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2016 NY Sheep and Wool Festival

10/5/16 - Tick Tock Tick Tock.... Welcome New in 2016 Vendors! Recent updates include: FiberFlame kids schedule, Cooking Demos (including a Chopped! star), and the Fiber Arts Demos, and equipment auction details.
NEW this year! Tractor Mac! will visit us with his be red tractor reading from his books to the kids. Also herding down from the Great White North is the CORPUS theater troupe to inspire our imaginations as sheep. Don’t forget, the official website is www.sheepandwool.com.

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8:00am EDT

Workshop Parking in E Lot 3 for Early Morning Classes Bldg DKaren Santucci

8:30am EDT

White & Natural Wool Sheep Show 'The Black and White Show' continued Bldg 37

9:00am EDT

Made in the Moment - SUN 9 am - SOLD OUTLIMITED GS RoomLeslie Wind Kumihimo: How to braid peace and beauty into your life - 9:00 am -SOLD OUTLIMITED Bld DHetty Gunderud Beginning Wheel Spinning - AMLIMITED Bld DJulie Wilson Circle Weaving - Sun. AMLIMITED Bld D TentsMelissa Yoder Ricks Introduction to Net Making - SOLD OUTLIMITED Bld D TentsJoe Winter Mosaic Knitting - SOLD OUTLIMITED Bld DDonna Kay PA German Band Weaving - SOLD OUTLIMITED Bld DNancy Shroyer Rug Hooking 101 - Sun AM - SOLD OUTLIMITED Bld DMaureen Rugar Spinning from Fleece and Locks - Sun AMLIMITED Bld DEmily Wohlscheid Stitch & Click - Photographing Your Fibers - CANCELLEDLIMITED Bld D TentsShibaguyz Speed Vessels: Focus on FormLIMITED Bld D TentsCarolann Tebbetts The Rhinebeck Nuno Felt ScarfLIMITED Bld D TentsRobin Blakney-Carlson Tote-Al Function! - SOLD OUTLIMITED Bld DMary Ann Williams Wet Spinning Long-Line Louet LinenLIMITED Bld DDaf Summers Workshops - Full Day, Half Day 9am-4:30pm - See Catalog Bldg DKaren Santucci 2016 Festival Art Contest Show (vote 4 your favorite) $1500 first prize! Bldg E

10:00am EDT

What is a Pygora Goat? Bldg 27, Front Julia Farwell-Clay (10-11:30 Sunday) Bldg BJulia Farwell-Clay Norah Gaughan - Knitted Cable Source Book: A Breakthrough Guide to Knitting Cables and Designing Your Own (10-12:30 Sunday) Bldg BNorah Gaughan Gale Zucker, Mary Lou Egan & Kirsten Kapur - Drop Dead Easy Knits (10 - 1:00 Sunday) Bldg BMary Lou Egan • Kirsten Kapur • Gale Zucker Fleece to Shawl Competition - Judging Starts After 1pm Bldg E Dora Ohrenstein - Top-Down Crochet Sweaters (10-2 Sunday) Bldg BDora Ohrenstein Jillian Moreno - Yarn-i-tec-ture | A Knitter's Guide to Spinning: Building Exactly the Yarn You Want (10-2 Sunday) Bldg BJillian Moreno John Churchman - Sweet Pea and Friends : The SheepOver (10-2 Sunday) Bldg BJohn Churchman Nancy Shaw - Sheep Go To Sleep (10-2 Sunday) Bldg BNancy Shaw Vernon Benjamin - History of the Hudson River Valley From the Civil War to the Modern Times (10-2:30 Sunday) Bldg BVernon Benjamin Spit Roasting Lamb with Sean Lacy Area 14Sean Lacy Fleece Sale - Wool, Alpaca, Mohair + 2016 NATIONAL GOTLAND SHEEP SOCIETY FLEECE SHOW! Bldg B On-going barn loom weaving demos - TBA Century Museum Andrea Jurgrau - New Heights in Lace Knitting (10-5 Sunday) Bldg BAndrea Jurgrau Bobbie Groome - Journey, A Knitter's Research From Lerwick to Land's End (10-5 Sunday) Bldg BBobbie Groome Heather Ross - How to Catch A Frog : And Other Stories of Family, Love, Dysfunction, Survival and DIY (10-5 Sunday) Bldg BHeather Ross Iza Trapani - Gabe and Goon (10-5 Sunday) Bldg BIza Trapani Jack Kelly - Heaven's Ditch: God, Gold, Murder on the Erie Canal (10-5 Sunday) Bldg BJack Kelly Jennifer Wood - Refined Knits : Sophisticated Lace, Cable, and Aran Lace Knitwear (10- 5 Sunday) Bldg BJennifer Wood Lars Rains - Modern Lopi : New Approaches to an Icelandic Classic (10-5 Sunday) Bldg BLars Rains Margaret Hubert - Customize Your Knitting: Adjust to Fit; Embellish to Taste (10-5 Sunday) Bldg BMargaret Hubert Pom Pom Quarterly Designer Schedule (10-5 Sunday) Bldg BPom Pom Quarterly Rachel Coopey - Yeah Socks! (10-5 Sunday) Bldg BRachel Coopey Susanna L. Hill - Can't Sleep Without Sheep (10-5 Sunday) Bldg BSusanna Leonard Hill Wendy Bernard - The Knitting All Around Stitch Dictionary: 150 New Stitch Patterns To Knit Top Down, Bottom Up, Back and Forth and In The Round (10-5 Sunday) Bldg BWendy Bernard View handmade fiber art competition entries on display all day Bldg E NEW!! Needle Felting "tiny pictures" w/ Wool Yarn and Roving Bldg 41fiberflame NEW!! Upcycled Sweater "Puppets" Ages 7+ Bldg 41fiberflame NEW!! Wool Roving "Butterfly Mobiles" 7+ Bldg 41fiberflame Two by Two Petting Zoo Area 13 Upcycled Sweater Stitching: Stuffies & Pillows Ages 10+ Bldg 41fiberflame Yarn “Painting” Embroidery - Ages 3+ Bldg 41fiberflame Shopping! Find a Vendor Various Locations

