Wayland Winter Farmers' Market
Farm Fiber Day
Sunday, March 6, 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM
45 fiber vendors will join 13 of our favorite Saturday market food vendors.
Look for yarn, roving, fleeces, spinning fiber, and finished items, sheep and bunnies, spinning on wheels and drop spindles, and sock making machine demonstrations.
Vendors will be located outdoors under cover, in unheated greenhouses, under tents
Mask wearing is required of all shoppers and vendors while indoors beginning at 10,
when the store opens, and continuing through the hours of 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM .
Vendors will be selling prepared foods and beverages, which can't be consumed
indoors, however, seating will be available for those who would like to dine outdoors.
Looking for a beverage?
Additional parking is available across the street at the Town Center parking lot.
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The map that we publish is subject to change until the event opens.
The latest map will be available for you when you arrive on Sunday.
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The Needle Gauge/Stitch Gauge made for us by Katrinkles
can be purchased at the Plant Shop (see map) register area at Russell's.
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The Wayland Council on Aging is collecting yarn for its Knit Together knitting group, which knits winter wear to donate to The Knitting Connection,
a Medford-based organization that distributes hand-knitted hats, scarves,
and mittens to area shelters, hospitals
and agencies that work with families.
On Farm Fiber Day, yarn donations can be dropped off at the entrance by #30 on the map. Also, throughout March, donations can be put in the bin in the front foyer of the Wayland Town Building, or stop by the Council on Aging. Thank you.
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*Some of the photos in this email show people not wearing masks.
These were taken in prior years. Everyone will have a mask on indoors this year.
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We’ve gone from a few bins of yarn at
the Wayland Farmer’s Market to attending fiber shows all over the country, but along the way our focus has been the same as it was in the beginning. Yarn we love, colors we love, and every skein dyed by hand
with the exact same care and attention to quality on our hundred thousandth skein
as we took on our tenth.
Hand dyed yarn, mini skein sets, project bags and knitting and crochet project kits.
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Aaronap Cellars is a micro-winery located in Westford, MA. They focus on producing small volume, innovative, artisanal wines from the best vineyards and orchards in New England and beyond.
Located outdoors at the market, you will
be able to enjoy samples.
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In November 2007, inspired by CT and RI, we met to discuss a wool blanket project for Massachusetts. The program is now in its 12th year with new contributors from all over Massachusetts. In addition to the blanket they will have hand spun yarn, fiber, felted items, Farm to Fiber earrings and stitch markers.
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Biltmore Wool Barn offers sheared sheep, goat and alpaca wool. They also specialize in processing their products as well as fleece brought in by customers.
Natural color alpaca yarn, hand dyed yarn and hand dyed roving.
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Our mission is to bridge the gap between New England shepherds and hand-knitters with the existing vibrant yarn shop communities of New England. As sheep farmers, we have the expertise to source our wool from small flocks of sheep, because premium wool comes from happy, well cared for sheep. New England wool from small flocks.
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Wood artisan Jonathan Bosworth has been making beautiful tools for spinners for nearly 40 years. His drop spindles are known for their superb spin and balance. A variety of woods provide a wide range of available colors and weights. We offer a wide variety of handmade tools including drop spindles, niddy-noddies, boat shuttles, bobbins for Journey Wheels, charkhas and carrying bags for our charkhas.
Sheila Bosworth will mesmerize you with her drop spindle skills!
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"From farmer’s market beginnings to now! Visit us at our bakery cafe for handcrafted pastries and coffee at 787 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington." - Susana Samad.
Menu: Morning buns, Cretzels, Croissants,
Pain au Chocolat, Chocolate Bouchon,
Grapefruit Poppyseed Cake slices, Almond Rocher, Lovely Chocolate Chip Cookie,
Blackberry Crumble Danish, Almond Croissant, Chocolate Almond Croissant,
Molasses Ginger Cookie, Apple Almond Galette.
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Nicole Clark is a fiber artist, farmer, food lover, nature wanderer, wife, and mother of 2 homeschooled nature loving children, living on the eastern coast of Connecticut. Her design philosophy is rooted in a desire to fuse the practical with the artistic. She seeks to create vessels that are unique, beautiful, and can stand up to the needs of everyday life.
"I want all of my creations to be functional and add their own bit of character and beauty to your home and lifestyle."
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Stephanie Griego's table is always overflowing with samples to help you decide which knitting kit you want to purchase.
