join us in our very first fleece competition!

we are EXCITED to present our first fleece competition, "Three Bags Full", for you this year. No matter who you are: participant, shopper, or passerby, our aim is to benefit you!

the purpose of Three Bags Full is threefold:

1. To provide feedback and a market for our fleece producers
2. To provide top quality fleeces for our spinners
3. To inform the public about different animals and breeds, the fleeces they produce, and uses for different types of wool

awards:
each class:
1st Place: $10 & blue ribbon
2nd Place: $5 & red ribbon
3rd Place: yellow ribbon

each division:
Grand Champion: $125 & blue rosette
Reserve Champion: $100 & red rosette

attention spinners: three days to buy!

The fleece sale will be for three days: beginning after the judging on Friday, continuing all day Saturday, and will end at 2PM on Sunday. Don't delay - they will go fast! Judging will be live and we encourage all who want to learn more about fibers to come and observe.

and we are presenting three divisions:

Division I: Sheep - 4 Classes:

A. Fine: Spinning Count 64's to 80's (e.g. Merino Rambouillet, Targhee)
B. Medium: Spinning Count 50's to 62's (e.g. Columbia, Corriedale, Tunis)
C. Long: Spinning Count 36's to 48's (e.g. Leicester, Lincoln, Romney)
D. Double Coated: (e.g. Karakul, Navajo-Churro, Scottish Blackface)

Division I Fleece Competition/Sale Coordinator is Toni Neil/The Fold. You may contact Toni through email at thefold@mc.net or by phone at (815) 568-5730 during the hours of 10AM-5PM Monday through Saturday.

Division II: Llama - 6 Classes:

A1. Double Coat: 5 – 24 months
A2. Double Coat: 25 months and older
B1. Single Coat: 5 – 24 months
B2. Single Coat: 25 months and older
C1. Suri: 5 – 24 months
C2 Suri: 25 Months and older

Division III: Alpaca - 15 Classes:

A1. Huacaya, Light: 5 – 12 months
A2. Huacaya, Light: 13 – 24 months
A3. Huacaya, Light: 25 months and older
B1. Huacaya, Dark: 5 – 12 months
B2. Huacaya, Dark: 13 – 24 months
B3. Huacaya, Dark: 25 months and older
C1. Huacaya, Mixed: 5 – 12 months
C2. Huacaya, Mixed: 13 – 24 months
C3. Huacaya, Mixed: 15 months and older
D1. Suri, Light: 5 – 12 months
D2. Suri, Light: 13 – 24 months
D3. Suri, Light: 25 months and older
E1. Suri, Dark: 5 – 12 months
E2. Suri, Dark: 13 – 24 months
E3. Suri, Dark: 25 months and older

The Division II & III Fleece Competition & Sale coordinator is Erin Whalen. You may contact Erin through email at altiva@idcnet.com or by phone at (262) 348-6754 during the hours of Noon to 9PM Monday through Friday. No text messages, please!

information:

1. Entry fee - $3 per fleece
2. Commission: 10% commission will be assessed for all fleeces sold.
3. The selling price of the fleece is set by the producer
4. deadline: Pre-registration until 7 pm on June 20, 2011. We will accomodate walk in entries on Thurs, June 23, from 9am to 7pm at the Lake County Fairgrounds. Please bring all information and fees with you when you bring your fleece to the Fairgrounds.

to enter:

1. Download complete Rules & Information and save a copy.
2. Complete our online pre-registration form.
3. As of Monday, June 20 at 7pm it will be too late to enter online. However, we will accomodate walk in entries on Thurs, June 23, from 9am to 7pm at the Lake County Fairgrounds. Please bring all information and fees with you when you bring your to the Fairgrounds.
4. It is now too late to mail in fees. Please bring them with you to the fleece check in - cash is preferred. If you are shipping your fleeces to the competition - include the fees with the shipment. If you must send a check: Make checks payable to: Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair.

a very special thanks to:

Toni Neil and The Fold. Toni not only single-handedly funds our scholarships each year, but is also sponsoring workshop teachers AND the entire Division I of our Fleece Competition. Toni, your courage and conviction in sponsorship since the very beginning, and your support is what makes the Fair so "fair"! Thank you!

Barb Parsons of Animal Acres Llamas, Fran Soukup of Sugar River Llamas, and Erin Whalen of The Scarf Connection - the three of them worked tirelessly to bring about both Divisions II and III of the Fleece Competition! They are sponsors themselves, and found sponsors for every award in Divisions II & III and educated us in all the different classes, etc of the "camelids"! Thank you all for making this happen!

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"It's so wonderful to be surrounded by all this talent and Fiber."
-Paula from Crystal Lake