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Wool Days at OSV

May 27, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 5:00 pm

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An event every day that begins at 9:30 am, repeating until May 29, 2023

Times: The Village is open from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm

Cost: Included with standard daytime admission or Village membership. Standard daytime admission is $30 for adults, $28 for seniors (55+), $15 for youth (4-17), $15 for college students (with a valid college ID), and free for children 3 and under.

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Discover how New England farmers used the wool from their sheep in the 1830s at Old Sturbridge Village’s annual Wool Days. Farmers will give the sheep their annual “haircut” while costumed historians demonstrate the entire wool textile process, from scouring and carding the wool to dyeing, spinning, and then knitting the dyed yarn.

Please note that some activities, such as shearing, scouring, and dyeing, are weather dependent.

Highlights Include:

  • Learn about the natural dyes used to produce an amazing array of colors in the 19th century
  • See a demonstration of spinning woolen yarn on the great wheel
  • Watch our farmers shear the sheep
  • Learn about some of the products early New Englanders made with wool
  • Watch a host of daily demonstrations including, hearth cooking, printing, blacksmithing, and shoe-making
  • Find sheep plushies, skeins of yarn, learn-to-knit kits, and more in the shops at the Village