Sharing a post from one of the contestants in our first ever virtual Junior Spinning Competition, which was held via Zoom as part of our Virtual Online Festival. Congratulations go to all of the contestants, whose ages ranged from 8 to 14. Here is how everyone placed:
Adeline - Most Even Yarn (spinning wheel category)
Grace - Fattest Yarn, Longest Yarn (spinning wheel category)
Caroline - Skinniest Yarn (spinning wheel category)
Theodore - Lumpiest Yarn (spinning wheel category)
Ava - Most Even Yarn, Skinniest Yarn, Longest Yarn (drop spindle category)
Preston - Fattest Yarn, Lumpiest Yarn (drop spindle category)
Astrid - Most Even Yarn, Longest Yarn (e-spinner category)
Special thanks to committee member Patricia Sanville for organizing this online competition! ... See MoreSee Less
3 days ago ·
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The Maryland Make it With Wool program relies on its sale of Wool Wax Creme at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival to fund their activities. Since the festival was cancelled, they are selling the products by email this year. The post below shows the products available with instructions on how to order.
MIWW is an annual youth-centered sewing and needle work competition designed to promote the beauty and versatility of wool fabrics, yarns, and fibers. Preliminary competitions are held at the state level, culminating in the National Finals and Awards Banquet at the American Sheep Industry annual convention.
Please help keep Maryland youth sewing by ordering your wool wax creme today (plus it's a really great product, too). ... See MoreSee Less
4 days ago ·
Back again this year is Roxy Dean, author of 10 fiction/non-fiction books about dogs (“Where’s Harley?” and “Can’t Harley Wait!”) and sheep, including the “Sheila, The Sheep” adventure stories. A Shetland and Scottish Blackface sheep raiser, Roxy also plays the drums! She will have several titles available but will feature “The Sheep of Celtic Herd: What are Ewe Thinking?”, poems written from a sheep’s point of view!