2014 Sheep Shearing Demonstations

Gary Figgins, color commentator.  George Beurer, shearer.

"Boy, I sure hope I'm not next!"

Day One

The weather looks great for the rest of the weekend. Come out and play :-D.

2014 Vendors And Demonstrations

• A Yarn Well Spun
• Alpacas at Wolf Run Ridge
• Bluebonnets and Bluegrass Alpaca Farm
• Dog Trot Weavers and Spinners
• Eagle Bend Alpacas
• ewefluffyewe
• Flour Creek Wool
• Jessica's Creations
• Kentucky Blue Fiber Co.
• Kreations by Phyllis
• Knitted to a T
• McDaniel Fiber Arts
• Pandora's Yarn
• Punkin's Patch
• Rock and String Creations
• Teetor Totter Alpacas
• Weaving Memories

We'll be demonstrating:

• wheel spinning
• drop spindling
• Turkish spindling
• knitting
• crocheting
• weaving on a cardboard tapestry loom
• weaving on a floor loom
• wet felting
• carding
• combing
• needle felting
• spinning and knitting with silk hankies
• knitting cables
• weaving on a triangle loom
• fiber harvest and animal care
• sheep shearing
• working stock dog demonstrations

And there will be all sorts of goodies for sale including:

Raw, washed, processed fleeces from all breeds of fiber animals, including sheep, alpacas, goats, llamas, rabbits... Dyed roving and yarn, natural yarns. Spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting tools. Woven rugs, wet felted and needle felted finished goods, pottery, photography, note cards, Christmas items, sheep and crafting novelties.

Something for everyone :-).

Ready For The 2014 Wool Festival?

We're looking forward to another fabulous fall in Falmouth, (northern) Kentucky.  

Sheep and Wool Tent Vendor list coming soon!

More From The 2013 Festival

The sheep shearing and Border Collie demonstrations are always a big hit! 

George Buerer, shearing

Gary Figgins, color commentary

Some help from the crowd.

Alan Miller, Miller Border Collies

Festival Time

The Wool Tent is packed full of great stuff this year! Here are some shots from Friday. 

We are open from 10 til 10 today (Saturday) and 10 til 5 on Sunday.  Come see us :-).

Some Helpful Information

This is a link to the Kentucky Wool Festival's main website. There are specific driving directions there. Here is a general location map.

The weather forecast has changed every day, so here is a link you can check back with closer to festival time. 

Falmouth, Kentucky, Weekend Weather Forecast

See you this weekend!