Welcome to the

13th Annual Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival

September 29 - 30, 2012

Ogemaw County Fairgrounds, Michigan
Lat: N44 16.123'  Long: W084 03.904'

Welcome to the 13th Annual Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival!

What are we about?

We're about the friendliest little fiber festival around!  We work to bring together small producers of fiber products and fiber fan(atic)s, and we have a great time doing it!

The festival is the last weekend in September each year, at the beautiful Ogemaw County Fairgrounds, near West Branch, Michigan.  Our website is fully updated with this year's class listing, events, logo merchandise, and lots more.  There will no longer be a print booklet; our website covers everything that was in the booklet, so we decided to save the time, trouble, and money a booklet requires.  There will still be at least two mailing a year.  One is a postcard reminder of the festival, the other a listing of our classes with a registration form.  If you don't get those, please contact Julie Hurd at hurd@gtlakes.com or 231-533-5464, to be added to our mailing list.

Note to all of our visitors:   We  are currently updating all of the festival  information for 2012.  Including classes, schedules, costs and such and we will hope to have all of this information updated by May 1st.  So if you notice some discrepancies between pages and downloadable  registration forms, please be patient,  we are working as quickly as we can.  Thank you for visiting and hope to see you at the festival.

A very friendly llama greeting the festival goers as they arrive.  Courtesy of Barnyard Babies Petting Zoo. Photo by Sheri Lemon

Our class schedule is complete, and you can click on each class in the class schedule and go directly to class descriptions. Our vendors are signing up (and filling the vendor halls fast - be sure to get your application in and paid for soon!); and we're putting together some plans to make our 11th annual festival a really special one.

Be sure to let us know if you'd be interested in joining our family as a volunteer to help before, during, or after the festival. Many hands make light work!

Speaking of volunteers, we hope you enjoy the many wonderful pictures of our 2009 and 2010 festival, taken by roving photographer Teri Dougherty. She has captured the essence of our festival - fun, fiber, and friends!

Our Promotions Chairs have brought us some new, unisex items with our high-quality, embroidered logo for this year's festival: 50/50 Poly/cotton T-shirt with our familiar festival logo.  These Tees are beautiful and wonderfully soft with the added advantage of mininal shrinkage.  Two colors available: Sage Green and Chocolate Brown. Sizes S, M, L, XL: $21. Sizes 2X and 3X: $22.

2010 Festival T-Shirts

2010 Festival Mugs

Also available are these generous 10 oz ceramic coffee mugs with either our familiar festival logo, or a new design using just the sheep's head printed from a punch hook mat created by Julie Hurd.  Both mugs identify the festival in both picture and text.  Please specify which logo you prefer when ordering. Mug pricing: $18

Print our order form to place your order to be mailed to you or delivered at the festival.

Important note: No pets except working aid dogs allowed on the fairgrounds. We have sheep, rabbits, and other fiber animals in the buildings and on the grounds. Please help keep them safe and calm.

A display of wonderful yarns, fibers, and finished goods to buy
photo by T. Dougherty

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Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival,
all rights reserved.
Last updated January 22, 2012.
Please contact Terrye Kinch, 989-345-0947 terrye@kayewood.com,
if you have any questions or comments concerning the website.