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SHOWS & EVENTS 2012

JANUARY

13-15   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

FEBRUARY

3-5 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

MARCH

4 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

APRIL

3-9 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

MAY

4-6 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

JUNE

1-2 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

JULY

1-18 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

AUGUST

1-5 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

SEPTEMBER

1-7 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

OCTOBER

1 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

NOVEMBER

1-4 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

DECEMBER

2-3 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