Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival 2016

Every year I try to go to the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival.

This year was no different. The mud was spectacular. So was the shopping.

This is how I feel as we approach the day. I can see the wool but I have to wait. This is one of the most dedicated sheep dogs I have ever seen work.

Every year I go to watch the dogs work. They never fail to put a smile on my face.

If you ever get a chance to go watch the dogs work I highly recommend it.

All the working dogs amaze me.

I came home with mad loot, too! I'll highlight each of the vendors in a separate post and let you know why I bought what I bought. So many great vendors and so little time. I could have bought twice as much, ten times as much, but I like to use the yarn before the next Sheep & Wool Festival.

Have you been to any fun local events? Quilt shows? Fiber shows?

Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival

Yesterday, we went to the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival.  I took a bunch of pictures of the working dog show.  I love to watch these dogs do what they love to do.  Herding is really in their blood.  Everyone should have that kind of passion about something.

I did very little actual shopping.  We did brave the crowds to browse through all the stalls.  Plenty of vendors, just too many options for any one crafter to contemplate in a single day.

Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival

 

On Saturday, I joined a friend on an outing to the Maryland Sheep and Wool festival. We wandered, we oohed and ahhed at all the wool fiber, spun and unspun. We looked at sheep and sheep dogs.

These shots are from the sheep dog demonstration. I have to confess I was in too much overload to take pictures of all the sheep and fiber.