View Day 1 and Day 2 of this adventure. The only thing I had to think about on Saturday was showing sheep in the afternoon and Spinners’ Lead in the evening. I’ll share scenes from the farm booths and around the vendor hall.
![Felted sheep with a bead necklace.](https://meridianjacobs.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_9842.jpg?w=1024)
Karen of Liongate Farm always has an array of unique needlefelted pieces at her booth.
![Felted white stag with fairy rider with champion ribbon in front and the Black Sheep Cup award](https://meridianjacobs.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_9846.jpg?w=1024)
She was awarded the Black Sheep Cup for this piece. The detail is amazing.
![Knitted and felted Wolf head with award.](https://meridianjacobs.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_9848.jpg?w=1024)
Here is another Black Sheep prize awarded to a different fiber artist.
![Black Lamb Cup award showing light gray knitted sweater with motif around neckline.](https://meridianjacobs.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_9847.jpg?w=1024)
I was glad to see the Black Lamb Cup awarded to a youth entry. We need to encourage the next generations to be excited about sheep and fiber.
![White tennis shoes with black and white line drawings of sheep and blue laces.](https://meridianjacobs.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_9844.jpg?w=1024)
The perfect shoes to wear to a sheep gathering.
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This is an impressive display that was just outside the vendor hall. I hope that everyone took a look.
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There are dozens of different sea creatures in a variety of fiber arts represented here.
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A closer view.
![Two Jacob ewes in a pen with straw on the fleece. One is "lilac", the other black and white.](https://meridianjacobs.blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/img_9841.jpg?w=1024)
Back at the barn, a little clean up was necessary. Jazzie had been wearing a blanket but I took it off because I’d rather see the sheep than a blanket. Jazzie is a black and white sheep and Lenore, behind her, is a lilac.
We were the only Jacob breeders who entered the show this year so we had to show in an All Other Breeds division. This is for sheep registered in their own breed associations, but without enough sheep or breeders to show in separate divisions.
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Ram lamb, Meridian Bridger, won Champion ram of this division.
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We also had best Young Flock (one ram lamb, two ewe lambs). This isn’t the typical photo you’d take of your winning sheep group, but I mainly wanted to have one of Farm Club members who were there and helped out. This is Brenda, Lisa, Beth, and me. Doris was taking the photo. Other Farm Club members were there too. Ryan had his own Heritage Fiber booth in the vendor hall, Stephany was helping with the Mendocino Wool Mill booth, and Lyn was visiting. Did I miss someone? I kept running into people I knew all day.
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The collection of ribbons and a trophy.
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I think Lisa took this photo. I was told that this should be my new profile photo on all my social media pages. What do you think?
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The Angora goats showed on Saturday also.
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The day ended with Spinners Lead. I had told Ryan that he should definitely wear his handspun handknit sweater using fleece that he got at his first shearing day from Jacob ewe, Columbine.
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He led Jazzie, whose fleece matched the spots really well.
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There were 15 entries (no photos unfortunately), and the two of us won the top placings in the show. Ryan was first for non-sheep-owner and I won for the sheep owners. Great fun! I’m so glad that we did this.