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36th Annual Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival is Almost Here!

Join us for the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival! October 5-6 at Tunbridge Fairgrounds.

Yellow Dog Farm will be in the Dodge-Gilman Building on the hill!

This year’s theme is the International Year of Camelids. Visit with the llamas and alpacas.

Shop our vendors for natural fiber and farm products; shop the fleece sale; attend a fiber arts class, demo or talk; watch herding and shearing demos; visit the sugarhouse for maple creemees.

New this year: Designer Alley. Talk with pattern designers about their process and products.

Reminder: Please do not bring your dog to the festival! Only service dogs are allowed.

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Spring at Yellow Dog Farm!

Finally, spring is here! The daffodils are opening up all around our property. Today is goat shearing day – a true sign of spring!

Mary Lake, will trim up our Angora goats and gather their fleece. Jim and I will scoop it up, skirt it and get it off to our favorite mill, Stonehedge Fiber Mill in Michigan. There, Debbie and her crew will blend the mohair with wool and will then spin it up into yarn for me to dye.

The nights are still chilly, so the goats will sleep in what we call a “puppy pile” at night now that they are sans fleece. Each goat will shear 4-6 pounds of mohair fiber- instant weight loss! And they are often unrecognizable to each other after – so they usually do quite a bit of head butting to figure it all out!

Yup. It is spring at Yellow Dog Farm!

Yarn, yarn, everywhere yarn!

Hand painted brushed mohair: Grape Harvest

‘Tis the season for us to be readying for sheep and wool festivals. Our animals have been sheared and our fleece sent into be processed. I am spinning, beading, dyeing, and hand painting. Not to mention a great deal of knitting is taking place.

Alas – no shows.

So, we invite you to take a look at our Etsy shop. If you don’t see what you want, drop us a note.

Thanks,

Ellen & Jim

Tag: wool

36th Annual Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival is Almost Here!

Spring at Yellow Dog Farm!

Yarn, yarn, everywhere yarn!

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