New England fiber

craftland holiday fair
providence, ri

application deadline 8.31.08
twist fair/crafts
northhampton, ma
sept. 6, 10-8pm

fiber college
classes, vendors
Sept 5-7
searsport, me

vermont fiber fest
sat., 9.6 + 9.7

new ma fiber guild
the common cod
first event will be:
9/12/08, 7-9pm, MIT Stata Center
Cambridge, MA
Franklin Habit

maine common ground fair
wknd of 9.19

finger lakes fiber fest
new york state
9.20 + 21

hemp's fiber, right?
hempfest
sept. 20
boston, ma

new online knit mag
twist collective 

as always, got more, post em :)
(i'm away til 9.3, so won't respond til after that)

Corn's fiber, right? :)
Corn mazes...
MA
NY
Elsewhere in New England, etc

League of NH Craftsmen’s Fair
8.2-10
Lots of fiber things there, plus more crafts

Fiber Revival
Aug 16, 9-5
Newbury, MA
 
Aug. 29-31
Felting and Felted Collage
VT fiber retreats
 
August felting events in Rensselaerville NY
Black Sheep Designs

And a heads - up for early September...
Sept 5-7. Searsport, ME
Fiber College
their blog has teacher profiles
all of their classes
I'm teaching Bad Grrls Spinning Club :)


it seems like a had a few more events that i misplaced...i'll post if i find them. as always, please add events if you know of them. enjoy :)

I'm moving later this month, and in an effort to simplify, I am selling off dyeing supplies which I will probably not ever use:


I didn't inventory all of it, since this is something I'm not very knowledgeable about, but...

It includes


-several jars of various mordants, etc- aluminium, pro urea,
-at least five hardcover books on natural dyeing
-about twelve pamphlets and booklets on dyeing, including one titled "I'd Rather Dye Laughing".
-a, er, measuring thing for exact measurements. I don't know what it's called, the box is in German
-about twenty jars filled with different natural dyestuffs. Lichen, walnut, dried plants, lots of very fun stuff
-yarn samples of colors, along with detailed instructions on how to achieve said colors
-About four bags filled with dried flowers or sticks or other dye-stuff.
-Three pillowcases filled with some uncarded wool of various colors.
-A big ol' bag of logwood
-a jar of cochineal


I'll even throw in a packet of rubber gloves.


This is a great way to get into natural dyeing- it's everything you could possibly need, along with lots and lots of books to tell you how to go about doing it.


I'm located outside of Worcester, MA. Since I know that sometimes finding transportation can be a pain in the butt, I am willing to drive all of this stuff to you FOR FREE if you live within 30 miles of Worcester.


$100 for the entire lot, or give me your best offer.


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well, ain't got much :) feel free to tell us about more fiber-ish events around new england + ny!!

new england fairs list, sometimes some fibery element, ya never know...

ny state fairs

July 18-26, 2008
Barnstable County Fair
MA

ArtBeat: July 18 & 19 2008
somerville, ma

July 19, 2008
First Branch Farm & Fiber Tour
3 farms in central vermont

Open Farm Day/Maine
Sunday, July 20, 2008
including this fiber farm

Lowell Folk Festival
july 25-27
lowell, ma
has a crafts component 

July 26 & 27, 2008 (Saturday & Sunday)
Ganondagan's Native American Dance & Music Festival
Ganondagan State Historic Site/NY state

knit and crochet show
7.25-27
manchester, nh 

maine fiber frolic
june 7 + 8

world wide knitting(and more!) in public day
june 14

june 21
Spinners Helping Spinners & Weavers Helping Weavers host a Tare Shirt Farm Spinning Bee on June 21 at Tare Shirt Farm, Berwick, ME
18th annual Spinning Bee. All participants bring bag lunches and pot-luck desserts to share. Gwen Vesenka / 967-0398. (area code 207?)

anybody else suggest anything fiber-y for the region?

ETA suggestions in comments:
June 14-15
Wool Days at Old Sturbridge Village
Sturbridge, MA

July 12
Purls from the Past tour at Old Sturbridge Village
Sturbridge, MA 

renegade craft fair
brooklyn, ny
june 14 + 15

This weekend, May 24-25 is the Massachusetts Sheep and Wool Show. It's in Cummington, MA, which is 2.5 hour car hike from the Boston area. I'd like to go on Saturday, and would like to go with someone as well. I can drive, or you can if you have a car.

http://www.masheepwool.org/

I'd like to leave on the earlier side, 9 or 10 am or earlier (shivver!) to get the most of the show. Admission is $6.00 per car, and since I'm not planning on buying anything much (grin) I've got car space, or I can fit into your car.

