WINTERBERRY FARM
IN LEVERETT
FALL SHEEP SHEARING &
FIBER DAY
Most of
our sheep are shorn in March, but we have some
unusual wethers which need to be shorn twice a year.
So we’ll be shearing them and several of the
lambs with exceptional fleeces. So
it’s
a great time of year to demonstrate some of the wonderful things that
can be
made from wool.
Demonstrations
will include: Border collies herding
ducks, spinning (making yarn) on spindles, spinning on wheels, needle
felting
with many fibers, wet felting with sheep wool, weaving cloth on hand
and floor
looms, and angora rabbit grooming & spinning.
The
sheep shearing itself will happen about
Lots of
fiber will be displayed and available for
sale- raw, washed, gorgeously dyed, dyed and carded….even some
spun accent
skeins of “crazy yarn”. Felting
kits,
fiber batches large enough for a project or small enough for a
child’s play. And farm animals
(sheep, goats, angora
rabbits, ducks, geese, guineas, turkeys & chickens) can be greeted
all day.
The
farm still has a few good animals for sale: two
Nubian doelings, several good wool lambs,
a few hens just about ready to lay, some lovely goslings- and several
beautiful
angora rabbits. They’ll all be here
as
well.
So come to
No admission charge!
Winterberry Farm is a small family teaching
farm. We offer farm and fiber programs for
families, for kids and for adults; we provide a place where people of
different
faiths—and people seeking faith—can reflect upon and share
their call to care
for the earth