Join us in Booth 310 in the Marketplace for Vogue Knitting Live’s Premier Knitting Event in NYC on January 16 - 20. We’ll have the beautiful yarns from our sheep and also be sharing the booth with Simply Shetland to bring you the most variety of Shetland and other breed specific fiber from beloved flocks!
Join us at the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama on Tremont Street in Boston on Sunday, February 2 from 11 - 5 for the annual New England Farm and Fiber Festival. We’ll be one of 40+ vendors sharing our farm’s fibers and more amongst the beautiful, historic backdrop of the Cyclorama. There’ll be ongoing demonstrations and presentations as well as a buzz of joyful shoppers. Can’t wait to see you!
Meet us in Wayland, Massachusetts at Russell’s Garden Center for the annual Winter Fiber Farm Day. We’ll have our beautiful yarns from the farm in natural and naturally dyed colors, in addition to our flock’s roving, batts and things such as dryer balls and wool sponges. Also, introducing Wool Pellets! All of our wool products are spun or processed from our flocks’ wool and then dyed naturally with color from our dye gardens and local fields and forests. We are as local as you can get and specialise in breed specific fiber from beloved flocks. Rare and heritage breeds are raised with love and care on our farm here in Shaftsbury, Vermont. Come and see us in the early spring at the beautiful Russell’s Garden Center!
FARM TO NEEDLE on SAN JUAN ISLANDWITHMARY JANE MUCKLESTONE, TAMMY WHITEELLEN MASON + ANGIE SHEPHARDJULY 6 – JULY 11, 2025Email Travelingcables@gmail.com for registration and more information today!
Shop in person in our Wool Shop + Apothecary. You can peruse our farm’s wool in natural and naturally dyed colors, all different weighs of yarns, wool batting, wool for felting, wool felt, locks, wool for spinning, and more! Also our Apothecary which boasts farm- made soaps and salves, homemade laundry and washing soaps, and loose leaf teas for brewing. We also have knitting and crafting notions, embroidery kits, fun stickers and beautiful natural dyed shawls and scarves and pillowcases.
You can also visit the flocks while you’re here!
Shop in person in our Wool Shop + Apothecary. You can peruse our farm’s wool in natural and naturally dyed colors, all different weighs of yarns, wool batting, wool for felting, wool felt, locks, wool for spinning, and more! Also our Apothecary which boasts farm- made soaps and salves, homemade laundry and washing soaps, and loose leaf teas for brewing. We also have knitting and crafting notions, embroidery kits, fun stickers and beautiful natural dyed shawls and scarves and pillowcases.
You can also visit the flocks while you’re here!
Shop in person in our Wool Shop + Apothecary. You can peruse our farm’s wool in natural and naturally dyed colors, all different weighs of yarns, wool batting, wool for felting, wool felt, locks, wool for spinning, and more! Also our Apothecary which boasts farm- made soaps and salves, homemade laundry and washing soaps, and loose leaf teas for brewing. We also have knitting and crafting notions, embroidery kits, fun stickers and beautiful natural dyed shawls and scarves and pillowcases.
You can also visit the flocks while you’re here!
Shop in person in our Wool Shop + Apothecary. You can peruse our farm’s wool in natural and naturally dyed colors, all different weighs of yarns, wool batting, wool for felting, wool felt, locks, wool for spinning, and more! Also our Apothecary which boasts farm- made soaps and salves, homemade laundry and washing soaps, and loose leaf teas for brewing. We also have knitting and crafting notions, embroidery kits, fun stickers and beautiful natural dyed shawls and scarves and pillowcases.
You can also visit the flocks while you’re here!
Shop in person in our Wool Shop + Apothecary. You can peruse our farm’s wool in natural and naturally dyed colors, all different weighs of yarns, wool batting, wool for felting, wool felt, locks, wool for spinning, and more! Also our Apothecary which boasts farm- made soaps and salves, homemade laundry and washing soaps, and loose leaf teas for brewing. We also have knitting and crafting notions, embroidery kits, fun stickers and beautiful natural dyed shawls and scarves and pillowcases.
You can also visit the flocks while you’re here!
