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Grasslands Sheep & Wool Show 2014

8/2/2014

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This was my third year attending the Grasslands Sheep & Wool Show in Drake, SK.  I always have a really great time because the weather is always nice, the drive up is scenic, the pie and the sausage are worth the trip and the sheep are just too cute to miss.  I enjoy seeing my friend Val Fiddler each year as she usually heads up the "Wool" portion of the show and I have been helping her out with both the wool show and promoting wool and its benefits to the sheep producers and the other people attending for the weekend.  



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Val was the wool judge this year and I was helping as her scribe and Wool Show Coordinator.  We had 9 fleeces entered and saw several cross breeds and medium breeds common to Saskatchewan.  My friend Janet whose farm I was at earlier this year had one of her Corriedale fleeces entered and won a second place ribbon!  Click on the gallery below to see some pictures from the show.

There is a lot to see an do in Drake besides the wool show, there is Sheep judging as well and you can purchase sheep on the last day of the exhibition.  There is a Wine and Cheese on Friday night and a wonderful banquet on Saturday night.  There are several vendors there as well and one particular fibre artist caught my attention.  Arlette Seib from Watrous is a superb felter and her work was just - wow.  The details she provides in her skies, the shading in a sheep's face and the colours are really quite eye catching.  
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Jeremy and I met this handsome fellow when we arrived.  Hamish is a Lincoln sheep and he was going home with Val.  He was probably the most affectionate sheep I have encountered.  He quite enjoyed the chin scratches, neck rubs and all the attention we were giving him.  
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His locks would be a prize to handspinners.

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You should mark the Grasslands Sheep show on your calendar for next year.  It's a great way to spend a weekend.
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