This year’s Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival is just around the corner.  We can’t wait to purchase lots of new goodies; so from now until May 1 we have reduced the prices on all Merino Top, Colonial Top and Merino Cross rovings in our Etsy shop.  We need to clear out some space so we [...]

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We saved the best for last. This is Deborah’s Best of Show winner from the 2008 Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. Click on him to see the auction.

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As Deborah and I were making our way to the car at the MDSW we walked by the animal barns and sitting right at the entrance to the last building were a couple bags of raw locks. They clearly belonged to the shepherd in the last stall but he was missing in action. [...]

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When you attend a sheep and wool event for the first time like we did and you have the opportunity to wander through the barns and touch the animals, you can’t help but form a connection to the wool bearers that provide the stuff on which our creations depend. It occurred to me that [...]

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Now comes the good stuff….
Deborah and I left her house at around 11:00 a.m. to make the 15 minute drive to the Howard County Fairgrounds. We finally got parked at around 1:30 p.m. Take a look at the parking field. UNBELIEVABLE!
We had already planned that our first stop would be the Skein [...]

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Well I’m partially recovered from our expedition to the 2008 Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival. My arms are sore from carrying stash, but no pain–no gain. I have so much to say, I’m going to break it down in to several posts. Lets start with Friday…
We packed up our entries for the [...]

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It’s almost here and we couldn’t be more excited. This will be the first time we’ve attended and we plan to enter several of our needle felted creations in the fine arts competition. Here’s a picture of “Spring’s First Gift”. I will probably remove the bandana so that none of the sculpt [...]

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