Spin-In

Updated for 2024

Bring your spinning wheel, spindle, or charka and join our fun and FREE gathering of fiber enthusiasts on Saturday evening. If you don’t have anything to spin with – come anyway, and show off your exciting new purchases! The Spin-In welcomes experienced spinners and novices alike for hours of conversation, challenges, and contests: Try spinning blindfolded! Compete to see who’s traveled the furthest for a fiber fix! See just how lumpy you can make your yarn! There are oodles of prizes to be won – last year’s winners went home with prizes ranging from fiber (think silk, bison, Paco-vicuna!), spinning books and magazines to silkworms (really!) and stitch markers, a beautiful new Hitchhiker Spinning Wheel, and many other fiber-oriented prizes donated by the Festival’s generous vendors. There’s never a dull moment at the Spin-In, and this year promises to be more fun than ever!

Special thanks to “Bingo” for all his help.

Thank you, vendors!

A big THANK YOU to these generous vendors who donated prizes for the 2023 Spin-In:

Bosworth Spindles
Clare Margaret
Fiber Art Tools
Fluffy U Fiber Farm
Friends In Reed
Gage Hill Crafts
Green Owl Farmacy
HansenCrafts
Heirlooms
Maple Row Stock & Wool
Opalessence Fiber Studio
R. E. Piland, Goldsmiths
Rebecca Francis: Weaver
Shepherd’s Flock
Spruce Mountain Designs
Wild ‘N’ Woolly Farm

2024 Festival Gear Now Available

A selection of 2024 Festival Merchandise is now available. We have short-sleeved t-shirts, long-sleeved hooded t-shirts, three styles of bags, and two sizes of posters. Click "Read More" for details on how you can get yours!

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The online entry form for the 2024 Skein & Garment Competition is now available at sheepandwool.wufoo.com/forms/2024-skein-garment-online-entry-form/. This year, all entries must be made through the online entry form. There is no longer a paper entry form.Complete rules for the competition can be found at sheepandwool.org/festival/skein-garment-competition/. Please read and follow all requirements. Please note that various rules and/or categories have changed. Entries that do not follow all requirements may not be judged.This year's Featured Breed is Cotswold. Special prizes will be awarded for the Best Cotswold Skein and Best Cotswold Article, courtesy of the American Cotswold Record Association. See the full prize list at sheepandwool.org/festival/skein-garment-competition/.#mdsw #mdsw2024 #spinnerssofinstagram #yarnlove #spinnerssofmaryland #handspinning #knitting #knittersofinstagram #knittersofmaryland #crochet #crochetersofinstagram #weaving #felterssofinstagram #felt #handfelting #needlefelting #felting ... See MoreSee Less
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Online applications are now being accepted for the 2024 Maryland Sheep & Wool Ambassador, to be chosen at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival. The person selected to serve will represent the Maryland Sheep Breeders Association and help to promote sheep and wool during the following year. The competition is open to all genders. Contestants must be between the ages of 14 and 18, inclusive (based on age as of January 1). Full details and a link to the online application can be found at sheepandwool.org/festival/maryland-sheep-and-wool-ambassador-competition/. Entries must be received by April 21, 2024.(Photo: 2023 Ambassador Rachel Zimmerman)#mdsw #mdsw2024 #YouthOpportunities #sheepandwoolambassador #marylandsheepbreeders ... See MoreSee Less
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Online entries are now being accepted for our 2024 Sheep Promotion Competition. This all-electronic competition allows contestants age 18 and under to enter presentations (including PowerPoint and Google Slides presentations) on the subjects of breed promotion, wool promotion, meat promotion, and fair or festival sheep showmanship/promotion; contestants don't even need to come to the festival!Complete contest rules and a link to the online entry form are on our website at sheepandwool.org/festival/sheep-promotion-competition/. Entries must be received by 5:00 p.m. EDT on April 27, 2024. Please share this information with any youngsters you think might be interested!(Photo - 1st place winner in the Mini Division (7 years old and under) from our 2021 virtual festiv#mdsw##mdsw2024w#sheeppromotiono#YouthOpportunitiesities ... See MoreSee Less
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