Unbelievable.....Until You See And Feel!

The 24th Annual Wool Arts Tour

October 10-12, 2009
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

NEW AND BY POPULAR DEMAND! 

THE FOLLOWING THREE FARMS ARE NOW OPEN ON COLOMBUS DAY FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT!

This year the tour will run THREE DAYS at our farm (Mirage Alpacas) Chauncey Farm and The Wool Room.

Views of Previous Years

HOST FARM

Bill and Audrey Rhoades
Mirage Alpacas
232 Lempster Mountain Rd.
Washington NH 03280-0125
Phone: 603-495-3435
Fax: 603-495-0065
mailto:miragealpacas@gsinet.net
Web Site: www.miragealpacas.com

Mother Nature’s Precious Fibers: Registered Livestock consisting of Huacaya and Suri Alpacas, Natural Colored & White fine-fleece sheep, Co-Owner of “Mad Alice’s” White & Natural Colored Angora Goats, Miniature Sicilian Donkeys & Australian Shepherds. 70% Alpaca/30% Wool Felting, Quilt &/or Comforter batts, Farm’s pure or blended top, roving, & yarn. Wool Mattresses, Toppers & Pillows, Spinning Wheels, Looms and Accessories. Washable Sheep, Lamb & Angora Goat Hides, assorted Garments, Socks, Fleeces, Dyes, Books, USDA “Certified Quality” Freezer Lamb & Sausage, Feeder Lambs, Registered Breeding Stock, Gift Shop & New Fiber-Retreat Craft Room! Open Tue - Sat, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm.

VISITING PARTICIPANTS

Nip & Tuck Farm at the 19th Annual Wool Arts Tour in 2002

Gale and Ken Frizell, Nip & Tuck Farm, 295 Ingalls Road, Jaffrey, NH 03452, 603-532-9527, niptuck@localnet.com. Farm’s exquisite quality natural colored and hand-dyed “Romney Roving Bumps,” handspun yarns, hand knitted items & assorted patterns.

Carol Karsten, Hidden Hill Farm, 27 Matheson Rd.Antrim 03440, 603-588-3370, ckarsten@hiddenhillalpacas.com. New England ’s destination for premier Accoyo and Peruvian alpaca genetics. Featuring handspun, mill-spun alpaca and Merino yarns, spinning supplies, knitted and woven alpaca garments.

HodgePodge Handicrafts at the 19th Annual Wool Arts Tour in 2002

Sue and Tom Connary, Hodge Podge Handicrafts, 59 Belknap Ave., Newport, NH 03773, 603-863-1470, hdgpdg_2000@yahoo.com. Spinning supplies, fibers, raw fleeces, processed roving. Wheels by Louet, Majacraft, Ashford, Kronski & Windsome Timbers. A full line of knitting supplies, books, and homespun hand-knit wearables.

Kitefield Farm at the 19th Annual Wool Arts Tour in 2002

Carolyn and Stanley Trehume, Kitefield Farm, 173 Page Hill, PO Box 654, Newport, NH 03244, 603-863-2466, kitefield1@aol.com. Registered white and natural colored Romney sheep, yearlings & lambs to start or add to your existing flock! Fresh shorn natural colored and white fleeces, washable lambskins, Romney batts, natural and hand-dyed yarns.

Ewe and I Farm at the 19th Annual Wool Arts Tour in 2002

Cindy Yeager, Ewe & I Farm, RR 1 Box 83, Sutton Mills, NH 03221, 603-927-4518, eweifarm@msn.com. Our flock consists of Border Licester Blue-faced, Corriedale, horned and polled Dorsets, Romney, Shetland and crosses. Our farm offers lambs, fleeces, handspun and commercially spun yarn from out flock, and a variety of one-of-a-kind hand knitted garments and accessories.

Julie Patterson, Kelly Corner Farm, 3 Pleasant St., Chichester, NH 03454, 603-435-6419, Romney@comcast.net. Heritage breed Leicester Longwool, Coop worth and Romney sheep. Co-Owner of “Mad Alice’s” White & Natural Colored Angora goats. Working Australian Shepherds & Border Collies, farm’s commercially spun yarn, handspun and hand-dyed yarn, roving, top, fleeces, washable & lustrous long-wool sheep & lambskins, quilt, comforter, felting batts, spinning wheels & looms, breeding stock & freezer lambs.

Turtle Pond Farm Bed & Breakfast at the 20th Annual Wool Arts Tour in 2003

Charlene & Ken Schultz, HONEYBUNS “Bunnies & Honey,” 146 Cove Rd., PO Box 162, Washington, NH 03280-0162, 603-495-0322, charbees@cox.net. Exquisite German and German Cross Angoras, handcrafted angora fiber-art and succulent natural honey!

Jennifer & Chris Connolly, FiberDreams Fiber Processing Mill, located at Connolly Brothers Dairy Farm, Webster Highway, Temple, NH 03084, 603-585-7265, FiberDreams@yahoo.com. Processing animal fiber into roving, batts, slivers, yarn and felt. Feel free to bring your fiber to our booth at the Annual Wool Arts Tour for delivery to our Mill for custom Processing, and leave that new fleece you just purchased with us while on the Wool Arts Tour for Custom Processing as well!

Judy Helie, Bit O’Heaven Fiber Farm, 205 Gould Pond Rd., Hillsboro, NH 03244, 603-464-4392, nhspinner@TDS.net. Raw wool, roving, handspun yarn and knitted items from our alpacas, sheep & English and German angora bunnies! Judy will custom spin yarn from your favorite dog or cat’s hair!

Senator Bob Odell Cooking with Washington Historical Society’s Side Walk Cafe at the 20th Annual Wool Arts Tour in 2003

DEMONSTRATIONS

“Spinning and Weaving” demonstrations throughout the day on a wide variety of wheels and looms. Gwen Gaskell, “Washington’s Sock Wizard,” will offer demonstrations & instructions on knitting socks with her flat bed knitting-machine. Julie Patterson of Kelly Corner Farm will demonstrate, “How To Start a Young Dog Herding Sheep,” daily at 11:00 am. Bill Rhoades will host a guided tour of Mirage Alpacas livestock for an up-close view of all species residing at Mirage and the barns that house them starting at 10:00 am & again at 1:00 pm daily. “Hands On Fleece Skirting” of wool and alpaca, noon to 1:00 pm daily. Experienced rabbit breeders Judy Helie & Charlene Schultz offer “Angora Rabbit Care.” Daily Sheep Shearing by Jeff Jordan and/or Harry Stover. Marge Foss will be on deck sharing information and demonstrating her versatile Australian Shepherd “Certified Therapy Dogs!”

They’re Back! Members of the Washington Historical Society with their “Sidewalk Café” will again be at your service with breakfast, lunch and dinner featuring Mirage’s own USDA Lamb Shish-K-Bob, Burgers, Grilled Italian Sausage, Lamb Stew, the usual assortment of mouthwatering home-baked goodies, assorted beverages & treats!

Audrey Rhoades doing a fiber demonstration at the 20th Annual Wool Arts Tour in 2003

WOOL ARTS TOUR HOST FARMS

Mirage Alpacas, Washington, NH

The Wool Room at Meadowbrook Farm, Antrim, NH

Chauncey Farm, Antrim, NH

Western View Farm, Hillsboro, NH

The Fiber Studio, Henniker, NH

Directions to All Farms
on the Wool Arts Tour

For more information about the Wool Arts Tour
Please visit http://www.woolartstournh.com/