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Farmers who tend their flock of sheep, alpaca, goats and rabbits
will join almost 40 food vendors, who offer fresh vegetables, cheese, fruit, eggs, meat, microgreens, mushrooms, dry beans,
baked goods, jam, honey, fermented food and Massachusetts spirits for Saturday's
Farm Fiber Day.
Over sixty vendors will attend and that means that we will be
using
the entire first floor
of Russell's Garden Center to accommodate them. We will have a map of the fiber vendors locations,
so that you will find them all, as some are located beyond the usual footprint of the Market. Scroll down to the
bottom of this email to see all the vendors who will join us.
Winter Moon Roots
 Favour Valley Woodworking is a small shop in Henniker, New Hampshire creating practical, hand made wood and antler buttons.
In addition to buttons, they will have shawl pins, scarf buckles,
hair clips, key chains, earrings and diz carders.
"We are inspired by traditional New England woodworking craft
and the beautiful wood available right here in Favour Valley,"
said Martha Sunderland. "Our goal is to provide beautiful
accessories
that complement all types of handwork while at
the same time
protecting our environment by using sustainable materials,
finishes and technologies."
Join
Alasdair Post-Quinn of
Fallingblox Design for a workshop, "Introduction to Double Knitting" from 2 to 5 PM.
Sign up
HERE to learn this dynamic technique.
Apex Orchards apples and pears.
"Mike and I hope to see you at Farm Fiber Day", said
Foxfire Farm and Designs Barbara Parry. "We will be bringing baskets of cozy Cormo yarns and fibers - and featuring winter specials on hat and mitten kits.
I'll also have copies of my book, Adventures in Yarn Farming."
Butternut menu for Saturday.
Rag Hill Farm
While Icelandic sweaters are celebrating a resurgence in popularity, Dorothy Benedict from
Windy
Hamlet Farm
has been raising
Icelandic sheep and producing Lopi yarn,
raw fleece and roving for many years. Learn more about the
history of Lopi and access free patterns from
Berroco,
who has just introduced a Lopi knit-along.
Would you like to join us in knitting a Lopi sweater?
Lunch options include
Mandy's Wicked Good Chowdah,
The Herb Lyceum
,
OMG Bagels which you
can get with cream cheese
(or head over to Boston Smoked Fish Company
for some bluefish pate'), Samira's Homemade
,
Seasoned and Spiced
and
VESTA Mobile Wood-Fired Pizza.
"SAORI weaving
is an art of weaving by hand that is dedicated to
free expression and self-development for everyone, regardless of physical or mental ability, age, or artistic aptitude," said Mihoko Wakabayashi of SAORI Worcester.
"SAORI Weaving
is pure improvisation from the heart, with no premeditated pattern
in mind. Colors unfold, designs emerge, and beauty blooms directly from the genius of each unique individual working in harmony with loom, thread, and the spark of the moment."
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Photo by Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times.
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Looking for farm fresh eggs?
Codman Community Farm with
Pete & Jen's Backyard Birds
and
Lilac Hedge Farm
Mycoterra Farm mushrooms.
Moonshine Design at Keldaby Farm
Spinning and felting fiber is available from many vendors
including these
from the Woollies of Shirkshire Farm.
"BEEZcotti flavors are Honey Almond, Sea Salt Honey Almond,
Sesame Cocoa and Sesame Aniseed," said Trillfoods' Laurie Rothstein. "Lightly sweet butter wafers edged in a crunchy ribbon of caramelized honey, nuts and seeds. For coffee/tea or wine and cheese. Not in the slightest like traditional biscotti except
that they are baked twice. Biscotti means "twice cooked"."
Lisa Dachinger is an early riser. Despite the fact that River Valley Farm is located on the western border of Massachusetts, in
Pittsfield, she is
one of the first vendors to arrive to set up.
Cotswold, California Red and Karakul sheep wool and the "Kitchen Sink" yarn blend of llama, alpaca and fine sheep wool are for sale.
