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Hill Stead Museum – Art of Shearing

Sunday March 29th 10-4pm An Interactive Celebration and Demonstration of All Things Fiber! While our sheep are being shorn, Hill-Stead Museum will welcome fiber artists and vendors demonstrating skirting, carding, spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting, felting, and more. There will be free hayrides to and from the barns, food vendors, and craft activities. Learn what it takes to create something “from sheep to shawl.”

Maryland Fleece and Alpaca Festival 2026

Come join us for this great, fall festival with live animals, fiber, FREE demos, and FREE seminars. Whether you knit, crochet, spin, weave, or just love to shop, there is something for you. Stock up now for your winter projects with unique yarns and fibers from alpaca, wool, mohair, and angora rabbit, and all blends in between. Find those one-of-a-kind project supplies, get new ideas, and learn creatively! Saturday 9-4pm Sunday 9-4 pm Please check the event website for current Covid19 Guidlines

CNY Fiber Festival 2026

Upstate NY in the Summer, yes please! This festival is always a blast, with camping, good. food, and good friends. Herkimer County Fairgrounds 135 Cemetery Street Frankfort, NY Saturday 10-4pm Sunday 10-4pm

Maryland Fleece and Alpaca Festival

Come join us for this great, fall festival with live animals, fiber, FREE demos, and FREE seminars. Whether you knit, crochet, spin, weave, or just love to shop, there is something for you. Stock up now for your winter projects with unique yarns and fibers from alpaca, wool, mohair, and angora rabbit, and all blends in between. Find those one-of-a-kind project supplies, get new ideas, and learn creatively! Saturday 9-4pm Sunday 9-4 pm Please check the event website for current Covid19 Guidlines

Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival

Thursday, August 24, 2023 – 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM – Registration opens at 11:30 AM for ADVANCED and Day Passes Friday, August 25, 2023 – 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM – Registration opens at 9:30 AM Saturday, August 26, 2023- 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM – Registration opens at 8:30 AM for ADVANCED registration and Day Passes

Ply Away 2023

Join us for the 2023 PLY Away Spinning Retreat put on by PLY Magazine, April 17-22, 2023. Vendor dates- Thursday, 20th: 5pm-9pm Friday, 21st: noon-6pm Saturday, 22nd: 9am-3pm Right smack dab in the middle of the USA in Kansas City, Missouri, come join us while we learn, share, enjoy, and just sit and spin! Build your own spinning schedule from in-depth 3-day classes, immersive 2-day classes, fun 1-day classes, or dip your toe in with any of our half-day classes, but make sure to leave […]Continue reading

The Long Haul Project

When you get a yarn that is so luxuriously delicious that you just have to make something you’ll wear all the time… and then it takes you 8 months to knit it. That is this project, but oh, am I so glad that I stuck with it. Last fall I purchased some Lotus Mimi yarn in a fabulous purple from a yarn store that was closing in North Jersey for 50% off retail price. Yes, mink at 50% off, which is the best kind. The […]Continue reading