Wool and Fiber Arts Socktober 2021 Show Program

WAFA

WOOL AND FIBER ARTS SOCKTOBER FESTIVAL 2021

Find us at http://facebook.com/woolandfiberart

Socktober 29th, 30th and 31st

INSIDE

Guest Article : Optimizing your Sock Yarn by Ellen Sakornbut

LIVE SALES ALL WEEKEND!!

MEET THE TEAM

Wool and Fiber Arts Show Program Editor in Chief Graphic Design ~Kat Bierkens

Without our team, none of this would be possible!

Founder Ellen Zawada; Owner of Wool and Fiber Arts LLC Vendor Team - Heather Campbell, Jennefer Marker (Mentor Program), Ellen Sakornbut, Lisabeth Sawdon, Jean Story, Candice Smith, Danielle Lefor Wallace, and Christina Drennen Coghill

Customer Team -(anything that happens publicly in WAFA) - Erika Lindgren, Heather Campbell, Anne Bamert, Molly Richter (craftalong), Candice Smith, Garrett Mikel Ramsay, Ashley Casteel, Jessica Holt Pack (problem customer list), Amy Olshewski Bowling

Marketing Team - Terra Mia Kat Bierkens (Vendor Program), Raven Reynolds (social Media), , Christin Santos, Maddy McLendon, Claudia Brefeld, Vidya Gopalakrishna Travis, Andrea Deck

Activities Team - Heather Campbell, Lisabeth Sawdon (Breed Study), Alanna Rothschild Wilcox, Christin Santos, Tiffany Deakin, Pam Amand, Melanie Smith, Amy Olshewski Bowling, Judi Bisson, Amy Brown SmithJohnson

Inclusivity Team - Liza Q. Wirtz, Alaura Pittman, TeDi Jansen, Vidya Gopalakrishna Travis, Maddy McLendon

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Vendor Schedule Page 6-11 Year at a Glance Page 3 Vendor Index Page 4-5 Optimizing your Sock Yarn

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SEPTEMBER 2021

WAFA

WOOL AND FIBER ARTS 2021 Schedule of Events

FIND US ON FACEBOOK AT HTTP://FACEBOOK.COM/WAFALIVE WOOLANDFIBERARTS@GMAIL.COM

www.woolandfiberart.com

OCTOBER - SOCKTOBER OCTOBER 29, 30, 31

NOVEMBER HOLIDAY WISHBOOK NOV3RD-DEC 11TH

NOVEMBER - HOLIDAY MARKET NOVEMBER 26, 27, 28

There will be no Staff and User Training

Shows in December

Process Improvement

Join our Wool and Fiber AWARDS RECEIVED

Arts community for

Most Outstanding Employee of the Year, Pixelpoint Hive (2015)

workshops, discussion Best Mobile App Design, HGFZ and monthly live sales Graduate Center (2014)

events

Design Awards, Cliffmoor College (2012)

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SEPTEMBER 2021

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y http//www.facebook.com/AlpacaPines/IL

X

Fiber Mill

X

AriBo Arts

Iowa X https://www.facebook.com/AriBo-Arts-275100679765234/

batts & rolags maker.

Clear Sky Fiber Arts and Alpacas

batts & rolags maker.

35

Creative Ripples by Lisa, LLC

South Dakota https://www.facebook.com/creativeripplesbylisa/

Creatrix Fiber

facebook.com/creatrixfiber

CA

D n D Fibers

https://facebook.com/dndfibers

NY

29

40

X

batts & rolags maker.

