Sponsors

Updated for 2024

Thank you to our generous 2024 sponsors!

See our sponsorship information page for details if you would like to sponsor an event at the 2025 Festival.

Sheep Level Sponsors ($1000)

Fiber Seed
Blanchester, OH
thefiberseed.com
Sponsoring: Volunteer Appreciation

Long Thread Media
Fort Collins, CO
longthreadmedia.com
spinoffmagazine.com

Sheepman Supply
Frederick, MD
sheepman.com
Sponsoring: Club Lamb Jackpot

Visit Howard County
Ellicott City, MD
visithowardcounty.com
Sponsoring: Sheepdog Demonstrations

Skein Level Sponsors ($500)

Battenkill Fibers Carding & Spinning Mill
Greenwich, NY
battenkillfibers.com
Sponsoring: Fleece Show & Sale

Ewetopia
Viroqua, WI
ewetopiafibershop.com
Sponsoring: Skein & Garment Competition

Jenniethepotter
Minneapolis, MN
jenniethepotter.com
Sponsoring: Fleece Show & Sale

Miss Babs Hand-Dyed Yarns & Fibers
Mountain City, TN
missbabs.com
Sponsoring: Skein & Garment Competition

Pawley Studios Ceramics
Russellville, KY
pawleystudios.com
Sponsoring: Fine Arts Competition

Solitude Wool Breed Specific Yarn and Fibers
Loudon County, VA
solitudewool.com
Sponsoring: Fleece Show & Sale

Sydell, Inc.
Burbank, SD
sydell.com

Fleece Level Sponsors ($250)

Akerworks
Knoxville, TN
akerworks.com

Anonymous
Mt. Airy, MD
Sponsoring: Sheepdog Demonstrations

Bluefaced Leicester Union of North America
Swartz Creek, MI
bflsheep.com
Sponsoring: Sheepdog Demonstrations

Happy Heritage Farm
Abingdon, MD
happyheritagefarm.com
Sponsoring: Youth Conservationist Program

Horizon Farm Credit
Mechanicsburg, PA
HorizonFC.com
Sponsoring: Youth Conservationist Program

Justamere Tree Farm
Worthington, MA
justameretreefarm.com

MidAtlantic Fiber Association
Tabernacle, NJ
mafafiber.org
Sponsoring: Sheep-to-Shawl Competition

The North American Hill Sheep Show
Escanaba, MI
nahillsheepshow.com

Friends of the Festival ($50)

Beth and Slavko Ivankovic of Priory Farms Cotswolds
Eau Claire, WI
Sponsoring: Sheep Promotion Competition

BitsyKnits Fiber Arts
Allentown, PA
BitsyKnits.com
Sponsoring: Fleece Show & Sale

Black Sheep Farm
Leesburg, VA
www.blacksheepfarmva.com

Bruce and Heidi Trout
Ellicott City, MD

Colorado Ranchito Alegre LLC
Lanham, MD
ranchitoalegre.com
Sponsoring: Sheepdog Demonstrations

Dellys Delights Farm
Louisa, VA
Sponsoring: Sheepdog Demonstrations

Fox Pest Control
Lancaster, PA
fox-pest.com/baltimore-md

Frederick County Sheep Breeders
Frederick, MD
fredericksheepbreeders.com
Sponsoring: Junior Spinning and Lead Line Competitions

Harry and Carolyn Humes
Milford, DE

Herdwick Sheep Breeders Association of North America
East Berne, NY
hsbana.org
Sponsoring: Shepherd Seminars

Jane Engvall
Alexandria, VA

Kathrine Roznowski
Brookeville, MD

Kirsten Koepsel
Manhattan, KS
Sponsoring: Fleece Show & Sale

Leslie Carter
Remington, VA

LuckyLaneFarm
White Hall, MD
luckylane.farm
Sponsoring: Sheepdog Demonstrations

Martha J.P.H.
Columbia, MD

Milkhouse Brewery at Stillpoint Farm
Mt. Airy, MD
milkhousebrewery.com
Sponsoring: Sheepdog Demonstrations

