SHOWS & EVENTS 2012
JANUARY13-15 Stonewall Jackson Resort, Roanoke, WV Knitter's Winter Wonderland knitting
13-15 Comfort Suites Biltmore, Asheville, NC Friends & Fiberworks Winter Retreat 13-21 Chiapas, Mexico The Ancient Maya & Present Day Textile Traditions 14 All Saints Church Parish Hall, Lansing, NY Roc Day: A Fiber Arts Celebration 14-16 Hilton NY Hotel, New York, NY Vogue Knitting LIVE! 20-21 The Clifty Inn, Clifty Falls State Park, Madison, IN Sophie's Knitting Winter Retreat 20-22 Oxford Powerhouse, Oxford, MS Knit1's Second Annual Fiber Festival 21-23 Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ National NeedleArts Association Winter Trade Show 25-30 Charleston, SC and Bahamas Baskets of Yarn Winter Retreat and Cruise 27-29 Unity Village, Lee's Summit, MO 6th Annual Studio Retreat 28 Lafayette College, Williamson Arts Center, Easton, PA Crochet & Knitting from a 3D Perspective, lecture by Kathleen Greco 28-29 Legacy Alpaca Farm, Loganville, GA Camp Pluckyfluff Atlanta, GA |
FEBRUARY3-5 Spruce Hollow Farm, Gibson, PA Ladies Getaway Knitting Weekend
4 Academy of the Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills, MI Knit Michigan 4 Boalsburg Fire Hall, Boalsburg, PA Centre County Knitters Guild presents I Heart Knitting! 10-12 Four Points Sheraton North, Mars, PA Pittsburgh Knit & Crochet Festival 10-12 Slater Mill Community Guild Studios, Pawtucket, RI Knitting Weekend 11 Middletown & Barnesville, MD Sweet Sale 16-19 Hotel Murano, Tacoma, WA Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat!!!!!!!!!!!! 17-19 Park Mammoth Resort, Park City, KY Fiber Frenzy Retreat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 23-25 Santa Clara Convention Center & Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara, CA Stitches West!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 24-26 Comfort Suites, Oak Creek, WI Sheep in the City Getaway 24-26 Hotel at Gateway Center, Ames, IA Arnhild's Knitting Studio's Knitting Retreat 24-26 Hilton Garden Inn & Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, ME New England Textile Arts Network's Spa Knit & Spin 25-26 Embassy Suites Hotel, Nashville, TN Nashville Needlework Market 25-26 Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey UK Unravel 2012 |
MARCH4 Bothwell District High School, Tasmania, Australia Bothwell Spin Out 2012; www.bothwellspinin.com
4-10 Caribbean 7th Annual Knitting Cruise with Barry Klein 8-10 Jay County Fairgrounds, Portland, IN Fiber Fest and Spin-In 9 Various locations, Anchorage, AK Alaska Fiber Festival 9-11 Tang Center, Cambridge, MA FiberCamp Boston 10 Bishop O’Connor Center, Madison, WI Madison, WI Knitters' Guild Annual Knit-In!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10-11 Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, VA Virginia Classic Llama & Alpaca Show 11-18 Iceland Winter Knitting in the Highlands 15-18 Olympia II, London, UK Stitch and Craft; www.twistedthread.com 15-18 North Shore, Boston, MA North Shore Yarn Crawl 16-17 Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, Townsend, TN Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 16-17 AgRec Building, Abbotsford Exhibition Park Grounds, Abbotsford, BC Fibreswest 16-18 Chincoteague Island, VA KnitXperience Lite (Low Impact Techniques for Everyone) 23-25 Spruce Hollow Farm, Gibson, PA Ladies Getaway Knitting Weekend 24 Junior Fair Building, Wood County Fairgrounds, Bowling Green, OH Black Swamp Spinners Guild Market Day & Fiber Fair 24 Jackson Building, Winterset, IA Heartland Fiberpalooza 24-25 Drury Inn, St. Louis, MO Greater St. Louis' Knitter's Guild Spring Break with Merike Saarniit 24-25 North Carolina Triangle Triangle Yarn Crawl - Spring Event 25 Historic Savage Mill 8600 Foundry Street, Savage, MD Homespun Yarn Party!!!! 30-31 Guest House at Lost River, Lost River, WY Knitters & Fiber Retreat 30-Apr. 1 Grapevine Convention Center, Grapevine, TX Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Fiber Fest 30-Apr. 1 Carolina Fiber Frolic Retreat Classes - Spinning, weaving, knitting, crochet and more! Sapphire, North Carolina www.carolinafiberfrolic.wordpress.com 31 Old Alabama Town, Birmingham, AL Festival of Alabama Fiber Arts 31 MA. Audubon's Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, Lincoln, MA Woolapalooza 31 Tall Grass Farm, Delavan, WI Spring Fiber Jubilee 31-Apr 1 Clark County Events Center, Ridgefield, WA Alpacapalooza!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