Local Sheep Farmers, such as ourselves, gather in the city to share our wares at Brooklyn General early December every year. Come see us and our flock’s beautiful wool in natural and natural dyes, our special naturally dyed aprons and project bags, and homemade soaps and balms. We’ll bring the best of the country to the city for you!Farm Day
Shop in person in our Wool Shop + Apothecary. You can peruse our farm’s wool in natural and naturally dyed colors, all different weighs of yarns, wool batting, wool for felting, wool felt, locks, wool for spinning, and more! Also our Apothecary which boasts farm- made soaps and salves, homemade laundry and washing soaps, and loose leaf teas for brewing. We also have knitting and crafting notions, embroidery kits, fun stickers and beautiful natural dyed shawls and scarves and pillowcases.
You can also visit the flocks while you’re here!
Bundle up and meet the flock, grab photos with the sheep, gift shop in our Wool + Apothecary,
have a cup of cocoa & a cookie at Wing & A Prayer Farm’s Small Business Saturday gathering!
Our Wool Shop + Apothecary will be fully stocked with natural dyed and natural colored yarns from our flock including our very latest wool products - Natural Dyed Wool Felt and Shetland Fingering Weight Yarns! We’ll have our farm tallow products, too - soaps and salves. And lovely Ardent Flame Candles from nearby Bennington small business owners Jim + Amber Ardent.
The decorations will be fresh and natural and you can take a walk around the farm to take in the holiday spirit with our sweet flock, perhaps a nip in the air, and our beautiful Vermont surrounds.
(Snow/Rain Date Cancellation Announced on Website by 9a.m. on November 30.)
Come see us at the Fiber Festival of New England at the Big E in West Springfield, MA on November 2 + 3. Our location is Booths 115/116/117 in the Mallory North Building. We’ll have a large booth display with all of the beautiful natural and naturally dyed yarns that our flocks have been busy growing and we’ve been busy processing for the past year. Also there’ll be alpaca rugs, wool pelts, roving, batts and more!
Find us at Building 31, Booth 21 at the Dutchess County Fairgrounds in Rhinebeck, NY on October 19 + 20 for the NYS Sheep + Wool Festival. We’ll have all of our farm’s latest Yarns in Natural and Naturally Dyed colors - from our farm to your needles. We’ll have wool for spinning - beautiful naturally dyed roving and batts - and we’ll have our alpaca rugs, wool pelts, farm made soaps and more. Beautiful naturally dyed project bags sewn by Tannei Casey, whimsical prints from the farm on sturdy canvas products by Eric + Christopher, and some treats such as a book signing with Sonya Philip, Designer + Simply Shetland’s North American representative Gudrun Johnston, and Designer Catherine Clark of Brooklyn General. Tammy will be speaking at the Shepherd’s Talk with the Breed Barn as well as give a talk about raising Shetlands and Valais Blacknose sheep. And don’t forget to come and meet the sheep in the Breed Barn that Wing & A Prayer Farm will be bringing along to greet folks! Shetlands and Valais Blacknose will be representing our farm and representing their breed at this amazing and joyful celebration of sheep and wool! See you there!
Join us for our Annual Open Farm at Wing & A Prayer Farm. We will be celebrating the fabulous fiber animals that graze our fields and the goodness that they bring to their community and the greater world. You’ll be able to shop from some amazing artists and farmers and farmer artists in our Maker Market. Miranda Richardson will be selling her beautiful block prints, Foxglove Farms will have their exquisite jewellery, photography and maple products, The Goat Project will have their soothing goat’s milk soaps, Golden Earth Designs will be dazzling us with an array of their pottery work from mugs to vases to bowls and more. Comfortcloth Weaving will have their beautiful handwoven towels, blankets and other perfect creations. RAE Textiles will have their indigo dyed and hand stitched wardrobe staples. Caer Luna Farms will have their amazing Icelandic wool fiber in all of its forms and other farm products. New to our Market will be Meadowfed Lamb and Preservation Project’s cider products, wool, lamb and chicken, onion and garlic braids and vegetables! Also, Brother Flax Toy Company will be here along with a very special guest, Gudrun Johnston, designer and North American distributor of Jamieson’s of Shetland Yarns
And of course, Wing & A Prayer Farm will have a booth of our wonderful wooly wonders’ natural dyed yarns and blankets, rugs and pillows and more.
