CNY Fiber Artists & Producers assembled a Resource Guide in 2014 to assist festival visitors and others who were seeking information about sources of fiber, fiber animals, fiber equipment, mills, fiber processing, finished products and other services related to fiber animals and fiber arts.
Although a few of the listings may be dated, we are happy to make it available for download here.
We are also happy to provide below a list of the 2019 festival sponsors and members of CNY Fiber Artists & Producers, organized in categories for the products, animals, and services they offer. You can search for categories or for specific products or services.
FIND: Yarn / Raw Fiber Products / Finished Fiber Products / Other Textile Products / Fiber Arts Tools, Kits, Accessories / Fiber Arts Equipment / Fiber Mills / Fiber Guilds / Other Crafts / Printed Material, Photographs, Paintings / Other Farm Products
ALPHABETICAL LISTING
(Mary Eidt) ...Liverpool NY 13090
(Mary Oliver) ...A+ Alpaca Fiber Mill
(Chris Gilman ) ...Jordan NY 13080 SiteAcorn Works Fiber Processing
Products: 100% alpaca yarn and roving and batts; core yarn and products made from our own alpaca herd
Animals: Huacaya alpacas
(Diane Seely ) ...Churchville NY 14428Carapace Farm Puppetry
Services: Fiber Processing to batts and/or roving
Products: Ready-to-spin fiber; gift items; used equipment (inventory varies)
(Susannah White ) ...Nassau NY 12123 SiteCladdagh Farm
Services: Classes in natural dyeing - including indigo; feltmaking; wool working. Workshops in family puppetry; Woolworking as a Heritage Craft; puppet building; weaving and feltmaking
Products: Plant dyed handmade felt puppets; toys; and performing objects. Puppet performance with our 3-generation troupe Dancing Hands
Animals: Romney crosses
(Sarah Lamanna ) ...LaFayette NY 13084 SiteEklund Systems for Business
Animals: Huacaya Alpacas
(Jim Eklund) ... SiteFarm-Family Insurance
(Jim Buddenhagen) ...Fayetteville NY 13066 SiteGentle Breeze Alpacas
Services: Agri-business insurance; life insurance; personal insurance; business insurance
(Martha Cady) ...Burlington Flats NY 13315 SiteGolden Fleece Spinners
Services: Farm tours by appointment
Products: Alpaca yarn; roving; hats; scarves; socks; mittens; rugs
Animals: Alpacas
(Golden Fleece Spinners) ...Syracuse NY 13224 SiteHannacroix Hampshires & Lincolns
Services: Spinning guild
(Diane Biederman-Brynda ) ...Esperance NY 12066Hazel Maes
Products: Fleeces; roving; batting; yarn from our animals. Handknit and crocheted wool hats; mittens; scarves; wraps. Handmade sheep and alpaca ornaments; Washed natural and hand-dyed lincoln locks for dolls hair and Santas and other crafts. Variety of felted items.
Animals: Hampshire sheep; natural colored Lincoln Longwool sheep; alpacas; Great Pyrenees dogs
(Darlene Virgil) ...Bouckville NY 13310Hermit Pond Farm
Services: Rug Hooking classes; needle punch classes; monthly gatherings
Products: wool; rug hooking patterns; kits; needle punch patterns; valdani thread; Moire Rustic wool thread; frames for rug hooking; needle punch accessories; goats milk soap
Animals: Nigerian Dwarf Goats
(Pam Haendle) ...West Edmeston NY 13485 SiteLiberty Ridge Farm & Gardens
Products: Cashmere pelts
Animals: Cashmere goats
(Sunny Bixby) ...Verona NY 13478 SiteLimestone Creek Alpacas
Services: Custom carding; Workshops in spinning
Products: Spinning fibers; spinning and weaving and knitting equipment; gifts
Animals: Romney sheep; Border Collies
(Leslie Oliver) ...Cazenovia NY 13035 SiteLlady Llama Fiber
Services: Seed stock breeding animals; fiber and companion animals; boarding
Products: Alpaca blankets; roving and yarn
Animals: Alpacas
(Kelli Terwilliger ) ...Ithaca NY 14850 SiteLocal Fiber
Services: Custom dyed spinning fiber and yarn
Products: Hand dyed gradient and speckle and semi-solid yarn. Hand-dyed top and rolag spinning fiber. Hand crafted drop spindles; spinning tools. Project bags; knitting needles
(Dana Havas) ...Ithaca NY 14850Maggies Farm
Services: Organization for fiber producers throughout the Finger Lakes and CNY to strengthen the community and collectively identify and address supply chain challenges
(Maggie Alexander ) ...Brookfield NY 13314 SitePrestons Alpacas
Products: Bundaflicka Knitting totes; goat milk soap, Shepherds Friend Hand Creme; Mei-Mei needles; sheephorn buttons; carded roving; raw fleeces
Animals: Bluefaced Leicester / Wensleydale sheep; Angora goats; Angora Rabbits
(June Preston) ...Worcester NY 12197 SiteSpringside Farm
Services: Farm tours; Beginning knitting classes
Products: Felted hats; mittens; yarn; ornaments; felted soap; roving; felted mittens; alpaca socks; scarves; knitted hats; gloves
Animals: Huacaya Alpacas
(Paulie Drexler) ...Fabius NY 13063 SiteStory Spun Yarns
Services: Shearing at our own Shearing Festival only (Memorial Day weekend); Farm tours. Please see our website www.springsidefarm.net
Products: Fleece (alpaca, wool, some angora); yarn; roving (natural and dyed colors); honey; finished alpaca goods (socks; sweaters; hats; etc.); fudge. Seasonal fall products: pumpkins; squash; ornamental corn. Christmas trees and wreaths. Local artisans work: soap; wood-turned products;hand knits; Christmas ornaments; candles; etc.
Animals: Grade Tunis Sheep; Natural colored (gray7 black) sheep(Finn-Tunis x); Ellis Hollow sheep (natural gray); Huacaya alpacas; Akbash Guardian Dogs
(Patti Beaumont ) ...Oswego NY 13126The Dancing Bear Farm
Services: Classes; demos; workshops; contract knitting - lace shawls only; contract dyeing
Products: Handspun & hand-dyed yarn; felted figures; embroidered buttons; knitted shawls; roving & top
(Pam Kurst) ...Worcester NY 12197 SiteThe Imaginary Farmer
Services: Knitting classes; Contract knitting
Products: Hand painted barn quilts; English Angora bunnies
Animals: English Angora rabbits
(Owen Tallman) ...Hamilton NY 13346 SiteThe Olde Homestead
Products: Mushrooms; growing kits and supplies
(Mindy Laymon ) ...West Edmeston NY 13485 SiteWoolfiend Hand-Dyed Yarns & Fiber
Products: Yarn; Needle-felted animals
Animals: Olde English Babydoll Southdown sheep; Huacaya alpacas; Harlequin sheep
(Emily Swenson) ...Sterling NY 13156 Site
Products: Hand-dyed yarn and fiber; knitting and spinning accessories