Dates and Olives
is a restaurant just outside Cleveland Circle that is owned by Renita Mendonca and Rattan Menzies. We know them also as Seasoned and Spiced prepared foods at the Wayland Market.
Dates and Olives was featured on WCVB's Chronicle last week.
Ellen Raja from Raja Farm arranging her thrummed mittens.
 
With so many vendors to visit, you might want to take a break and enjoy a cup of coffee from Karma Coffee Roasters or ask Tatiana from
Soluna Garden Farm
to brew you a cup of tea of your choice.
Bring your knitting, crocheting, needlepoint or drop spindle and
join your friends in the 3rd Floor Fiber Lounge from 10 to 1.
 In addition to her delicious Vermont-made West River Creamery cheese, Jane Parant will have
pickled beets, pickled cauliflower, pickled eggs, pickled carrots
and gourmet mustard. Foxboro Cheese and Hickory Nut Farm will bring cheese for you to sample and buy.
Red Fire Farm
Swiss chard.
Foxhill Farm Cormo sheep.
Baer's Best beans. Get your soup on!
Dirty Water DyeWorks
will have a selection of hand dyed yarn,
kits and yarn bundles, as well as knitting tools and stitch markers.
Stop by to see their new samples.
Great Harvest Bread
scones.
Greenwood Hill Farm
will have recycled grain bag shopping bags,
sheepskins and wool dryer balls, as well
as their beautiful natural colored Merino yarns by the skein or in
one and two skein kits.
The Wayland Market has three meat vendors weekly:
Codman Community Farm with Pete & Jen's Backyard Birds, Lightning Ridge Farm and
Lilac Hedge Farm.
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Photo by Casey Page for the Billings Gazette.
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Natural and dyed alpaca products are available from
Artisan Yarns from Hampden Hills Alpacas and
North Brook Farm.
Valicenti Pasta Farm makes unique pasta, ravioli and sauce flavors using the ingredients that they grow at their Hollis, New Hampshire farm and from local sources. Look for Valicenti in the "Potting Shed" this week, as they have given up their usual spot for a fiber vendor.
The knowledgable women from the
Worcester County Sheep
Producers and Nancy Miniter from
Lightning Ridge Farm can tell
C & C Lobsters & Fish
offers a variety of very fresh seafood.
They suggest that you pre-order in order to ensure availability.
If you can't make it to the market, they are able to arrange
Romney Ridge Farm designed this carrot hat for the Wayland
Winter Farmers' Market. Pick up a kit and make your own.
Red Fire Farm shallots and garlic.
Nicole Blum from
Carr's Ciderhouse gets into the Farm Fiber Day spirit, wearing handknits. Sip hard cider and taste her
which will be for sale. Take home a Beanbag Craft Kit with
purchase of the book.
Hosta Hill fermented foods.
Tidal Yarns
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Photo courtesy of cupofsugarpinchofsalt.com.
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"I will be bringing small berry pies and 8-inch pumpkin, pecan and apple pies," said Lucy Parker of
Fox Hollow Pie
.
Watch Subito Farm's Sarah Monroe make socks on her
We Grow Microgreens
 Good Karma Farm
SNAP and HIP benefits are available this season with participating vendors. Purchase tokens at the Market for use
with SNAP vendors. HIP transactions can be made directly with
Red Fire Farm.
Scroll to the bottom of this email to see our complete list of vendors for this week and to see which vendors accept SNAP.
Massachusetts
Farm Wineries Day
February 10
New England Cheese Day
March 3
February 24 - Farm Fiber Day #2
We are collecting handmade or new hats, gloves,
Donations will be accepted through February 24.
Our sponsor,
Russell's Garden Center
, welcomes dogs in the
store. However, during the Market hours of 10 AM to 2 PM, the
Wayland Board of Health asks that we keep all pets from visiting.
Thank you for your understanding.
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