X

Indie Dyer

X

Se

Indie Dyer

X

Farm

Desert Panda Fiber Arts

NV https://faceboom.com/desertpandafiberarts

X

Indie Dyer

Dunn Spunn

http://www.facebook.com/dunnspunn Tennessee

X

Esther's Place

Illinois https://www.facebook.com/Esthers-Place-215810148444395

Indie Dyer

Everlasting wool-eeez

mich http://www.facebook.com/pg/everlasting-wool-eez

X

Accessories

Ewe2me2u

http://www.facebook.com/ewe2me2u Illinois

X

Indie Dyer

Exquisite E Yarns and Rovings

Ontario https://www.facebook.com/angoraproducts4you

X

Farm

Fairily Fiber Fun

GA https://www.facebook.com/fairilyfiberfun

Fantasy Fiberworks

MI https://www.facebook.com/FantasyFiberworks

X

Indie Dyer

Fiber Curio and Sundries

IA http://www.facebook.com/FiberCurioandSundries

X

Other - NOT a farm or dyer X

FIBER OPS RANCH, LLC

Missouri HTTP://WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/FIBEROPSRANCH

X

Farm

Forever Growing LLP

Tennessee https://www.facebook.com/forevergrowingllp

X

Toolmaker

Forget Me Knot Fibers

MI https://www.facebook.com/forgetmeknotfiberarts

X

Farm

Four Hearts Farm Mainely Fiber

ME http://www.facebook.com/fourheartsfarmmainelyfiber

X

Farm

Foxbridge Fiber Studio

TN X Indie Dyer https://www.facebook.com/Foxbridge-Fiber-Studio-105006874647422

Frivolous Ewe

http://facebook.com/frivolousewe

X

Farm

Goodie Supply Company

CA https://www.facebook.com/goodiesupplyco

X

Indie Dyer

Greenwood Fiberworks

Utah https://www.facebook.com/GreenwoodFiberworks

X

Indie Dyer

Harvest Hill Acres

MN http://www.facebook.com/harvesthillacres

X

Farm

Heavenly Oaks Alpacas, LLC

FL Farm https://www.facebook.com/Heavenly-Oaks-Alpacas-LLC-Owner-of-alpacas-fiber-artist-gourd-artist-111838810608920/

Hi Def Creations

FL https://www.facebook.com/HiDefCreationsLLC

X

Indie Dyer

Hidden Pastures Luxury Fiber Farm

NJ https://www.facebook.com/hiddenpasturesllc

X

Farm

Ironhorse Homestead

OH Farm https://www.facebook.com/Ironhorse-Homestead-210730096203965/

Jazzturtle

www.facebook.com/jazzturtlecreationsNc

IL

Michigan

Knits4Comfort

https://www.facebook.com/Knits4Comfort

batts & rolags maker.

X X

X X

X

X

X

X X X

X X

X

Indie Dyer Fiber Mill Indie Dyer

Knitspin

IL https://www.facebook.com/Knitspin-177570812270324

X

Indie Dyer

IL http://www.facebook.com/knottedgypsydesigns

X

Indie Dyer

Kostelaz Creations

OR https://www.facebook.com/kostelazcreations

X

Accessories

Liongate Farm llc

facebook/liongatefarm

X

Farm

Little Lambs Fiber Co LLC

ID https://www.facebook.com/LittleLambsFiber

X

Indie Dyer

MAB Elements

OH http://www.facebook.com/MABElements/

X

Accessories

18 38

Marge Sundholm Designs

NC https://margesundholmdesigns@facebook.com

X

Mitten State Sheep & Wool

Michigan http://facebook.com/mittenstatesheepandwool

Farm

36

Mulch and More Crafts

Mi https://www.facebook.com/BevofMulchandMoreCrafts

Indie Dyer

OR

X

Indie Dyer

Knotted Gypsy Designs

26

X

X

Jehovah Jireh Farm and Woolmill

16

Se 2

TX X Indie Dyer https://www.facebook.com/Crafted-By-Locals-Hand-dyed-Yarns-and-Fibers-100282151941227

IL https://www.facebook.com/DeakinFamilyFarms

25 Deakin Family Farms

12

as

X

Alpaca Pines Llc Farm and Fiber Mill

Farm

15

tb

Fiber Mill

X

24

pl

X

X

19

rry

X

Montana https://www.facebook.com/142266492613009/

ID http://www.facebook.com/CompassMoonCreations

40

ca

Farm Farm

MI https://www.facebook.com/clearskyfiberarts

17

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NH

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http://www.facebook.com/atozalpacasAlberta t0K 2k0

Aker Fiber Farm LLC

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A to Z Alpacas

Finished Goods X

Mustache Millie fibers

Virginia https://www.facebook.com/mustachemilliefibers

X

batts & rolags maker.