APRIL3-9 Kex Hostel, Reykjavík, Iceland Knit to the Music with Cookie A
9 Chaney High School, Austintown, OH * A Knitter's Fantasy 10-19 Holland Tulips & Windmills Knitting Cruise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 13-15 The Sunflower Knitters’ Guild, Knitting in the Heartland, Crowne Plaza – Overland Park, KS. www.kithkc.com 13-15 Sugarloaf Mountain, MD Countryside Artisans Fiber Farm Tours 13-15 City Flats Hotel, Holland, MI A Very Plucky Retreat & Open House!!!!!!!!!!!! 13-15 Chincoteague Island, VA SoXperience 14 Jane Addams Community Center, Cedarville, IL Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair; http://www.suzybeggin.com/FAF.htm 14 Bedford Lion's Club Community Center, Bedford, VA Olde Liberty Fibre Faire 14-15 Four Seasons Centre, Owatonna, MN Minnesota Alpaca Expo 14-16 Ozark Empire Fairgrounds E-plex, Springfield, MO Round Bobbin: Quilting & Sewing Expo 14-17 Western Washington Fairgrounds,Puyallup, WA * Shepherd's Extravaganza 19-22 Renaissance Waverly Hotel & Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, GA Stitches South 19-22 InnPlace Phoenix North, Phoenix, AZ Fibers through Time: A Fiber Odyssey 20-21 Putnam County Fairgrounds, Greencastle, IN Fiber Event at Greencastle!!!!!! 20-22 Waukesha County Expo Center, Waukesha, WI Wisconsin Spring Spin-In 20-22 Hood River Inn-Best Western, Hood River, OR Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival; http://cgff.lavendersheep.com 20-22 Seguin-Guadalupe County Coliseum, Seguin, TX Yellow Rose Fiber Producers Fiesta, www.yellowrosefiberproducers.com 20-22 Middle Beach Lodge, Tofino, BC, Canada Knits by the Sea Retreat with Amy Swenson 20-May 11 Peru Puchka Perú Textiles/Folk Art/Market Tours 21 Denmark Arts Center, Denmark, ME Denmark Sheepfest; www.denmarksheepfest.com 21 Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown, NY Chancellor's Sheep & Wool Showcase 21-22 Waukesha County Expo, Waukesha, WI Wisconsin Spin-In: Trends and Traditions; www.wispinin.org 26-28 Mid-Iowa Mid-Iowa Yarn Shop Hop 27-28 International Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada creativ festival® spring 2012 27-28 Noble County Fairgrounds, Kendallville, IN North East Indiana Fiber Festival 28 Harper Chapel United Methodist Church, Thompson Hall, Osage Beach, MO Lake Area Fiber Arts Festival 28 Gore Place, Waltham, MA 25th Annual Sheep Shearing Festival; hours 10-5, 70 crafters and fiber artists some selling yarn and wool www.goreplace.org. 28 Tolland Agricultural Center, Vernon, CT Connecticut Sheep Spring Wool & Fiber Festival 28 Church of the Messiah, Chester, NJ New Jersey Needle Festival 28 Hopkins Senior High School, Minnetonka, MN MN. Knitters' Guild Yarnover!!!!!!! 28-29 Battenkill Valley, Washington County, NY 20th Annual Washington County Farm & Fiber Tour 28-29 Royal Welsh Show Ground, Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, UK, 10-5:30 Sat., 10-4:30 Sun. 150+ exhibitors Wonderwool Wales; www.wonderwoolwales.co.uk 28-29 TRAC Center, Pasco, WA Northwest Alpacas Showcase!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 28-29 Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Downtown Knit Collective Knitter's Frolic 28-May 1 Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS Spring Yarn School 29-May 1 Tygart Lake State Park, Grafton, WV Yarn & Company's Spring Fling |
MAY4-6 National Western Complex, Denver, CO Great Western Alpaca Show & Denver Fiber Fiesta
