Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival

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Participants in the Walk and Knit event at a past Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival.

Participants in the Walk and Knit event at a past Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival.

The knitterati are on full alert for this yearly festival, which highlights sheep farming in Wisconsin. While raising sheep for meat and dairy is a topic, the real focus is yarn, with two barns full of wool and yarn vendors selling U.S. yarns, much of it from in-state, and sometimes breed-specific. Another barn shows off various sheep breeds. There are also stock dog trials, classes, and more, including a walk and knit (and walk and crochet) challenge relay on Saturday at 4:30 p.m. More at wisconsinsheepandwoolfestival.com.

media release: GATE HOURS: Thursday – Closed to public; Friday-Saturday 7 a.m. – 7 p.m.; Sunday 7 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Spend the weekend at the Midwest’s premier sheep and wool festival and celebrate the diversity of sheep, the fiber they produce and the renewable products that they provide.

Three days filled with entertainment, shopping and education at one of Wisconsin’s finest fairgrounds, midway between Milwaukee and Madison, just south of I-94.

Come for the Education- 80+ Fiber Art Classes for all levels of experience taught by national known instructors, Producer Education, The Hall of Breeds, and new this Year- the Leicester Longwool Card Grading Event (learn the history, value, see the wool and sheep evaluated)

Come to Jefferson prepared to shop! The Country Store will feature over 130 exhibitors from across the country, offering everything from baskets to drop spindles; yarn to jewelry; rug looms to roving. 

Come for the sheep. Over six hundred sheep representing over 40 breeds. Sheep shows Friday, Saturday and Sunday, including the National Leicester Longwool show. 

Come for the entertainment. Watch Border collies in action during three days of stock dog trials. Or cheer on your favorite knitters in the Walk & Knit, Walk and Crochet , and Sheep to Shawl competitions

Gates open at 7:00 a.m. each day. Admission is $10 per person, $20 for a weekend pass. Kids eight and under free. Parking free. Information on all activities and hours at www.wisconsinsheepandwoolfestival.com .