2024 NY State Sheep and Wool Festival: Full Schedule

FESTIVAL DATES: Oct. 17-20, 2024
(Workshops happening also Thurs and Fri before the festival, NO VENDORS OPEN Thursday or Friday, only Sat. and Sun.)
We’re using Sched to help you plan your festival. Create your own schedule by ticking off events in the Schedule to add to your own personal plan. Events being added so refresh every few days. The Souvenir Pre-festival ordering hopes to open mid Sept. Thanks for your patience.

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8:00am EDT

Vendor Set-up, Workshop parking in Handicap Parking area (not the Oval)

Thursday October 17, 2024 8:00am - 4:00pm EDT

Various Locations

Vendor setup

Thursday October 17, 2024 8:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Various Locations

Setup, Vendor

9:00am EDT

Conquer Your Fears! Master Short Rows and Fearlessly Knit a Scarf/Shawl Without a Pattern! - SOLD OUT

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Bldg D

Instructors

Kimberly Langley

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg D

Workshops, Knitting

Workshop Duration 3 HR

9:00am EDT

Freestyle Weaving for the Creative Spirit - SOLD OUT

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Bldg D

Instructors

Liza Q Wirtz

Liza Q. Wirtz, better known as Q (aka the Chief Feline), runs multifaceted fiber-arts business the Foldout Cat from her home studio in Alabama with the frequent and welcome assistance of partners Fiber J and Maker J and the help of a fluctuating number of cats. Having spent several... Read More →

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg D

Workshops, Weaving

Workshop Duration 3 HR

9:00am EDT

Getting Started with Amigurumi Part 1

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Bldg D

Instructors

Amie Palmer

Amie Palmer is a lifelong fiber arts enthusiast. She believes there are two types of projects: the ones that require concentration and those meant for meeting up to chat with fellow knitters and crocheters. She always has at least one of each on her needles and hooks.She graduated... Read More →

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg D

Workshops, Crochet

Workshop Duration 3 HR

9:00am EDT

Kitchener Like a Pro

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT

Bldg D

Instructors

Heather Storta

I am a TKGA certified Master Knitter, Knitting Instructor, and Tech Editor. I have been teaching knitting as well as designing knitwear for over 10 years. Knitting is my passion, and I enjoy learning all the hows and whys of knitting, from the history of the craft to the technical... Read More →

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Bldg D

Workshops, Knitting

Workshop Duration 3 HR

9:00am EDT

Eastern European Folk Embroidery Sampler - SOLD OUT

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT

Bldg D

Instructors

Katalin Lovasz

Katalin (Kati) Lovász was born and raised in Hungary, and had a passion for textiles and embroidery since a young age. She learned to sew from her grandmother, who in Communist-era Hungary sewed many of her family’s clothes, and had a passion for patterns from Burda magazines smuggled... Read More →

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D

Workshops, Needle Art

Workshop Duration 6 HR

9:00am EDT

Exploring the Drum Carder - SOLD OUT

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT

42 Fosters

Instructors

Roy and Henry Clemes

A lifelong woodworker and small business owner, Henry has been building fiber art equipment for almost 50 years and drum carders for over 40 years. Roy grew up working in his family’s woodshop and is the president of Lambtown Festival, the largest sheep and wool show in California. Together... Read More →

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
42 Fosters

Workshops, Fiber Prep

Workshop Duration 6 HR

9:00am EDT

Handled Brooms - SOLD OUT

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT

42 Tents Fosters

Instructors

Bev Larson

I have been weaving since 1988 and teaching since 1999. I love to share the joy of basket weaving with those around me and have done so by teaching in Indiana, Illinois, Florida, Kentucky, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, and the Caribbean on the Basket Weaving... Read More →

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
42 Tents Fosters

Workshops, Broom Making

Workshop Duration 6 HR

9:00am EDT

Josephine Knot - SOLD OUT

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT

Bldg D Tents

Instructors

Sue Muldoon

Sue Muldoon divides her time between 3-dimensional and 2-dimensional work. She bounces back and forth between photography, web design and graphic design to seatweaving (chair caning, wicker repair, rush, splint, etc.) and basket weaving.Basketry started as an add-on to seat weaving... Read More →