5-6 Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival; www.sheepandwool.org 5-6 Oakland County 4-H Fairgrounds 12451 Andersonville Rd Davisburg, MI 48350 For information call 248-627-7066 Michigan Alpaca Breeders Show and Fiber Fair 12 Richland Public Library, Richland, WA Fiber With a Twist 9th Annual Spin In 12-13 Clark County 4H Fairgrounds 9608 Hwy 62 , Charlestown, IN Indiana Fiber and Music Festival; www.indianafiberfest.com 12-13 Washington County Fairgrounds, Lake Elmo, MN Minnesota Shepherd's Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival; http://www.shepherdsharvestfestival.org 12-13 Deerfield Fairgrounds, Deerfield, NH New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival 13-18 Ramapo Retreat, Rhinebeck, NY All Things Fiber Camp (for adults) 13-23 Wales * Joyce James Tour: History, Heritage and Handicrafts 13-24 Lakes & York, UK Jean Moss Handknits Lakes & York Tour 14 Vista Park, Bisbee, AZ * Bisbee Fiber Arts Festival 15-30 Turkey Turkish Fiber Arts & Culture Trip!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 17-20 Greenwich, NY Men's Knitting Retreat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 18-19 Salomon Farm Park, Fort Wayne, IN Fiber Arts Celebration! Hours 10-5 www.fortwayneparks.org 18-20 Jim Graham Building, State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC Carolina Fiber Festival 18-20 Oakland Convention Center, Oakland, CA Conference of Northern California Handspinners 19 Klackle Orchards, Greenville, MI Michigan Fiber Fiesta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 19 Coggeshall Farm Museum, Bristol, RI Rhode Island Wool and Fiber Festival 19 Farm Wool Shop, Mt. Bruce Station, Romeo, MI Spring Fiber Day 19-20 Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI Door County Shepherds' Market 19-20 Greene County Fairgrounds, Waynesburg, PA Waynesburg Sheep and Fiber Festival 19-20 Hallockville Museum Farm, Riverhead, NY Long Island Fleece and Fiber Fair 19-20 Miami County Fairgrounds, Troy, OH Upper Valley Fiber Festival, Sat May 19 from 9-5pm, Sun May 20 from 11-4pm; Freewww.uppervalleyfiberfest.org 19-22 Puget Sound, WA * 5th Annual Destination Yarn LYS Tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 21 Jamaica Village, VT (near Stratton Mt.) * Jamaica Fiber Festival!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 21-22 Eastern Idaho Technical College, Idaho Falls, ID * Snake River Fiber Fair 21-22 Northeast Kingdom, VT * The Northeast Kingdom Farm to Yarn Tour Weekend 21-22 Masterson State Park, Lexington, KY * Kentucky Sheep and Wool Festival 21-28 Occidental Hotel, Buffalo, WY * Y2Knit Experience Buffalo 22-28 Costa Blanca & Barcelona, Spain Knitting & Crochet Retreat with Jane Thornley 24-28 Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA Sacramento County Fair Wool Show 25-26 Dickson County Fairgrounds, Dickson, TN Middle Tennessee Fiber Festival 26-27 Cummington Fairgrounds, Cummington, MA Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair 26-27 Town Park, Pagosa Springs, CO Pagosa Fiber Festival; www.pagosafiberfestival.com 26-27 Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster, OH Great Lakes Fiber Show 27-28 Knitting & Crochet Retreat Spain (Costa Blanca & Barcelona); http://www.janethornley.com/blog/index.php/knitting/Spain/spain_ 27-June 3 Alaska Musk Ox & Glaciers Knitting Tour 28-29 Great Frederick Fairgrounds, Frederick, MD * Eastern Angora Goat & Mohair Association Show and Sale 29-30 Springside Farm, Fabius, NY (Finger Lakes) * Annual Shearing Festival & Craft Show |
JUNE1-2 Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival, Inc. Johnson County Fairgrounds, Franklin, Indiana. www.hoosierhillsfiberfestival.com
