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Your Maine Source of Everything Angora
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.
2010 Events
| October 30 - 31 |
Annual Angora Free Seminar & Open House
at Acker's Acres [New Gloucester]
Annually; usually the last weekend of October.
This year's dates: Oct 30-31,2010
Sponsored by: Maine Angora Producers
Hosted by: Acker's Acres Angoras, [New Gloucester,ME]
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 13 |
Winter Spin-in, Newport, ME |
| Feb 27 - 28 |
NETA Spa, Knit & Spin, Freeport, ME |
| April 17 |
SheepFest, Denmark, ME |
| April 24 |
Maine Spinners Registry Spin-in, Fairfield, ME |
| May 8 - 9 |
New Hampshire Sheep Festival, Hopkinton, NH |
| May 21 - 23 |
NorthEast Livestock Expo, Windsor, ME |
| May 29 - 30 |
Mass. Sheep Festival, Cummington, MA |
| June 5 - 6 |
10th Annual Maine Fiber Frolic, Windsor Fairgrounds, Rt. 32, Windsor, ME |
| ?? |
Angora Day at Shaker Village, New Gloucester, ME Demo |
| July 16 - 18 |
Waterford Fair, Waterford, ME |
| July 18 |
Maine Open Farm Day (various farms in Maine) |
| August 6 - 8 |
Fiber Arts Tour, various farms |
| Sept 9 - 12 |
Fiber College, Searsport, ME |
| Sept 24 - 26 |
Common Ground Country Fair Unity, ME, Fiber Farms Tent, Rabbit Barn |
| Oct 3 - 10 |
Fryeburg Fair in Fryeburg, ME (Fiber Center, Rabbit Barn) |
| Oct 16 - 17 |
Rheinbeck, NY Sheep Festival |
| Oct 30 - 31 |
Annual Angora Free Seminar & Open House see above |
| Nov 6 - 7 |
New England Fiber Festival, Springfield, MA |
We will be there at these events as vendors and demonstrators
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