Leave a comment if you'd like to go and you're somewhere close to the Boston area so we can carpool.

Colonial spinning bee
Sunday May 18 from 1-5
"Old Chelmsford" Garrison House
Chelmsford MA

NH Sheep + Wool
May 10 + 11

R.I. Wool and Fiber Festival
Hosted by Coggeshall Farm Museum
Rt. 114 (off Poppasquash Rd) Bristol RI
May 17
9 am-4pm

MA Sheep + Wool
Cummington, MA
May 24 + 25

Some fiber people are sometimes at the following farmers markets...

The Providence Open Market (RI)

"The Providence Open Market, now in its 2nd season, is the city’s only Open-Air Market where you can shop for artisan made goods, fine art, and fresh produce."

Spring Dates and Hours:
May: 31
June: 7, 14, 21, 28
12pm - 6pm

Fall Dates and Hours:
September: 6, 13, 20, 27
October: 4, 11, 18, 25
12pm - 5pm
vendor info

Brattleboro area farmers market
VT
saturdays + wednesdays

and I think we could use the "sheep as lawnmower" concept, described here, all over the east coast :)

Syracuse, NY fiber/gas station pix/I think it's still up

as always, if you have any info, please feel free to post!

more at my flickr...too sleepy to post here :)
twas a fun day...anybody else get there? or CT?

boston, ma
women of the cloth
bunker hill community college
up thru april 18

good show :)

almost fiber festival season. yeehaw ;)


haystack, deer isle, me/classes
april 1 reg deadline for summer wkshps, but you never know...

Boston SkillShare
Saturday and Sunday, April 5 & 6 at M.I.T./Stata Center
Cambridge, MA

Martha's Vineyard Fiber Fest
info (click on fiberfest)
sat., april 19
west tisbury, martha's vineyard, ma
 
sat. 4/19 Sheepfest in Denmark, ME

sat. 4/26 Gore Place Shearing Festival in Waltham, MA

4/26 CT Sheep & Wool in Tolland, CT

Fiber College, Searsport, ME/in case you want to register for classes
class schedule
sept. 5-7
 
For future/summer planning :)
NE fairs/fests

agricultural fairs ny state
ny county fairs list/ 2007


anybody got anything else?? post away!

a few events!!! and maybe everybody could just say hi in this post...let us know a fibery thing about you and in which states you're likely to attend events. hello :)

MA
attn: costumers, fiber people...vintage fashion fair
[3.21-23]
The Great Boston Burlesque Exposition and Vintage Fashion Fair happens Friday night, March 21 through Sunday night,  March 23. All events, classes, shows, parties, and exhibits take place at The Hyatt Regency, 575 Memorial Drive, Cambridge MA

woolapalooza 3/29/08 10-4
drumlin farm/lincoln, ma

vineyard fiber fest click on fiberfest
saturday, april 19, 10-5
free, donations accepted
west tisbury on the vineyard, ma

NY
camp stitches/ny state (link includes sound)
june 26-30, but registration open now

there will be two exhibitions of the IFF's crocheted Crochet Reef in New York,
both opening Saturday, April 5th 2008.
The shows are being hosted by the New York Institute of the Humanities.
- One exhibition will be at NYU's "Broadway Windows" space - a series
of large old department store windows at the corner of Broadway and
10th St.
- The other will be at the Winter Gardens at the World Financial
Center in Battery Park City, again, in a huge windowed display space.
- Both exhibitions will look like giant aquariums.

thru april 27, 2008
extreme embroidery at the museum of arts and design
a public program on 3/27 about the slow movement + more

CT
april 5+6/knitting wknd
Granby, CT
some fiona ellis workshop at marji's yarn crafts

VT
spinning:
Camp Pluckyfluff Vermont
This intimate workshop will be held in The Spun Monkey studio!
Townshend, VT (South-east corner of VT)
June 14th and 15th
10am-5pm
$200/person
register/2 spaces left, last i saw. there will probably also be a waiting list if it's full

if you know of any march events, please feel free to add them.

Boston Yarn Swap Party will be held on March 29th from 11-4 at the Somerville Public Library, put together by haptotrope.
survey here.


the following event doesn't take place til april, but pre-registering soon might be good...

(western MA)
the yarn harlot talking about her book "things i learned from knitting"
sunday april 27, 2pm
sponsored by webs, held @the calvin theatre
free, but you need to register

just a reminder about NETA this wknd, 2/24 + 25
you can be there for both days or just come on saturday when the vendors are there :)
it's at a different location this year: the hilton garden inn in freeport, me

also, here's a good list of many guilds in new england + new york in case you want to check them out

A talk/Crafting Protest

01/26/2008 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
NYC
info

art /fiber exhibits, classes, things to apply for...if you know of other things to amuse us in these chilly months, post away!!!

