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Norfolk County Beekeepers Association
Location: 400 Main Street, Walpole, MA
Description: The Norfolk County Beekeepers Association is dedicated to apiculture and education of the art & science of beekeeping among beekeepers, agriculture and the general public.
Contact: http://norfolkbees.org,
Category: beekeeping
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Harrisville Designs
Location: 4 Mill Alley Harrisville, NH 03450
Description: Harrisville Designs continues to make high quality, natural 100% wool yarns for knitting and weaving along with beautiful carded fleece for felting and spinning. Floor Looms in several sizes and styles are finely hand-crafted in the woodworking shop which also creates their wonderful line of awarding-winning products for children.
Contact: https://harrisville.com/, (603) 827-3996
Category: weaving, fiber arts, crochet/knitting,
Hancock Shaker Village
Location: 34 Lebanon Mountain Rd., Hancock, MA 01237
Description: Go back in time, forward in thought. Living history museum in the Berkshires of Western Massachusetts.
Contact: hancockshakervillage.org, skraft@hancockshakervillage.org, 413-443-0188
Category: fiber arts, spinning, weaving, carpentry,
Marshfield Schools of Weaving
Location: 589 Eaton Cemetery Road Marshfield, Vermont 05658
Description: The Marshfield School of Weaving is the nation's foremost school for textile techniques as used in 18th-century Britain and early America. Our instruction is founded on efficient, practical methods rooted in a tradition that reaches back to medieval England.
Contact: http://www.marshfieldschoolofweaving.com/, Info@MarshfieldSchoolofWeaving.com, 802.426.3733
Category: weaving, spinning, fiber arts,
The Fiber Loft
Location: 9 Mass Ave, Rte. 111, Harvard, MA 01451
Description: The Fiber Loft was started in 1975 by Reba Maisel as a small weaving studio. It has since expanded to become a full-service knitting, spinning, dyeing, felting, and weaving shop. We carry an extensive selection of gorgeous yarns, representing most of the small and large manufacturers. We also carry local handspun and hand-dyed yarns and spinning fibers as well as unique yarns from across the country.
Contact: http://www.thefiberloft.com/, yarn@TheFiberLoft.com, 978-456-8669
Category: weaving, fiber arts, spinning, crochet/knitting,
Sheep & Shawl
Location: 265 Greenfield Rd South Deerfield, MA 01373
Description: The mission of Sheep & Shawl is to create a market for natural fiber yarns, promoting local and regional fiber farmers and fiber artists, and to create a local community of knitters and fiber artists.
Contact: https://sheepandshawl.com/, liz@sheepandshawl.com, 413-397-3680
Category: weaving, spinning, crochet/knitting, fiber arts,
Web's: American's Yarn Store
Location: 75 Service Center Rd Northampton, MA 01060
Description: WEBS - America's Yarn Store is located in the picturesque Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. A second-generation, family-owned business, WEBS has been the destination for knitters, weavers and spinners for over 40 years.
Contact: https://www.yarn.com/, customerservice@yarn.com, 800-367-9327
Category: weaving, spinning, crochet/knitting, fiber arts,
Soule Homestead
Location: 46 Soule Street Middleborough, Massachusetts 02346
Description: The mission of the Soule Homestead Education Center is to support and maintain a community-based nonprofit education center for the benefit of area schools and the general public while preserving and enhancing the historic Soule Homestead. Hands on learning opportunities include environmental programs, organic farming activities, traditional crafts, and cultural events.
Contact: http://www.soulehomestead.com/, educator@soulehomestead.org, 508-947-6744
Category: ecology, organic farming, gardening skills, fiber arts, spinning, weaving, quilting, food preservation, carpentry, basketry, sustainable agriculture
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