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TheMaryland Sheep & Wool Festivalhosts a fierce competition with the goal of being warm and fuzzy.
Called the Sheep to Shawl challenge, the teams consist of one sheep and five people.
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Every team member has a job.
The handspun shawls are auctioned off after the competition.
The preparation for Sheep to Shawl begins months in advance and starts with finding the right sheep.
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Prepping the looms for weaving can also take as long as seven hours.
Sheep to Shawl judges look at more than just the final product.
They called themselves The Quaker Bakers and wore aprons and baked rainbow cupcakes to complement their eventual rainbow shawl.
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(The theme and costumes are also part of the judging.)
Mutton but Trouble donned acorn hats and made a fall-themed wrap.
The Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival has a competition known as the Sheep to Shawl challenge.
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The teams consist of one sheep and five people.
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The humans have three hours to shear the sheep and weave the wool into a shawl.
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Every team member has a job.
One person shears the sheep, and then three people card the wool and spin it into yarn.
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Finally, one person creates the weaving (aka the final product) on a loom.
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(Not a photo of the actual event.)