If you have a pattern of your own she will has plenty of hand dyed yarn and yarn bundles to choose from.
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Do you have a quilt project that needs finishing? Margo Coates specializes in completing quilts, but can also make you a quilt from scratch in the color and style of
your choice. Margo will have quilts, aprons, placemats and table runners for sale.
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Handmade products started from a small flock of local sheep and finished by local New England craftsmen and craftswomen.
"My extended family owns a farm in Maine. The wool in my products come from those sheep. "I make sheep ornaments, dryer balls and wool rocks." - Alicia Monks
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"A fiber artist's fiber place and bunny hutch, from our farm to your home!
Angora bunnies, Angora wool, Angora yarn, needle felting kits, hand crafted ready to wear and home spun yarns.
Louise Walsh, will bring her rabbits and bunnies for you to meet at Farm Fiber Day. "I am the creator of the Giant Angora rabbit breed. It’s the only Angora originating from the USA."
They are breeders of Giant, English, and Satin Angoras & Lionheads.
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The coffee you purchase has gone from the tree to the final product in days: hand-picking the beans and roasting all happens on our small farm. Our passion is to produce a naturally processed coffee using traditional techniques so our customers can enjoy this Colombian treasure.
Enjoy a cup of coffee outdoors while you shop!
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Foxhill Farm
Alice Field from Foxhill Farm in Lee, MA
has won many ribbons at the New York Sheep & Wool Festival through the years, including Supreme Champion in the Fleece Competition. One touch of her Cormo yarn and roving, and you will know why.
Did someone say, "sweaters worth"?
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Lilly and Mona make organic German pastries.
"We use all organic, non GMO, fair trade ingredients, sourced locally, to bring out the authentic and traditional flavors of Germany and Europe. Handcrafted in small batches, bursting with distinct flavors." Choose from a large selection of German pastries! Kekse, Tarts, Kuchen, Gebaeck and Strudel. Special Orders are available.
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Jan Lashua and Peg Critser bring hand dyed combed top, including cashmere, yak, camel, mink and silk blends, a British five-breeds combed top collection for a spinner's study,
hand dyed fingering yarn, fiber for spinning, supplies for felters, locally grown wool roving, hand spun angora, and exotic yarn.
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Amy and Jim Grant of Good Karma Yarn and Soap have just opened a store in their new hometown of Bridgton, Maine. They are continuing to make yarn and soap, and offer Sox School classes. Learn how to
make a pair of socks using a Circular Sock Machine. Worsted & Sport weight yarn are available. Pick up yarn to make yourself a Color Blurz Striped Pullover.
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Great Bay Wool Works was started in 2003 to provide knitters and fiber enthusiasts with farm fresh yarn in a variety of natural fleece colors. Liberty Hall Farm, our family farm, is located in Durham, New Hampshire. Our family is dedicated to raising our sheep and their lambs in a healthy and safe environment, resulting in soft and lustrous fiber free from dyes.
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"My love of our derpy sheep led me to discovering that nearly 40% of American wool is wasted each year. Knowing the difficulties farmers face, coupled with the increasing knowledge of plastic pollution, I started arranging for the purchase of high micron count wool from small New England farmers and shepherds for our quilted wool-stuffed pillows and dog beds." - Leah Beckett
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Hand dyed wools and yarns come from select New England farms, including Lisa Dachinger's own flock.
Naturally dyed natural fiber textiles, kits for dyeing fiber and textiles, needle felting, weaving, needle punch, hand crafted stitch markers, natural material buttons and closures, plus knitting patterns.
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"We are a small family farm in the quite corner of Connecticut raising Leicester Longwool sheep as well as a menagerie of barnyard friends. It is the sheep themselves that have inspired the products from the farm. The Leicester Longwool has a unique fleece that is long, strong, and lustrous. You will see their beautiful tendril locks in the hand made fiber art and the luster it holds in the yarns." - Keri Boucher
Home grown yarn, hand dyed locks, felted wool collars, hand spun yarn.
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Islay's Terrace is a line of modern fiber arts with a quirky, whimsical, southwestern style, all hand-crafted by Jillian Melnyk.
Her hand spun yarn and hand dyed yarn is made in Hudson, where her shop Homeslice will open this spring.
Each embroidery, hoop art & knit piece is a one-of-a-kind creation using the best fibers and materials. Each piece is hand-crafted & has its own distinct personality.
