: Canine Frisbee Demonstrations

1:30pm: Canine Frisbee Demonstrations

3:30pm: Canine Frisbee Demonstrations

Area 9:

9:00am: Sheep Shearing Demonstrations - 45 minutes after the hour

Bldg 26:

9:00am: Is There a Need? Who Will Lead? - Survey Results for Solar Grazing - Cornell University

Bldg 27, Front:

11:00am: Parade! Camelid and Friends Breeds Parade, presented by Barn 27 Walking around the Fairgrounds

11:30am: Cashmere Fiber & Spinning Demo

Bldg 28 - Breed Barn:

9:00am: Romney and Icelandic Sheep

9:00am: Leicester Longwool Sheep

9:00am: CVM Romeldale Sheep

9:00am: Sheep Breed Displays

9:00am: White Dorper Sheep

9:00am: Herdwick Sheep

9:00am: Corriedale Sheep

9:00am: Border Leicester

9:00am: Mother Katherine's Smart Sheep

9:00am: North American Wensleydale Sheep

9:00am: Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Growers Association

9:00am: Southdown Sheep

9:00am: Traditional English Southdown Sheep

9:00am: Shetland Sheep

9:00am: Valais Blacknose Sheep

9:00am: Gotland Sheep

9:00am: Coopworth Sheep

9:00am: Cotswold Sheep

9:00am: Dutchess County Animal Response Team

9:00am: Teeswater Sheep

9:00am: Tunis Sheep

9:00am: The Livestock Conservancy

9:00am: Breed Specific Knitting Display & Spinning Demos

9:00am: Jacob Sheep

9:00am: Sheep Breed Displays

9:00am: Backyard Green Films

9:00am: Santa Cruz Sheep

9:00am: Lincoln Sheep

12:00pm: Sheep Selfie Station

Bldg 28A Breed Talks Tent:

10:35am: Breed Talk: Breed Specific Fiber from Beloved Flocks - Fleece Diversity on a Production Wool Farm

11:00am: Breed Talk: Versatility of Shetland Sheep and the Master Spinning Program

1:00pm: Breed Talk: Leicester Longwool Sheep

1:35pm: Breed Talk: Teeswater Sheep, Fleece, Fiber & Spinning Art Yarn Demonstration

2:10pm: Breed Talk: Lincoln Sheep & Fiber

Bldg 34 Livestock Arena:

11:30am: Leaping Llama and Friends Contest presented by All 'Barn 27 Farms'

12:00pm: SHEEP PARADE!! Bldg 28's Sheep Breed Parade

2:00pm: Spitters Club 4H Obstacle Course Demo

Bldg 37:

9:30am: White & Natural Wool Sheep Show 'The Black and White Show' continued

Bldg 38:

11:00am: Angora Goat Show Judge's Presentation and Q & A

Bldg B:

9:00am: MDK Modern Daily Knitting! / SunDay / Books available all Day!

9:00am: Fleece Sale 9am-3pm - Wool, Alpaca, Mohair - HOSTING the 2023 NATIONAL GOTLAND FLEECE SHOW

9:00am: Pom Pom Magazine / New issues + New Books + Previous issues + Previous books! SunDay ALL Day!

9:00am: Meghan Fernandes & Lydia Gluck / Pom Pom Magazine ALL Day!

9:30am: Candice English / Pom Pom Designing / SunDay 9:30 - 3:30

9:30am: Mary Jane Mucklestone / 200 Fair Isle Motifs + Color-Work Knitting / SunDay 9:30 - 4:00

9:30am: Robin Hall / The Littlest Weaver / Signing SunDay 9:30 - 11:30

9:30am: Toni Lipsey / The Tunisian Handbook / Signing SunDay 10:30 - 4:30

9:30am: Janet Ramsey Conrad / A Knitting Journey / Signing SunDay 9:30 - 12:30

9:30am: Iza Trapani / Signing her delightful children's books / SunDay 9:30 - 3:30

