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Fall weather is here to stay and this week our local sheep and alpaca farmers will be at the market with yarn and woolen items to keep you warm as the days grow colder. Be sure to stop by Angel's
 Wool Farm to watch Cindy spin yarn, with hair lovingly plucked from the angora rabbit sitting on her lap. It is a sight to be seen!! Our lineup of fiber artists is listed below with photos.
Here are a few of this week's specials, but be sure to look at the whole newsletter! Ridge Valley will have local maple syrup, Deep Roots Valley will have beef hotdogs, Neil's Sharpening is here, Bridge Street Chocolates will have gourmet caramel apples, and Weckerly's created a very special Halloween ice cream sandwich!
We have a great bluegrass band playing this week at market, the Raven Hill Ramblers! Grab a seat to enjoy the show.
See you at the Market!
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SPECIAL WOOL FARMS & FIBER ARTISTS:
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Red Rope Farm is bringing lots of wool roving and yarn this weekend for the Fiber Festival, including a brand new Shetland wool yarn! We'll also have our soap, lip and skin balm, and other items too!
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Angel's Wool Farm will bring yarn and woolen hats, scarves and more made from the wool of their very own sheep!
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Day Spring Farm will offer their hand, needle felted critters, with a few new additions: special Halloween themed witches and jack-o-lanterns. We will also have felted hats and table mats. For the wool crafters, there will be felting kits and raw wool from our East Friesian sheep.
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Stay warm this winter with alpaca! Over Home Alpacas will be bringing alpaca yarns from our animals' fiber as well as raw alpaca fiber for spinning & crafts this Saturday. We will also have a nice selection of hats, scarves, gloves, socks, boot liners, blankets, throws, rugs, toys, novelties and felted natural soaps. Stop by and experience the world's warmest, softest, lightest weight, hypoallergenic natural fiber!
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HomeAID for Africa, a registered 501(c)(3), is a local organization started in 2005. Through events and sales of unique handmade products, we've raised and donated $307,984 to programs in Malawi. Working with the Global AIDS Interfaith Alliance, we've supported, among other projects, nursing scholarships, school fees, access to medical treatment and caregiver support, in the rural Mulanje district. We have no administrative overhead and are completely volunteer run.
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Stop by Sew Bee Mine for one of a kind wearable art aprons, big beautiful totes plus fabulous mermaid, mermen and angel cloth dolls, all created with vintage embroideries, quilts and other unique fabrics. A free articulated owl magnet with every purchase!
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Cheese & Apples and Apples & Cheese and more Cheese & Apples, please!
Definitely on my list of cool fall things - try all of our cheeses with the great variety of apples available at the farmers market!
We are starting our first Cheese CSA and it will be a collaboration - so exciting!
The first delivery for members is this month so stop by and ask me about the Collective Creamery Cheese CSA!!!
October is American Cheese Month - there is even
a website with tips, recipes and fun information!
- - more reasons to get excited about cheese this fall!
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Sweet! Amazing Winecrisp apples are in, and they are our Pick of the Week. And no wonder- their super-crunch and sweet, almost berry-like flavor will knock your socks off. Learn more about them
here. We'll have lots of other apple varieties, Asian pears, cider, and assorted veggies as well. And (FINALLY!) you can start
placing pre-orders online for this year's Gold Rush Rush! (Note - they will not be at market yet; they're still ripening up on the trees!)
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Forks Farm is happy to be at the market next week! We also have some very special entertainment at 9am on stage. The Phoenixville High School student run a cappella group, Vocal Fusion, will perform for us! We hope you'll come listen to this amazing group of young adults!
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