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Judy's Colors
Judy Tollefson
173 Mosher Hill Road
Farmington, ME 04938
judyscolors@nciwireless.net
www.judyscolors.com
Printed patterns
(Christmas stockings & mittens)
Demo: Several examples of "in
process" knitting techniques: "knitted braid", "small knitted braid",
"attached I-cord", all are techniques used in the stockings and mittens.
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Fern House Studio, LLC
Christina Heiniger
15 Wood Run
Lamoine, ME 04605
fernhousestudio@roadrunner.com
www.fernhousestudio.com
New & vintage beads and buttons
for use in fiber projects.
Wool felt change purses, paper clay & fabric puppets and felted
wool ornaments
all created by Christina.
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Purplebean Bindery
Anna Low
520 Brighton Ave
Portland, ME 04102
purplebean@me.com
www.purplebeanbindery.com
Handmade
journals, sketchbooks and other books for garden planning, grocery
lists, well wishes, shared recipes, travel plans, family stories…well,
you get the idea!
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Purple
Fleece
Deb
Bergman
103
School Street
Stockton
Springs,
ME
04981
info@purplefleece.com
www.purplefleece.com
Products, equipment
and
supplies for
weavers,
spinners, knitters, felters and dyers. Hand painted rovings and
yarns.
Demo: Spinning on wheels and drop
spindles.
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 Pinestar
Studio Linda
Whiting
394 Hio Ridge Road
Denmark, ME 04022
linda@pinestarstudio.com
www.pinestarstudio.com
Hand dyed yarns and roving, patterns, spinning and weaving tools,
cards, finished goods, dyes, and kits.
Demo: Kumihimo, tapestry weaving,
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Log Cabin Lamb & Wool
2010,
2009,
2008
Betty
Hauger
443
Stream Road
Winterport,
ME
logcabinqueen@aol.com
Registered
romney/natural sheep/ navajo churro - fleece, roveing, handspun yarn,
lamb, breeding stock.
Demo: Hand
spinning and discussions on raising sheep for fiber.
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 Nantucket
Bagg Company
Jo Eaton
209 Mosher Rd
Gorham, ME 04038
nantucketbagg@gmail.com
www.nantucketbagg.com
Produces a variety
of utility totes that feature the Nantucket Bagg opening system
allowing the baggs to be reversed, used as a backpack or wall rack and
feature multiple pockets: up to 36 geared to needle arts.
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  Highland Handmades
Heather Kinne
PO Box 9
Brownville Jct., ME 04415
heather@highlandhandmades.com
Highlandhandmades
Combed top-BFL, superwash BFL, corriedale, falkland, wensleydale, silk
and more! Roving- locally produced alpaca, wool &
angora. Hand painted yarn- lace, fingerling, worsted and bulky
weights. Handspun yarn-a variety of weights, fibers and
colors. Spindles- top whorl spindles made from Maine Woods
Demo: Learn
drop spindling and combing fiber (handcombs) at the booth!
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Downeast
Fiber
Farm
Hatie Clingerman
PO
Box 385
Hancock,
ME
04640
hatiespinss@earthlink.net
www.downeastfiberfarm.com
Finished
knitted
and
felted
products
will
be
offered
such
as
 hats,
gloves,
wraps,
pocketbooks.
Also
offering
goats
milk soaps, roving/ batts, handspun yarns, fiber and
sheep/
goats.
Demo: Spinning fiber with one on one
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 A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm
Marty Elkin &
Mary Ann
Haxton
106 Black Mtn. Rd.
Sumner,
ME
04292
info@awrinkleinthymefarm.com
www.awrinkleinthymefarm.com
Yarn-
Mohair, Angora/ Finn Blend. 100% wool from their own animals (90%
plus). Roving- Knitted items,
Needlefelting Kits, Fiber Art and Patterns for Needlefelting with Hand
Dyed Roving..
Demo: Needlefelting- including but not limited
to landscapes and Crockpot dying verigated roving.
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 Enchanted Knoll
Josette McWilliams
11 Johnson Flat Rd.
Burnham, ME 04922
jam@enchantedknoll.com
Products: hand-dyed
fibers and yarns, felting kits and felted wearables, spinning and
knitting equipment and accessories.
Demonstration:
Spinning and dizzing of spinning fibers throughout the day.
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 Cloud Hollow Farm
Bob Weintraub
PO Box S
559 Friendship Rd
Waldoboro, ME 04572
cloudhollowfarm@gmail.com
www.openherd.com/farms/2402/cloud-hollow-farm
Products: Skirted
alpaca fleeces, alpaca roving and alpaca yarn (and maybe items made
from our yarn, too). The roving and yarn was made at Newaim Fiber Mill,
making our products 100% Made in Maine.
