Celebrate spring this weekend at Sheep-to-Shawl!

Celebrate spring! From fiber to fashion, this classic spring festival celebrates all things wooly sheep! Visitors are invited to explore each step in the process of turning wool into cloth using 18th-century techniques.

Hands-on activities include dyeing wool and weaving, and crafts for children, including sewing with wool and creating a picture from sheep or alpaca wool (NEW!).

Outside on the grounds, Scottish border collies display their skills at sheep- and duck-herding. Visitors are invited to enjoy a fashion show complete with critiques from Historic Hudson Valley’s own expert costume designer. Master storyteller Jonathan Kruk entertains with some lively tales.

NEW! This year we welcome beautiful, friendly alpacas from Faraway Farm in Yorktown Heights. Like sheep, alpacas’ furry coats are shorn in the spring and the fleece is washed, carded, and spun into a soft yarn.

In the Visitor Center, discover the exhibit Wearable Wealth: The Value of Cloth and Clothing in the 18th Century. 

Guest vendors include Flying Fingers, artistic needlework by Martha North, Spin City, and Faraway Farm.

For visitors who work up an appetite, Geordane's serves fresh, tasty options. 

And don't forget to visit our Museum Shop in the Visitor Center, which is filled with fun spring items as well as Hudson Valley-centric merchandise.

Time

10am to 5pm

Online Tickets 

$16; $12 for seniors; $8 for children 3-17. 
Free for members and children under 3

Onsite Tickets

$18; $14 for seniors; $10 for children 3-17. 
Free for members and children under 3

Schedule of Activities

Farm, Barn, Activity Center, Slaves’ Garden: Open throughout the day

Manor House – Wearable Wealth Interactive Exhibit: 10-11:45am, 12:30-2:30pm, 3:15-4:45pm 17

Mill Tours: 10am-12:30pm, 1-3:15pm, 3:45-4:45pm

10:30am: Sheep Shearing with Margaret Quinn

10:30: Dressing for the Day – What Women Wore in 1750

11:00: Sheep Herding with Gene Sheninger

11:30: Flax Spinning

11:30: Storytelling with Jonathan Kruk

12:00pm: Sheep Shearing with Margaret Quinn

12:30: Duck Herding with Gene Sheninger

1:00: Storytelling with Jonathan Kruk

1:00: Flax Spinning

2:00: Sheep Herding with Gene Sheninger

2:00: Dressing for the Day – What Women Wore in 1750

2:30: Storytelling with Jonathan Kruk

2:30: Flax Spinning

3:00: Sheep Shearing with Margaret Quinn

3:30: Duck Herding with Gene Sheninger

4:00: Storytelling with Jonathan Kruk