Johnson County Fairgrounds, Franklin, IN Hoosier Hills FiberArts Festival 2 Bags by CAB Yarn Shoppe outside courtyard, Denver, CO 4th Annual Yarn Knit Out & Crochet, http://www.bagsbycab.com/Up_Coming_Events.html 2-3 Pioneer Museum, Flagstaff, AZ Flagstaff Wool Festival 2-3 Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor, ME Maine Fiber Frolic; www.fiberfrolic.com 2-16 Scotland, Shetland and Norway Scotland, Shetland & Norway Knitting Cruise 6-10 Rockywold-Deephaven Camps, Holderness, NH Squam Art Workshop Retreat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 7-10 Fairgrounds at Stanley Park, Estes Park, CO Estes Park Wool Market 8-11 Coast of Maine Maine Knitting Cruise with Bill Huntington 9-10 Dallas County Fairgrounds, Adel, IA Iowa Summer Sheep and Wool Festival; www.iowasheep.com 9-10 Butternut Hill Campground, Bouckville, NY Central New York Fiber Artists & Producers Annual Showcase: From Animals to Art; www.cnyfiber.org 10-12 Hamilton Fairgrounds, Hamilton, MT * Big Sky Fiber Arts Festival 15-17 Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH Knitter's Connection 17-19 Wiawaka Holiday House, Lake George, NY * Wiawaka Knitter's Weekend 18 Smolak Farms, North Andover, MA * Family Farm Fiber Festival????????????? 20-25 Rodeo Arena, Diné College, Tsailé, AZ, Navajo Nation * Sheep Is Life Celebration 22-23 Mitchell's Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England Woolfest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 22-24 Denmark Arts Center, Denmark, ME Pleasant Mountain Fiber Arts Workshops; www.pleasantmtfiber.com 22-24 Metrolina Tradeshow Expo, Charlotte, NC Charlotte Fiber Festival 22-24 Lake County Fairgrounds, Grayslake, IL Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair 22-24 Lane Center, Eugene, OR Black Sheep Gathering 22-25 Witchetty's Alice Springs, Australia Alice Springs Beanie Festival 22-29 Olds College, Olds, Alberta, CA Fibre Week 23-24 Lake Metroparks Farmpark, Kirtland, OH Woolfest 23-25 Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH National NeedleArts Association Trade Show 27-July 1 Manchester, NH Summer Knit & Crochet Show 28-30 Sharonville Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH Original Creative Festival, Sew, Quilt, Knit & Crochet Expo; 800-473-9464 www.originalcreativefestival.com 29-July 5 Iceland Hiking and Knitting with the Elves |
JULY1-18 Scotland * Joyce James Scottish Skeins & Skerries Tour
5-9 Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI Meg Swansen's Knitting Camp 6-8 Opotiki, New ZealandFibre and Fleece Fashion Show & Exhibition; http://www.fibreandfleece.co.nz/ 7-10 Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA * Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association Conference: Basics and Beyond 8-10 Marsh Park, Monte Vista, CO * San Luis Valley Folk & Fiber Arts Festival 8-25 Peru Helen Hamann Adventure in Peru Tour; http://helenhamann.com/Peru_Tours.html 10 Splash Pad Park, Grand at Lake Shore Ave., Oakland, CA * Oakland Fiber & Textile Festival!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10-11 Trade Center, Kalispell Fairgrounds, Kalispell, MT * Montana Fiber Roundup 12-16 Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI Meg Swansen's Retreat 2.75 13-22 Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada Canadian North Great Northern Arts Festival 14-15 Kenneth C. Cowan Civic Center, Lebanon, MO Fiber U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 14-Aug. 18 Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Netherlands, England, Ireland and Faroe Voyage of the Vikings Knitting Cruise 15-21 Convention Center, Long Beach, CA Convergence: Handweavers Guild of America 18-24 Kex Hostel, Reykjavík, Iceland Body, Mind & Lopi with Cirilia Rose and Stephen West!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 19-23 Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI Meg Swansen's Knitting Camp 20-22 Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Australian Sheep & Wool Show 26-30 Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI Meg Swansen's Retreat 3 28-29 Castel Farms, Charlevoix, MI Fiber Arts Festival 29-30 Creek County Fairgrounds, Kellyville, OK * Fiber Christmas in July 27-Aug. 5 Mexico City, Mexico Textiles and Folk Art 29-Aug. 4 Medomak Retreat Center, Washington, ME Maine Fiber Arts Retreat!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 30-Aug. 12 Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor, ME Schoodic Arts Festival: Fiber Arts Show |
