National Alpaca Farm Days
September 28 & 29, 2019
4071 Norman Ct, Vacaville, CA 95688
Contact: Deb Galway, [email protected], 707-290-7915
Cost: FREE
Come visit the alpacas!
Pet them and take pictures.
Watch spinning demonstrations.
Shop the farm store for alpaca fleece, roving, yarn, products and novelties.
Bring your lawn chair or blanket, picnic basket & camera.
This is a working ranch.
Wear closed toe shoes and appropriate outdoor attire.
Parking is available on site and free.
No strollers please!
Please no pets.
Unfortunately, no restrooms are available.
If you plan to bring a large group, please call ahead so we can plan for you. 707.290.7915.
Saturday 10 to 3, Sunday 10 to 3
Lambtown USA
October 5 & 6, 2019
Dixon May Fair Grounds, 655 S 1st Street, Dixon, CA 95620
Contact: Deb Galway, [email protected], 707-290-7915
Cost: $5.00
We'll have a booth in our usual space at the 33rd Annual Lambtown Festival, 9-5 Saturday 10/5/19 & 9-4 Sunday 10/6/19.
This year we've added more hand knitted apparel and some fun alpaca themed accessories and novelties. We'll have the amazing Creekwater Alpaca Socks, and Alpaca Hats, Gloves, Scarves and Throw Blankets; Felted Alpaca Ornaments, Alpaca Print Tote Bags, Alpaca Jewelry, and Alpaca Embossed Goats Milk Soaps; Alpaca Dryer Balls, Fiber Twig Balls, Alpaca Cookie Cutters, and Activity Books. And as always we'll be freshly stocked with Alpaca Yarn, Roving and Fleece in an amazing array of colors..
The event features craft & fiber booths, fiber competitions, seminars, workshops, the sheep show and sheep shearing competition, great food & entertainment, all focused on fiber and fiber producing animals.
Parking is FREE this year.
www.lambtown.org
Fibershed Wool Symposium
November 16, 2019
Dance Palace, 503 B Street, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956
www.fibershed.com
Contact: Deb Galway, [email protected], 707-290-7915
Cost: $40 for Seminars, Free shopping
We will have a booth at this educational event (in the church) with raw fleece, roving and yarn in a variety of natural colors.There will also be some new alpaca items including hand knitted garments, needle felting kits, and alpaca print tote bags.
Please join us for our sixth annual Fibershed Wool & Fine Fiber Symposium at the Dance Palace in Point Reyes Station. In addition to hands-on activities and demonstrations, there will be informative presentations on collaborations between fiber farmers and designers, as well as on carbon farming, soil carbon sampling and drought tolerant breeds. The fee to attend the Symposium is $40, or $20 for seniors and full time students.
The event will be streaming live on the internet at this link (starting at approximately 10:00 am PST): http://iframe.dacast.com/b/53987/c/78928, or on the screen below. Online videos of the event will be available soon after.
The Fibershed Marketplace (open to the public at no charge from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm) will offer an array of beautiful local fibers and handmade goods, on sale in the church building at the Dance Palace, as well as on the lawn (weather permitting).