14th ANNUAL VERMONT SHEEP AND WOOL FESTIVAL
Champlain Valley Exposition Essex
Junction, VT
October 5 and 6, 2002-Gates open at
10:00 AM
"SPIFFY SPATS FROM THE PAST AND LONG AND LANKY LEG WARMERS"
Cheer up your feet or just make your ankles elegant and enter the
contest. Please fill out a 3x5 card telling if you spun the wool, dyed the
wool, knit the wool, felted the wool, found the pattern in a book or
designed the project yourself; or with help. Add your age category. Put your
name, address telephone number and e-mail on the other side. Fold the card
with the name inside and attach to your entry. Any technique may be used (no
machine knits); any animal fiber; limit of two entries per person.
OTHER CONTESTS
Hand spun yarn(sheep wool) Hand spun
yarn (other animal fibers)
3 Categories:sport weight 3
Categories:sport weight
dk and worsted
dk and worsted weight
bulky
bulky
Handspun novelty yarns-at least 50% animal fiber
Knitted and/or crocheted wearable and non wearable items
Woven wearable and non wearable items.
Hand felted wearable and non wearable items.
For each entry, put the contest category and your age category on one
side of a 3x5 card. Put your name and address, phone number and e-mail on
the other side. Fold the card and attach securely to the entry.
FLEECE CONTEST
White fleece-3Categories: fine-med-long Fleece should be rolled neck
side out in a
large clear plastic bag.
Colored-3 Categories: fine-med-long
For each fleece, put the age of sheep, breed of sheep, weight of
fleece, date shorn, and age category on a 3x5 card. On the other side put
your name, address, phone number and e-mail. Fold card with name inside and
attach to the fleece.
IF YOU WISH THE FLEECE TO BE FOR SALE, ATTACH A SEPARATE CARD WITH A
PRICE ON IT.
Contest limited to two entries per category per person.. Prizes for under 18
and over 18 categories.
Entry fee $2.00 per item. Entries may be submitted by mail and must
be received no later than September 20th. Mail to Suzanne Wallis, 154 Blood
Hill Road, Norwich, Vermont,05055. Entries may also be delivered to the
festival by 9:00am October 5th. Items may be picked up at 3:30 Sunday
afternoon. We are not responsible for left items.