As we continue building the Southeastern New England Fibershed, we’re offering a number of public-facing events so that you can learn more about the important fiber and natural dye work happening all over our region. We’d love to meet you!

Events:

Osamequin Farm & the Southeastern New England Fibershed are collaborating to bring you
our fourth annual DYE PARTY!

Saturday, November 7, 2026
3:00 PM 7:00 PM
Osamequin Farm, Seekonk MA

What to expect
flower dye vats brewing and other stations set up for you to explore
hapazome, shibori, bundle dye and other techniques to play around with
fresh leaf indigo and indigo vats
pre-mordanted blanks available for purchase, to use at the party or bring home
refreshments and an idyllic setting to enjoy and explore

Featuring, the SENE Fibershed!
Fibershed Marketplace! meet local artists, farmers, and creators
natural fibers clothing swap! bring your cotton, linen, hemp, wool clothes to swap with others. adult & children’s clothes welcome! leftovers will be donated.
Meet the Southeastern New England Fibershed! learn about how you can get involved with your local fibershed.

SENE Fibershed presents: Flax Fiber Workshops at Hawk & Handsaw Farm

Join Bast Fiber enthusiast, Kidder Gowen of Hawk & Handsaw Farm, for a flaxy fun afternoon.

These upcoming, hands on, workshop days at the farm invite you to come along on a journey through the stages of the Flax plant, from seed to linen.

You will learn all about Linum usitatissimum’s past, present, and future as we transform this “most useful” plant into precious fiber using traditional methods & tools that have been used, in some variation, for thousands of years.

Farmer Kidder has been growing and experimenting with Flax for Fiber for a decade on their Market Produce & Native Plant Nursery Farm on Aquidneck Island, RI.

Kidder’s most recent work in this field has been in partnership with Tracy Jonsson-Laboy of Wood Spoon Farm. Together, through grant funding, they are conducting field trials, collecting data, and reporting on Flax as a fiber source; contributing to a growing movement in North America.

2 workshop opportunities coming up!

Saturdays, Sept 12 & Oct 10

4-7pm

Hawk & Handsaw Farm

20 Moitoza Ln.

Portsmouth, RI 02871

Contact:

Kidder Gowen (She/They)

info@hawkandhandsawfarm.com

(401) 308-2872

Workshop highlights:

-Overview of Flax: past, present, and future

-Demonstrations:

-Flax processing using traditional hand tools

-Drop spindle & thigh rolling techniques

-YOUR chance to try it all out!

-Potluck encouraged

-Fire: Option to linger after 7pm for continued discussion around a fire (weather permitting)

-(LIGHT) RAIN OR SHINE Event

Deluge = canceled

Workshop will be held under our covered wash station tunnel.

If it’s lightly raining we will still hold the workshop. Hot Tea will be provided!

If we get another heavy rainstorm, we will cancel the workshop.