10:15am EDT

Made in the Moment - SUN 10:15 am - SOLD OUTLIMITED GS RoomLeslie Wind

10:30am EDT

Breed Talk: Babydoll Southdown Sheep, Raising Sheep as Pets Bldg 28Deb Rendon Canine Frisbee Demonstrations Area 7 Take Heart: A Transatlantic Knitting Journey (10:30 Sunday) Bldg BFiona Alice

11:00am EDT

Breed Talk: North American Wensleydale, Wensleydale Fiber and Breed Up Program Bldg 28Jeri Robinson-Lawrence The 'Big' ALPACA Parade presented by All Farms in Barn 27 - Walking around the fairgrounds Bldg 27, Front “Mad Science” Area F CORPUS Dance Theatre performs "Les moutons" Various Locations Amy Herzog - You Can Knit That : Foolproof Instructions For Fabulous Sweaters (11-12 Sunday) Bldg BAmy Herzog No Fleece Flatbread – the sheep’s goodness is in the yogurt! - Annie Scibienski, Blue Ribbon Hearth, Ghent, NY Bldg EAnnie Scibienski Felting Demo: Accessories using Natural fiber felt Bldg EJudah Leah Kay Gardiner and Ann Shayne -Mason-Dixon Knitting Filed Guide No. 1 : Stripes (11-3 Sunday) Bldg BKay Gardiner • Ann Shayne

11:15am EDT

Leaping Llama Contest presented by All 'Barn 27 Farms'LIMITED Bldg 34 Livestock Arena

11:30am EDT

Breed Talk: Shropshire Sheep, Market Animals & their significance to the sheep industry Bldg 28Jessica Rugar Sheep Herding Dog Demonstrations Area 7 Children's Read Aloud : John Churchman, Nancy Shaw, Iza Trapani and Susanna Hill (11:30 Sunday) Bldg BJohn Churchman • Susanna Leonard Hill • Nancy Shaw • Iza Trapani Meet Tractor Mac Live with Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Billy Steers Area F Made in the Moment - SUN 11:30 am - SOLD OUTLIMITED GS RoomLeslie Wind Gina Rockenwagner (11:30-1 Sunday) Bldg BGina Rockenwagner Olga Buraya-Kefelian (11:30-1 Sunday) Bldg BOlga Buraya-Kefelian Kumihimo: How to braid peace and beauty into your life - 11:30 am - SOLD OUTLIMITED Bld DHetty Gunderud

