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History of Fiber Arts in NH: A Lecture by Patty Williams

August 1 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm

$20.00 – $25.00

History of Fiber Arts in NH:

A Lecture by Patty Williams

Friday, August 1st, 2025

6:00 – 7:00pm

Enfield Shaker Museum

447 NH Route 4A

Enfield, NH 03748

Local fiber farmer and fiber artist Patty Williams grew up in New Hampshire, the fiber arts, and farming. In this lecture she will combine all three taking us on a tour of time from earliest known techniques, fibers used, and fiber in New Hampshire today. Patty is known for throwing in juicy tidbits of fun facts. What famous people wore Londonderry Linen? The New Hampshire Sheep Craze? And the Shaker’s did what? She will answer all of these and more.

Questions to follow the presentation.

Who is Patty Williams?

Patty Williams is the owner of Aker Fiber Farm located in Enfield Center, NH. She began working with fiber arts as a young girl with her aunt and mom in Walpole, NH. She learned how to crochet, wash fleeces, draft, or treadle, and card wool along with tying her shoes. She began Aker Fiber Farm part time after leaving the Army with her husband in Virginia. They then purchased the flock that had been supplying their fleeces and moved everyone to New Hampshire where Patty added Shepherd to her resume. Aker Fiber Farm has evolved into a Farm to Yarn Company providing flax to linen and fleece to yarn to customers all over the US and Canada.
Patty began teaching fiber arts without even realizing that was what she was doing. Always wanting to share her passion, she taught friends how to crochet and knit while in grade school and continued as she gathered more skills and moved around the country. Today, she travels up and down the east coast teaching workshops and giving lectures on Shepherding skills, flax, linen, spinning, fiber prep, dyeing, and knitting. Her favorite students are folks that “never thought they could”, as Patty believes everyone CAN!

Advanced Registration Required. Please RSVP by July 30th, 2025. Limited to 60 people.

The lecture will take place in the Meeting Room of the Great Stone Dwelling, which is on the second floor. There is no elevator, due to the historical nature of the building.

Coming from a distance? Stay at our historic Great Stone Dwelling. Check our room availability here.

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Website: www.shakermuseum.org/events

Venue

Enfield Shaker Museum
447 NH Route 4A
Enfield, NH 03748 United States + Google Map
Phone
(603) 632-4346

Organizer

Enfield Shaker Museum