Open Farm Day and Makers Market at A Wing & a Prayer Farm

I am so excited to be heading north on August 31 for A Wing & a Prayer’s Open Farm Day and Makers Market, hosted by Taproot Magazine! This was a great even last year and promises to be just as wonderful this year.

From the event webpage:

We're so excited for the Open Farm and Taproot Maker Market here on August 31 from 10 - 1. There is free parking in the field and we recommend comfortable, closed toe footwear for walking the farm and touring, observing Natural Dye demos outside the dye garden, being introduced to the animals and shopping our local Farmers' Market and Taproot Magazine's Maker Market in the barn.

Being a production fiber farm means it is not always easy to find time to share with the public, but there is nothing we love being able to do more than introduce our fiber stars to you, their adoring fans. Get your cameras ready, bring your baskets to fill in the marketplace, bring a blanket and a picnic if you like! A local food cart will be here, too, for purchasing delicious, homemade snacks such as crepes or popsicles and we'll have pies for sale in our Farmers' Market, along with other local farm's produce, syrup, honey, dairy and meats.

I’ll have new kits, and a new pattern!

Hope to see you there,

Sarah

Thank you for a fantastic Farm & Fiber Festival!

A huge thank you to all the folks who ventured out to the Boston Public Market on Sunday for the 2nd Annual Boston Farm & Fiber Festival!   The day was one big blur of old friends and new, catching up and sharing our love of wool, yarn, and knitting.  

And the knitwear! I so wish that I had had the presence of mind to take photos!  The Market was an informal fashion show of people in their fiber festival best.  It was so inspiring to see the range of patterns and colors and yarn choices, never mind all the hours of work and devotion that each piece represents. Like many knitters, I mainly interact with others knitters via email or social media, and while photos and written words are nice, it was so refreshing to see knitwear in person and have face to face conversations. 

As always, at the same time that I am honored to get to be a vendor I’m also a little bummed that I didn’t have time to explore the market as a knitter myself, or take time in the Taproot Knitting Lounge, or listen in on the talks and speakers.  

A million thank yous to the sponsors, host, and volunteers who made the day possible! I can’t wait until next year!