Stop #3: Mirage Alpacas
Open Sat, Sun & Mon

Bill & Audrey Rhodes (owners)
Mirage Alpacas
232 Lempster Mtn. Road
Washington, NH 03280
Phone: 603-495-3435
miragealpacas@gsinet.net | www.miragealpacas.com

Mother Nature's Precious Fibers: Registered Huacaya & rare Suri alpacas; natural colored & white fine-fleeced sheep; miniature Sicilian donkeys; Australian Shepherds and barnyard pets. Spinning wheels and looms; top, roving & batts; farm's assorted yarns, pelts, fleeces, garments & accessories, jewelry: quilt covers and batts; needle felting supplies and kits; dyes. USDA "Certified Quality" freezer lamb and sausage. Breeding stock, stud service, birthing services; full management/sales/service available on livestock. Gift shop, fiber room, and free farm tours available Saturdays 10am-5pm. Please call for livestock appointments.

Sue & Tom Connary
Hodge Podge Yarns and Fibers
59 Belknap Avenue
Newport, NH 03773
Phone: 603-863-1470
hdgpdg_2000@yahoo.com

Spinning supplies and fibers, raw fleece, processed rovings. Wheels by Louet, Majacraft, Ashford, and Windsome Timbers. A full line of knitting supplies. Homespun, handknit wearables.

Carolyn & Stan Terhune
Kitefield Farm
173 Page Hill
PO Box 654
Newport, NH 03244
Phone: 603-863-2466 | Fax: 603-863-0852
kitefield1@aol.com

Purebred Romneys. White and natural colored breeding stock, fleeces, washable lambskins, natural and dyed roving and yarns.

Cindy Yeager
Ewe & I Farm
RR 1 Box 83-13 Mill Rd
Sutton Mills, NH 03221
Phone: 603-927-4518
eweifarm@msn.com | Farm news at: eweifarm.blogspot.com

Wool fleeces, roving, batts, yarn-both mill spun from our animals and handspun. Hand knit wearables for humans and dogs.

Julie Patterson
Kelly Corner Farm
3 Pleasant St
Chichester, NH 03258
Phone: 603-435-6419
romney@comcast.net | www.kellycornerfarm.com

Heritage breed--Leicester Longwool, white and natural colored; Coopworth and Romney. Angora goats in a variety of colors. Offering handspun, hand dyed yarn, roving, fleeces, pelts and meat. Visit our website for more information.

Charlene & Ken Schultz
HONEYBUNS "Bunnies & Honey"
146 Cove Rd
Washington, NH 03280
Phone: 603-495-0322 or 860-844-8853
charbees@cox.net

German and GermanX Angora rabbits, handspun angora yarn, natural and dyed angora fiber, angora blended rovings, handcrafted angora fiber art, hand-painted silk roving. And succulent honey.

Judy Helie
Bit O'Heaven Fiber Farm
205 Gould Pond Rd
Hillsboro, NH 03244
Phone: 603-464-4392
nhspinner@comcast.net, nhspinner@yahoo.com, nhspinner@msn.com
www.bitoheavenfiberfarm.blogspot.com

Alpaca, angora, mohair, wool (Romney, Shetland, Jacob and crossbred); raw fleeces and rovings, natural and dyed, and many hand spun yarn blends. Knitted items. All fiber from our farm.

Jennifer & Chris Connolly
FiberDreams Processing Mill located at
Connolly Brothers Dairy Farm
Webster Highway
Temple, NH 03084
Phone: 603-396-9136

We offer the fibers of our miniature sheep, Angora rabbits and Cormo sheep as roving, batts, felt, yarn and handknit goods. Custom processing of your fibers is available at our small carding mill.

Dilys Morris
760 Perkins Rd
Alexandria, NH 03222
Phone: 603-744-3047
dilys_morris@yahoo.com

Ancient spindle whorls from S.America, Africa and Southeast Asia each fitted with a new hand-whittled spindle so it will spin as it did centuries ago. Also, beautiful 50/50 Mohair/Icelandic roving, Icelandic fleeces and hand-crafted Turkish spindles.

Susan N. Weaver
Elemental Designs
115 Log Cabin Rd
Nelson, NH 03457
Phone: 603-847-9763
elementaldesigns@cheshire.net

Yarn, fleece and roving from local sheep (Romney and RomneyX). Handspun exotic yarns; angora, silk, wool and mohair. Handwoven scarves and blankets. Handknit accessories, Gaywool dyes, and more!

Demonstrations:

Spinning & Weaving throughout the 3-day weekend on a wide variety of spindles, wheels and looms.

Free "Introduction to Spinning" lessons available!

Ongoing Farm Tours with guides to answer your questions.

MONDAY ONLY, Columbus Day, 1pm: Darn or Felt that sock but, "Don't Toss That Sock!" Gwen Gaskell will repair a natural fiber sock by "darning" in the traditional way. Audrey Rhoades will repair a similar sock by "needle-felting."

Also on MONDAY: Mirage's sheep flock will be shorn, weather permitting. Select your fleece hot-off-the-sheep!

Washington Historical Society Sidewalk Cafe: Serving Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner featuring Mirage's own USDA lamb shish-ka-bob, stew & burgers, grilled Italian sausage. Society members' home baked goodies, assorted beverages & treats!