Schedule of Events:

Saturday, May 10, 2025

9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Youth Sheep Show - Youth Sheep Tent
9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Gates Open for Day 1 of Festival - Main Gate
9:00 AM-5:00PM: NEW Education Barn Opens Day 1 - Commercial One
9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Vendors Open for Day 1 of Festival - Entire Festival
9:30 AM-11:00 AM: Fleece Judging Begins - Fleece Barn
9:45 AM 12:30 PM: Felted Glass Case Workshop - Classroom
9:45 AM-12:30 PM: Peg Loom Weaving Workshop - Classroom
10:00 AM-10:50 AM: Felting Beads Demonstration - Classroom
10:00 AM-10:50 AM: Maintenance, and preventive maintenance tips for your spinning wheel - Lecture Hall
10:00 AM-11:00 AM: Sheep Herding Followed by Shearing Demonstrations - Main Gate Area
10:00 AM-4:00 PM: ASCA Dog Trial - Swine Barn
10:30 AM-11:30 AM: NHSWGA Members Meet - Up - Commercial One
11:00 AM-11:50 AM: Making a warp with a horizontal warping mill - Classroom
12:00 PM-12:50 PM: Cables and cast ons - Classroom
1:00 PM-1:50 PM: How to choose a personal project fleece - Fleece Barn
1:00 PM-1:50 PM: Your backyard natural dye garden: seedlings through harvest to dye pot - Lecture Hall
1:00 PM-3:45 PM: Jellyfish Knitted Scarf - Classroom
1:00 PM-3:45 PM: Tea Towel Weaving - Classroom
1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Shepherds Meet - Up - Commercial One
2:00 PM-2:50 PM: Crochet: not just for Afghans - Classroom
2:00 PM-2:50 PM: Silvopasturing with Sheep for Flock Health, Productivity and Biodiversity - Lecture Hall
2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Sheep Herding and Shearing Demonstration - Main Gate Area
2:30 PM-3:30 PM: Sheep Olympics - Youth Show Tent
3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Raffle Drawing - Commercial One
3:00 PM-3:50 PM: Mill terminology - Lecture Hall
4:00 PM-4:50 PM: Valais blacknose breed and breed-up program - Lecture Hall

Sunday, May 11, 2025

9:00 AM-4:00 PM: Gates Open For Festival Day 2 - Main Gate
9:00 AM-4:00 PM: NEW Education Barn Opens Day 2 - Commercial One
9:00 AM-4:00 PM: Vendors Open for Festival Day 2 - Entire Festival
9:45 AM-12:30 PM: Needle Felted Ball Ornament Workshop - Classroom
9:45 AM-12:30 PM: Workshop Spinner's Tune Up - Classroom
10:00 AM-10:50 AM: Getting a Fleece Ready for Spinning Cotton, carding vs combing - Classroom
10:00 AM-10:50 AM: What you need for tools for weaving - Lecture Hall
10:00 AM-11:00 AM: Sheep Herding Followed by Shearing Demonstration - Main Gate Area
10:00 AM–3:00 PM: ASCA Dog Trial - Swine Barn
10:30 AM-11:30 AM: Ravelry Meet - Up - Commercial One
11:00 AM-11:50 AM: How to Get Started Showing Sheep as an Adult - Lecture Hall
11:00 AM-11:50 AM: Peg Loom Weaving - Classroom
12:00 PM-12:50 PM: Better Needle Felting - Classroom
12:00 PM-12:50 PM: Medievel Distaff Spinning - Lecture Hall
12:30 PM 1:30 PM: NHSWGA Meet - Up - Commercial One
1:00 PM-1:50 PM: Different Types of Needle Felting - Classroom
1:00 PM-1:50 PM: Reclaiming pasture land - Lecture Hall
1:00 PM-3:45 PM: Basics of Fiber Combing Workshop - Classroom
2:00 PM-2:30 PM: Raffle Drawing - Commercial One
2:00 PM-2:50 PM: Getting your Fleece Ready for Yarn - Lecture Hall
2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Sheep Herding Followed by Shearing Demonstration - Main Gate Area

Date: May 10-11, 2025

Time:

Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 4pm

Location: Deerfield Fairground - 34 Stage Rd, Deerfield, NH 03037

Admission: $10
Ages 12 and under are free

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