Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival

51st Annual Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

The Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival is one of the largest festivals of its kind celebrating all things sheep, from hoof to handwoven.

Schedule of Events

9:00-4:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminars (P) Various Fairgrounds Locations
-Tints, Tones, And Shades, Oh My! With Peggy Doney
-Gardening and Foraging Natural Pigments for Dyes &
Paint with Pat Brodowski
-Carding for Color: Fractals with Henry Clemes
9:00-4:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminars (P) HoCo Arts Council
-Fabulous Felt and Nuno Felt Hats with Dawn Edwards (cont'd)
-Mixed-breed Wools: Unpredictable and . . . Fun!
with Deborah Robson
-Spinning for Consistency with Jill Duarte
9:00-4:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminars (P) Gary J. Arthur Comm Ctr
-Start Spinning with Maggie Casey (cont'd)
-Beyond Thick and Thin with Charan Sachar
-Introduction to Multi-shaft Weaving with Beth Truesdale
(second offering)
9:00-12:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminars (P) Fair Office
-Estonian Inlay with Tanis Gray
9:00-12:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminars (P) HoCo Arts Council
-Introduction to Garment Alterations with Kate Atherley
9:00-12:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminars (P) Gary J. Arthur Comm Ctr
-Beginner Painting with Wool: Needle Felted Coastal
Waters Painting with Elizabeth Whitton
-Drape or Disaster with Meagan Condon
12:00-6:00 Receive Skein & Garment Competition entries MainEx Annex
1:00-4:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminars (P) Fair Office
-2-Color Cables with Tanis Gray
1:00-4:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminars (P) HoCo Arts Council
-Socks 101: Top Down Socks with Kate Atherley
1:00-4:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminars (P) Gary J. Arthur Comm Ctr
-Beginner Sculpting with Wool: Needle Felted Forest
Toadstools with Elizabeth Whitton
-What the Fluff? All About Loft with Meagan Condon