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To my delight, there was so much more to do!
The grounds of the Philipsburg Manor Site presented an excellent festival to introduce young families especially to the arts of making and using wool and managing sheep.
We enjoyed plenty of colorful crafts and hands-on demonstrations of shearing, carding, weaving, spinning, and dying wool.
Border collies gleefully showed their skills with sheep and even the most reluctant duck. Their herding, a Festival highlight, took an interesting turn when the brace of ducks refused to return to their cage, due to a particularly feisty one.
The audience gasped each time they turned away, but eventually, the enthusiastic dogs and their persistent trainer were successful to everyone’s cheers.
Fun for Everyone

Phillipsburg Manor

Entertainment

History
If you are traveling to Sleepy Hollow for a few days, plan to spend some time at another historic home or two—Lyndhurst Castle, and Washington Irving’s home, Sunnyside, are close by, and you can pick up a tour of Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate, from Philipsburg’s welcome center. The grounds of Philipsburg Manor are diagonally across the street from Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, including the grave of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow author Washington Irving, and the Old Dutch Church. For a beautiful installation of stained glass created by Marc Chagall, take the ride up to nearby Pocantico Hills to see the historic Union Church. For information about tours and tickets for these sights, check out the website for Lower Hudson Valley tourism.
If You Go
If you are looking for a luxurious view of the Hudson and a bit more historical ambience, I would recommend Tarrytown House Estate, one of whose buildings was the home of philanthropist Mary Duke Biddle, whose alma mater, Duke, was named for her family. A transplanted New Yorker, Mary also owned a mansion on Fifth Avenue.
Crochet Insider’s tip: Tarrytown’s Main Street, a fun collection of shops and restaurants and a music hall, features a very cool yarn store: Flying Fingers Yarn Store. Colorful windows preview the many unusual yarns for sale here. Their webstore is being renovated, but they happily take telephone orders from their online catalogue. The owners also go to great lengths to help people get here—they sponsor free yarn bus transportation to and from Manhattan. Make a reservation by calling (877) 359-4648 Toll Free! Plan ahead for your visit because this store is closed on Mondays.
Quick tip: For a refreshing break, check out Coffee Labs Roasters just uphill from Flying Fingers on Main.
If you are traveling to Sleepy Hollow for a few days, plan to spend some time at another historic home or two—Lyndhurst Castle, and Washington Irving’s home, Sunnyside, are close by, and you can pick up a tour of Kykuit, the Rockefeller Estate, from Philipsburg’s welcome center. The grounds of Philipsburg Manor are diagonally across the street from Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, including the grave of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow author Washington Irving, and the Old Dutch Church. For a beautiful installation of stained glass created by Marc Chagall, take the ride up to nearby Pocantico Hills to see the historic Union Church. For information about tours and tickets for these sights, check out the website for Lower Hudson Valley tourism.

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