34

Natural Cycles Farm, LLC

MI https://www.facebook.com/naturalcyclesfarm

X

Farm

X

34

Nistock Farms

NY https://www.facebook.com/NistockFarms/

X

Farm

X

Opalessence Fiber Studio

PA https://www.facebook.com/Opalessence.Studio

X

Finished Goods

Pink Sheep Creations

MI X Indie Dyer https://www.facebook.com/Pink-Sheep-Creations-1507947822867348

Puddin Ridge Fibers

AR X Farm https://www.facebook.com/Puddinridgefibers/?ref=pages_you_manage

Purly Shell Fiber Arts LLC

WA http://www.facebook.com/purlyshellilwaco

X

Indie Dyer

River Birch Farms

WA http://www.facebook.com/riverbirchfarms

X

Farm

Rusty Spur Ranch and Creations

ID https://www.facebook.com/rustyspurcreations/

X

Farm

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Farm

AL https://www.facebook.com/sherwoodfiberarts

X

Indie Dyer

Fl http://facebook.com/smallbeginningssheepfarm

X

Farm

Spinaway Farm

Pa https://www.facebook.com/Spinawayfarm/

X

Indie Dyer

X

SpinGlitz

http://www.facebook.com/SpinGlitz/

CA

X

Farm

X

Spinners candy

OR https://www.facebook.com/spinnerscandy/

X

Indie Dyer

StarKnits

https://www.facebook.com/StarKnits/ wi

Terra Mia LLC

http://facebook.com/myterramia

OR

X

Farm

The Foldout Cat

http://facebook.com/FoldoutCat

AL

X

Indie Dyer

The Rosefield

PA https://www.facebook.com/TheRosefield/

X

Farm

Timber and Twine at Small Acre Farm

Colorado https://www.facebook.com/timberandtwine.co/

X

Farm

X

TLD Design Center Studios & Gallery

IL https://www.facebook.com/TLD.DESIGN.CENTER/

Indie Dyer

X

True Creations Woodturning

NY https://www.facebook.com/truecreationswoodturning

X

Turtle Valley Farm

MI https://www.Facebook.com/TurtleValleyFarm

X

White Fireweed Farm

AK https://www.facebook.com/whitefireweedfarm

Windsor Farms Rabbitry

OR X Farm http://www.facebook.com/windsor_farms_rabbitry331676356877323

Windy Acres Fiber Mill

MI https://www.facebook.com/windyacres.rovenko

X

Fiber Mill

Wine and Wooly Design

Washington https://www.facebook.com/wineandwooly

X

Indie Dyer

Woods Wool & Walking Sticks

OH https://www.facebook.com/WWWalkSticks

X

Wool is Me

https://www.facebook.com/woolisme MN

batts & rolags maker.

Wool-E Farm

https://www.facebook.com/wooltoewe/MI

Farm

Yarn Travel

MI - Michigan batts & rolags maker. https://www.facebook.com/yarntravel/?ref=pages_you_manage

