Events
We love having visitors at Cestari, and they are always welcome.Our sales barn features our fine quality yarns, patterns and supplies for knitting and crocheting as well as traditional animal toys, quality sheepskin products and hand knit sweaters, caps and scarves.
You can take a tour of the mill and see how we spin our wool into our fine yarn, all right here in Churchville, Virginia.
Guided tours are available as follows (min. 10 people):
Book your date with is in advance. Tour the yarn spinning mill. We explain each phase of the operation and end the tour at our sales barn. The cost of the tour is $4.00 per person, with children 2 and under free. These tours are ideal not only for adults and children, but also senior citizen and other charter bus groups.
Our Wool Fair, which is held in the spring, is a celebration of sheep, wool and things warm and cuddly. There are sheep shearing demonstrations, hand carding, natural dyeing, spinning and knitting of our wool together with our products and other quality crafts. There are various food vendors, horse and pony rides and tractor-driven hay rides and plenty of activities for children. Admission to the fair is free. Crafters are welcome. Contact us for information on being a vendor at 540-337-7282. We will be featuring the “Keep the Fleece” and “
The Pumpkin Fest is held in the fall and is two great weekends of fun including wagon rides to the pumpkin patch to pick your own pumpkin, craft and food vendors, music and cloggers, an animal petting zoo, haunted barn, pony rides and free contests and children’s games. This is truly a Fabulous Fall Family Fun event. Admission, parking, contests and children’s games, musical entertainment and the petting zoo are free to the general public.
Mill tours are available during both the Wool Fair and the Pumpkin Fest.
Click here for more info on the Wool Fair.
Click here for more info on the Pumpkin Fest.
2009 Events
- The Wool Fair will be held April 25 & 26
- The Pumpkin Fest – Grand Pumpkin Fest - October 17 & 18, 24 & 25
- Mini Pumpkin Fest - October 3, 10 & 31