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REGISTER HERE An Interactive Celebration and Demonstration of All Things Fiber! While our sheep are being shorn, Hill-Stead Museum will welcome fiber artists and vendors demonstrating skirting, carding, spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting, felting, and more. There will be free hayrides to and from the barns, food vendors, and craft activities. Learn what it takes to create something “from sheep to shawl.” Tickets $20 per carload $10 Adult $5 Children 12 & Under Tickets are available at the gate. Cash preferred. …

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April 6, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

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35 Mountain Rd
Farmington, CT United States

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An Interactive Celebration and Demonstration of All Things Fiber!
While our sheep are being shorn, Hill-Stead Museum will welcome fiber artists and vendors demonstrating skirting, carding, spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting, felting, and more. There will be free hayrides to and from the barns, food vendors, and craft activities. Learn what it takes to create something “from sheep to shawl.”
Tickets
$20 per carload
$10 Adult
$5 Children 12 & Under
Tickets are available at the gate. Cash preferred. 
Photo Credit: Deb Key
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Vendors
Baah Boots
Baskets By Mardi
Englishman Bay Handmade
Fleece Beasts
Hartford Artisans Weaving Center
Hurricane Hill Farm
I Know A Guy Foods
Jan Raczkowski
Madame Gateaux
New England Lace Group
New England Woodworkz
Nola Fiber Creations
Nutmeg Spinners Guild
Planted Pigments
Rogue Coffee
Sassy Black Yarns
Sheep Shed
Six Paca Farm
The Healing Herb Garden

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