29th Annual World Sheep & Fiber Arts Festival
Labor Day Weekend • Aug 30 - Sept. 1, 2008 • Bethel, Missouri
Labor Day Weekend • Aug 30 - Sept. 1, 2008 • Bethel, Missouri
Complete
Brochure (PDF) |
| Fleece Competition |
| Spinning Wool, Commercial Wool, Mohair |
| Saturday, August 30 |
| Check In: 1:00 p.m. |
| Judging: 2:00 p.m. |
| 1. Each fleece will be weighed. you will be given a card and instructions for recoreding the necessary information. |
| 2. Spinning fleeces will have three classes: (1) Fine & 1/2 blood; (2) Medium; (3) Coarse. Each will have two categories: White and natural colored. Commercial entries will have the above three classes in a white category only. Mohair entries will have two classes: (1) Adult; (2) Kid; and two categories: white and colored. |
| 3. Judging Criteria: Quality of fiber, color, breaks, foreign matter, second cuts, skirted, and tied with paper twine. |
| 4. You may enter THREE (3) fleeces in each division |
| 5. Award: Ribbons for 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place in each class. Rosette for Grand Champion Fleece of the Show for each competition. *$25 gift certificate donated by Ozark Carding Mill to the owner of the Grand Champion Fleece for processing. *(2 Certificates) $10 toward fiber and yarn only. |
| 6. There will be a $1.00 entry fee per fleece. |
The superintendent has absolute authority over
the terms and conditions, and reserves the right to divide, combine,
or cancel any division |
| For More Information |
| Jim Crouch P.O. Box 613 Aurora, MO 65605 (417) 498-6948 |