Maryland Sheep and Wool -- upcoming event -- May 7 and 8

[neotoma]

The Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival is coming up in about a week. Held the first full weekend of May every year, this is the largest Sheep and Wool festival on the East Coast of the USA -- it's free to the public, running from 9 to 6 Saturday and 9 to 5 Sunday at the Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, Maryland (near Baltimore).

The festival can be a fun day-trip; it's definitely the place to be if you're into fiber arts to any degree, though you might want to leave your wallet with a trusted friend in that case.

There will be sheepdog demonstrations, breed conformation trials, the Parade of Sheep Breeds, a sheep-to-shawl competition, a gallery of entries for the garment, skein and fine arts awards, lamb and equipment auctions, and lots and lots of vendors.

I'm still looking for a carpool up on Saturday, if anyone is planning on going and has space.

Comments

[chomiji]

Huh, I wonder if my bunny-sitter will be there. I know she does these kinds of festivals - she shears sheep for people (she also does farm animal rescue). I have a hat knit from wool from sheep she sheared (which is silly, because I don't wear woolly things - they make me itch ... but it was a present).

[holli]

Oh, man. I'm going to be in Charleston for my sister's graduation that weekend, but I would otherwise love to go.