Fiber Network Farm Tour

Some of the Fiber Network's farms are opening their barn doors for you!

Saturday,September 24 --  10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Sunday, September 25  --   Noon – 5 p.m.

Drive from farm-to-farm through beautiful Northeast Ohio, visiting with lots of fiber animals, including alpacas, sheep, goats, and rabbits.

Meet the farmers that bring you Ohio-grown fiber for knitting, spinning, weaving and felting.

Shop for luxurious handspun and dyed yarns, watch demonstrations on skirting a fleece, carding fiber into roving, spinning, needle felting, hand dyeing, knitting and crocheting.

ENTER TO WIN!

At every farm you visit, sign up to win a basket of handmade fiber products.  The more farms you visit, the greater your chances of winning!

The basket includes:

A hand felted alpaca from Willie of the Valley Farm.

A woven chair pad, made from the alpacas at Alpaca Sunrise Farm.

And a beautiful, hand-knit cowl from Little Mountain Alpacas 

And many more! Check back often for more pictures of the prizes and a map of the farm tour.

Participating Farms:

 

1. A & J Alpacas*                        * Open Sunday Only

Andrea & John Niehaus

9363 Beeson St. NE, Louisville

330-935-0110

Offering demos in carding and spinning. Fiber products for sale.

2. Alpacas of Sugar Creek

AT: Alpacas at Turtle Creek

Brenda Burns/Paul Leuan

4199 Beachler Road, Medina

440-356-9130 or 330-239-4215

Alpaca products for sale.

3. Alpaca Sunrise Farm

Chris Barty/Eric Lorince

355 Marks Road, Brunswick Hills

330-220-0621

Offering demos in carding, felting, and dyeing.  Yarn, rovings, raw fleece, and finished products for sale.

4. Cubic’s Country Alpacas

Karen Cubic
6863 Spencer Road, Spencer

440-479-7392

Raw and finished fiber products for sale.

5. Gemstone Alpaca Farm

George & Sheryl Mandeville

40061 Jones Road, Wellington

440-785-5650

Raw fleece and fiber products for sale.

6. Hidden Hilltop**         **Open Saturday Only

Holli and John Cox

3073 Gass Road, Lexington

419-884-3665

Demos on the whole fiber process, including the show side of fiber. 

7. Little Farm In the Woods

Carol & Bill Thombs

8189 Friendsville Road, Seville

330-948-1343

Meet the alpacas!  Felting and spinning demos. Fiber products for sale.

8. Little Mountain Alpacas

Diana& Mike Pratt

5247 S. Arlington Road, North Canton

330-896-0735

Roving and raw fiber for sale.

9. Melody LaneFarm Alpacas

Mimi & Jim Foster

5546 Hartneck Road, Valley City

330-460-2274

Fiber products for sale.

10. Roving Acres Farm
Beth & Sarah Karr

3069 Middle Road, Pierpont

440-594-1230

Skirting demos and light refreshments.  Yarn, rovings, and batts for sale. Get your picture taken with a lamb!

11. Slow & Easy Alpaca Farm
Judy & Jim Keske

39136 State Route 18 East, Wellington

440-647-9502

Spinning demos. Alpaca products for sale in the mini farm store.

12. Stewart Heritage Farm

Brenda Hanes

1669 Sunnymeade Road, Xenia

937-430-0603 

13. Sweet Criations

Jo Anne & Terry Leonard

2096 Ravenna Street, Hudson

330-548-3077

Felting and spinning demos.  Fiber products for sale in the farm store.

14. That’ll Do Farm

Andrea Wargo & Marilyn Kennedy
34634 State Route 303, Grafton

440-821-4104  

Light refreshments available. Fiber products for sale in the farm store. Sit-N-Knit, Sit-N-Spin, and Sit-N-Hook from 10-1 on Sat., Meet the bees and beekeeper on Sat. @ 2.  Dyeing with natural materials demo on Sun. @ 1.  Meet the alpacas up close and personal!

15. Top Notch Alpacas

Linn Parise

3500 Dayton Road, Madison

216-513-1128

Fleece skirting demo. Alpaca products for sale in farm gift shop.