AUGUST1-5 Exhibition Hall, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI Midwest Felting Symposium
3-5 Statewide, ME Maine Fiberarts Studios & Farms Tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4-5 Chaplin Creek Village, Franklin Grove, IL Chaplin Creek Fiber Fair 5-7 Bartlett Yarns, Harmony, ME * Annual Open House and Historic Mill Tour!!!!!!! 9-11 Gospel Chapel, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada Fibre Fusion at the Forks?????????????? 9-12 Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, Schaumburg, IL Stitches Midwest 11-12 Rheault Farm, West Fargo, ND Fiber Arts Festival!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 12-15 Kettle Pond State Campground, Groton, VT * Vermont Knit and Fiber Camp !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 12-18 Iceland Knitting and Hiking between Fire and Ice 16-19 The Festival of Quilts NEC, Birmingham, www.twistedthread.com 15-19 Allegan County Fairgounds, Allegan, MI Michigan Fiber Festival & Workshops 17-19 The Ranch, Larimer County Fairgrounds, Loveland, CO Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival; 800-473-9464 www.rmqf.net 17-29 Baltics Baltic Knitting & Cooking Cruise 16-19 Scott Farm, Dummerston, VT Mostly Merino Knitting Workshop with Beth Brown-Reinsel 18-19 Reese Center, COTC/OSU Newark Campus, Newark, OH Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair 18-19 Festival 2012, http://www.michiganfiberfestival.info/ 20 Heritage Center, Leavenworth, KS Leavenworth Fiber Festival 21 St. Ann's Academy Orchard, Victoria, BC, Canada * Fibrations! 22-28 Iceland Knitting in the North 23-26 Scott Farm, Dummerston, VT Mostly Merino Knitting Workshop with Beth Brown-Reinsel 27-28 Salt Lake County Equestrian Park, South Jordan, UT * Great Basin Fiber Arts Fair 29-Sept. 3 Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA Monterey County Fair Wool Show!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 31-Sept. 5 Island Knitting Retreat, Whitehead Light Station, Brunswick ME Beginning/Intermediate Knitting with Shannon Okey |
SEPTEMBER1-7 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe/Taos Retreat with Jane Thornley; http://www.janethornley.com/blog/index.php/site/SantaFe/
2-3 Bethel, MO World Sheep and Fiber Arts Festival 3-8 Coast of Maine Maine Knitting Cruise with Margaret Radcliffe 5-7 U. of Southampton, Discovery Centre, Winchester, UK In the Loop 3: Voices of Knitting 6-9 College of Maine, www.FiberCollege.org 7-9 Jefferson County Fair Park, Jefferson, WI Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival; www.wisconsinsheepandwoolfestival.com 8 First Congregational Church, Camden, ME New England Needle Festival 8-9 Hunterdon County Fairgrounds, Lambertville, NJ New Jersey Sheep & Fiber Festival; http://mohair-fiber.com 8-9 Harford Fairgrounds, Harford, PA Pennsylvania Endless Mountains Fiber Festival 8-11 Searsport Shores Ocean Camping, Searsport, ME * Fiber College on Penobscot Bay 9-12 Hawk Circle Wilderness Education, Cherry Valley, NY * Autumn Woods Knitting Retreat 10 Bingeman, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada * Waterloo County Knitters' Fair!!!!!!!!!! 12-16 Reno, NV Fall Knit & Crochet Show 13-16 Liar's Lodge, Buena Vista, CO Fun Ladies Knitting Club Knitting Retreat, jdthulson at aol.com or 970-259-4142 14-15 St. Charles Convention Center, St. Charles, MO Round Bobbin Expo, Sew, Quilt, Knit & Crochet Expo; 800-473-9464 www.roundbobbin.com 14-16 Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA Georgia Alpaca FiberFest!!!!!!!!!!!! 14-18 Finger Lakes Region, Central New York, NY * Finger Lakes Fiber Tour 14-Oct. 5 Peru Puchka Perú Textiles/Folk Art/Market Tours 15-16 Young's Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs, OH Midwest Festival of Fibers: A Wool Gathering!