12:00pm EDT

Canine Frisbee Demonstrations Area 7 Ed the Wizard Area F All About Alpacas Bldg 27, Front Bldg 28's Sheep Breed Parade! Bldg 28 Edie Eckman - Crochet One-Skein Wonders for Babies (12-5 Sunday) Bldg BEdie Eckman Judith Durant - Cable Left, Cable Right: 94 Knitted Cables (12-5 Sunday) Bldg BJudith Durant

12:30pm EDT

Rachel Coopey - Knit Every Sock (12:30 Sunday) Bldg BRachel Coopey Braised Lamb - Dafna Mizrahi (Chopped! Winner 2015) Bldg EDafna Mizrahi

1:00pm EDT

Breed Talk: Finn Sheep, Breeding and Meat Bldg 28Siri Swanson Exotic Breed Spinning Demo - Alpaca, Angora Rabbit, Llama Bldg 27, Front Sheep Herding Dog Demonstrations Area 7 Clare Lakewood (1-2 Sunday) Bldg BClare Lakewood Paula Pereira (1-2 Sunday) Bldg BPaula Pereira Cathy Carron - Cow Girls 2 : The Necks Favorite Knits (1-5 Sunday) Bldg BCathy Carron

1:30pm EDT

Breed Talk: Corriedale Sheep, Storytelling and Kids Wet Felting Bldg 28Veeder-Shave Family • Meegan Veeder-Shave Canine Frisbee Demonstrations Area 7 Jillian Moreno - Sampling Is Not a Dirty Word! (1:30 Sunday) Bldg BJillian Moreno Norah Gaughan - Knitted Cable Source Book: A Breakthrough Guide to Knitting Cables and Designing Your Own (1:30-4 Sunday) Bldg BNorah Gaughan Couture Finishing - CANCELLEDLIMITED Bld D TentsShibaguyz Introduction to Toe-Up SocksLIMITED Bld DDonna Kay PA German Band Weaving - Picking it Up! - SOLD OUTLIMITED Bld DNancy Shroyer Rug Hooking 101 - Sun PM - SOLD OUTLIMITED Bld DMaureen Rugar The Touch, The Feel of … Other FibersLIMITED Bld DJulie Wilson Tips, Tricks & Tidbits for Your Spinning ToolboxLIMITED Bld D TentsPaula Ashworth

1:45pm EDT

“Mad Science” Area F

2:00pm EDT

Breed Talk: American Gotland Sheep Association Bldg 28 4-H Obstacle Demonstration Presented by the Spitter's Club Bldg 34 Livestock ArenaSpitter's 4H Club CORPUS Dance Theatre performs "Les moutons" Various Locations Lynn Brennan (2-3 Sunday) Bldg BLynn Brennan Sarah Brunenberg (2-3 Sunday) Bldg BSarah Brunenberg Lamb Tagine - Chef Daniel From “THE Tasting Room Restaurant” off 9G, RhinebeckLIMITED Bldg E Charkha Spinning Demonstration Bldg EBosworth Spindles Spinning Demo: Yarn spun from a live molting angora rabbit Bldg EArturo Ceballos Made in the Moment - SUN 2:00 pm - SOLD OUTLIMITED GS RoomLeslie Wind

2:30pm EDT

Llama & Alpaca Meet & Greets (Photo Opportunities!) Bldg 27, Front Edie Eckman - How to Write a Craft Book (2:30 Sunday) Bldg BEdie Eckman 3-D felting: sheep, goats and other creatures Bldg ECottage on the Hudson - Arturo Meet Tractor Mac Live with Children's Book Author and Illustrator, Billy Steers Area F

3:00pm EDT

Sheep Herding Dog Demonstrations Area 7 Fiona Alice ( 3-5 Sunday) Bldg BFiona Alice

3:15pm EDT

Made in the Moment - SUN 3:15 pm - SOLD OUTLIMITED GS RoomLeslie Wind

3:30pm EDT

Canine Frisbee Demonstrations Area 7 Mystery Dish - Christopher Maier - Culinary Institute of America Bldg E

3:45pm EDT

Ed the Wizard Area F

4:00pm EDT

RAFFLE DRAWING for Beautiful Large Handmade Shawl - Elmendorph Handspinners Guild Bldg EMary Kelly