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  • Two of Whitefield's Fiber Farm Stores!

    by Helen Sahadi
    Last week, with a need to "get out" after over a year of staying close to home, we once again ventured to Whitefield. (We were there in December o...

  • A Rare Sheep Breed - Wensleydales!

    by Helen Sahadi
    You never know what treasures are hidden down a dirt road in rural Waldo County, Maine. We discovered a gem when we visited Nan Dube Fickett at Int...

  • Indigo Blue is an Antidote at Sheepscot Harbor Yarns

    by Helen Sahadi
    Color her blue… and it colors her happy!  In these dire pandemic days, we hear so much about the facts - the black and the white - and then grey a...

  • Southdown Babydoll Sheep

    by Helen Sahadi
      It is said that the woolly face of a Babydoll Sheep will always make you smile. This statement proved to be true when we visited a flock of South...

  • September is (fiber) Fair Month in Maine!

    by Helen Sahadi
    This year, we attended the 2nd Annual Machias Fiber Festival. Machias is a small town located in Washington County.  If you drive another hour goi...

  • Something New at Bartlettyarns

    by Helen Sahadi
    We love any reason to go to Bartlettyarns in Harmony. There is just something magical about the place: it is like going back in time. This time how...

  • Lana Plantae Yarns

    by Helen Sahadi
    On a very hot and humid, sunny day in July, we found Marcia MacDonald doing what she loves - naturally dyeing yarn. Marcia lives in Buxton, in a ...

  • Color Recessive Romneys at Black Sheep Farm

    by Helen Sahadi
    Adventure was the theme of the day as we headed to visit Sarah Vining of Black Sheep Farm in Dresden. Laurel of Shepherds Craft Farm On our way th...

  • Animals are Loved at Winterbrook Farm and Fiber Mill!

    by Helen Sahadi
    We visited Winterbrook Farm and Fiber Mill in September, where we met Sally Harney.  Sally, her husband, sons (and their families), own many acres ...
    Posted in Winterbrook Farm

  • Coopworth Sheep at Spring Fed Farm

    by Helen Sahadi
      On a busy homestead in Northport, Maine, you will find a small flock of sheep (primarily Coopworth) among the other animals on Spring Fed Farm. T...

  • A Visit to Soft Rain Farm

    by Helen Sahadi
    Approximately 8 miles northwest of Freeport, outside the commotion of shoppers and traffic, is a small sheep farm in Durham.  Soft Rain Farm has a...

  • Fernwood Fiber Studio

    by Helen Sahadi
    If you are traveling to Belfast from Augusta you may notice a sign for Fernwood Nursery. It  is a 1/4 of a mile down a dirt road in Montville off R...