Fleece Rug Making Workshop 9 - 1 on Sunday, August 30 at Wing & A Prayer Farm

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Natural Dyeing Workshop at Wing & A Prayer Farm

Saturday, August 29, 9 - 1

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Wool Works Farm Day

Especially for Wool Works’ guests, we’re open from 11 – 3 on Sunday, July 19th to accommodate your visit.  We’re 35 minutes north of North Adams, MA, and a little visit to Vermont will soothe your soul.

Bring your own picnic, but make sure to leave room for a slice of homemade pie from the Wing & A Prayer Farm Kitchen.  We’ll have lemonade and water for refreshments.

Bring your knitting, or bring your book – sitting with the sounds of nature and the farm are the best!  There are chairs and some tables around, or you can bring your own chair or a blanket and sit on the grass. 

If the weather is not too warm, you’ll be able to sit with the sheep, too!  Make sure to wear shoes/clothes that you won’t mind getting a little ‘sheep-y!’

Our Wool Shop + Apothecary will be open for you to shop and there’s plenty of parking.  We’ll have bathrooms(porta potties) available, too, and handwashing stations.

See you this summer!

Tannei Casey is a sewist, knitter and owner of tanneicasey handmade LLC.  She studied fashion design in college where she honed her skills in pattern drafting, sewing, and dressmaking.  In 2009, she opened her Etsy shop selling mostly bags and pouches to share her work with those who appreciate the art of handmade goods.  She eventually shifted her work to focusing on making bags for knitters to combine her love of knitting and sewing. 

In this very rare opportunity, Tannei has agreed to teach a class on how to make your own lined canvas tote bag with magnetic closure and leather strap handles.  We will be using waxed canvas for the bottom of the tote, a lighter weight printed canvas for the body of the bag, and a heavy cotton canvas for the lining.  Tannei will be bringing an assortment of fabrics from her private stash for you to use for the class.  In the class, you will learn about fabric selection for your project, using rotary cutter to cut the fabrics, attaching an interior patch pocket to the lining, how to line a bag, attaching a magnetic closure and using rivets to attach the leather handles.  Each student will go home with their very own tote bag that they made!

We will provide all the materials, supplies and tools (fabric, scissors, rotary cutters, pins/clips, thread).  Of course, you can bring your own to use, if you prefer.  We will have a limited supply of sewing machines so if you can bring your own, it would be greatly appreciated.  Because Tannei is a bag maker and not a pattern designer, there will be minimal written instruction / information for the class.  Please bring pen, pencils, paper and notebook so you can take notes. 

To ensure you have the best experience, students should have basic knowledge of working on a sewing machine.    

Class duration 4 hours.   It could take less or more time, depending on student experience.

Date: Sunday, May 24

Location: Wool Shop Workshop Space, Wing & A Prayer Farm, 983 Myers Road, Shaftsbury, VT 05262

Time: 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Food/Drinks provided for ‘working supper’. Notify Tammy if you have dietary constraints/food allergies.

Bathroom is in main house on farm, a short walk from the Workshop.

Workshop is Non-refundable.

May 23 1 -4 p.m. - Join Designer/Author/Artist Gudrun Johnston at Wing & A Prayer Farm

In this class we will dip our toes into the world of Fair Isle knitting! We will look at choosing colors, color dominance, stranding the yarn, speed swatching in the round and we will even do some steeking (cutting into our knitting)!

We will be working with a tried-and-true product, 100% Shetland yarn, traditionally used for Fair Isle knitting. This class is intended as an introduction to Shetland wool and its suitability to stranded knitting.

Your fee includes 5 skeins of Jamieson’s Shetland yarn which you will pick out at the Wing & A Prayer Farm Wool Shop. Jamieson’s yarns are spun minutes away from her family’s home in Shetland.

Gudrun Johnston was born in Shetland in the 70's when her mother was running a knitwear design company, The Shetland Trader. Since living in the U.S, she has followed in her mother's footsteps by reviving the Shetland Trader name, including facets of her heritage in her work. Her most recent book of knitwear was published in 2023 with Laine Publishing and co-authored with Mary Jane Mucklestone.‍ ‍A Shetland Wool Week Patron in 2017, Gudrun often teaches at Wool Week.

Gudrun frequently travels back to Shetland where her father and brother currently live. Join her at the farm now while she is in the States!

Shop Hours for our Wool Shop and Apothecary are from noon to 4 on Friday, Saturday and Sundays except for when noted. In the month of April, our shop is closed for the first week while our family observes holiday time together.

The Crafternoon/Knit Night will be on April 9, 16, 23, and 30 from 5 - 7:00.

April  9, Seed Swap

April 16, Indigo Dip

April 23, Felted Spring

April 30, Puppy Time!

This month we will have fun themes for Crafternoon/Knit Nights:

This was Isabel’s clip from Fall 2025. We’d rescued her from a farm in Shaftsbury and she’d had about 7 years’ worth of wool on her! She felt MUCH better afterwards! Colin of Yankee Rock Clippers trimmed her carefully with the blade shears to be safe. Thank you, Colin!

8th New England Farm and Fiber Festival 

February 8, 2026

10 - 4:00

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Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama

539 Tremont St,

Boston, MA 02116

Brought to you by:Wing & a Prayer Farm

Farm Fiber Day at Russell’s Garden Center in Wayland, MA is a fun time to shop your favorite fiber farmers from all over New England. They feature 55 fiber vendors plus a dozen food vendors. We’ll be in the greenhouse selling our flock’s wool and more!

Shop at Wing & A Prayer Farm from 10 - 4:00 on Sunday, November 30. Parking is facing the woods, near the dumpster. No public bathrooms, sorry. There will be hot cider!

We’ll have Hot Cider and Raffles to enter for our Small Business Saturday at Wing & A Prayer Farm. Come and buy our farm grown and naturally dyed yarns and wool products, our apothecary goods such as Elderberry Syrup and Farm Made Tallow Soaps, also our Tallow Balms and Fresh Pies.

We have lots of gifts, too, for giving. Beautiful gifts for crafters and makers and for writers and artists. We have books and stationery.

There’ll be raffles with proceeds to the Vermont Food Bank.

Join us every Thursday for Crafternoon/Knit Nights in the Wool Shop + Apothecary. Bring your knitting, needlework, sewing, needlefelting, spinning wheel or spindle, crochet or weaving, etc. We’d love to spend time together making!

Shop is open and we’ll have tea. You can bring your own snacks/drinks.

RSVP if you can to let us know to expect you!

Learn about the properties of wool that allow you to create soft sculptures and textiles in this relaxing workshop. Choose from a variety of wool colors that are natural or naturally dyed for two hours with the owner of Wing & A Prayer Farm, Tammy, as she walks you through the art of needlefelting, step by step. Techniques will be demonstrated for you to model and a variety of materials will be provided as you make the decision of what you’d like to create, based on a few examples.

At the end of the class, return home with your woolly creation along with the skills and confidence to continue DIY needle felting. It’s the beginning of your love affair with needlefelting!

Join us every Thursday for Crafternoon/Knit Nights in the Wool Shop + Apothecary. Bring your knitting, needlework, sewing, needlefelting, spinning wheel or spindle, crochet or weaving, etc. We’d love to spend time together making!

Shop is open and we’ll have tea. You can bring your own snacks/drinks.

RSVP if you can to let us know to expect you!