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Angora Seminar and Open House
Annually; usually the last weekend of October
This year's dates: October 27 & 28, 2007
Sponsored by: Maine Angora Producers
Hosted by: Acker's Acres Angoras
Time: 10 AM -4 PM
Informal and free: Come for an hour or come for the whole day.
Learn Spinning, Dyeing, Grooming, Rabbit Care & Breeding, etc.
Meet many Angora Raisers and pick their brains.
If you wish, bring rabbits, spinning wheels, knitting project, and something
for pot-luck lunch/snacks.
There will be rabbits, cages, fiber, yarn and Angora products for sale.
Directions: 359 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester, ME
Come to Gray [which is ~1/2 hour north of Portland].
Head North on Rt 100/202/4 toward Auburn.
Go ~ 4.5 miles. Turn right onto Gloucester Hill Road
Go ~ 1/4 mile. Penny road is on your Right, and our driveway is on your Left.
Light blue colonial house and barn.
If you need more info, call Beth Acker/Mark Chabe at 207-926-4921 or 212-2296
or email backer@maine.rr.com
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Home of German and German/French Angora Rabbits White & Colors |
~ Wool ~ Yarn ~ |
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| Rabbits | Bred for high wool production and easy grooming Germans (white) and German crosses (white & colored) |
| Angora Fiber | 2.2 oz bags or 1 oz carded batts: Clean prime adult Angora: ready to spin Combings: no matts, great for carding & blending Baby wool: for felting |
| Carded fibers | 1 oz batts of Angora, Wool, “Bunny Blend™” (40% Angora) Other exotic fibers, natural and dyed 8 oz batts of multicolored “Bunny Blend™” |
| Yarns | Handspun and Custom millspun Angora and “Bunny Blend™”, natural and dyed |
| Kits | Knit: Scarves, Mittens, Baby Booties, Tams, Add cuffs to bedsocks, Crochet: Hair Scrunchies Felt mittens |
| Products | |
| Tams/Berets | 100% Angora or “Bunny Blend™” |
| Bed Socks | “Bunny Blend™” w/ or w/out cuffs |
| Mittens & Half-mitts | “Bunny Blend™” machine or hand knit/crocheted |
| Headbands | Acrylic or “Bunny Blend™” with Angora snowflakes |
| Baby Booties | Angora or “Bunny Blend™”, handknit |
| Baby Hats | Acrylic w/ handspun 100% Angora snowflakes |
| Scarves | Woven or knit |
Custom orders welcome Mail orders welcome
Featuring “Bunny Blend™” custom
mill-spun yarn
40% Maine Angora, 60% Soft Merino Sheep Wool
Available at “The Fiber Studio” at Acker’s
Acres
Angora and Wools
Spinning Fibers: carded, blended, dyed
Yarns: handspun and custom millspun, natural & dyed
Coming Soon: Spinning Wheels by Mark Chabe
Call, write or e-mail for current prices and availability
Beth Acker & Mark Chabe
359 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester, ME 04260
207-926-4921 evenings
or email: info@bunnyblend.com
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