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Quality Rabbits, Fiber, Yarn, and Handcrafted Fashions
Maine Angora Producers is a group of independent farms and fiber artists.
We welcome visitors to our
farms and fiber studios, but please call ahead for an appointment.
We will be at the following events as vendors and demonstrators.
2009 Events
| October 31/Nov 1 |
Annual Angora Free Seminar & Open House
at Acker's Acres [New Gloucester]
Annually; usually the last weekend of October
This year's dates: Oct 31 & Nov 1, 2009
Sponsored by: Maine Angora Producers
Hosted by: Acker's Acres Angoras
Time: 10 AM -4 PM
Informal and free: Come for an hour or come for the whole day.
Learn Spinning, Dyeing, Grooming, Rabbit Care & Breeding, etc.
Meet many Angora Raisers and pick their brains.
If you wish, bring rabbits, spinning wheels, knitting project, and something for pot-luck lunch/snacks.
There will be rabbits, cages, fiber, yarn and Angora products for sale.
Directions: 359 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester, ME
Come to Gray [which is ~1/2 hour north of Portland].
Head North on Rt 100/202/4 toward Auburn.
Go ~ 4.5 miles. Turn right onto Gloucester Hill Road
Go ~ 1/4 mile. Penny road is on your Right, and our driveway is on your Left. Light blue colonial house and barn.
If you need more info, call Beth Acker/Mark Chabe at 207-926-4921 or 240-3227 or email backer@maine.rr.com |
| Feb 14 |
Newport Spin-in |
| Feb 28-Mar 1 |
NETA Spa, Knit & Spin, Freeport |
| April 18 |
SheepFest, Denmark |
| April 25 |
Maine Spinners Registry Spin-in, Fairfield |
| May 9-10 |
New Hampshire Sheep Festival, Hopkinton,NH |
| May 15-17 |
NorthEast Livestock Expo [Windsor |
| May 23-24 |
Mass. Sheep Festival, Cummington,MA |
| June 6-7 |
9th Annual Maine Fiber Frolic, Windsor Fairgrounds, Rt. 32, Windsor, Maine |
| June 20 - 21 |
WoodsEdge Fiber Festival, Stockton,NJ |
| July 11 |
Angora Day at Shaker Village, New Gloucester, Demo |
| July 17 - 19 |
Waterford Fair |
| July 19 |
Maine Open Farm Day |
| August 7, 8, 9 |
Fiber Arts Tour, various farms |
| Sept 10 - 13 |
Fiber College, Searsport |
| Sept 25-27 |
Common Ground Country Fair Unity, ME, Fiber Farms Tent, Rabbit Barn |
| Oct 4-11 |
Fryeburg Fair in Fryeburg, ME (Fiber Center, Rabbit Barn) |
| Oct 17 - 18 |
Rheinbeck, NY Sheep Festival |
We will be there at these events as vendors and demonstrators
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