Bluefaced Leicester Union

In Leicesters, blue is finer!

National BFL Show

  • Contact Info for accommodations for the BFL National Show

    The BFL National Show is fast approaching! Since the hotels near the fairgrounds do not block rooms for groups, rooms are first come, first served. So if you have not already made reservations, be sure to do that soon! Here is an info sheet that gives dates, websites for the BSG and show venue, and…

  • 7th National BFL Show venue announced

    The 7th National Bluefaced Leicester show has been set for June 22, 23 & 24th, 2018. The venue will be the Black sheep Gathering on the Linn County fairgrounds in Albany Oregon. More information will be posted as details emerge. Please set aside this date, and make plans to join us in 2018!

  • Show prep guide for new exhibitors

    Just in time for the fall show season, here is a list of tips for getting your BFLs ready for the show ring. Prepping Bluefaced Leicesters for show 2016

  • 1st Place BFL Skein at Maryland Sheep & Wool for the national show award

    Winner Tracy Seamster of Baltimore MD writes: About the skein…. The fiber is from Friends in Fiber’s Etsy shop, in colorway Malala (after Malala Yousafzai). I fell in love with the turquoise, and felt fractal spinning would highlight the colors. I started it on an Enid Ashcroft Turkish spindle while on jury duty, then finished…

  • Class winners at the 2016 National Show in Maryland

    These photos are supplied by BLU board member Karen Szewc. For more photos of the individual classes and exhibitors, visit our Facebook Page. White champion and reserve champion yearling and ram lambs White champion and reserve champion yearling and ewe lambs Natural colored champion and reserve champion yearling and ram lambs Natural colored champion and…

  • 2016 National BFL Sheep Show results

    2016 National BFL Sheep Show Champions Blue Faced Leicester – White Ram – Brenda Lelli – Yearling Ewe – Ellora Chapin – Yearling Best Fleece – Ellora Chapin – Yearling Ewe Premier Exhibitor – Ellora Chapin Blue Faced Leicester – Black Ram – Margaret VanCamp – Jr. Ram Lamb Ewe – Margaret VanCamp – Yearling…

  • Herding Demo at MS&W festival

    by Nancy Starkey I have been announcing the demos for over 20 years and have been performing in the demos for the past six or seven years. We have used Bluefaced Leicester sheep from my flock in the demos for several years, and they were especially appropriate this year because of the Bluefaced Leicester National…

  • Please Plan to Join us for a friendly meal!

    The Bluefaced Leicester banquet will be at the Timbuktu Restaurant, 1726 Dorsey Rd, Hanover, MD. They have a great menu, and I’m told “anything crab” is excellent! THE BANQUET IS SATURDAY, MAY 7th, AT 7 PM.

  • Using Bluefaced Leicester Fiber: Demonstration at National Show

    BFL Blending As part of the National Bluefaced Leicester Show at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, the Bluefaced Leicester Union will be giving a free demonstration on carding and combing Bluefaced Leicester wool. They will demonstrate the best way to work with beautiful, purly BFL locks and how best to manage the small lock…

  • Hello from President Margaret VanCamp Many of us have a day or two of free time coming up for Easter or Spring Break. Please use some of this time to do three things: 1. Enter your BFLs in the 2016 National Show at Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, May 7-8. You can enter them online…