Hug A Sheep Day

2024 marks the 14th anniversary of Hug a Sheep Day.  It was made an official holiday in 2015 and has appeared now on at least two national/international paper calendars!  I just can't get over that!

Hug a Sheep Day was created to celebrate wonderful sheep all over the world.  I picked the original date, October 30th, because that was Punkin's birthday.  It conveniently fell on a Saturday that year, so we now float the holiday to always match the last Saturday in October.  This seems best so as to accommodate special plans to celebrate including open farm days, events at local yarn shops, festivals...  But really, EVERY DAY is a great day to Hug a Sheep :-).

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We are once again hosting an on farm party on Saturday, October 26th from 1:00 to 4:00.  Since the pandemic the parties are no longer the big events of years past, so there is plenty of time and space to relax and enjoy hanging out on the farm and spending time with all the animals, not just the sheep :-).

We will have a small pen of hug friendly sheep out front representing some of the more shy sheep who might not enjoy being hugged, but would enjoy some vanilla wafers, graham crackers or saltines ;-).  

We usually have several spinners, knitters and other crafters scattered around the yard, Wool House porch and barn.  Feel free to bring your current project for show and tell or maybe a project you could use some help with.  If you don't have a current project, but would like to learn to spin, knit or maybe even weave, someone can help with that as well.

If you have any questions or need directions*, please drop me an email at thecrazysheeplady AT gmail DOT com.  

*If Mapquest or your GPS tries to send you down Hwy 32 off of I-75, don't do it!

October 28, 2023 via TK Publishing

Hug a Sheep Day was also featured on Today.com.

The cover picture was sweet little Blossom as a baby with her Auntie Reg holding her while she slept :-).

The logo sheep is Ewen McTeagle, one of the most huggable sheeps ever :-).

* * * * * This video of the 2019 party, compiled by my friend Benita is just a treasure, especially if you watch past the beginning to when the time lapse starts (around 6 minutes).  Wow.  If I could just go back in time I'd hug so many sheep and dogs and chickens so hard they'd want to move to a different farm.

A few favorite pictures from past Hug a Sheep parties :-)

And remember, everyday is a good day to hug a sheep!

Punkin's Patch
Cynthiana, Kentucky

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