Farms & Fiber Arts: New Gloucester, Sumner and Paris Hill
Morning
Start your day on the farm. Take a self-guided tour of the creamery, or sign up for a traditional butter-making workshop.
Pineland Farms
New Gloucester
Noon
Take time to visit the market and café at Pineland Farms.
Afternoon
Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village
New Gloucester
A National Historic Landmark. Demonstrations and workshops on basketmaking, weaving, knitting and floorcloths. Be sure to check out the Shaker herbs and teas available for sale in the museum store.
A Wrinkle in Thyme Farm
Sumner
Fiber-dying workshops, hand-dyed yarns, and maple syrup!
Day’s End
Head to Paris Hill for an evening of fun at the Celebration Barn Theater.
Unique Stays
Poland Spring Resort
Poland
Listed on the National Register of Historic Sites. Make this home base for exploring.
Seasonal Workshops
Pleasant Mountain Fiberarts Workshops
Denmark
Crochet, tapestry weaving, dying and more.
Rufus Porter Museum Annual Workshops
Bridgton
Felted paintings, tatting, primitive rug hooking, historic gardening, stone wall building.
Local Tips
Parris House Wool Works
South Paris
Fiber art studio in the National Historic District of Paris Hill.
Fiber and Vine
Norway
One-stop shopping for an amazing selection of yarn and wine!
Nezinscot Farm
Turner
First organic dairy farm in Maine. Today, the farm has a gourmet food shop, café, bakery, fromagerie, and yarn and fiber studio.
Narramissic — The Peabody Fitch Farm
Bridgton
House tours, workshops and events.