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Small Beginnings Sheep Farm

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Sherwood Fiber Arts

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Sheridan Flats

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Shaggy Bear Farms

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Accessories X X

Toolmaker Farm Farm

Finished Goods

X X

X

Find us at http://facebook.com/woolandfiberart

Vendor's Schedule

WAFA

Wool and Fiber Arts Live Online Fiber Festival

Friday Evening PST

MST

CST

OCTOBER

Eastern

29TH

5:30PM-11:00

2021 PM

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

Forever Growing LLP

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

Fantasy Fiberworks

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

The Rosefield

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

7:00PM

Woods Wool & Walking Sticks

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

Knitspin

5:00PM

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

A to Z Alpacas

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

Alpaca Montana Mill

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

8:00PM

9:00 PM

Spinners candy

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

9:30 PM

Sheridan Flats

7:00PM

8:00 PM

9:00 PM

10:00 PM

Creatrix Fiber

7:30PM

8:30 PM

9:30 PM

10:30 PM

Greenwood Fiberworks

Notes

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OCTOBER 2021

Find us at http://facebook.com/woolandfiberart

Vendor's Schedule

WAFA Wool and Fiber Arts Live Online Fiber Festival

SATURDAY

October 30th 2021 10:00am-7:30pm

PST

MST

CST

Eastern

7:00 AM

8:00 AM

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

Dunn Spunn

7:30 AM

8:30 AM

9:30 AM

10:30 AM

Foxbridge Fiber Studio

8:00 AM

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

Frivolous Ewe

8:30 AM

9:30 AM

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

Heavenly Oaks Alpacas, LLC

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

Pink Sheep Creations

9:30 AM

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

Exquisite E Yarns and Rovings

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Windy Acres Fiber Mill

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

Forget Me Knot Fibers

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

White Fireweed Farm

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

Everlasting wool-eeez

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

Camas Prairie Fiber and Yarns

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

Hidden Pastures Luxury Fiber Farm

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

Nistock Farms

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

Knits4Comfort

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

Liongate Farm llc

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

Timber and Twine at Small Acre Farm

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

Aker Fiber Farm LLC

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

FIBER OPS RANCH, LLC

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

Alpaca Pines Llc Farm and Fiber Mill

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OCTOBER 2021

Find us at http://facebook.com/woolandfiberart

Vendor's Schedule

WAFA Wool and Fiber Arts Live Online Fiber Festival

SATURDAY EVENING

October 30th 2021 7:30PM-11:00 PM

PST

MST

CST

Eastern

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

Clear Sky Fiber Arts and Alpacas

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

Opalessence Fiber Studio

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

SpinGlitz

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

9:00 PM

Knotted Gypsy Designs

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

9:30 PM

Terra Mia LLC

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

9:00 PM

10:00 PM

Compass Moon Creations

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

9:30 PM

10:30 PM

Desert Panda Fiber Arts

NOTES

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OCTOBER 2021

Find us at http://facebook.com/woolandfiberart

WAFA

Vendor's Schedule

Wool and Fiber Arts Live Online Fiber Festival

SUNDAY

October 31st 2021 10:00am-7:30pm

PST

MST

CST

Eastern

7:00 AM

8:00 AM

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

Wool is Me

7:30 AM

8:30 AM

9:30 AM

10:30 AM

Mulch and More Crafts

8:00 AM

9:00 AM

10:00 AM 11:00 AM

Turtle Valley Farm

8:30 AM

9:30 AM

10:30 AM 11:30 AM

AriBo Arts

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

11:00 AM 12:00 PM

HiDefCreationsLLC

9:30 AM

10:30 AM

11:30 AM 12:30 PM

Small Beginnings Sheep Farm

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Jehovah Jireh Farm and Woolmill

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

Sherwood Fiber Arts

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

Rusty Spur Ranch and Creations

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

DnD Fibers

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

Wine and Wooly Design

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

Ironhorse Homestead

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

Fiber Curio and Sundries

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

Esther's Place

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

Wool-E-Farm

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

D n D Fibers

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

TLD Design Center Studios & Gallery

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

Deakin Family Farms

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

Jazzturtle

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OCTOBER 2021

Find us at http://facebook.com/woolandfiberart

WAFA

Vendor's Schedule

Wool and Fiber Arts Live Online Fiber Festival

SUNDAY EVENING

October 31st 2021 7:30PM-11:00PM

PST

MST

CST

Eastern

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

Spinaway Farm

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

River Birch

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

Kostelaz Creations

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

9:00 PM

Crafted by Locals

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

9:30 PM

Shaggy Bear Farms

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

9:00 PM

10:00 PM

Creative Ripples by Lisa, LLC

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

9:30 PM

10:30 PM

Purly Shell Fiber Arts LLC

NOTES

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OCTOBER 2021

11:00 am Eastern Friday

Harvest Hill Acres, located in the beautiful SOGN valley of south central Minnesota, is home to a purebred flock of CVM Romedale sheep. We also have llamas, angora rabbits, chickens, bees, barn cats and our golden retrievers who feel they own the place. We try to use everything used on the farm in our products so you will see feed bag totes, sheep pins made from skirtings. All our fiber products are natural colors, are locally processed at a mill. This sale will include NEW products that include Jacob sheep roving, llama roving, Antler buttons, Angora/Romeldale blend yarn, and as always new yarn colors from our sheep.

