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
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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
s er fib
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
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X
Alpaca Pines Llc Farm and Fiber Mill
Farm
15
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Fiber Mill
X
24
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X
X
19
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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
es Bu s
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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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.
WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
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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
WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
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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.
WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
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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!
WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
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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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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! WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
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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. WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
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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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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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