16th Annual Vermont
Sheep and Wool Festival
October 2 & 3, 2004
Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Jct., VT
JUDGING
Margrit Multhaupt, Judge "Featured Breed" Angora Goat Show, and Mohair Fleece Contest
Margrit has been involved with fiber and yarns since a young child. She learned to spin and weave as a young adult practicing on the fiber from her Persian cats and New Foundland dog. In 1975 she and her husband purchased their first Angora Goats. Coming from Texas, it took until 1976 for the goats to pass all the importation blood tests and exams necessary at that time. She went back to Texas several times after picking up her goats, to take classes from the Mohair council, colleges, and knowledgeable breeders. Later bringing judges up from Texas, she and other local angora goat breeders were able to have their flocks evaluated and continue learning about the animal and the mohair it produces. Judging animals herself while being mentored by an official judge, she later took an official course. Because she uses the mohair she produces to spin, and process into fiber art, she knows first hand the importance of genetics and selection. She labels herself a "Mohair Maniac"
WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS
STACEY ALLEN
Stacey Allen of Flying Pigs Fibers in Westlake, Ohio, has been spinning for 26 years, and felting and knitting for about 15 years. For the past 10 years she has been teaching locally throughout northeast Ohio and recently started to design patterns for both knitting and knitted felt.
PATRICIA BLOMGREN
Patricia Blomgren, Fiber Artist, has been a spinner and weaver for over 20 years. She teaches spinning at the Putney School as well as in her home. A background in art adds creativity to her novelty spinning. Recently, Patricia stepped into the industrial age spinning 96 bobbins at a time as the spinner at the Green Mountain Spinnery.
CAROL BUSKEY
Ten years ago, Carol Buskey began to explore traditional wet felting. More recently, after discovering needle felting, she has focused on this fascinating and fun technique. Carol has taught needle felting workshops in California and Pennsylvania. Her workshops in Vermont and New Hampshire’s Upper Valley are very popular.
JILL HEWIT COOLEY
Jill has been a fiber artist for 27 years and has specialized in felt making. She is known for her felted vessels and dolls. And markets her line of limited edition felt scarves, vest and bug bags through boutiques and galleries in the midwest.
JUDY PASCALE
Judy Pascale, of Middletown, CT, is a professional designer and instructor. She has professionally sold her unique designer knitwear under the name THE JUDITH COLLECTION both privately and at juried shows. For several years she was employed at a yarn shop where she had been teaching knitting classes and assisting numerous customers with their knitting and finishing problems. She is now exclusively teaching knitting and design classes with the emphasis on customizing desired fit. Her teaching experiences include XRX Stitches Conventions held through out the country. This year she has added TKGA and TNNA Conventions to her teaching schedule. In addition, numerous workshops at an array of different yarn shops and guilds. Her shawl pattern appeared in Knitter's Winter 2000 issue. She has four Shapely Shawlette patterns available at various yarn shops and websites. Judy is an active member of the Nutmeg Knitters Guild of CT as well as the Big Apple Guild in New York.
MARGARET KLEIN WILSON
Margaret Klein Wilson is a shepherd, writer and the owner of Mostly MerinoYarns, specializing in luxury hand-dyed merino & mohair blend yarns, knitting kits and custom knit sweaters. She is a regular exhibitor at Sheep and Wool festivals throughout the Northeast. Her writing has appeared in Interweave Knits, Handwoven, KnitLit, and KnitLit Too. She is also the editor of The Green Mountain Spinnery Knitting Book.
JANE WOODHOUSE
Jane has spent the last 25 years working as a production weaver. In 1991 she earned an MFA from San Francisco State University with a concentration in textiles. She currently lives in Peacham at Brigid's farm with is home to a small flock of Border Leicester/Blueface Leicester sheep, angora and dairy goats. Her mail order business and on-farm studio specialize in natural dyes. Jane's other interests inlude ethnic textiles, surface design techniques on handwoven fabrics, and organic farming.
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