IG: HarvesthillacresMN

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OCTOBER 2021

9:30 Eastern Saturday

Socktober

BFL * Gotland * Merino * Rolags * Hand Dyed Yarn * Handspun Yarn * Acorn Kits

Facebook "Live Sale"

10% off your Whole ORDER when you purchase at least one skein of hand dyed or handspun yarn

http://myterramia.com

YARN 2 for $36 Hand Dyed Merino SALE Superwash

Special Thanks to my 2021 Lamb Sponsors

Nadine Zielinski-Keanu, Suada, Kilani Debbie Sykes-Ace PineFineCarders-Madam Baa Baa Wool is Me! -Twins! Irise and Rosie Jo Campbell- Sherlock Alice M- Amelie Brad Sumner- Clementine Dinah Landers- Clara Noah and Kendra- Hope and Panther Ginny Kilander- Gemma My Two Ladies- "Allie"

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OCTOBER 2021

Zephyr Creek is a shepherd and fiber artist from the Michigan Thumb. She raises Romeldale CVM, Merino, Mohair, and Angora Rabbits. Zephyr Creek sells their farm raised fibers and fibers sourced from local farms and small US mills. This month focus will be all about Michigan BFL and Icelandic.

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OCTOBER 2021

10:30 Pm Eastern

Friday

Greenwood Fiberworks is an indie dye company that has been creating beautiful and unique color for over 15 years. Inspired by the stunning Utah landscape, our colors have a hint of the beautiful mountain west. We specialize in both spinning fibers and yarns in soft luxury blends, especially yak, camel, and cashmere. We also have kits for knitters, crocheters, and spinners Follow us on Facebook and Instagram to see what we're making in the studio today! @greenwoodfiberworks We keep a fully-stocked website, too! Come take a peek at http://www.greenwoodfiberworks.com

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OCTOBER 2021

4:30 Pm Eastern Saturday

Hand-dyed yarn to bring comfort to all! Now offering natural dyed organic yarn. All yarn is dyed in small batches in Connecticut.

Knits for Comfort WOOL AND FIBER ARTS

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OCTOBER 2021

10:30 PM Eastern Saturday Desert Panda Fiber Arts established in 2017 is an indie dyed fiber company. We specialize in hand dyed small batch yarns and fibers.

Our goods range from hand dyed yarns, hand painted combed top, hand dyed locks and batts made from our hand dyed fibers.

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OCTOBER 2021

Marge Sundholm Designs

10:00 Am Eastern Friday

I am a Nuno felter and wet felter. I love making beautiful items with wonderful colors!!! The best part of work if making people happy!! I was the Art Teacher at Camp Lejeune High School until two years ago. My students learned how to process wool and felt. It truly was a joy to see them loving the process!

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OCTOBER 2021

4:00 Pm Eastern

Sunday Fiber Curio and Sundries specializes in US small farm fiber. My Socktober WAFA sale will be chock-full of breed specific sock spinning fibers and yarns, most from US sheep including SE2SE breeds.

Celebrate Socktober! Featuring US small farm fiber, Shave'em to Save'em breeds and other breeds especially good for sock yarns. Rare breed samplers. Hand felted hats. Shipping to Canada.

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OCTOBER 2021

2:00 Pm Eastern Sunday

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NEW this month Sample packs of all six angora blend yarns.

Complimentary hat pattern included.Great way to use other left over yarns, too.

www.etsy.com/shop/WindsorFarmsRabbitry WOOL AND FIBER ARTS

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OCTOBER 2021

DnD Fibers is the team of Diana n Dave, a husband and wife who love all things fiber! We are located in Western New York, near Lake Ontario, and work together to produce hand dyed rovings and combed top, batts, handspuns and more! We also love to incorporate local fiber and other small US farm fibers.