Mindy and Mark Bickel
Lebanon, PA

Pandowdee
Elverson, PA
pandowdee.com
Sponsoring: Sheep-to-Shawl Competition

Retha Sueda
Ellicott City, MD

Sheep Ladies Lunch Bunch
Mt. Airy, MD
Sponsoring: Sheepdog Demonstrations

South Jersey Guild of Spinners and Handweavers
Moorestown, NJ
sjgsh.net

Stewart Farms
Woodbine, MD
Sponsoring: Sheepdog Demonstrations

Tar Heel Construction Group
Bel Air, MD
tarheelconstructiongroup.com

Tidal Yarns
Old Lyme, CT
tidalyarns.com
Sponsoring: Fleece Show & Sale

Trial & Error Acres
Mt. Airy, MD
Sponsoring: Sheepdog Demonstrations

West Frederick Veterinary Hospital
Frederick, MD
WestFredVet.com
Sponsoring: Sheepdog Demonstrations

Wind and Wool Farm
Paul Weil & Michele Ringger-Weil
Freeland, MD
windandwoolfarm.com
Sponsoring: Junior Spinning Competition

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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Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

5 days ago

Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival
Henry Clemes is co-founder of the “father and son” fiber arts team @Clemes & Clemes, Inc. based in Pinole, California, Henry has been building innovative and elegant fiber arts equipment and sharing his knowledge about fiber preparation for 50 years. We are pleased to have him back teaching three full-day drum carding classes this year. Although Carding for Color: Tints and Shades has sold out, there are still a few seats available for Exploring the Drum Carder and Carding for Color: Fractals. Registration is available at www.lessonface.com/sheepandwool ... See MoreSee Less

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Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

5 days ago

Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival
There are still available seats in some classes! Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival is delighted to welcome Peggy Doney from Colorado Springs, Colorado to the roster of new instructors this spring! Life for Peggy was never the same after taking a spinning class with her neighbor years ago. Before she knew it, Peggy was spinning, knitting, dyeing, and creating silk fusion. Eventually, Peggy became a dyer for Treenway Silk, began exploring her own colorways, and developed her own color recipes through experimentation with gradient, triad, and monochromatic studies. She has a special interest in making accurate, reproducible dye recipes that reflect colors found in nature. Peggy loves to share her enthusiasm and knowledge of dying and has been teaching for several years at gatherings, guilds, and festivals including Taos Wool Festival. Two of her classes have already sold out, but there are still limited seats available in Tints, Tones, and Shades, Oh My! In this class, students will learn about the role of adding white, black, and gray to colors, as well as using different additives to achieve consistent depths of shade. But don’t let color theory intimidate you! Peggy will make sure you leave with lots of beautiful samples, and she is bringing lots of dye jokes and her big box of crayons as reference material! You can learn more about Peggy by following her The 100th Sheep and you can register for her class at www.lessonface.com/sheepandwool ... See MoreSee Less

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Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

6 days ago

Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival
Teacher Spotlight! There are still limited seats available in some classes! Meet Jill Duarte, one of our amazing instructors at Maryland Sheep and Wool this year. Many of you know her as the co-owner of Hipstrings and a frequent contributor to PLY Magazine, but you might not know Jill also holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Evolutionary Biology! Jill’s background in science and love of fiber arts has informed her business and is reflected in the fiber, yarn, and tools she creates and produces. Jill describes herself as “inordinately fond of short-stapled fibers and fast spinning tools.” Like many of us, she cannot just stop with one fiber pursuit, and she finds herself knitting, spinning, dying, crocheting, weaving, and sometimes felting. As an author and teacher, Jill is dedicated to the resurgence of modern fiber craft that is based on a foundation of technical and historical knowledge. This year Jill is sharing her expertise with several knitting and spinning classes including Fiber Speed Dating, Spinning Short Stapled Fibers , Getting Started on a Supported Spindle, Spinning for Consistency, and Knitting with Handspun Yarn. Although a few of her classes are sold out, a limited number of seats for the remaining classes are still available here: www.lessonface.com/sheepandwool#mdsw #mdsw24 ... See MoreSee Less

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