Not only will our Maker Market be a fun attraction, but there’ll be homemade pie and a hot cider booth, pumpkin decorating and stick-pony making for the kids. The Presentation and Demo program will have an array to choose from such as Natural Dyeing, Fleece Talk, and Meet the Animals.
Admission is $5 for adults, parking is free. Your $5 admission goes toward one of the many raffle baskets that will be offered at the entrance tables, too.
There is no Rain Date.
Explore the awe-inspiring craft and alchemy of botanic colour on wool with Tammy White. Learn to prepare fibre for lasting results, discuss place-based colour and sustainable sources, and dye Shetland wool in unique shades to take home.
Register for a Summertime Natural Dyeing Workshop at Wing & A Prayer Farm with Tammy White. Tammy teaches you how to prepare and dye using botanical pigment, from petals, roots, bark and more, in a 2-day workshop on the farm. Materials are included and you will learn how to dye both cellulose and protein fibers with useful samples of silk, cotton, linen and wool to take home. We will cover topics such as terroir of color, sustainable pigments, mordanting, modifiers, kettle dyeing, botanical contact dyeing, carrier blankets and more. We will forage and harvest from the farm’s Dye Garden to sample a variety of materials local to Zone 5. A Farm Tour is included.
Plan on bringing an apron or smock to protect clothing, and kitchen gloves for working with the dye materials. Bring a pad or notebook for taking notes.
Workshop runs Saturday and Sunday from 10 -3 p.m. and will allow for short breaks. Bring your own snack or lunch, if you like. Water, tea and coffee will be furnished. The workshop will be ongoing but allows for listening time intermingled with participatory activities.
Questions? Email Tammy at hello@wingandaprayerfarm.com
Register HERE
Register for a Summertime Natural Dyeing Workshop at Wing & A Prayer Farm with Tammy White. Tammy teaches you how to prepare and dye using botanical pigment, from petals, roots, bark and more, in a 2-day workshop on the farm. Materials are included and you will learn how to dye both cellulose and protein fibers with useful samples of silk, cotton, linen and wool to take home. We will cover topics such as terroir of color, sustainable pigments, mordanting, modifiers, kettle dyeing, botanical contact dyeing, carrier blankets and more. We will forage and harvest from the farm’s Dye Garden to sample a variety of materials local to Zone 5. A Farm Tour is included.
Plan on bringing an apron or smock to protect clothing, and kitchen gloves for working with the dye materials. Bring a pad or notebook for taking notes.
Workshop runs Saturday and Sunday from 10 -3 p.m. and will allow for short breaks. Bring your own snack or lunch, if you like. Water, tea and coffee will be furnished. The workshop will be ongoing but allows for listening time intermingled with participatory activities.
Questions? Email Tammy at hello@wingandaprayerfarm.com
Register HERE
Fun summer sheep + wool events to come after we return from a road trip to deliver sheep this summer. Check back in mid-July for an update.
Register for a Summertime Natural Dyeing Workshop in Wayland, Massachusetts at Russell’s Garden Center with Tammy White. Tammy teaches you how to prepare and dye using botanical pigment, from petals, roots, bark and more, in a 3-hour workshop in the greenhouses. Materials are included and you will learn how to dye both cellulose and protein fibers with useful samples of silk, cotton, linen and wool to take home. You will learn to dye yarns and fabrics using various techniques. We will cover topics such as terroir of color, sustainable pigments, mordanting, modifiers, kettle dyeing, bundle dyeing, eco printing and more.
Plan on bringing an apron or smock to protect clothing, and kitchen gloves for working with the dye materials. Bring a pad or notebook for taking notes.
Workshop runs from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. and will allow for short breaks. Bring your own snack or lunch, if you like. The workshop will be ongoing but allows for listening time intermingled with participatory activities.
There will be a small pop-up shop of Wing & A Prayer Farm’s yarns for shopping.
