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Sergeantsville Farmer's Market
Date: May 29, 2010 to September 4, 2010

Abenaki Acres Alpacas & Product

Sergeantsville Farmer's Market every Saturday

(weather permitting)

 

Garden State Sheep and Fiber Festival
Date: September 11, 2010 to September 12, 2010

16th Annual

Sheep & Fiber Festival

September 11 - 12, 2010

Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

Hunterdon County Fairgrounds

http://www.njsheep.org/festival/schedule.html

Abenaki Acres will be there too - with their alpacas and products!

 

Silk & Alpaca Felting Class
Date: September 17, 2010

Click here to get the Registration Form

Friday - September 17th


 

Fiber Sorting and Grading
Date: September 18, 2010

Fiber Sorting and Grading

with Wini Labrecque

Saturday September 18th

We will cover the following topics: Why sort and grade? Practicality & Benefits for Show or Processing Methods used to perform the task. Hands on application—sort and grade All Participants receive a “Sorting Card” Bring your fleece (up to three bags) to practice and take home the results. Get your fleece ready for end product production, learn how to improve the price you can receive for your sorted and graded fiber.

Click Here for A Registration Form

From fiber to end products - an opportunity to learn more!

 


 

  Wini is an AOBA Certified Fleece Judge, A certified Sorter/Grader, Fiber Arts and Spin Off Judge and an Innovator in the production and uses of alpaca fiber.

The seminar is $50/person and $35 for the second person from the same farm.  Continental Breakfast and Lunch provided.

 

National Alpaca Farm Day
Date: September 25, 2010 to September 26, 2010

Sat & Sun 10am to 4pm

See our Alpacas, See our Fleece

Enjoy a day in the country

See what you can do with

ALPACAS!

 

 

Empire Alpaca Extravaganza
Date: October 22, 2010 to October 24, 2010

One of Abenaki Acres favorite shows

An AOBA-certified show with halter and performance classes.  750+ animals expected.  Check-in is on Friday October 22 with the classes starting Saturday morning.  A top show with 225+ farms, lots of vendors, educational seminars, fiber arts demonstrations and other great activities. 

Halter judges: 

Amanda VandenBosch - black. fawn, light, and white huacaya males

Tim Lavan - black through white huacaya females

Helen Humphreys - all suris, brown, gray, and multi huacaya males, gray and multi huacaya females.  Don't miss this show.  

 

 

Date: October 23, 2010

Abenaki Supports the Walk-A-Thon

Again in October

Gwen and her latest cria Wawasinno will be at Veteran's Park in Mercer County

October 23 - Saturday

Join us in support of this good cause!

Gwen in her 2008 T-Shirt

Her new leg in 2008

2010 Cria Wawasinno

     

 

The New Jersey Alpaca Classic
Date: October 30, 2010 to October 31, 2010

The NJAC Halter Show

October 30 & 31

Come Join the fun at the

Dream Park of Gloucester County

 

The Alpaca Store at Abenaki Acres Farm
Date: December 30, 2010

The Alpaca Store

at Abenaki Acres Farm (open all year long)

Gifts, garments, yarns, rovings, all alpaca related.  Stop by or call us - the farm store is open during any visit to the farm.  Baby blankets, baby outfits, SuperFine alpaca blankets, throws, shawls.  Socks, mittens, and scarves.  Flutes, stuffed animals, and ceramic figurines.

 Our own herd fiber is back in multiple colors and some new blends (bamboo, merino, soy silk, and more!)

Click on the menu option "Location" for directions to the farm and store.

 

Prior Events at Abenaki Acres
Date: December 30, 2099

The events below are

from the past few

months and are here to

give you a sampling of

the activities that we

participate in within the

community.

 

(Complete) The Treasures of South Branch
Date: December 31, 2099

South Branch Watershed Association

Treasures of the South Branch

  Abenaki Acres is going to be one of the "treasures"!

Red Mill in Clinton

June 12, 2008

Rain or Shine!

 www.theredmill.org

 

(Complete) Jersey Fresh ***/** Steeple Chase & Dressage
Date: December 31, 2099

Abenaki Acres

Alpacas and Products

at the 2010 Jersey Fresh

Steeplechase & Dressage

   

For details and Directions:

http://www.horseparkofnewjersey.com/

 

(Complete) Basil Bandwagon Earth Fair
Date: December 31, 2099

 

Alpacas too and their fiber, yarn and roving!

Check out the Green Alpacas!

 

276 U.S. Highway 202/31
Store #1
Flemington, NJ 08822
(908) 788-5737


 

(Complete)North American Alpaca Show
Date: December 31, 2099

North American Alpaca Show

Springfield, MA

This year will be a two day show

 Friday and Saturday

April 2 & 3

 

(Complete) Alpacas@Grounds For Sculpture
Date: December 31, 2099

 

Alpacas on Display at the Grounds for Sculpture - a unique park for a unique and desirable livestock - Alpacas!

 

(Complete) Hunterdon Art Museum - Clinton, NJ
Date: December 31, 2099

 

7 LOWER CENTER STREET

CLINTON, NJ 08809-1303

 

Alpacas, Fiber, and Garments

 

 

(Complete) Northeastern Alpaca Expo
Date: December 31, 2099

The second Northeastern Expo is on our schedule in Syracuse NY and we've decided to bring 9 alpacas - all colors - Look for Tebokw, Bagos, Nis and others!


9 Alpacas and 9 ribbons including 

Reserve Champion Abenaki Somenak


Astrovine, Wski, Magnar, Princepe Dorato, Michelangelo

Silver Celebration and KFR Challenger were represented!

 

(Complete) AOBA National Halter & Fleece Show
Date: December 31, 2099

The AOBA National Show will be in Ft. Wayne Indiana in 2010.


Stay tuned for details.

 

(Complete) MAPACA Jubilee Halter & Fleece Show
Date: December 31, 2099

This great show will be on our spring schedule.  


Details available at www.MAPACA.org


 

(Complete) Abenaki Acres Farm Shearing Day
Date: December 31, 2099

We will spend these two days shearing almost 100 alpacas turning our fuzzy full fleece alpacas into a brand new herd of "alien figures"

What a strange looking bunch!

 

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