WINTERBERRY FARM
IN LEVERETT
INVITES YOU TO A
SHEARING &
FELTING & FIBER DAY
Saturday, 8 November
2008
9:00 am – 4:00
pm
Most of our sheep
are shorn in March, but we have some unusual wethers who 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.
The day’s schedule:
• 9:30
Making flat (wet) felt- & try it yourself!
• 10:00
Spinning sheep wool & spinning angora (rabbit)- spindles & wheel
• 10:30
Needle felting
• 11:00
Shearing the sheep (Andy Rice, our shearer is pretty fast- this will
take maybe an hour!)
• 12:00
Border collies herding ducks
• 12:30
Skirting shorn fleece
• 1:00
Weaving
• 2:00
Making felt balls
• 2:30
Spinning again
• 3:00
Needle felting again
• 3:30
Weaving again
Demonstrations will run for about
15 minutes.
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, pigs, ducks, geese, guineas,
turkeys & chickens) can be greeted all day. No admission
charge!
So come to 21 Teawaddle Hill Road
in Leverett and join in the fun!
(For directions, go to our
website www.winterberryfarm.org)
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