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.