Questions? Email Tammy at hello@wingandaprayerfarm.com
Shop on our farm in the Wool + Apothecary Shop in the Farm House. Park on the lawn near the dumpster when you pull in - that way you won’t block other folks in the driveway. You can have a self-tour while you’re here, too. Wear boots if it’s a muddy day. The shop is open from noon to 3 on designated days.
If you are travelling and want to make an appointment to shop, you certainly can! EMAIL hello@wingandaprayerfarm.com to make a date!
From Shire to Shire, you can follow the trail of sheep and yarn on Mother’s Day Weekend! We’ll have hours from 10 - 5 on Friday and Saturday, May 10 + 11, and noon to 4 on Sunday, May 12 for a special Yarn Crawl. Visit our farm to see the sheep, shop our Farm Shop to select beautiful, natural colored and naturally dyed farm yarns and more, and get your punchcard punched to be entered into our giveaway. On Sunday, Mother’s Day, you’ll also be able to to ‘take tea with the Sheep!’ if you like! And definitely visit the lambs.
There are seven shops/farms in this yarn crawl alongside our own. South of here in North Adams, MA is Tina Whitmore’s Freia Fine Yarns, then in Adams, MA it’s Teresa Daignault’s Ashford Heights Farm. To the west and just over the border is The Warm Ewe in Chatham, NY. Next, as you head south, is Colorful Stitches in Lenox, MA. Prado De Lana Sheep Farm is in Stockbridge, MA and south of that is Hart GB in Great Barrington, MA. It’s about an hour and three quarters, from top to bottom, if you don’t stop! But you’ll have to map your trip to suit your itinerary. More shop hours from the other shops to come.
Each customer will receive a punch card from the first shop they visit. It is a way to keep track of all of the shops visited and to be eligible to be put in a raffle to win a prize from one of the shops! Visit shop websites and social media to find locations and hours.
Welcome to Women in Wool—an immersive journey into the world of fiber arts! Join us for a day of hands-on learning and creative exploration, led by three remarkable women who are masters of their craft.
Begin your exploration with Tammy White of Wing & A Prayer Farm as she unveils the secrets of botanical bundle-dyeing. Amidst the serene backdrop of Crown Hill Farm, learn the basics of natural dyes and create your own 100% Charmeuse Silk pillowcase, adorned with the hues of the earth itself. We’ll be using a combination of flowers, leaves and plant-dye extracts to create moody or vibrant patterns, images and colors.
Bundle-dyeing is an easy technique which can build a foundation for learning more and advanced techniques of dyeing, or simply to indulge in the wonders of nature. Though your silk will be pre-prepared for long-lasting results, the basics will be taught so that you will be able to explore on your own.
All plant materials are either homegrown or ethically sourced. Resources will be discussed.
Indulge in a unique farm-to-table experience with Missy Singer DuMars, farmer and owner at Crown Hill Farm. Start with a tour of the gardens where plants are cultivated to dye farm yarns in addition to her heirloom no-till vegetable gardens. Then mingle with our friendly flock of Border Leicester Longwools sheep while the flocks of Heritage Chickens, Ducks and Geese keep you company. Then sit down and enjoy a farm-to-table lunch amidst the beauty of the historic farm of Crown Hill.
Unleash your creativity and learn to weave Tapestry under the guidance of fiber artist and educator Tami Fuller of Blubird Studio.
In this 3-hour workshop, use a gentle neutral palette and learn weaving basics. Discover how to create modern tapestry wall hangings and the best practices that can segue to textiles and more advanced techniques.
Gain a beginners weaving knowledge, and a completed fiber art piece to take home.
Loom not required: Use of 12x16 Lost Pond Looms student loom and tools set provided for use in class. Loom available a la carte upon request. Instruction will include weaving time as well as finishing and hanging your work. All supplies included.
Details at link below if you’d only like to participate in one part
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An annual celebration of learning, resources and community for fiber with newly expanded programming. This year’s keynote: Tammy White, Wing and a Prayer Farm, on her natural dye and climate change collaboration with international artist Cecilia Vicuña at The Guggenheim Museum.