5:30pm Eastern Sunday

For October, we will be featuring hand dyed braids including a couple new bases that we haven’t shown before and we’ll have a brand new sock blend for Socktober! All braids featured this month will be only $20 per braid!

We’ll also have some new milled rovings and combed top, all produced from fiber purchased during WAFA raw fleece sales. These will have show special offers only available during our live sale!

There will be a $6.00 flat shipping fee for all US orders. We also ship to Canada, at buyer’s expense.

Diana n Dave

Love All Things Fiber!

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OCTOBER 2021

Optimizing Your Sock Yarn by Ellen Sakornbut There are lots of opinions about this, but here are some considerations when deciding what yarn to choose or what yarn to spin for your hand knitted socks. First, socks with a majority wool composition will have both moisture wicking/breathability and warmth when it is called for.

Second, while fine wool breeds such as merino provide luxury in sensitive areas such as the upper chest and neck, most people do not have such sensitivity to the “prickle factor” in their feet. Comfort for the foot involves usually the ability of the sock to be elastic and fit snuggly but not overly tight, temperature regulation, and ability of the sock to cushion the foot. Yarns need to be consistent, smooth, and abrasion resistant producing a smooth surface that stands up to the foot rubbing against the shoe. If socks are snug, it minimizes abrasion.

In her book, The Intentional Spinner, Judith MacKenzie McCuin recommends high crimp wool for its memory, and she includes Polwarth, Rambouillet, Columbia, Targhee, Perendale, and Merino in combed top. Others recommend Cheviot, down breeds such as Southdown, Hampshire, Suffolk, Oxford, and other down-like breeds such as Horned Dorset, Clun Forest, Black Welsh Mountain, and Tunis. Note how many on this list are Shave ‘Em to Save’em breeds. To round out the list, Ryeland has been known for socks since the time of Queen Elizabeth I when it was her favorite wool for stockings. And finally, there are proponents of longwool breeds for long wearing capability, such as Romney, Border Leicester, Blue Faced Leicester, Wensleydale, Leicester Longwool, Cotswold, etc. These yarns would be denser and strong but have less cushioning and trap less air. Again, note there are SE2SE breeds present! And finally, there are experienced fiber artists around the world making good socks from local wool such as Scandinavian breeds.

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The addition or blending of alpaca, angora (rabbit) wool, bison down, and other exotic fibers often increases the warmth of the sock. They feel luxurious, and certainly some may be of benefit if creating a sock for extreme cold weather activities.

For added strength, the majority of commercial sock yarn manufacturers choose to add nylon. Controversy exists as to whether nylon is of great benefit. Some people do not want to use a manufactured fiber or perceive it breathes less well.

There is an econylon now in production that degrades faster in landfills. Many proponents of other fibers use silk for strength and/or mohair, sometimes called “nature’s nylon.”

Tencel also has good tensile strength. Sock yarns must be constructed with a little more twist than yarns designed for a shawl, and some favorite brands use 4 ply very round yarn, but generally most knitters and spinners note improved performance with 3 ply over 2 ply. Beyond the composition and spinning technique of the sock yarn, most experienced sock knitters recommend knitting at the tightest gauge possible to improve wear.

Hopefully I have interested you in the controversies and practical concerns about sock yarns. Commercial sock yarns are mostly merino with some other wool present in European brands, as well as BFL blends occasionally seen. Sock yarn spinning at a fiber mill usually requires at least 3 inches staple length for successful mill spinning, but you can handspin good yarn with less staple length. My favorite blends are Cheviot with silk and mohair and some of the SE2SE down and down type breeds, but I could easily see the benefit of blending two breeds for cushiness and strength (like Clun Forest and Cotswold), just as long as the staple length was compatible and not too disparate.

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5:30 Pm Eastern Friday

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6:30 Pm Eastern Sunday White and Natural Colored

Award-Winning Border Leicester Fleeces

Great for Spinners AND Felters!