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Since the Jagger family arrived in Maine in the 1880s, the name has been synonymous with high-quality worsted spun yarns.
Today, their tradition continues with dyed, heather, and white yarns spun from 100% wool and blends with natural and synthetic fiber – all manufactured in Maine.
We manufacture custom spun products in 500 lbs to 5,000 lbs spinning lot orders to meet our customers’ specific yarn requirements. Jagger Brothers also offers a stock yarn service through its Jagger Spun Division. Jagger Spun maintains ten ranges of yarn with 28-54 shades in stock for each yarn type.
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Jan’s highly-textured and vividly-colored hand-spun & hand-dyed yarns are sought-after by hand-knitters, felters and weavers.
Fleeces acquired at sheep & wool festivals are lovingly washed & hand-picked and processed into roving, then they are hand-spun and hand-dyed by Jan for his avid repeat and new customers. They are delighted to use the color and texture of yarns that are perfect for those very special projects.
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Junction Fiber Mill is a wool processing mill in the heart of White River Junction, Vermont. Our goal is to promote and invigorate our local fibershed by providing top-quality custom processing, local fiber products and educational opportunities to inspire the community about sheep and wool. It is our honor to turn your flock’s fleece into the very best product possible.
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Lady Dye Yarns (LDY) is a Black woman-owned business founded by Diane Ivey. Based in Boston, MA, since 2011,
Lady Dye Yarns makes one-of-a-kind hand-dyed yarns and accessories. Lady Dye Yarns is known for their club and kit collaborations with other BIPOC businesses in the crafting industry.
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We feature naturally dyed rambouillet and alpaca/rambouillet blend yarns as well as other regional wool sourced from small farms. We use only natural dyes to color our yarns and choose plants and insects that create lasting color. In season we also grow many dye plants. The farm is located in Buxton, Maine.
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SITZENS treats for the family pets. Nutrient-dense farm foods for healthy pets.
Clarke Laszlo will have Navajo-churro pelts in addition to the farm's Sitzen Pet Treats. Going out of town?
Our Farm Stays for dogs offer a free-range boarding and daycare experience.with access to barns, pastures, fields and forests.
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Fine art made with ethically sourced wool.
Two dimensional needle felting is an incredibly unique medium that lends itself well to creating detailed fiber art by stabbing wool thousands and thousands of times into linen until you create a beautiful image.
Emma Peacock specializes in animal portraiture and micro landscapes.
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If you would like to spend more time crafting and less time cooking, the farm has many frozen prepared foods: sweet & smokey pulled pork, chicken pot pie,
turkey pot pie, beef & stout pot pie, chili, beef stew, Shepherd's pie, hand pies, meatballs, and soups.
The farm offers many cuts of meat, as well as eggs. Check out the Value Bundles on their website.
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Cardinale Montano from Lineflax & Roving in West Stockbridge makes open, zipped, and crossbody totes from Greenguard Certified vinyl, 100% USA soured materials, hand sewn in her studio one at a time.
Reviews that have come to us from past Farm Fiber Day purchasers agree a that they make great project bags for durability and style. Zippered purses are available in a variety of colors as well.
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"We will bring raw Gotland fleeces, high-quality and well-skirted, breed-specific roving (natural and hand-dyed) from our Gotland, Border Leicester, Merino, Llama and Alpaca. Handspun and mill-spun yarn, locks and Farm cards." - Katie O'Donnell
and assisted by her mother Karen O'Donnell from the farm in Marshfield.
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Luluna Kombucha is micro-brewed with fresh organic ingredients and the fruit and herbs are always local when in season.
Flavors: Blue Ginger, Elderflower Grapefruit, Strawberry Fields, Hibiscus Lemonade and Solar Eclipse.
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Raw Fleeces, Washed Locks, Roving, Yarns, Rug-bumps, and Socks!
Leicester Longwools are renowned for their luster and it stays with the fiber through washing, combing, spinning, and dying. The glow from these yarns, even the dyed ones, resembles mohair. It's spectacular. The yarns are soft and wonderful to work with.
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"Here at Keldaby we raise the beautiful, gentle and shyly friendly angora goats that provide Moonshine Design with the cloudsoft and highly lustrous mohair used in our fine selection of hand dyed, hand woven goods."
"Wrap yourself in a throw, toss a scarf or shawl around your shoulders or luxuriate
in our fabulous ruanas. Step back to a more romantic era in a Western Isles hood. Discover the magic of mohair socks dyed
in every color of the rainbow." - Cynthia Herbert
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As temperatures drop, the insulative properties of alpaca are apprieciated.
