• The Bee Whisperer

    Page Farm and Home Museum 12 Portage Road, Orono, ME, United States

    March 23 from 11:00-3:00 is the date/time of our next “Fourth Saturday” gathering.  We don’t have a formal fiber program planned, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be learning anything:  Jennifer Lund, Maine’s State Apiarist, will be presenting a program on Bees of Maine beginning at 1:00pm.  As we spin, knit, quilt, or otherwise fiber-ize  […]

  • St. Distaff’s Day

    Page Farm and Home Museum 12 Portage Road, Orono, ME, United States

    St. Distaff's Day is traditionally held in January, the day after the feast of the Epiphany, one of many unoffical holidays in Catholic nations.   The distaff used in spinning was the medieval […]