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Saturday only

All day – Make felted soap or learn how to dye fiber with Kool Aid or easter egg dyes. Big Red Alpacas, Cambridge

11 a.m. – Raising and Caring for Alpacas. Quarry Ridge Alpacas, Salem

11 a.m. – 3 p.m. – Sheep shearing with Joe Hamilton. Ensign Brook Farm, Greenwich

11 a.m. – 3 p.m. – Skirting fleeces, spinning, and carding with Sheep-N-Kids 4-H Club. Ensign Brook Farm, Greenwich

1 – 2 p.m. - Wet Felting workshop. Sunset Ridge Alpacas, Valley Falls

2 p.m. – Fiber dyeing demonstration. Quarry Ridge Alpacas, Salem

3 p.m. – How to Skirt a Fleece. Learn how to prepare your fleece for show or sale. Elihu Farm, Easton

Sunday only

11 a.m. – Fiber dyeing demonstration. Quarry Ridge Alpacas, Salem

11 a.m. – 3 p.m. – Spinning, and carding demonstrations. Ensign Brook Farm, Greenwich

11 a.m. – 3 p.m. - Meet and great spring lambs. Sheep agility (weather permitting). Ensign Brook Farm, Greenwich

1 p.m. – How to Evaluate a Fleece for Hand-spinning. Elihu Farm, Easton

1 p.m. – Learn how to dye fiber with Kool Aid. Ensign Brook Farm, Greenwich

1 – 2 p.m. - Dyeing Fiber and Yarns workshop - Sunset Ridge Alpacas, Valley Falls

2 p.m. – Raising and Caring for Alpacas. Quarry Ridge Alpacas, Salem

Both days

All day – Community Rug Making Project. Design and layout begins Saturday morning; and alpaca felting and fulling will continue through the rest of the weekend. Finished rug will be raffled on Sunday afternoon. Alpacas of Haven Hill, Greenwich

All day - Raising Alpacas and Fiber Uses. Alpacas of Breezy Hill Ranch, West Hebron

All day - Raising and Caring for Alpacas. Alpacas of Easton, Easton

All day - Raising and Grooming Angora Rabbits. AREA Cria-tions Alpaca Farm, Fort Ann

All day – Breeding and Raising Angora Rabbits. Fiber Kingdom, Salem

All day - Spinning, drop spindle, wet felting, hand carding, drum carding, and fiber dyeing demonstrations. Sunset Ridge Alpacas, Valley Falls

All day – Learn how to needle felt and get a free pattern. Alpacas of Breezy Hill Ranch, West Hebron

All day – Fiber dyeing and spinning demonstrations. Learn how to wet felt (kids bracelet project - $3). AREA Cria-tions Alpaca Farm, Fort Ann

All day – Spinning demonstrations. Alpacas of Easton, Easton

All day – Weaving and spinning demonstrations. Fiber Kingdom, Salem

All day - Kids Crafts, Sunset Ridge Alpacas, Valley Falls

10 a.m. - Seminar on Benefits of Alpaca Ownership. Sunset Ridge Alpacas, Valley Falls

10 - 11 a.m. - Life on the Farm & Animal Husbandry: A Disciplined Life. Follow us while we do chores and demonstrate true animal husbandry. Bring your barn boots to participate and interact with the animals! the community baa farm, Argyle

10 a.m. - Drop Spindle and Spinning Wheel Instruction. Sunset Ridge Alpacas, Valley Falls

11 a.m. – Wet felting with alpaca and needle felting embellishments demonstration (project kits available). Alpacas of Haven Hill, Greenwich

11 a.m. - Obstacle Course Demonstration. Sunset Ridge Alpacas, Valley Falls

11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Sheep to Shawl instruction on how wool is grown, harvested, processed, and all steps necessary to getting the wool on your body!" Storing your wool after harvest, hand-spinning demo on drop spindle and spinning wheel, how the twist is set, spinning tool demonstration, and much, much more! the community baa farm, Argyle

 
11:30 a.m. – Learn how to hand-paint fibers and do natural dyeing. Alpacas of Easton, Easton

12 noon - Drop Spindle and Spinning Wheel Instruction. Sunset Ridge Alpacas, Valley Falls

1 p.m. – Wet felting with alpaca and needle felting embellishments demonstration (project kits available). Alpacas of Haven Hill, Greenwich

1 -2 p.m. - Life on the Farm & Animal Husbandry: A Disciplined Life. Follow us while we do chores and demonstrate true animal husbandry. Bring your barn boots to participate and interact with the animals! the community baa farm, Argyle

1:30 p.m. – Learn how to hand-paint fibers and do natural dyeing. Alpacas of Easton, Easton

2 p.m. - Seminar - Benefits of Alpaca Ownership. Sunset Ridge Alpacas, Valley Falls

2 – 3 p.m. - Needle Felting Instruction. Sunset Ridge Alpacas, Valley Falls

2 – 4 p.m. - Sheep to Shawl instruction on how wool is grown, harvested, processed, and all steps necessary to getting the wool on your body!" Storing your wool after harvest, hand-spinning demo on drop spindle and spinning wheel, how the twist is set, spinning tool demonstration, and much, much more! the community baa farm, Argyle

3 p.m. – Wet felting with alpaca and needle felting embellishments demonstration (project kits available). Alpacas of Haven Hill, Greenwich

3 p.m. - Obstacle Course Demonstration. Sunset Ridge Alpacas, Valley Falls

3:30 p.m. – Learn how to hand-paint fibers and do natural dyeing. Alpacas of Easton, Easton

Tastings (both days)

All day - Barbequed lamb riblets (while supplies last) - Elihu Farm, Easton