9:30am: Norah Gaughan / Knit Fold Pleat Repeat + / Signing SunDay 9:30 - 11:30

9:30am: Katey Howes / Award winning picture books / Signing SunDay 9:30 - 3:30

9:30am: Gudrun Johnston / Grand Shetland Adventure / Signing SunDay 9:30 - 4:00

9:30am: Jacky Davis + David Soman / Signing their iconic children's books, Ladybug Girl + / SunDay 9:30 - 3:30

10:00am: Margaret Hubert / Books available all Day! / Signing 10:00 - 3:00

10:30am: Alexis Hoy / Storymaker: Knitting, Fibre, Fable / Signing SunDay 10:30 - 12:30

10:30am: Cindy Conner / Homegrown Flax and Cotton / Signing SunDay 10:30 - 12:30

10:30am: Kristina McGrath + Sarah Walworth / The Knitting Pattern Writing Handbook / Signing SunDay 10:30 - 12:30

11:30am: Karen Azoulay / Flowers and Their Meanings / Signing SunDay 11:30 - 3:30

11:30am: Katrina Rodabaugh / Mending Matters + Make, Thrift, Mend / Signing SunDay 11:30 - 3:30

11:30am: Katie Kriner / Rug Hooking with Wool Strips / Signing SunDay 11:30 - 3:30

11:30am: Liza Laird / Yoga of Yarn / Signing SunDay 11:30 - 1:30

11:30am: Prasan Kumar / Alpacas Love Apples / Signing SaturDay 11:30 - 1:30

1:00pm: Aimée Gille / La Bien Aimée, Artisanal Dyer / Signing SunDay 1:00 - 3:00

1:30pm: Cindy Conner / Homegrown Flax and Cotton / Signing SunDay 1:30 - 3:30

1:30pm: Kristina McGrath + Sarah Walworth / The Knitting Pattern Writing Handbook / Signing SaturDay 1:30 - 3:30

Bldg D:

10:00am: Braided Table Mat - 5 hr

10:00am: Blending with Wild Silk

10:00am: Latvian Mittens - 4 hrs - Sold Out

10:00am: Baaa Relief: Sculpt Wearable Pins of Your Favorite Sheep Breed!

10:00am: Understanding Grafting - Sold Out

10:00am: Autumn Abundance Needle Felting Art - Sold Out

10:00am: Mini Gnome - Sold Out

Bldg E:

9:00am: 2023 Festival Art Contest Show (vote 4 your favorite) $1500 first prize!

9:00am: Needle Felting Animals Demo

9:00am: Photo Contest - Photos Displayed

9:00am: View handmade fiber art competition entries on display all Day

9:00am: Spinning Demo: Yarn spun from a live molting angora rabbit

10:00am: The Amazing "Fleece to Shawl" Competition - Judging Starts After 1pm, Winners Announced 1:30pm

10:00am: The Amazing "Fleece to Shawl" Competition - Judging Starts After 1pm, Winners Announced 1:30pm

1:45pm: Winners Announced - The Amazing "Fleece to Shawl" Competition

3:00pm: Pick Up Your Stuff - Fiber Arts Competitors from Bldg E - Don't Forget

Century Museum:

10:00am: On-going weaving + sectional warping demos on Union loom, Overshot weaving demo on Barn Frame loom

Demo Tent-North End of Barn 27:

12:00pm: All About Alpacas

1:00pm: Exotic Breed Spinning Demo - Alpaca, Angora Rabbit, Llama

3:00pm: What makes goat down 'cashmere'?

Various Locations:

9:00am: Shopping! Find a Vendor

Dates and Times:

October 21, 2023: 9:00 a.m - 5:00 p.m.
October 22, 2023: 9:00 a.m - 4:00 p.m.

Location:

Dutchess County Fairgrounds,
6550 Spring Brook Avenue,
Rhinebeck, NY 12572.

Ticket Prices:

Pre-sale Online Tickets: $12 + convenience fee (=$13.50); $15 at the Gate
Children 11 and under are Free

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