Avalon Farm
Karen Stormo
17640 510th St. Clearbrook, MN 56634-4057 218-776-2223 sheepfarm@gvtel.com Raw fleece, roving, yarn, fiber art, felt, books, jewelry |
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Bear Den Handwovens*
Bear Den Handwovens
Carrie Jessen musket@paulbunyan.net 3360 Centerline Rd NW Solway, MN 56678 218-556-4598 musket@paulbunyan.net Handwoven wool blankets and home linens. |
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BEKAZ Felt Works*
Dresow Family Farm
Stacy Dresow and Family
DresowFamilyFarm@lonstel.com Dresow Family Farm sells Cormo & Cormo Cross bred (Corriedale/CVM/Merino) yarn of various weights, roving & finished goods. The majority of the items are in natural fleeces colors (white, brown) or plant/food dyed from plants and flowers from the Dresow Family Farm or grown in MN or WI. Cormo is a fine fiber for use next to the skin and the sheep are proudly raised by the Dresow Family. They also gather the dye material and dye the products. Local MN fiber mills are used and the Farm supports the local economy. You will be supporting Minnesota farms with your purchases. |
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Engebretson Elk Farm
Dennis Engebretson
19235 490th St. Clearbrook, MN 56634 218-776-3920 Wool, elk products |
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Green Tara Farm and Fiber*
Tara Smith
Tara is an authorized dealer for SpinOlution wheels and has been working with her farm-raised fiber to make finished goods. She also offers local spinning lessons using her demo SpinOlution wheels. She was a shepherd from 2012 until 2019 and will be mentoring new shepherds to help them work on breaking into the fibershed movement by helping them connect with available community services.
Tara is an authorized dealer for SpinOlution wheels and has been working with her farm-raised fiber to make finished goods. She also offers local spinning lessons using her demo SpinOlution wheels. She was a shepherd from 2012 until 2019 and will be mentoring new shepherds to help them work on breaking into the fibershed movement by helping them connect with available community services.
Hollyhock Alpaca Creations*
Hollyhock Alpaca Creations
Teresa Kukowski 2977 Pokegama Lake Rd Grasston, MN 55030 teresakukowski@gmail.com 763-688-3480 Alpaca fiber, roving, yarn, socks, hats, mittens and shawls. |
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HoneyGold Acres
Caroline Waskow
Minnesota grown and processed wool and angora yarns. Hand dyed US grown roving.
Minnesota grown and processed wool and angora yarns. Hand dyed US grown roving.
Quirky Fiber Werks*
Tamara Radke
Quirky Fiber Werks facebook.com/quirkyfiberwerks Hand-dyed yarn and fiber with a focus on luxury blends (including yak/silk and silk hankies), handspun novelty yarn, drop spindles and a variety of handmade felt art. *Her daughter Sequoia will be demonstrating drop spindle spinning during the festival. |
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Reedbird Farm*
Alethea Kenney
reedbird.com allie@reedbird.com 218-657-2502 "An Ounce of Prevention: Raising and Feeding Animals Naturally" author Alethea Kenney will have signed books available for sale! Yarns, handwoven, nalbound and knit items from Reedbird Farm Icelandic, Black Welsh Mountain and crossbred sheep. Alethea also offers classes on fiber, sheep and natural health. |
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Society of Creative Anachronism (SCA): Shire of Orlova Dolina
The Shire of Orlova Dolina is a Society for Creative Anachronism based near Bemidji which is dedicated to research and recreating the Middle Ages in the present.
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Ye Olde Bagge Laydees*
Kathy Belt, Charlotte Bowersock
akbelt@paulbunyan.net
218-732-0978
Tooth Fairy Bags and other small knitted items will be available from Ye Olde Bagge Laydees. 100% of the products are created by Charlotte Bowersock or Kathy Belt, most out of locally raised wool.
For those who participate in the monk's cord free demonstration, $1 will allow you to take a 12 inch cord home
akbelt@paulbunyan.net
218-732-0978
Tooth Fairy Bags and other small knitted items will be available from Ye Olde Bagge Laydees. 100% of the products are created by Charlotte Bowersock or Kathy Belt, most out of locally raised wool.
For those who participate in the monk's cord free demonstration, $1 will allow you to take a 12 inch cord home