Category: Open House

2025 Open House at Thistle Hill Weavers

Our annual Open House Saturday December 6th and Sunday December 7th from 9:30 to 5:00 both days. Join us for tours of our mill including our new jacquard. We will have an assortment of hand towels, scarves, placemats, carpets and historic fabric for sale. On Sunday Rabbit will give a short lecture on the letters of Hannah Hayden: spinning and weaving in rural New York. Enjoy some snacks and hear our looms run! See here for more updates:  Facebook Event Page

We’re Having a Sale!

Thistle Hill Weavers Over Run Fabric, Carpet and Yarn Sale Save the date: Saturday, July 20, 9:30am to 4:30pm We are over stocked with our historic fabrics. Please help us out, we would like to clear off some shelves! We have our historic carpets, worsted and silk fabrics, some small pieces of fuzzy bling, all at discounted prices. We will also have yarn for sale. When we cannot use the ends of cones, or we are finished with a project we have boxes of yarn left over. Ready and waiting for for your creative talents! Upcoming Events June 22nd and 23rd: Dating and Identifying Historic Everyday Fabrics. Still a few spots left.Sanborn Mills Farm, Loudon New Hampshiresanbornmills.org July 13th and 14th: Timber Frame Loom Workshop. Help set up a barn frame loom at Kilts Farm and learn about styles and differences in looms in the 18th century.Kiltsfarm.org August 2nd,3rd, 4th: Textile Tool Technology: What makes a spinning wheel work and what happens when water power changes the method of production. Three day seminar with hands on textile tools and textiles.Eastfeld Village Nassau, New Yorkhistoriceastfield.org September 13th: Woven Clothing Fabrics in early 19th Century QuiltsAQSA ,Tarrytown NY.Americanquiltstudygroup.org September 28th: Bring a textile discovery day at Kilts Farm. Our version of Antiques Roadshow. We learn so much from the textiles that we have been passed down through the generations.Kiltsfarm.org October 4th: What were coverlet weavers also weaving? The other fabrics mentioned in weavers ads.Zoom lecture thru the coverlet study group.Contact Marty Schlabach: mls5@cornell.edu October 5th: The Gleich Lecture at the Arkell Museum and Library, Canajoharie NY.arkellmuseum.org November 3rd: Dating and Identifying Historic Textiles at Historic Deerfield, Worcester, MA. Lecture and Zoom. Bring a textile to identify.historic-deerfield.org December 7th and 8th:Open House here at Thistle Hill Weavers!

Thistle Hill Weavers Holiday Open House

Come visit our working studio on Saturday, December 11 and Sunday, December 12, 10am – 4pm – we would love to have you stop by. You can see the mill working, eat some snacks and buy some of our fabrics, scarves, shawls and hand towels! We want to show you our old machines and our workshop. This year we are very busy trying to complete orders for our clients and production must continue. We will not set up a formal showroom, but please come and see what we are working on, meet our new staff members and enjoy the holiday season. Contact us for information and directions

Please join us for our Holiday Open House!

Friday, December 6, Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8 From 9am to 5pm each day Watch our antique looms run! Listen to the noise and watch those gears! Enjoy some holiday cheer!

Come to Our Holiday Open House!

Saturday, December 1st & Sunday, December 2nd With a special event on Saturday, December 1, from 4:30-5pm: Meet fashion designer Gary Graham . Our Show Room will be open from 9am to 5:30pm both Saturday and Sunday, and then weekdays through the holiday season. See our antique looms run, enjoy special gifts made from our fabric and learn about the trade of weaving. Come join us for mill tours, gift shopping and refreshments!

Join us December 2nd and 3rd to celebrate the trade of Woven History.

The Workshop of Rabbit Goody welcomes you to our Annual Open House and Mill Tours on December 2nd and 3rd, from 9am to 5pm. Watch our antique looms run! We have been working on some interesting projects this year. Join us and we will lead you through our process and let you experience a rare custom weaving mill still using looms made over 100 years ago. Our showroom will have fabrics, scarves, shawls, hand towels and carpet just right for the holiday season. Drink a toast with us, spread some cheer and learn about our traditional trade. Our showroom will be open through out the holiday season, weekdays from 9am to 5pm. Our luxurious over-run fabric can be made into custom gifts and we have special items ready for your gift giving needs. Meet the folks who can still make historic textiles! Laura, John, Vicky, Lisa, Frank, Holly and Rabbit Goody love sharing what we do, so please join us for the Open House or anytime during the Holiday Season. The staff at Thistle Hill Weavers wishes you the most peaceful and joyous season.

Please Join Us For Our Second Annual Open House

Please join us for our second annual open house this holiday season, where you can take a tour of the mill, watch our historic looms run, see our current projects and buy holiday gifts from our showroom. Open House Schedule:  We are located at 143 Baxter Road in Cherry Valley NY 13320Phone: 518.284.2729