New England fiber

there are a few more events than this, but wanted to mention:

Maine Fiber Frolic
June 6 & 7, 9 - 4 pm
Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor, Maine  

 yarn swap/open to all, members + the public
sat 4.4.09
Lexington Arts and Crafts Society
130 Waltham St.
Lexington, MA
781-862-9696

denmark sheep fest
sat april 18
denmark, me

Connecticut Sheep, Wool and Fiber Festival
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Rain or Shine
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Tolland Agricultural Center
Route 30, Vernon/Rockville, CT

gore place sheep shearing
april 25, 10-4
waltham, ma

feel free to add any other april events :)

9.28 - 10.5
Fryeburg Fair
Fryeburg ME
fiber schedule

oct 11-13 9-5pm
new hampshire wool arts tour

Rhinebeck/NY Sheep + Wool
Oct 18 + 19
Rhinebeck, NY

Fiber Twist
Oct 25
northwestern ma

Crafternoon at AS220 
Providence, RI
Every last Saturday of the month
10.25.08 1-5pm 

MAD museum
Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary
September 27, 2008 - February 15, 2009
NYC

Tufts U/Medford, MA
Two shows that include textiles:
Contrapuntal Lines: Rania Matar and Buthina Abu Milhem
September 11—December 21, 2008
+
Do-Ho Suh: Paratrooper II
September 11—December 21, 2008

10/15/08, 7pm, St James’s Episcopal Church
Cambridge, MA
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee aka “The Yarn Harlot”
Common Cod Guild

and for Nov heads up:

11/07 to 11/09/2008
Slater Mill will host a book signing and workshops with designers Annie Modesitt & Norah Gaughan as part of the inaugural season of its Community Guild Studios at Slater Mill.
Slater Mill 
Pawtucket, Rhode Island

if you know of more, post away :)

we hardly have any pix in this community. maybe a few would be in order...anybody else inspired to show us your fiber festival photos? 

oops, cut didn't work...re-doing!

( trying the cut once again! )

 

 

 

still some fall fairs here: northern new england fairs
 
September 11 - 14, 2008
Tunbridge World's Fair
Tunbridge, VT
(there is a fiber component)

Art show/crocheted constructions
Portions of the Re-Possessed: Fiber work by Xenobia Bailey
Fuller Craft Museum
Brockton, MA
August 2, 2008 – March 8, 2009

some of xenobia bailey's wonderful art

ETA:

Wool Day
Saturday, September 20, 10:00-5:00 
Canterbury Shaker Village
Canterbury, NH

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 :)

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

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!

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

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

Vermont Sheep + Wool
Sept. 8 + 9
Essex Junction, VT

Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Fest
Sept. 15 + 16
Hemlock, NY

ETA:
Wool Day, Canterbury Shaker Village
Sat. 9/22, 10am-4pm
Canterbury, NH

Spin Out
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
11AM-5PM
Central Park, Cherry Hill Fountain
NYC

Fryeburg Fair
Sept. 30-Oct. 7
Fryeburg, Maine
(they have a "fiber center" page, which you can get to by clicking on "events"

call to participate/ project from international fiber collaborative:
crochet, knit, stitch, patch or collage 3' square fiber panels...
...once all 800 panels are received, they will be sewn together
to completely cover an abandoned gas station in syracuse, new york
deadline: march 15, 2008

let us know what other things are happening in your neighborhoods!
if anybody has booths, etc at any of the above, please let us know so we can stop by :)

june 9 + 10 (saturday + sunday)
fiber frolic
windsor, me

which is also knitting in public day :)

spinning bee, sun. may 20...1-5pm
chelmsford, ma

Tare Shirt Farm Spinning Bee
Saturday, June 16th, Berwick, Maine
11am to 3 pm

AND...
felters fling
August 25 through September 2, 2007 at Snow Farm (MA)

i was just checking some links here for fiber fests, etc, and saw that fiber college link wasn't working (site down?)...but it looks like it is still being planned, and they're looking for instructors, if anyone is interested: details

anybody attend last year, or hear anything about it?

we need some fibers to fondle + other spinners to laugh with...maine is NOT that far away :) from their yahoo homepage:

"The Spa, Knit and Spin Fifth Anniversary will take place Saturday, February 17 and Sunday morning, February 18, 2007 at the Doubletree Hotel in Portland, Maine.

If you would like to just visit when the vendors are set up that SATURDAY, Feb. 17 that's great. NO REGISTRATION NECESSARY and NO CHARGE to atttend. Come when you can, leave when you must."

The Maine Spinners' Registry is hosting a Rock Day (St. Distaff Day) get together on January 7 at the North Belgrade Community Center starting at 10am. All are invited.
email diane for more info: frenchillATtds.net

ran into this when i was doing some updating for boston knit out + crochet brochure: maine spinners registry
pretty cool idea :)

beginning of august, maine fiber arts tour
anybody been in the past years? going this year?

also picked up a brochure from snow farm last wknd, when i was out visiting pinkpeppercorns

AND, has anybody taken/offered courses at the fiber arts center?