Festival Fact Sheet

Media Contact: Julie Mackenzie
Email: julie@greatwool.com
Cell: 612.961.9625
www.shepherdsharvestfestival.org

Festival Highlights

• Over 90 vendors from SD, ND, WI, IA and Minnesota participate in the festival.
• Vendors offer a full range of products including; fleeces, fiber, yarns, cheeses, soaps, spinning wheels, patterns and kits, wool mattresses, rugs, blankets, baskets, and embellishments. Sheep equipment and fencing is also available for sale.
• Technique classes include spinning, knitting, needle-felting, wet-felting, rug hooking, dyeing, weaving and lace making.
• For shepherds and those considering the venture, there is the Spring Sheep Workshop facilitated by the Minnesota Lamb and Wool Producers Association.
• Contests and competitions include a photography contest, fleece competition, skein competition and felting competition.
• Demonstrations include the Natural Fibers Fashion Show, linen-making, a sheep shearing, working stock dogs and the fleece show.
• Animals for viewing include goats, sheep, llama and alpaca with always a few surprises.
• Free hands-on learning includes a spin-in, a knitting clinic and the opportunity to talk with shepherds about their particular breed and sheep.
• Llama Magic runs on the fairgrounds on the same weekend and is a perfect compliment to Shepherd’s Harvest providing a fantastic offering with the focus on llamas and alpaca. http://www.llamamagic.com/. You get two festivals in one!