Fiber farmers and artisans from around the area will have lovely local products on offer including handspun and mill spun yarn, whole fleeces, spinning fibers/roving, hand dyed yarn and fiber, knitted and felted items, woven items, clothing and other finished items. With the 2022 spring shearing, everyone has fresh fiber and products available! We will also have some very special guests including alpaca, baby angora goats, sheep, fiber demonstrations, musical guests and more!
Come meet your local fiber farmers and learn where local fiber comes from and how to work with it. Join the movement to rebuild this valuable, local, renewable resource. Many of the participating vendors also participated in the wildly successful LocalFiber Holiday Pop-Up Shop that operated in Nov/Dec 2021 on Seneca Street in Ithaca.
LocalFiber was created for the purpose of bringing together the diverse community of small-flock fiber producers and fiber artists of the Finger Lakes Region with the specific goals of strengthening the community, sharing knowledge, and educating the public about locally sourced fiber. LocalFiber hosts sales, marketing and networking opportunities, and connects fiber farmers and producers in the Finger Lakes and Central New York State area to each other and to new markets. Collaboratively, we are working to rebuild a vibrant, ethical, sustainable regional fiber and textile economy.
Discovery Day Vendors/Fiber Farms:
Mayapple Farm, LLC
Laughing Goat Fiber Farm LLC
Crooked Creek Sheep and Wool
Shepherds Creek Alpacas
Hawk Hill Farm
Twilight Alpacas, LLC
Big Rock Farm/Fetching Fibers
Fox And Hound Merino Sheep
Forget Me Not Farm
Oswego FiberWorks
Golden Grove Farm
Otter Lake Farm & Fiber
Ace Acre Alpacas
Spinners Hill
West Creek Family Farm
Rebel Acres Farm
Demos:
Angelika St.Laurent, spinning
Marcia Weinart of Undeniably Loopy, spinning, fiber processing
Jim & Betty Baldwin, info on wool classing and sheering
Live music:
Pelotones Duo with Alex and Wayne
Isaac Sharp
Lily & Matt
Crown City Brass
Zingology
This program was made possible in part by a grant from the Tompkins County Tourism Program and in collaboration with Downtown Ithaca Alliance and support from the LocalFiber membership. Thank you!
Event Contact: Lisa Ferguson - email (lisa@laughinggoatfiber.com), 607-351-7361
