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2022 Catalog Cover Artist

Posted: March 4, 2022

Susan Due Pearcy has lived in the Agricultural Reserve in Barnesville, Maryland for 27 years and enjoys having sheep grazing next door and fibre artist friends nearby. She is continually inspired in her art and life by the natural beauty of her surroundings and works plein air in oil and pastel and creates her printmaking in Sugarloaf Studio behind her home...

COVID-19 Protocols

Posted: February 19, 2022

Click "Read More" to see our most recent COVID-19 protocols.

Registration for 2022 Fiber Arts Seminars is now open!

Posted: January 30, 2022

COVID-19 precautions will be in effect. Click "Read More" for further details.

Warm up for the Festival with Winterfest!

Posted: October 28, 2021

Two days of virtual spinning, knitting, felting, and crochet classes on January 29 and 30, 2022.

Registration is now open!

Proposals for 2022 Fiber Arts Seminars now being accepted

Posted: June 15, 2021

We are now accepting proposals for fiber arts seminars to be held in conjunction with the 49th Annual Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, which will take place in person on May 7 & 8, 2022 in West Friendship, Maryland. Many seminars will be held Wednesday-Friday of the week leading up to the festival; all seminars will be held in person. The Fiber Arts Seminar Committee invites instructors from every heritage, culture, belief system, and lifestyle to submit a proposal.

Submit your proposal(s) here.

The deadline to submit a proposal is July 15.…

2021 Festival Gear Now Available

Posted: April 6, 2021

Shop online, or buy in-store at the Sheepman Supply showroom in Frederick, Maryland. Choose from "staying home and staying safe until 2022" t-shirts, sweatshirts, tote bags. posters, and note cards. Your purchases help support the Festival.