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Hickory Ridge Farm
 Drucilla Beal
252 George Wright Road
Woolwich, ME 04579
drucilladay@yahoo.com
Products:
Handspun Yarn (natural fibers), Wool Roving, Wool & Alpaca Batts,
Angora Wool, Washed Wenslydale & Cotswold (longwool) Locks, Sheep
& Alpaca Fleeces, Handmade Stitch Markers, Hand Knit Shawls
(natural fibers).
Demonstration:
flicking and spinning longwool washed locks and angora wool. Roving is
available for basic spinning when requested.
Animals: Cotswold
& Wenslydale lambs will be on display and maybe some baby bunnies,
Mother Nature willing.
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Northern Solstice Alpaca Farm
Robin Fowler
141 Crosby Brook Rd.
Unity, ME 04988
northernsolstice@uninets.net
www.northernsolsticealpaca.com
Products: Grown on their own Unity Maine Alpaca Farm from their
award winning fiber. Selling beautiful roving, yarn, raw fiber, hand
knitted hats, mittens and scarves, alpaca socks, rugs, and much more!
Demonstration:
Alpaca 101 powerpoint presentation running throughout the day that will
provide you with a solid foundation on the basics of raising alpacas
including shelter, food, pasture, husbandry, costs, and most of all,
the experience!
Animals: Beautiful
alpacas,
spinning
and
knitting
demonstrations.
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Products: Yarn
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Products: Yarn,
notions, and books from their yarn shop, closed at the end of 2010. We
carried only top-quality products, mostly from New England. Everything
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 Darn Good Yarn
Nicole Snow
PO Box 536
Dover Foxcroft, ME 04426
nicole@darngoodyarn.com
Products: Wide range of recycle silk
yarn, recycled silk ribbons, recycled newspaper yarn, banana fiber
yarn, yak fiber yarn and felted notions!
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 Dyemama Woolworks
Jackie Ottino Graf
115 main st North
Searsmont, ME 04973
dyemama@gmail.com
Products: Naturally dyed, hand carded spinning batts, handspun
art yarns, dyed and undyed fibers.
Demonstration: Spinning,
corespinning,
coil
yarns,
art
yarns....
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Products: Individually flameworked glass
beads, buttons, fobs, toggles, shawl closures, pendants, and talisman
bags. Artful embellishments designed with the fiber arts in mind.
Demonstration: Crocheted talisman bags (Tunisian and regular
crochet) .
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 Hope Spinnery
Bill Huntington
725 Camden Rd
Hope, ME 04847
info@hopespinnery.com
www.hopespinnery.com
Products: Yarn,
roving, knitted pieces, knitting patterns, and felted pieces. All
of our pieces are produced from Maine wool and created here in Hope.
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 Weaving A Life
Susan Barrett Merrill
1643 Coastal Rd
Brooksville, ME 04617
susan@weavingalife.com
www.weavingalife.com
Products:
Journey looms, Weaving a Life book, hand woven zati masks, and fiber
earrings
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Products: Dimensional
bobbin
lace
and
woven
jewelry
made
using
gold
and
silver
wire.
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Products: Felted wool art, toys, and other items of
whimsey.
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 Stephen Willette, Cabinetmaker
Stephen
& Linda Willette
30 Hammond Road
Milford, NH 03055
contact@stephenwillette.com
Products: Hand-turned knitting needles,
crotchet hooks, nostepinnes, yarn bowls, Tunisian hooks, button bowls,
wooden buttons, lucets and shawl pins.
Demonstration:
Hand-turned wooden buttons.
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 DAYeWeaver
Debra Eaton
693 Webber Hill Rd
Kennebunk, ME 04043
debraeaton@tnsk.org
 Products: Flax,
flax
stricks,
and
flax
tow,
brown fleece. I will also have hand woven
and hand knit items available.
Demonstration:
I will be heckeling flax and talking about the process from harvest to
spinning.
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Fiddlehead Artisan Supply
Abigail Gilchrist
159 High Street
Belfast, ME 04915
abigailgilchrist@gmail.com
Products: fabric,
mostly
quilting,
some
silk
and
linen
and
blends
- the prints tend to be
on the modern side. Books and Patterns. Doll making supplies. A few art
supplies. Wool Felt. Some embroidery supplies - probably just Valdani
Perle Cotton. Paper and other supplies for book making and paper
crafts. Sewing notions, including batting.
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Far Point Farm
Donna Pickard
25 Telegraph Rd
Steuben, ME
farpointfarm@local.net
Products:
Handspun yarn, knitted apparel, original design hooked rugs,
locker hook rugs and kits, sheep skins, quilts both machine and
handmade.
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Products: Fine
woodworks, including wood turnings and furniture.
Demonstration: Chair
caning
and
other
seat
weaving. |
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