2025 ct sHEEP, wOOL & fIBER fESTIVAL
Rain or Shine
Saturday, April 26, 2025
North Haven Fairgrounds
290 Washington Ave
North Haven, CT
(or just enter North Haven Fairgrounds in your favorite navigation app)
Parking is Free
Admission is $10/person
Children under 12 are free
NO PETS ALLOWED
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR YOUTH
Last year’s program was such a hit that Sara, our Vice President is again offering to create an educational workshop for youth that are interested in sheep so join her for the 2025 program designed for youth ages 7-12, but all are welcome. Activities will include a fiber craft, an interactive STEM lesson on sheep digestion, breed comparisons, and condition scoring.
2025 Connecticut Sheep, Wool & Fiber Festival
Always the last Saturday in April!
April 26, 2025 - 9am - 4pm
The Connecticut Sheep, Wool & Fiber Festival celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2009 and we are growing. The festival started in 1909 by the CT Sheep Breeders Association as a program "to promote the keeping of sheep in Connecticut" by visiting farms and eventually to a one day event held at UCONN. It has evolved and expanded into a premier sheep and fiber festival. This event is family friendly agricultural and learning experience for the general public as well as shepherds and fiber enthusiasts.
FESTIVAL CONTACTS
VENDORS & VOLUNTEERS
Robert & Vivienne McGarry - csbafestivalvendors@gmail.com
Limited vendor spaces available.
FLEECE SALE
NEW LOCATION !!!! BARN 10
After last year's experience with the leaky tent rental in the rain we asked the North Haven Fair if there were any other buildings available for us to rent and the answer was yes. Barn 10 is the building used during the Fair for Arts & Crafts so there is plenty of shelving to put fleeces on.
Anne McIntyre-Lahner - Olympiafarm@att.net
FLEECES MUST BE PRE REGISTERED
THERE IS NO REGISTRATION ON DAY OF FESTIVAL
Fleece Sale Consigner entry form
YOUTH SHEEP PROGRAM
Sara Tomis - youngshepherds@ctsheep.com
Information and Registration information will be posted when available.
2024 FESTIVAL VENDORS
Below are the Vendors who participated in the 2024 Festival
Many of them have websites and Facebook pages that you can contact them through.
BARN 3
Aisling Yarns - Yarns, shaker boxes, needles
Burgis Brook Alpacas - Yarns, roving, accessories
Celtic Hill LLC - Alpaca yarn, fiber related notions & swag
Coon Hollow Farm - Alpaca fiber, felting supplies, quilters wax,dryer balls
Dirty Water Dye Works - Hand-dyed yarn, knitting kits, yarn
East Knoll Pottery - Pottery, weaving & banjo player
EC Yarn Sonnets - Hand-dyed yarn, patterns, buttons
Henny Penny Farm - Farm yarn, rugs, scarves,socks, goat milk soap & candles
Hill Top Meadow Farm - Yarn, Tanned hides, CT Blanket (Queen)
Olympia Farm - Romney yarn, roving
Purgatory Falls Alpacas - Alpaca yarns, woven goods
Raven's Gate - Primitives Hooked rugs, dyed wool, kits
Ravenwood - Romney hand spun, fleeces & roving
Red Hart Bunnies - Yarn & fiber &spinning tools
Shirsty Cat Designs - Hand-dyed yarn and fiber
Stitched by Jessalu - Hand made project bags
Taleo Handmade - Natural fiber & dyed pillows/bags/scarves
Twist of Fate - Mill yarn, felts, roving & knitting needles
Spinning Demonstration & Competetion
BARN 4
Boreas Farm - Cashmere Cashmere fiber, yarn roving & handknits
Cold Goats Farm - Mohair & wool blend yarns, roving, CVM sheep
Easy Acres Gnomestead - Yarn, roving, batts, fiber tools & kits, dryer balls
Fiber & Mud - Indigo dyed textiles
Fido's Fiber - Hand spun yarn, knit & woven items
Going Gnome - Needle Felting kits &specialty wool figures
Jan Marek Raczkowski Studio - Hand crafted yarn
Karen's Lambs LLC - Dryer balls, lamb pelts, roving, yarn & needle felt
Loop By Loop Studio - Rug hooking kits & supplies
Morehouse Farm - Merino yarn, knitting kits
Play at Life Fiber Arts - Hand dyed yarn, fibers, kits & patterns
Sheepshed - Wool roving, sheep pottery, dyes, candles, yarn & hats
Shirret - Book of art shirret, crochet supplies, rugs
Six Paca Farm & Spinning Mill - Alpaca yarn, roving, knit products, rugs, socks & gloves
Stephen Willette - Wooden hand crafted fiber art tools
Turtlecreek Farm - Fleeces, roving, yarn & wool products
BARN 5
7th Floor Yarn - Hand dyed yarn, knitting novelties
Alpaca Obsession - Alpaca hand painted yarn & roving, scarves, socks
Baah Boots - wool felted slippers & shoes
Cone 6 Designs - Buttons, shawl pins & jewelry
Fiber Stash Dyeworks - Hand-dyed yarn and fiber felting kits, accessories
Herd Supply Co.- Dryer balls,sheep soap, laundry sticks, gardening pellets
Justamere Tree Farm - Maple syrup products
Katrinkles - Buttons
New England Woodworkz - Wooden hand crafted sewing notions
Plies and Hellhounds - Yarn Hand dyed yarn & fiber
Tidal Yarns - Naturally dyed yarns
Tranquil Morning Farm - Wool, yarn, spindles, jewelry, knitted products
Wondering Brook Fiber/Yarncrafters - Hand woven bags, scarves, table runners & roving
Rug Hookers Demonstration
BARN 6
Hall of Breeds - Different breeds of sheep on display
Sheep Shearing
Wool Quality Workshop - following the 1 PM Sheep Shearing
BARN 9
Bead Biz - Beads, kits, patterns & tools
Circle S - Angora rabbits & products
Cole Mama Creations - Coiled rope bags, baskets & bowls
HWD Creations - Hand crafted bags & accessories
Iris Creek - Wool, raw, dyed, yarn, locks, pelts & felted items
Kingdom Fleece & Fiberworks - Fiber mill, yarn, roving & maple syrup
Laurel Ledge Farm - Fibers Angora rabbits, yarn, roving, felted hats, mittens & socks
Lyric Hill Farm LLC - Needle felted soaps, felted soap kits, goat milk soap
Nola Fiber Creations - Needle felting kits, 100% sheep wool
Silver Key Stitches - Hand dyed yarn, hand sewn project bags
Whimsicalia Pottery & Buttons - Ceramic buttons, hand painted animal pottery
Bobbin Lace Demonstrations
Society for Creative Anachronism Demonstrations
BARN 10
Fleece Sale
OUTSIDE
Crippen Works - Knitting needle & crochet hook cases, handwoven tea towels
CurlyQNJ Fibers - Hand dyed fiber
Hildred's Farm - CT Blankets, Fleeces & Sheepskins
Sassy Black Yarns - Hand dyed yarn, crochet hooks, knitting needles
White Birch Fiber Arts - Hand dyed luxury yarn
Sheep Herding Demonstrations