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 16-18 Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Boonville, CA * California Wool and Fiber Festival!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 16-18 Radisson Hotel, Orlando, FL * Florida Fiber-In!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 17 Scotts Bluff County Fairgrounds, Mitchell, NE * Scotts Bluff Valley Fiber Arts Fair 17 Employee Health & Fitness Center, Yankee Candle, Deerfield, MA * Franklin County Fiber Twist 17 Shabbona Park, Earlville, IL * Fiber in the Park 17-18 Hemlock Fairgrounds, Hemlock, NY * Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival 17-18 Codington County Extension Complex, Watertown, SD * North Country Fiber Fair 21-22 Agriculture Building, Crowder College, Neosho, MO Fiber Daze 21-23 Unity, ME Fleece Show & Sale at Common Ground Country Fair 22-23 Clackamas County Fairgrounds, Canby, OR Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival 22-23 Washington County Fairgrounds, Greenwich, NY Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 23-25 Alta Lodge, Alta, UT * Rocky Mountain Knitter's Retreat 23-Oct. 5 Ireland Jean Moss Handknits Knit Ireland Tour 24 Pulaski Park Fieldhouse, Chicago, IL * YarnCon Chicago 24-25 Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds, Berryville, VA * Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival 25-26 Vancouver, BC, Canada * Culture Days: Common Threads, the Twisted Fibre Studio Tour??????????????????????????? 28-30 Johnsonburg Presbyterian Center, Johnsonburg, NJ North Country Spinners' Fiber Fallout 29-30 Ogemaw County Fairgrounds, Lower Penninsula, West Branch, MI Northern Michigan Lamb and Wool Festival 29-30 Mt. Bruce Station, Romeo, MI Sheep and Wool Festival 29-30 Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Tunbridge, VT Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival 29-Oct. 2 Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS * Fall Yarn School 29-Oct. 6 Villa Maddalena, Montisi, Tuscany, Italy Y2Knit Experience Tuscany 30-Oct. 1 Unitarian Society, Ridgewood, NJ * North Jersey Fiber Arts Festival 30-Oct. 2 Fairmont Algonquin, St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, Canada * KnitEast Atlantic Fibre Fest!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 30-Oct. 2 New York, NY * NYC Yarn Crawl 30-Oct. 7 Fryeburg, ME Fiber Center at the Fryeburg Fair 30-Oct. 9 Charlotte, NC * Charlotte Yarn Crawl |
OCTOBER1 Dixon May Fair Grounds, Dixon, CA * Lambtown USA Fiber Fair
1 Mabee Farm, Rotterdam Junction, NY * Fiber Fair 3-7 Abruzzo, Italy Squam Italia! 4 Newburgh, NY * Hudson River Yarn Cruise 4-7 Radisson Hotel, Manchester, NH Interweave Knitting Lab: Explore, Experiment, Engage 6-7 Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM Wool Festival at Taos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 6-7 Kutztown Fairgrounds, Kutztown, PA Fall Classic Alpaca Show 6-7 Montpelier Station, VA Fall Fiber Festival and Montpelier Sheepdog Trials 6-13 Villa Maddalena, Montisi, Tuscany, Italy Y2Knit Experience Tuscany 7-9 Near Kincaid Lake State Park, Falmouth, KY * Kentucky Wool Festival 7-9 Sugarloaf Mountain, MD * Countryside Artisans Fiber Farm Tours 7-10 Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY * Eastern Great Lakes Fiber Conference!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 7-10 Central Texas * Texas Hill Country Yarn Crawl???????????????? 