Fiber Flurry will be held this year at the Arts Council Headquarters at 31 South Main Street in Perry, on April 27th. This year’s festival will offer an expanded learning schedule, beginning at 1pm on Friday, April 26 with a Fiber Artists Forum and a slate of Friday evening workshops.
For the first time, Fiber Flurry includes a juried fiber arts exhibition and skein competition with award opportunities for excellence in fiber. This exhibit will showcase fiber art pieces from local artists curated around the council’s 2024 theme of “Different.” Art and handmade fiber art from the following three categories will be accepted: “Handmade Useful,” showcasing traditional artisanal useful goods and wearables; “For Art’s Sake”, focusing on fine art execution of fiber as a medium for expression and a fine art category for work in non-fiber mediums celebrating wool and agrarian subjects. Photographers, painters, sculptors and all artists working in traditional media are encouraged to submit.
If you would like to have ‘tea with the sheep’ and celebrate the upcoming Total Eclipse of the Sun, reserve a spot for Wing & A Prayer Farm’s Spring Totali-Tea with the Sheep on Sunday, April 7 from 1 - 3:00. We’ll be serving tea and Eclipse-themed treats (sorry, no special diets) under the apple trees near the barn.
Feel free to amble about while you enjoy the refreshments. It’s casual. We will be able to serve you or you may serve yourself, additionally you will be welcome to visit the other animals and our Wool Shop + Apothecary.
You will be able to commune with the sheep but we cannot guarantee the ground won’t be soggy - so wear appropriate footwear! We are not accessible for some as footing is uneven in the barnyard area. There are no public bathrooms.
Our maximum capacity for guests is 25.
Visit our Wool Shop + Apothecary in our Farm House to select natural and naturally dyed yarns, wool for felting, spinning, batts and stuffing, wool felt, and laundry balls. We also sell hand poured candles, farm made tallow soaps, homemade laundry soap, teas, knitting and crochet and needlefelting notions, embroidery kits, magazines and books.
Park in front of Farm House and enter through Front Door.
Visit our Wool Shop + Apothecary in our Farm House to select natural and naturally dyed yarns, wool for felting, spinning, batts and stuffing, wool felt, and laundry balls. We also sell hand poured candles, farm made tallow soaps, homemade laundry soap, teas, knitting and crochet and needlefelting notions, embroidery kits, magazines and books.
Park in front of Farm House and enter through Front Door.
Visit our Wool Shop + Apothecary in our Farm House to select natural and naturally dyed yarns, wool for felting, spinning, batts and stuffing, wool felt, and laundry balls. We also sell hand poured candles, farm made tallow soaps, homemade laundry soap, teas, knitting and crochet and needlefelting notions, embroidery kits, magazines and books.
Park in front of Farm House, enter through Front Door.
Join me at Vogue Knitting Live on March 15 from 11:00 - 11:30 for an exclusive vendor session! We’ll have our beautiful natural and naturally dyed yarns and a special March Vogue Knitting Live Colorway to share! Register now!
Visit our Wool Shop + Apothecary in our Farm House to select natural and naturally dyed yarns, wool for felting, spinning, batts and stuffing, wool felt, and laundry balls. We also sell hand poured candles, farm made tallow soaps, homemade laundry soap, teas, knitting and crochet and needlefelting notions, embroidery kits, magazines and books.
Parking is in front of Farm House, enter through front door.
Visit our Wool Shop + Apothecary in our Farm House to select natural and naturally dyed yarns, wool for felting, spinning, batts and stuffing, wool felt, and laundry balls. We also sell hand poured candles, farm made tallow soaps, homemade laundry soap, teas, knitting and crochet and needlefelting notions, embroidery kits, magazines and books.
Parking is in front of the Farm House - enter through the front door.
Join us in Wayland, MA at Russell’s Garden Center where we are vending in the greenhouse for a dose of tropical air in the depths of winter. We are joined by approximately 40 other farmers that share their fiber wares and it is a festive time. We’ll have the flock’s natural and naturally dyed yarns, wool roving, wool batts and more goodies such as farm made soaps and wool pillows and wool comforters.
