Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival

05/06/2026

Tied to the Land with Fiber Custom Processing for New England Process Your Fiber with Us Welcome to Aurora Spinnery Aurora is a name given to Sleeping Beauty, one character of many in our ancient stories of spinning and weaving. We aim to honor the long history we have as makers and creators, as wel...

04/24/2026

We invite you to a spinning workshop organized by the Woodbury Community Library. This workshop will take place here at the Sheep Shop on Saturday April 25th from 10 - 12 and will be led by Elisha Renne. This event is free of charge. Space is limited, please make a reservation by contacting the Woodbury Community Library at 802-472-5710 or send an email to [email protected]
We are looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!
SHEEP SHOP
1820 VT Route 14
South Woodbury, Vermont

04/17/2026

We just received a generous gift of "I Choose Small Farm Yarn" buttons from Mona at bunnymuff designs. We'll have these to give out at the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival in October...and maybe at a few fiber events before then.

If you're not familiar with bunnymuff patterns - you will be amazed. Check out Mona's website: https://monazillah.com/bunnymuff/

04/13/2026

We've been getting inquiries from food vendors recently, so we updated our food vendor application for 2026 and it's now on our website.

We would love to have a few more excellent local food vendors at the festival!

Here's a link to the application:https://vtsheepandwoolfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/food-vendor-application-2026.pdf

04/11/2026

https://givebutter.com/knitforfood26

Join us on April 11th, 2026 for the 6th annual Knit for Food Knit-a-thon. This 12-hour knitting marathon raises funds and awareness to combat hunger and food insecurity!

04/06/2026

Does the idea of skirting an alpaca fleece seem overwhelming? Then join us on April 16 at 7:30pm via Google Meet. With 12 years of skirting experience, Sandy from Granite State Alpacas gives practical guidance and answers your questions about skirting your prime fleece, whether you’re planning on ...

04/06/2026

Mary is also an important of the festival. You will usually find her Floral Hall working on the fleece show and sale.

Mary Lake drives all over the Northeast in the spring, shearing people's sheep and talking with them about the health of their flock.

03/24/2026

Happy National Ag Day!

Together we grow! The Agriculture Council of America would like to thank all the sponsors. We appreciate your support in celebrating 250 years of progress in American agriculture. https://ow.ly/o3UB50YxK72

03/20/2026

We're just a week away from the 1st Annual Spring Retreat. We'd love to have you join us!

https://vermontfibershed.org/local-fiber-vt-retreat/

Last call to participate in our 1st Annual Local Fiber VT Spring Retreat! March 27-29 in Norwich, VT. Choose a session for the weekend: Knitting with Beth Brown-Reinsel Designs, Handspinning with Ellen Minard , Natural Dyeing with Jane Woodhouse and Wet Felting with Jan Stuart.

We'll have a wonderful weekend of fiber arts classes, visiting and crafting with fiber friends, wonderful meals from The Norwich Inn and King Arthur Baking Company, Friday evening meet & greet with wine and cheese before dinner, then a presentation by Beth. Local vendors on Friday and Sat. Morning and afternoon class sessions, Sat night dinner followed by a fashion show. Gift bags for participants. Sunday morning class followed by one last lunch together. All happening at a cozy Vermont inn.

Sponsored by Vermont Fibershed and Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival

https://vermontfibershed.org/local-fiber-vt-retreat/

03/12/2026

Just over two weeks until the first annual Local Fiber VT Spring Retreat! One of the four sessions participants may choose from is Wet Felting with Jan Stuart. You will learn to wet felt a hat, which includes a resist, a technique that will help with felting things like mitts, totes, etc. A useful process for those who want to felt more than flat items. Jan spent many years raising llamas and creating felted items from their fiber. moonlightllamas She currently creates felted burial shrouds for green burials. They are lovely: https://greenmountainburialshrouds.com/

Join us at The Norwich Inn on March 27-29 for a wonderful weekend of fiber crafting.

For details and to register: https://vermontfibershed.org/local-fiber-vt-retreat/

03/09/2026

We're looking forward to making the Spring Retreat an annual event. Join us on March 27-29 at The Norwich Inn.

Register today!

Good news! I didn't have time to update the website over the weekend, so the early bird pricing is still in place for the Spring Retreat. It will change on March 10!

$995 (plus room) for a wonderful weekend at The Norwich Inn learning during the fiber arts session of your choice, enjoying wonderful meals, visiting and crafting together with new fiber friends, shopping local fiber vendors...and more.

The Spring Retreat is a great way to spend a weekend in a cozy Vermont inn learning or improving your fiber arts skills.

Fiber arts instructors include:
Beth Brown-Reinsel - Knitting
Jane Woodhouse - Natural Dyeing
Ellen Minard - Handspinning
Jan Stuart - Wet Felting

Visit our website for details and to register: https://vermontfibershed.org/local-fiber-vt-retreat/