7-14 Jaca, Spain 15th International Fungi & Fibre Symposium; www.iff2012.org 8 Halcyon Yarn, Bath, ME * Halcyon Annual Open House 8-9 Houston and Fillmore Counties, Southeastern Minnesota * Southeast Minnesota Sheep & Fiber Farm Tour 8-9 Triangle of NC * Autumn Yarn Crawl 8-10 Back roads of NH * New Hampshire Wool Arts Tours 9-20 Istanbul, Cappadocia & Ephesus Silk Road Turkey Excursion; Jane Thornley; http://www.janethornley.com/blog/index.php/knitting/Istanbul/turkey 11-14 Alexandra Palace London, UK Knitting & Stitching Show, www.twistedthread.com 11-14 Ketchum & Hailey, ID Trailing of the Sheep Festival 11-14 Hartford, CT Stitches East 11-16 Amherst, Northumberland Shore, Nova Scotia, Canada * Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival 13-14 Croatian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada Knit City Vancouver Market & Expo 14-27 Canada and New England Canada & New England Knitting Cruise 19-20 Harrison County Fairgrounds, Corydon, IN Southern Indiana FiberArts Festival 19-20 Lane Agricultural Park, Murfreesboro, TN Fiber in the Boro 20-21 Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY New York Sheep and Wool Festival 20-21 DeltaPlex, Grand Rapids, MI Michigan International Alpaca Fest 21-23 Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada* creativ festival® 21-27 Granlibakken Resort, Tahoe City, CA SOAR: Spin-Off Autumn Retreat???? 21-31 Knit Italy; Florence &Tuscany http://www.janethornley.com/blog/index.php/knitting/Knitaly/come_live_the_dream_knitaly_2011_tour/ 22 Withers Ranch, Tucson, AZ * Tucson Wool Festival 25-27 Lower Level, Bloedel Hall, St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA Seattle Weavers’ Guild Annual Sale and Show 26-28 Western NC Agricultural Center, Fletcher, NC Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair 27-28 Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, Ann Arbor, MI Fiber Expo 28-30 Green Mountain Spinnery, Putney, VT * Knitters in the Green Mountains with Fiona Ellis |
NOVEMBER1-4 Dublin, Ireland Knitting & Stitching Show, www.twistedthread.com
1-4 Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa, Bedford Springs, PA Knittreat 1-4 San Mateo Marriott, San Mateo, CA Interweave Knitting Lab: Explore, Experiment, Engage 3-4 Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA * Fiber Festival of New England; www.fiberfestival.org 3-5 Laguna Cliffs Resort & Spa, Dana Hills, CA * SpinMore: Spin-Off Weekend Workshop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 3-6 New Berlin Public Library, New Berlin, WI * Wisconsin Handweavers Annual Exhibit and Sale: Loominosity 5 Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, Tubac, AZ * Southwest Fiber Arts Festival & Gathering 5 Eisenhower Community Center, Hopkins, MN * Fall Fiber Festival 5-6 Georgia International Horse Park, Conyers, GA * Royal Alpaca Challenge 5-6 The Ranch, 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, CO * Alpaca Breeders of the Rockies Fall Festival Show 6 Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance, CA * Southern California Handweavers' Guild Knitting and Stitching Show 7-20 South America South American Knitting Cruise 8-11 Inn on the Lake, Canandaigua, NY 11th Annual Knitter's Review Retreat 9-10 Fiber Mania; www.fibermania.org 9-11 Kid N Ewe; www.kidnewe.com 11-12 Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria, VA * KnitXperience 11-12 Grant County Conference Center, Silver City, NM * Silver City Fiber Arts Festival 11-13 Kendall County Fairgrounds, Boerne, TX * Kids n' Ewe & Llamas Too Festival 12-13 Josephine County Fairgrounds, Grants Pass, OR * FiberMania 17-18 SAFONA's 5th Annual Fiber Arts Festival, Liberty Fire Company 339 E. Main Street New Holland, PA www.safona.org Liberty Fire Company, New Holland, PA * Small Alpaca Farms of the Northeast Assn. Annual Fiber Festival 19-20 Hotel Coolidge, White River Junction, VT * Green Mountain Fiber Festival!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 22-25 Harrogate Internatonal Centre, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK Knitting & Stitching Show; www.twistedthread.com |
DECEMBER2-3 Convention Center, Hot Springs, AR * Arkansas Fiberarts Extravaganza
2-4 and 9-11 Sugarloaf Mountain, MD * Countryside Artisans Fiber Farm Tours 4-11 Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia * Danube Waltz Knitting Cruise |