Category: Events

Meet the Artisan – Spinning & Inkle Weaving Demos

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I’ll be demonstrating hand spinning and Inkle weaving at the Red Mill Museum Village in Clinton NJ 12 to 4PM April 25th as part of this year’s Hands on History Traditional Crafts Festival.

In just a few minutes watch me turn fleece from a fiber animal into yarn!  Plus learn how wool is not all the same – feel the difference.  Stop by to explore these handcrafts and find out how to learn to do them yourselves.  I’ll also have NJ Blankets and my natural colored & hand dyed roving and yarns for sale and inspiration.

I’ll be next to my good friend Sue Posberg of Windswept Sheep Farm.  She’s bringing some of her super cute lambs. You won’t want to miss it!


There will be demonstrators of all types of hand works – blacksmithing, leather working, candle making, lacemaking, rug hooking, traditional quilting and more.  See you there!

NJ Fibershed Barn Crawl 2025

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2025 Barn Crawl Logo

Join the fun again this year by visiting one or all

participating NJ Fibershed Farms!

The Barn Crawl allows farm-fiber lovers to learn about our local fiber production, while visiting farms, meeting fiber animals, and shopping for locally-sourced products. The NJ Fibershed Barn Crawl is a community-building event with the goal of promoting the awareness of local fiber production and use throughout our state.  June 7 & 8. 10am – 4pm, Rain or Shine, both days.     NO TICKETS NEEDED – FREE EVENT

Dancing Waters Farm will be participating at host farm Windswept Sheep Farm in Pittstown NJ

Dancing Waters Farm Display Please stop by to talk fiber and meet the sheep (they eat animal crackers)!  Our goal is to connect local fiber producers, artisans and those interested in learning about or supporting local fiber based businesses. Updates will be announced via Instagram/ Facebook (@windsweptsheep) as well as here on Dancing Waters Farm’s website (https://www.mohair-fiber.com).

Vendors at host farm Windswept Sheep Farm:

NJ Fibershed Members:

        • Dancing Waters Farm – natural colored and hand dyed mohair and wool roving, tops, yarn, corespun yarn, fiber dye kits, mitt kits
        • Windswept Sheep Farm – Romney & Dorset fleeces, sheepskins, roving, yarns and fiber fertilizer (wool pellets)

Other Local Vendors:

      • G.P.K Woodcrafts & Restorations – Gregg’s locally made cutting and charcuterie boards, wooden vases and bird houses (all made from locally sourced hard woods – maple, ash, walnut)
      • Glass artist – Bonnie’s handcrafted, one-of-a-kind pressed glass sun-catchers.  Graphite molds were hand carved using graphite sourced from local Asbury NJ graphite mill.
      • Honey – Mountain Valley

Dates: June 7 & 8 10am – 4pm both days – Rain or Shine

Address: Windswept Sheep Farm, 173 Whitebridge Road, Pittstown, NJ 08867

Windswept Acres Display

This is a field event, with field parking (uneven ground, possibly muddy), no rest rooms.  Vendors will be inside barns if the weather is bad.

More Info on the Barn Crawl (other participants, etc.): NJ Fibershed website and on Instagram (@nj_fibershed)

#localfibernj #localfiberarts #localfiberfarms #windsweptsheep #dancingwatersfarm

     

North Jersey Fiber Arts Festival 2016

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Had a great time at the North Jersey Fiber Arts Festival in Ridgewood this week. I met so many interesting and kind people (vendors and attendees!).  Here’s a pic of my setup thanks to Wendy “Clay” who does gorgeous clay buttons and yarn bowls!

 

Dancing Waters Farm Booth at NJFAF 2016 Ridgewood NJ

Dancing Waters Farm at NJFAF 2016 Ridgewood, NJ

I got to show quite a few youngsters (and their parents) how to make yarn starting from a sheep/ goat haircut.   Lots of felters and a few hand spinners attended.  Weather was gloomy outside but we were pretty lively inside the building!