The festival was first held in 1980. It is attended by knitters, crocheters, handspinners, and growers of natural-fiber-producing livestock. The livestock includes sheep, goats, angora rabbits, llamas, musk oxen, and alpacas.
The festival was first held in 1980 and is attended by individuals who engage in knitting, crocheting, handspinning, and raising livestock that produces natural fibers such as sheep, goats, angora rabbits, llamas, musk oxen, and alpacas.