The Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival is a wonderful festival--so many fiber enthusiasts, classes, vendors, and sheep!
I took two classes: a rug hooking class from Linda Harwood and an Estonian sock knitting class by Nancy Bush. Nancy is an Estonian knitting expert, and she's a wonderful teacher. Here's my class sample. We learned the double start cast on, an Estonian braid, Roositude (an embroidery inlay technique to decorate the socks), and traveling stitches.
Notes on Traveling Stitches: Right leaning: K2tog without taking stitch off needle, knit first stitch again. Take both stitches off needle. Left leaning: Knit 2nd stitch through the back loop, then knit the first stitch through the front loop, take both stitches off the needles.
Linda Harwood displayed beautiful hooked rugs in her booth at the festival. Her website is Hooked on Ewe.
There were vendors selling lots of hand-dyed yarns and rovings and so many beautiful fibers.
I met the man who made my beautiful Kessenich Loom, Bruce Niemi.
There are newborn lambs that are born at the festival.
The World of Sheep is a wonderful exhibit to visit. Shepherds bring in sheep breeds that are from all different parts of the world.
The Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival is always the weekend after Labor Day.
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