Yarns & Farms & Links

Janet Ysewyn and an alpaca from Shai-J Criations of Windham, Connecticut. People, fiber, critters, and stories intertwine here at Moo Dog Knits. We love telling stories.
People, fiber, critters and stories intertwine here at Moo Dog Knits. We love telling stories. As we find them, we’ll share details in listings below, and a business directory. That includes great places to find fiber, get it processed, learn spinning or about natural dyes, talk about books, learn from others, watch working dogs move stock, or sit and knit for awhile at a welcoming local yarn shop. For information about the magazine call (860) 573-6181 or e-mail editorccb@gmail.com.
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Sheep and wool and yarn

Fiber Processing and Retail Yarn Store: Still River Mill
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Alpacas and Criations (baby alpacas): Shai-J Criations

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Farm and Yarn Store: Beaver Brook Farm
Handspun Llama Yarn, Llamas And Feed Store: Lakeside Feed
Mohair Yarn, Knitting Nook, at Farm Store, Belltown Orchards
———–A working Border collie moves sheep, at Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival
Working dogs, Border Collie Trials, NEBCA
Northeast Border Collie Association
Working Dogs, National Sheep Dog Finals

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Local Yarn Shops (LYS)
LYS, plus free patterns online, Mystic River Yarns (special project, Afghans for Afghans)
LYS, free patterns online: Saybrook Yarn

Country Yarns
Creative Fibers
Sit N KnitSit N Knit
The Yarn Garden
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At the 100th CT Sheep and Wool Festival we met the nicest people. Knitters, spinners, lacemakers.
SOS (Save Our Saturdays) Fiber and Arts group: Mary Kallio, mjkal (at) conncoll.edu
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Spinning/Knitting Lessons: Fiona Fine in Portland, Connecticut: (860) 342-0688
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Beaver Brook Farm gets a new woolly.
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Handspun Vegetal-dyed Churro Yarn/Fiber: Black Mesa Weavers for Life and Land, Inc. (a nonprofit enterprise of the Dine’ or Navajo)l
Mohair Fiber, Yarns, Wind-Gait Farm
Handspun Hand-Dyed Yarns, Tidal Yarn
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Knitting Getaways, B&B retreats: Grandview Farm Workshops and fiber retreats, natural dyeing, rug hooking, felting, weaving, more.

Cave Hill/YDU Knitting Retreat

Creative Fibers

Knit notecards made by blind children in China as a fundraiser are available at Saybrook Yarn. (That's an actual teeny tiny WIP and needles on the card depicted here.)
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Summer Events

The Maine Fiber Arts Tour Weekend, Aug. 6, 7, 8, a three-day special event featuring more than 50 studios, farms, shops and galleries open to the public.

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Festivals (Fall 2010)
Vermont Sheep And Wool Festival
Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Festival (Rhinebeck)
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Here sheep. Goats, llamas, angora rabbits and more - there's so much to report about.
Spring 2011
Connecticut Sheep, Wool & Fiber Festival
New Hampshire Sheep & Wool Festival
Rhode Island Wool And Fiber Festival
Long Island Fleece and Fiber Fair
Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair, Cummington, Mass.
Springside Farm Shearing Festival, Fabius, NY (Finger Lakes region)
Big Sky Fiber Arts Festival, Montana

Small Alpaca Farms of the Northeast 3rd Annual Fiber Festival, Nov. 20 and Nov. 21, Liberty Fire Company, 339 East Main St., New Holland, Penn.
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