January 25 - March 22:  Rachel Hunt: reORGANized
also: A Textile Workshop for Teens with Rachel Hunt
Dates: Sat & Sun, January 19 & 20, 2008; Time: 12-5 pm; Fee: $10
Location: ArtWorks! 384 Acushnet Ave, New Bedford, MA
reserve ahead of time, i think

NETA/Spa wknd
February 22-24, 2008
they're also on ravelry, in case you're there
ok to go on sat only for the vendors!!

Museum of Fine Arts/Boston
Ed Rossbach Fiber Art from the Daphne Farago Collection
thru 3.5.08
(this is a wonderful show!! his boxes, the work of his wife Katherine Westphal,
and many other related artworks from many lands + people)

Gore Place, Waltham, MA
craft application for the sheepshearing festival,
Saturday, April 26 from 10am to 4pm, available at above link
you can also go walk around on the grounds, (M-F)  with or w/o kids
in these winter months. llamas, sheep, goats are there :)
reservations recommended: 781.894.2798

fiber arts courses at the fletcher school
Ludlow, VT

artists in residence @ national parks, including some around new england/ny
in case you nature lovers feel like applying

call for entries
2009 Portland Museum of Art Biennial
April 9 through June 7, 2009
"The call for entries for the 2009 Portland Museum of Art Biennial will be
mailed in early spring of 2008. All artists who have spent time during the
last 2 years (2006-2008) working in Maine are invited to submit images
of their work, in any medium, for consideration by the jurors. "

Call for Artists: Petal Pushers
Worcester Craft Ctr
Juried Exhibition, March 13-April 6 Download the entry form/left hand column at link
"In celebration of spring and preserving the environment, this exhibition will feature
craftwork related to the natural world: objects that bring the outdoors in and pay
homage to Mother Nature." (fee: $30 for up to 4 pieces)

classes at the fiber arts center
amherst, ma

The Northeast Feltmakers Guild
1st mtg of the year: April 5-6, 2008
Connecticut

Here are a few events...if you're offering things at a show or have any good recommendations in your neighborhoods, let us know!

Bust Craftacular
December 8, 2007 from 10 am to 8 pm
NY

Boston Bazaar Bizarre
Sunday December 9, 2007
MA

Craftland
December 1-22, 2007
RI

Brookfield Craft Center
through December 31st
CT

Join the NYU Art Department as they host a lecture and workshops with artist Margaret Wertheim about the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef Project that is currently showing in Chicago and will be exhibited at NYU in Spring 2008.

The Crochet Reef is an outgrowth of the techniques of hyperbolic crochet originally discovered by mathematician Daina Taimina, and expanded by Margaret and her twin sister Christine to create a wide variety of corals, kelps, anemones and other reef-forms. Now engaging people the world over, the Crochet Reef is a unique conjunction of geometry, handicraft, marine biology, conservation ecology, and aesthetic practice that has been featured in both science and craft magazines. Take this chance to learn from one of the creators of reef-crochet, and hear about the intersection between non-euclidean mathematics and sea slugs!
 

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some november fiber-ish events follow. what's happening around you? let us know :)

ne spinners guild show + sale
nov. 1-3
weston, ma

fiber art center auction + events
nov 1-3
amherst, ma

knitting retreat
nov 2 + 3
manchester village, vt

Sabrina Gschwandtner will lecture on “the Possibilities of Knitting"
and will sign copies of her book {knitknit}
Lecture and book signing at the Rhode Island School of Design
4:30pm, November 9, 2007
info

League of NH Craftsmen's 3rd Annual Open Studio Tour
Veterans Day Weekend
November 9, 10 & 11, 2007

MA cultural council
artist fellowships
deadline 12.7.07 for "traditional arts"

sherborn fiber fest
sherborn, ma
sat. nov 10, 10-4

Sheep Shearing Weekend
11.23-24
times/10-5
adams farm
Wilmington, VT

Hope that some of you will make it to the Fiber Twist this weekend!

I'll be at the Marketplace on Saturday, and visiting open farms and studios on Sunday.

Ask any of the volunteers or vendors to point me out, and be sure to introduce yourself to me if you are so inclined.

Diane H K
organizer, Franklin County Fiber Twist

EDIT: You can see me pre-haircut (eek, what a sloppy mane!) on the Merchandise page of the Fiber Twist website. Should help in picking me out of a crowd!