Fiber Project
The Feederbrook Farm Fiber Project is designed to give those who do not have sheep an opportunity to experience sheep farming and the fiber production process. This year long program gives participants eight opportunities to visit the farm and the sheep during important times of the year such as shearing, lambing and halter training etc. This project is similar to adopt a sheep, but more hands on and educational. Participants buy one share of a sheep (kind of like a wool CSA) and get the quarterly news letter, invites to the farm during shearing, after the lambs have arrived, training and maintaining during the summer months and wool processing (washing, carding, spinning and dying) . Also toward the end of the year members get two skeins of hand spun yarn from their sheep with patterns included and a knitting class. This project is great for families, home schoolers and anyone interested in sheep, farming, wool and fun. Yearly fee is $120 or a monthly fee of $20 for each farm visit. Email or call to sign up for this unique and educational program. Schedule outline is listed below Look for openings in
2011 Shares Open.
Year Long Apprenticeship open 2011
Feederbrook Fiber Project Schedule Outline
March- Shearing maybe early March depending on lambing and weather
& Quarterly Mailing
April- Meet the lambs learn about lambing and what goes into it and bottle feed babies
May-Fiber processing
June-Quarterly Mailing
July- Summer care ( worming, Stress and health factors)
August- Natural Dyes ( Collect and process plants used in dying fiber and dye wool)
Sept-Quarterly Mailing
Oct- get your hand spun (by me) yarn from your sheep.
Nov- Your choice of a knitting, weaving or felting lesson with your wool
Dec-Quarterly Mailing and holiday greeting from your sheep
Fiber Wool CSA
If you can't make it to the farm and are interested in having yarn from a sheep that you can share a part in, then this is the perfect opportunity .
Choose a name for your lamb. Receive
your lamb's birth certificate, one 4oz skein of yarn or 4 oz of roving
from the mom and three updates on your lambs growth through the late
spring and early summer. Updates start in May after lambing is finished
here on the farm.
1 Year Adopt a sheep ($200 if through ETSY$10 added for shipping)
Choose your sheep and name her ( 3 girls available). See her get sheared; if you can't make it to the shearing it will be filmed for you. Receive her raw fleece or if you prefer her wool made into roving (at no extra cost). If you would like her fleece spun up into yarn there is an additional fee of $3/skein. There are 6 updates on your sheep throughout the year. If you are close enough to visit her there are a number of days and opportunities throughout the year to come and help out on the farm.
Membership Available NOW
sheepfarming @ feederbrook . com or call 410-357-5336 between 8am-8pm please
Ava
Myrna
Maggie
JOY
Tours and other opportunities
If you didn't get a share but would still like to be a part of Feederbrook Farm, starting January 2010 you can schedule a tour . In addition we will be running though out the year the Spinning, Dying, Knitting and Weaving seminars that are running 4 times a year. Individual spinning classes and group dying classes can be schedul ed to meet your needs. If you are interested just email Lisa
6 Month Spinners ($75 if through ETSY$5 added for shipping)
Receive 1.5 lbs of natural colored
Shetland Sheep or Shepherds Blend (wool and local alpaca) roving along
with information on the individual animals the fiber came from and three
flock update.
6 Month Knitters ($100 if through ETSY$5 added for shipping)
Receive 1 lb (4-5 skeins) of natural colored hand spun yarn from the sheep and information on the animals that the fiber is from along with 3 flock update and an invitation to Feederbrook's Fall Knitter's Day Out.