Welcome to Acker's Acres Angoras
Acker's Acres Angoras
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Angora Seminar and Open House

Annually; usually the last weekend of October
This year's dates: Oct 30 - 31, 2010
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 at 240-3227 or email backer@maine.rr.com

   

Introducing the First Chabe Wheel
Handcrafted in Maine
by Mark Chabe & Glen Ryder

“The Ashby”

Introductory Price
$430 for orders/deposits in 2009

Chabe spining wheel
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Before and After
Before and After

Home of German and German/French Angora Rabbits

White & Colors

Product List 2009
 
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

~ Wool ~ Yarn ~
&
~ Handcrafted Fashions ~

yarn

 

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
359 Gloucester Hill Road, New Gloucester, ME 04260
207-926-4921 evenings
or email: info@bunnyblend.com

 

 

 

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