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News and Events and cool relevant links. To get your event posted here, email the info to: webmaster.
Upcoming Events ...
American Sheep Industry Assoc. Convention
January 25-28, 2012 - Scottsdale, AZ
www.sheepusa.org
Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival
May 5 & 6, 2012 - West Friendship, MD
www.sheepandwool.org/
Estes Park Wool Market
June 7-10, 2012 - Estes Park, CO
www.estesnet.com/events/woolmarket.htm
Black Sheep Gathering
June 24-26, 2012 - Eugene, OR
www.blacksheepgathering.org
New! Guide to the Selection of Navajo-Churro Sheep
An educational guide to the Navajo-Churro Sheep Standard. It gives a great visual aid to breeders about the sheep and wool traits and an expanded understanding of each section of the Breed Standard, by providing photographs of sheep that fall into the various categories of the Standard. Click here to download the free PDF guide.
Sheep and Farm Related Websites ...
•For a wealth of information on raising sheep and goats visit the Maryland Small Ruminant Page at:
http://www.sheepandgoat.com
•The latest edition of the Oregon Small Farm News is available at http://smallfarms.oregonstate.edu
•If you’re selling lamb meat, here’s a great source for promotional materials… Go to: http://www.lambcheckoff.com
then click on the “Promotional Tools” link.
Craft Related Websites ...
•Need to figure out how much yarn you’ll need for your next knitting project? Check out the knitting calculator at:
http://www.jimmybeanswool.com/secure-html/onlineec/knittingCalculator.asp
•Have you seen those pretty braids of roving or top for sale at fiber shows? To learn how that’s done visit: http://thetreadler.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-braid-wool-roving-or-top.html
•Here’s free program that creates graph paper to your specifications… http://graphpaper.us Great for charting knitting
or weaving patterns, making sheep lists, sketching out feeder plans, etc.
