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Bill & Audrey Rhoades (owners)
Mirage Alpacas
232 Lempster Mtn. Road
Washington, NH 03280
Phone: 603-495-3435
miragealpacas@gsinet.net | www.miragealpacas.com
Registered Huacaya & rare Suri alpacas; Columbia & Merino fine-fleeced sheep; miniature Sicilian donkeys; ASCA Australian Shepherds,
poultry & barnyard pets. Ashford spinning wheels, looms, & accessories. Top, roving, yarn, alpaca/wool blend quilt batts, washable sheepskins.
USDA “Certified Quality” freezer lamb & sausage. Gift shop open Saturdays 10am-4pm with free farm tour & free “learn to spin” lessons in our
sky-lit fiber room. 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 | www.hdgpdg.wordpress.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 Terhune
Kitefield Farm
173 Page Hill
PO Box 654
Newport, NH 03244
Phone: 603-863-2466
kitefield1@aol.com
Lambskins, fleeces, roving, natural and colored yarns from Kitefield Farm’s lustrous Romneys.
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.
Select USDA flash-frozen meat cuts available at the tour.
Bonny Collard
Painted Shadow Farm
PO Box 65
207 Marlow Hill Rd
Marlow NH 03456
Phone: 603-446-3944
bonny.collard@yahoo.com | www.paintedshadowfarm.blogspot.com
Natural colored and white mohair fleeces, roving & yarn, Merino/mohair roving blends. Hand dyed & natural colored mohair locks, dyed fleece & yarn. Weaving kits.
Lisa Letendre & Elizabeth Newton
Boulder Meadow Fiber Mill
254 Rhododendron Road
Fitzwillian, NH 03447
Phone: 603-585-3461
lisaletendre@yahoo.com | www.bouldermeadowfarm.com
Producing top quality batts and roving from lightly, carefully, scoured fleeces. Deliver your raw fleece to us on the Tour for custom processing or purchase one from a variety of ours.
Demonstrations:
Daily:
9-11am & 1-3pm: “Learn to Spin for Free” with Shari Mead
11:30am-12:30pm: “Rainbow Dyeing” with Bonny Collard
12-1pm: “What to do with Your Fleece” with Lisa Letendre, preparing a raw fleece for finished product
1pm: “Don’t Toss that Sock!” Bring it to the Tour and Audrey Rhoades will teach you to needle felt it
2pm: “Getting Started with Sheep, Angora Goats & Alpacas” round-table discussion with Bill & Audrey Rhoades and Julie Patterson.
Ongoing: Farm Tours with guides to answer your questions.
Washington Historical Society Sidewalk Cafe:
Serving Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner featuring Mirage’s own USDA lamb shish-ka-bob, stew, lamburgers &
grilled Italian sausage. Society members’ home baked goodies, assorted
beverages & treats!
2ND ANNUAL NH FOOD BANK ALPACA RAFFLE!
Purchase a raffle ticket for any amount of money to benefit the NH Food Bank. Winning ticket will be drawn in December by the NH Food Bank and a pair of “Alpaca Fiber Pets” will be donated by Mirage Alpacas to a qualified person/home. Even if you might not want an alpaca, be a winner and make a donation!
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