Fleece fun: Participants learn all about sheep, fleece, and more at Lefferts Historic House

It’s shear fun at Fleece Fun at Lefferts Historic House, Saturdays and Sundays throughout May.

Join Prospect Park Alliance to see how wool was used on a Flatbush farm. You can brush the wool with carding paddles, spin yarn using a drop spindle, and even make a felt rag doll stuffed with wool to take home with you. Doll workshop is first come, first served.

Fleece Fun, Saturday and Sundays, May 5 through May 27, 2 pm to 4 pm. Tickets are $3 all ages.

Lefferts Historic House [452 Flatbush Ave. between Empire Boulevard and Eastern Parkway in Prospect Heights, (718) 789–2822;www.prospectpark.org].

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