Our last fiber festival of the fall season was this past weekend in White River Junction, VT. Please check it out and plan to make it next year. The Green Mountain Fiber Festival is lots of fun and growing every year. The festival is located in the historic Hotel Coolidge, close to I-91 and the…
I’m packing up yarn for Saturday’s Fiber-a-Thon at Vermont Grand View Farm in Washington. I’ll be there from 10-4 selling yarn and roving. I will teach a beginner lace knitting class from 12:30 -1:30. Come to the farm and enjoy a day among fiber friends!
My yarn is still packed up in boxes after last weekend’s fiber festival and will stay that way until Friday when I head to Tunbridge to set up for next weekend’s Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival. Let’s hope the rain clears out by then and we have a nice weekend. We don’t need a repeat…
Our Beginner Handspinning class started yesterday. I, for one, had a great time! All the participants are current or future alpaca owners, so we’ll spend a lot of time playing with and talking about alpaca fiber. Handspinning can be a little frustrating at first, but this group did amazingly well – even those who didn’t…
I’m packing up this morning and heading to White River Junction for the Holiday Fiber Festival. This should be a fun three days of all things fiber. There will be vendors, workshops, a spinning room, games, snacks, room to sit and visit while you work on your fiber project. Free admission. Join us!
We had a nice group of alpaca owners here yesterday for a fiber skirting workshop. Now that I’ve reorganized the fiber barn, I need to spend time out there and finish this year’s skirting. We’ll be shearing again before we know it and there’s be no room for fiber if I don’t get to work!…
On Saturday, Oct 10, we will offer the first in a series of workshops for learning how to take a raw alpaca fleece and turn it into yarn. This first workshop will be a hands-on fiber skirting session. Bring your own fleece or purchase one of ours at a discounted price. We’ll focus on skirting…
In response to requests from several people, I’m planning a series of weekend fiber workshops. We’ll start with a raw alpaca fleece (ours or yours) and learn how to skirt, wash, card and spin. I’m envisioning a modular format where people can pick and choose which workshops they attend. And we’ll probably do each one…