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D Tents

Workshops, Weaving

Workshop Duration 6 HR

9:00am EDT

Natural Dye Rainbow - SOLD OUT

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT

Bldg D Tents

Instructors

Jackie Ottino

Jackie is a dyer from Midcoast Maine, specializing in natural dyes. She ran a commercial dyehouse for 6 years for a well known yarn brand, and now does specialty dyeing for other yarn companies, as well as her own line, Forage Color. She teaches sell out dye workshops around the country... Read More →

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D Tents

Workshops, Dyeing

Workshop Duration 6 HR

9:00am EDT

Nuno Felted Pumpkins

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT

42 Tents Fosters

Instructors

Mallory Zondag

Mallory Zondag is a Mixed Media Fiber artist and artist educator. Her work explores our tenuous relationship with the continuous growth and decay of the natural world and humanity’s place within those cycles using felted wool, wax, fibers, fabrics and objects both found and recycled... Read More →

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
42 Tents Fosters

Workshops, Felting

Workshop Duration 5 HR

9:00am EDT

Seeing Red - SOLD OUT

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT

Bldg D Tents

Instructors

Kathy Sparks

Kathy Sparks has been involved with fiber in some way, shape or form for the past 45 years. She honed her craft both by earning a Master’s Degree in Dye Chemistry from Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, as well as studying with and learning from other artists. A retired... Read More →

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D Tents

Workshops, Dyeing

Workshop Duration 6 HR

9:00am EDT

Shoulder Pack Basket - SOLD OUT

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT

Bldg D Tents

Instructors

Wendy Jensen

Bldg 36, Booth 12

Wendy Jensen is an award winning professional basketmaker living in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts for 30 years. Her baskets are finely woven from rattan or her homegrown willow. She exhibits her work at juried craft shows and galleries. She also teaches basketmaking at many... Read More →

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D Tents

Workshops, Basket Weaving

Workshop Duration 6 HR

9:00am EDT

Spindle Spinning The Basics and Beyond - SOLD OUT

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT

Bldg D

Instructors

Stephanie Flynn Sokolov

Stephanie Flynn Sokolov is a fiber fanatic experienced in teaching and motivating students in many fiber arts. She has a diverse expert background including spinning, weaving, knitting, felting, and dying. Her interest in learning about fiber arts started at a very young age, she... Read More →

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D

Workshops, Spinning

Workshop Duration 6 HR

9:00am EDT

Spinning for Socks

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT

Bldg D

Instructors

Donna Kay

A knitting instructor and designer for over 25 years, Donna Kay is also an accomplished handspinner. Known for her patient teaching manner, she delights in sharing her knowledge and passion with her students. Donna designs for her company, Tree of Life Designs, and is a frequent contributor... Read More →

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D

Workshops, Spinning

Workshop Duration 6 HR

9:00am EDT

Tailoring - SOLD OUT

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT

Bldg D

Instructors

Kate Oates

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D

Workshops, Knitting

Workshop Duration 6 HR

9:00am EDT

Beginning Spinning - 2 Day - SOLD OUT

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - Friday October 18, 2024 4:00pm EDT

Bldg D

Instructors

Alanna Wilcox

Alanna Wilcox is an art teacher by day and a fiber artist at night. She loves sharing her passion with others and is constantly making things, especially projects that have to do with color and fiber to express her creativity. She earned the OHS Spinning Certificate with distinction... Read More →

Thursday October 17, 2024 9:00am - Friday October 18, 2024 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D

Workshops, Spinning

Workshop Duration 12 HR

12:00pm EDT

Entries Received for Fleece Show and Sale - Wool, Mohair & Alpaca - NOON-3pm

Thursday October 17, 2024 12:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

Bldg B

Register online: https://www.sheepandwool.com/for-exhibitors/fleece-sale/
Registration end date will be October 10th OR if the limit of 700 entries is reached.

Thursday October 17, 2024 12:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg B

Fleece Sale

12:00pm EDT

Exhibitor Setup Barn 27 'til 8pm

Thursday October 17, 2024 12:00pm - 8:00pm EDT

Bldg 27

Thursday October 17, 2024 12:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Bldg 27

Setup

12:00pm EDT

Livestock penning

Thursday October 17, 2024 12:00pm - 10:00pm EDT

Bldg 37, Bldg 38

Thursday October 17, 2024 1:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Bldg D

Workshops, Knitting

Workshop Duration 3 HR