Wooly Wonders – Heritage Breed Sheep Weekend

Name: Wooly Wonders – Heritage Breed Sheep Weekend
Start: 2024-05-18T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-05-19T16:00:00-04:00

Details

Start:: May 18, 10:00 am
End:: May 19, 4:00 pm
Event Categories:: Events, Miscellaneous Events

Fun for the whole family!

May 18 & 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Flynt Center of Early New England Life

Join us for a celebration of rare, historic and adorable heritage breed sheep, textiles, and wool-processing in New England. Discover the history of sheep in New England and find out why the Merino created such a craze. New this year: “Meet and Greet the Sheep” with heritage breed expert, Peter Cook from Tare Shirt Farm in Berwick, Maine. Enjoy hands-on activities like dyeing yarn and weaving. Make and Take a sheep-inspired craft or two. Watch sheep dog trials and sheep shearing. Have fun playing lawn games and trying your hand at using a drop spindle to spin wool into yarn.

Included with general admission.