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The Windham Textile and History Mill Museum

  • Windham Textile and History Mill Museum 411 Main St Willimantic, CT USA (map)

Spin / Weave / Knit

Demos and Lectures 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Suggested Donation to benefit the museum:
$10 Adults, $5 Children
For more information, please call 860-456-2178, 860-456-0817

SPEAKERS – Second floor, Main Building 30-45 min.
10-11–Terri Guerette - Living History of Spinning
11-Noon – Ann Galonska – Silkworm to Silk
Noon-1 – Woolies of Shirkshire Farm – Naturally Dyed Roving
1-2 – Pat McMullan – Split Ply Braiding
2-3 – Still River Mill – Processing Cashmere
3-4 – Peggy Church – Deconstructing Cashmere, Wool Garments

DEMONSTRATIONS – On-going – Outdoor Courtyard
Andrea Marshall – Make and Take - Wet Felting
Chris Woolybuns – Shearing an Angora rabbit, spinning the Angora fiber
Stephanie Morton – Tartan Weaving
Round Hill Farm – Meet our Amazing Alpaca
Berkeley Nowosad – Raising Sheep
Herman Guerette – Tablet, Card Weaving
Peggy Church – Spinning Flax
Faith Kenton – Einstein Jacket
Fleece to Shawl – Team Event

VENDORS – Dugan Hall
Kris Wisnewski – Felted Creations
Ellyn Cooper – Yarn Sonnets
Vivienne McGarry – Yarn and knitted items
Shirkshire Farms – Plant Dyed Roving
Round Hill Farm – Alpaca products
Still River Mill – Fiber products
WTHM – Stash knits

Earlier Event: June 10
Gaspee Days
Later Event: July 22
Nathan Hale Homestead