We offer award-winning white and natural colored Border Leicester Fleeces from sheep raised on our family farm in central Illinois. We've spent the last three decades focusing on raising these sheep with emphasis on top-quality fleeces and structural conformity, and do our best to match each buyer to their perfect fleece, whether they are spinners, felters, or other kind of fiber artist.

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Liongate Farm 5:00 Pm Eastern Saturday

Hi I am Karen, the sheep girl. No really, I make sheep out of my sheep. A wool addict for sure. I am an award winning felter, multimedia fiber artist and the shepherdess (aka barn cleaner) at Liongate Farm. I am a Bluefaced Leicester addict and currently have 33. I also have an onsite farm store and teach felting classes. I hope to hold fiber camp starting in 2022 where I will teach how to take a fleece from the sheep to a finished product.

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Hand-dyed Yarn

Handturned Knitting Needles

Handspun Yarn

COMPASS MOON CREATIONS (BASED IN THE INLAND NORTHWEST ON THE WA/ID BORDER)

SATURDAY CTOBER 30TH 10PM EST/7PM PST WWW.COMPASSMOONCREATIONS.ETSY.COM

Stitch Markers

Carded Batts

“Socktober” Saturday September 30th at 5:30 p.m. PDT Featuring: Mega & Mini Sparkly Art Batts Mohair Locks French Angora Fluff Hand-Painted Spindles & Kits SpinOlution Spinning Wheels Weapons of Mass Construction (giant knitting needles) Fabulous Fiber Washing Bag Art Yarn Custom Batts via zoom

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www.SpinGlitz.com

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Spinner's Candy

There's a chill in the air and a change in the weather. Time for hand knit socks and toasty toes. Come join Spinner's Candy for an array of hand dyed spinning fibers and sock yarn ready for you to spend those long Fall and Winter nights enjoying. http://www.spinnerscandy.etsy.com

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4:00 Pm Eastern Saturday

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10:00 Pm EST Sunday

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FARMS Gotland - Romney - BFL - Wensleydale x Teeswater - Mohair - Alpaca Raw Natural Color Fiber, Roving, Batts, Locks, and more!

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10:30 am Friday Mitten State Sheep & Wool is a family farm and woolen mill where we have been raising sheep for over 22 years.

9:00 pm Eastern Sunday

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The Foldout Cat offers all sorts of fibery tools and treasures for your spinning, felting, weaving, and general art-making pleasure!

This month, Q - with the invaluable help of Fiber J and Maker J - will be bringing tons of fun things to the WAFA community

4:30 Pm Eastern Fridayincluding the following: * Littermates - one of our unique art batts paired with complementary/contrasting roving * Meow Mixes - handpicked, kitty-curated selections of fibery fixins from our Batt Buffet * Cat Toys NEW ITEM: a Meow Mix paired with complementary/contrasting roving * and of course, our unique art batts, in two different sizes - regular (2 oz) and the new CHONKY! (4 oz) Find us on social media (FoldoutCat everywhere you look :-)) or our website (http://foldoutcat.com). Come fiber with us!

Fantasy Fiberworks

6:30 pm Eastern Sunday

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Saturday February 27th 4:00 PM EST

7:30 Pm Friday

www.Knitspin.com 1:30 pm Eastern Friday

Fairily Fiber Fun

​Kim of Fairily Fiber Fun is a SE2SE provider and indie dyer located in the beautiful Northeast Georgia region.

SE2SE breeds in stock are super fine Gulf Coast and Jacob rovings and smoothly hand carded Clun Forest batts. I also offer a generous selection of hand dyed colorways on Eider, Cheviot, Mixed BFL, and Corriedale Cross combed tops. ​https://fairilyfiberfun.com ​https://youtube.com/c/fairilyfiberfun ​

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:00 pm EDT Friday We offer socks that hug your feet, hand-spun yarn, rolags and necklaces. We also offer our Sock of the Month club. Choose from 2 - 6 months between October - March. Your socks will be custom made and you can have them made for more than one size on your subscription.

Our guarantee: If your socks don’t fit, they will be replaced for free if you donate the pair that doesn’t fit you to a homeless shelter.

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