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Woolfest 2011 will be held on Friday 24 and Saturday 25 June from 10am to 5pm at Mitchell's Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 0QQ.
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What is Woolfest?
According to the late Carolyn Rawlinson's recollections: "Woolfest was born at a liquid lunch just after Christmas 2003. I had dreamt for years of creating a really big show celebrating wool, spinning, dyeing, knitting and all things associated with this wonderful part of the textile world. I suggested the idea at a Wool Clip meeting and to my surprise (and shock), everyone decided to take it on. Woolfest was born, with a vision for a mixture of the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival in America and the Potfests here in Cumbria."
Today, Woolfest is a celebration of natural fibres and of all things wool. It is still organised by members of The Wool Clip with help from over 100 volunteers in the days leading up to the event and during two very busy days of Woolfest.
The aim is to celebrate all aspects of wool - from hill farming and rare breed fleece animals to the latest craft techniques and creations. Visitors and stallholders come from across the world, many of them every year, to meet, catch up and share ideas and inspirations.
