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

Vendors Are Not Open To The Public

8:00 am: Grounds open to receive sheep; booth setup begins
9:00-2:00pm: Receive Sheep Photo Competition entries MainEx Annex
9:00-2:00pm: Receive Fine Arts Competition entries MainEx Annex

Vendors Are Not Open To The Public

9:00-3:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminar (P) Dining Hall
-Grand and Glorious Gradients with Peggy Doney
9:00-4:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminar (P) 4-H Hall
-Carding for Color: Tints and Shades with Henry Clemes
9:00-4:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminar (P) HoCo Arts Council
-Same Breed, Different Mills with Deborah Robson
9:00-4:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminars (P) Gary J. Arthur Comm Ctr
-Drop Spindle with Maggie Casey
-Add Ins with Charan Sachar
-Tablet Weaving Through History with Diana Buck
9:00-12:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminar (P) Fair Office
-Exploring the Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible with Gayle Roehm
9:00-12:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminars (P) HoCo Arts Council
-Fabulous Felt Flowers with Dawn Edwards
-Long-Lasting Socks with Kate Atherley
-Get Started on a Supported Spindle with Jill Duarte
9:00-12:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminars (P) Gary J. Arthur Comm Ctr
-Divide and Conquer - Deconstructing Double-Coated
Fleece with Meagan Condon
-Needle Felted Landscape Painting: Grazing Sheep
with Elizabeth Whitton
10:00-4:30 Receive Fleece Show & Sale entries Fleece Show & Sale Bldg
10:30-3:00 Integrated Parasite Management and FAMACHA© Show Ring
Certification Workshop with Susan Schoenian (P)
12:00-4:00pm: Consignments accepted for Auctions (tentative) Auction Tent
1:00-4:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminar (P) Fair Office
-Japanese Fingerless Mitts by Hitomi Shida with Gayle Roehm
1:00-4:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminars (P) HoCo Arts Council
-Fun and Fabulous Felt Bag with Dawn Edwards
-Introduction to Colorwork: Fair Isle, Intarsia and Slip-Stitch
Knitting with Kate Atherley
-Spinning Short Stapled Fibers with Jill Duarte
1:00-4:00pm: Pre-Festival Fiber Arts Seminars (P) Gary J. Arthur Comm Ctr
-Beginner Sculpting with Wool: Needle Felted Succulent
with Elizabeth Whitton
-What to Do with that Braid You Just Bought with Meagan Condon
2:00-5:00 Shirt sales to exhibitors and vendors WITH FESTIVAL ID Bingo Hall
5:00 p.m. Festival Kick-off Celebration Dining Hall
5:30 p.m. Maryland Sheep & Wool Ambassador Competition Fair Office
6:00 p.m. All sheep must be penned