"Alpaca is a semi-hollow fiber, giving it great insulating abilities. If you hold some of the raw fiber in your palms, you will quickly feel the warmth generated between your body heat and the fiber." - Laura Busky
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The Plied Yarns line was conceived by Ann Weaver and Karida Collins of Neighborhood Fiber Co "Our yarns are woolen-spun at Harrisville and hand-dyed in Baltimore. We use a unique dyeing process that distinguishes our yarn from all other yarns, both commercially dyed and hand dyed". Pick up already assembled kits for the Branches Cowl, Scrap Packs, and the Trail Point Hat.
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Prado de Lana Sheep Farm (translation Wool Meadow) raises Romney, Lincoln Longwool and CVM Romeldale sheep in the
Amanda and Alberto Barcenas have a lovely yarn shop on Main Street (down the alley) in Stockbridge, MA.
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Rag Hill Farm is a family owned and operated fiber art studio located in rural western Massachusetts near the village of Shelburne Falls. All of our items are handmade, including handspun yarn,
dyed locks, art batts, quilted and chicken shaped (and standard shaped) potholders, needle felting kits, wool hats, fabric fridge magnets and quilts.
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"I’ve been an avid knitter since I was 7 and have always been in search of the ultimate button to finish my projects. Out of necessity, I started making clay buttons last year. I’ve expanded my design line to include shawl pins and yarn bowls. Please stop by repertoire design and let’s design your perfect design." - Debi Leibovitz
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SAORI is a studio where people feel safe and comfortable to express their inner creativity regardless their age, sex, abilities and social status. We teach basic weaving skills and encourage students to make unique work that only the person can create at the moment. Many people feel it is so therapeutic right away. In the studio there are kids to elderly and people who have special needs physically and mentally.
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My name is Lakisher Hurst. As an avid crocheter, I see the world through yarn-tinted spectacles. I started Sassy Black Yarns in my kitchen with a simple desire to create a small selection of hand-dyed yarns that would offer people beautiful color alternatives with sassy names & colors.
The definition of sassy is someone or something that is lively, bold and a little feisty. Sassy Black Yarns specializes in bold, fresh colors of hand dyed yarns for knitters and crocheters alike. Through my yarns I aim to give other makers more colorway and base options for them to bring their next project to life.
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Say Cheese is a family owned and operated grilled cheese food trailer that caters to any type of event you can think of!
We are based out of Worcester but travel all over New England making gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches with the cheesiest and most fresh ingredients.
What's more comforting than a delicious grilled cheese sandwich?
Nothing.
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Looking for fine fiber tools? Stephen Willette will join us with his handcrafted fiber art tools: looms, weaving tools (shuttles and shed sticks), shawl pins, lucets, naalbinding needles, darning eggs, spindles, yarn bowls, buttons, seam rippers, hair sticks, crochet hooks and tapestry needles.
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They are family of artisans. Cindy spins, knits, designs, felts, cranks, machine knits and punch hooks. Her daughter Sarah knits, cranks, machine knits and designs. Meaghan, Cindy's second daughter needle felts our very popular catnip mice and beautifully detailed earrings.
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"Taproot Magazine is our ad-free independently published print magazine focused on food, farm, family, and craft. Inside the pages you will find inspiration for people who are deepening their connections to their families, communities, and themselves as they strive to live locally and closer to the Earth. Taproot Market is our curated collection of handcrafted goods for the home, garden, kitchen, and studio made by independent artists and makers. Available online and at our brick-and-mortar shop located in Portland, Maine.
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"We focus on the ingredients from local farms to bring deliciously simple food to farmers markets."
The Hyve's first Winter Market season is already a success, as shoppers are eager to bring home (or eat outside at the market tables) fresh prepared food.
"We will have take away soups, meals, bake goods and frozen ready to bake cinnamon buns."
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Gail Callahan, The Kangaroo Dyer is called The Color Whisperer. She is an author, teacher and hand dyer of yarns and silk. Color and texture have always been important to Gail. Whether it was during her quilting phase, the weaving phase, the felting phase or the dyeing phase; color is her first priority.
In 2012, her Original Color Grid was printed. This tool, based on the science of the color wheel, teaches the user to select perfect color combinations. Gail dyes yarn and fabric as the Kangaroo Dyer.
