Archive for September, 2009

VT SHEEP AND WOOL FESTIVAL, OCT 3 & 4

 Hodgepodge will be at the VT Sheep and Wool Festival this weekend – October 3rd and 4th, 2009.  The new location is the site of the Tunbridge Fair.  Come and see us and have a fibertastic time!!
21th Annual Vermont
Sheep and Wool Festival
October 3 & 4, 2009
Tunbridge Fairgrounds,
Tunbridge, VT
Please note: new venue!
Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 [...]

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THIS & THAT

Below are pictures of Jerry Yeager plying for the first time.  Jerry is a member of Sugar River Spinners and is the husband of Cindy Yeager.  They own Ewe and I Farm in Sutton Mills, NH.  Jerry is a great guy and we love him lots!!
 

Deb McGlew of Loose Ends Weaving, plying wool on an Ashford Country Spinner for weaving [...]

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FALL and the NH WOOL ARTS TOUR

It’s a foggy morning that promises to burn off and be a beautiful day.  Fall has arrived and it is starting to make itself known.  Corn is being cut down in the fields, there is a hint of color in the hillsides and the swamp maples and sumac are turning deep red.  Pumpkins, mumms and cornstalks are appearing [...]

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A Texan Learns to Spin

We get visitors from all over the country at Hodgepodge.  Many people who spend their summers in the lakes area stop by.  Sharon and her husband are from Texas and have been up for the summer doing property caretaking.  Sharon started attending Monday night knitting and having mastered socks and sweaters she is moving next [...]

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WEAVING AND SEAMSTRESS STUDIOS

 
 
Mary Halleck is all set up and her hours at her seamstress studio are:
MONDAY – WEDNESDAY  12:00 TO 5:00 pm
or
CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT  508-505-1371
There is also a basket at the base of the stairs that lead to the studio space.  You may drop off your item(s) in the basket with your name and phone number and a brief [...]

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