Snowshoe Farm at Fiber Festivals We hope to see many of you at upcoming fiber festivals: Vermont Sheep & Wool FestivalOct 4-5Tunbridge, VT NYS Sheep & Wool FestivalOct 18-19Rhinebeck, NY Our online shop is closed while we attend festivals and will reopen later this fall.
Festival Schedule Fall 2023 We’re busy getting ready for the two big fall fiber festivals that are coming up soon! Skeining, dyeing and labeling yarn and packing up everything we need to set up our booth. First up is Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival on Sept 30-Oct 1. We will … Read More
Snowshoe Farm is Heading to Rhinebeck! After taking two years off due to COVID, we’re headed back to Rhinebeck this year for the New York State Sheep & Wool Festival. We’ll be in our usual spot in Barn 26, right next to the 4-H gate. Come and see us and … Read More
Rhinebeck here we come! The New York Sheep & Wool Festival is our last really big fiber event of the year and I always look forward to it. Today I’m finishing up by labeling the last few skeins of yarn left on the drying racks. Then it’s packing up totes … Read More
This is a busy time of year for Snowshoe Farm! October is when many people start knitting for the season, especially if they’re making holiday gifts. We have a series events on October weekends which started with the Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival. What a great weekend we had! Next … Read More
It’s difficult to believe that autumn begins in a couple days! The summer has flown by and the weather in recent weeks has been so warm that it has not prompted thoughts of fall. This morning, however, we woke to a temp of 34, a brisk reminder that the season … Read More
Fall is here and that means a very busy time on the farm! During the next month, most weekends bring either a fiber festival or an alpaca show. Weekdays are filled with getting ready for the next weekend’s event. That means dyeing yarn, skirting fleeces, chasing down all the odds … Read More
We’re busy gearing up for a number of craft and fiber events coming up this summer and fall. The first event is the Waterville Valley, NH Artisan Fair on Saturday, July 19. Snowshoe Farm will be there selling alpaca yarn and fiber. If you’ve never been to Waterville Valley, it’s … Read More
Wow – didn’t fall fiber festival season just begin? Well, it’s over for us! In past years, we’ve done more events and had a longer season. But we’ve eliminated festivals that were not convenient or good markets for us and this year scheduled only two. The last one of the … Read More
This coming weekend (September 28 & 29) will bring the 25th Annual Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival. This is the kickoff to our very busy fall season of fiber festivals and alpaca shows. The Vermont festival is, of course, one of our favorites. There’s something for everyone from luscious farm-raised … Read More