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Hand selected fleeces from New England and Upstate New York, spun into beautiful yarn at New England spinning mills,
dyed at home using plants, bugs, roots, nuts and sustainable botanical extracts.
Patricia Fortinsky will bring her yarn, original knitting patterns for sweaters, socks, hats, mittens and cowls.
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"Our primary goal is and always will be to exceed our customer’s expectations by utilizing high quality ingredients and offering exceptional service!"
Since 2018, Uncle Joey’s Cannoli has been providing a delicious variety of fresh filled cannoli for farmers’ markets, festivals, town fairs and private functions such as weddings, birthdays, corporate events and much more.
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Fresh pasta and vegetarian, carnivore and gluten-free ravioli are available on the farmers' market menu.
Pick up meat and vegetable lasagna and pasta sauces: Pizza Sauce, Red Gravy, Golden Gravy,
Arugula Pistachio Pesto and "alla Norma".
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Kim Goodling will join us from her hillside farm in Vermont where she is shepherd to a flock of Gotland sheep.
At VT Grand View Farm, Kim uses the curly gray wool from her sheep to provide her customers with lovely yarn and roving as well as unique one of a kind felted accessories and garments. Kim also opens her farm to visitors through farmstay vacations and felting classes. Be sure to visit Kim and see the new line of felted purses and totes she has made especially for EWE!
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CHEESE:
Marinated Fresh Goat Cheese, Marinated Feta, Cranberry Chevre, Plain Chevre,
Steel Wheel (sheep's milk), Cambridge 2 yr (cheddar), Edelweiss (double cream).
MUSTARD:
Garlic, Honey, Vermont Dark Ale, Maple Bourbon. Dill, Tarragon, Horseradish, Dijon. $7.
JAM: Fig, Blueberry Rhubarb, Blueberry Jalapeno.
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"I started spinning in 1983. From there I grew a variety of dye plants and started natural dyeing. I also dye wool with chemical dyes.
I raised Angora Rabbits for some years before getting a flock of Sheep. Got a guard Llama and an Angora Goat.
I taught spinning for 4 years at Hampshire College, then took a 4 year weaving course at Hill Institute where I learned how to Hook Rugs.
I discovered making salves and many herbal products." - Carol Adams
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We began breeding Shetland sheep in
2010 and never turned back.
Our farm is a labor of love between mother and daughter (Carol and Montana Airey).
We strive to produce quality breeding stock with an emphasis on fiber and personality. The farm is situated in picturesque New England on the old pumpkin patch of the historic Wilder Farm in Bolton, MA.
We will bring raw fleeces, roving and handspun.
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Windy Hill Farm is located in Lakeville, MA. Carol and Richard Tripp create hand-dyed, hands-on wool and blended yarn, handwoven items , hand knits and roving for spinning and felting.
Interested in spinning? Carol will have her wheel so you will be able to watch her skills at play.
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Farmer Tammy White, with the help of her children and community, have been cultivating a home with a heart for fiber animals of all species and breeds in Vermont since 2001. The focus on breed specific fiber, by beloved flocks, keeps her busy year round. Tammy teaches Natural Dyeing, Baking, Soap Making and Farming Workshops.
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Made with fresh ginger root, lemon and pineapple base, this refreshing drink can be consumed like a lemonade, mixed with seltzer or with alcohol for delicious unique cocktails. Four flavors of fresh ginger drinks: Ginger Pineapple, Ginger Beet Cranberry Ginger Spinach Celery, and Ginger Orange Carrot.
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SNAP tokens can be purchased in Zone D at the Wild Air Farm location
(#33 on the market map).
We are able to double your available SNAP benefits weekly up to $15. That means
when you will receive $30 in tokens, only $15 will be deducted from your card.
SNAP Vendors participating:
++Butternut Bakehouse
++Flores de Café
++Laszlo Family Farm
++ Valicenti Pasta Farm
++Yamacu
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Our sponsor, Russell's Garden Center welcomes dogs in the store. However, during Market hours, the Wayland Board of Health has asked that we keep all pets from visiting. Thank you for your understanding.
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The Wayland Winter Farmers' Market takes place
weekly on Saturdays from 10:30 AM to 2 PM, January 8 through March 12, 2022. The Sunday Farm Fiber Days take place on January 23 and March 6, with extended hours: 10:30 - 3:30.
397 Boston Post Road
Wayland, MA 01778
508-358-2283
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