Knitting & Fiber Events

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2020

November | December

2021

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Enjoy these year-round or seasonal fiber tours and yarn crawls.

November 2020

20-24	Yandina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia	3rd Annual Fibre Arts Festival
20-Dec. 31	Yarn Shoppe Denver, Denver, CO	10th Annual Yarn Shoppe Christmas
21-23	Sedgebrook Hall, Northampton, England, UK	Prima Knitting Retreat
22-Dec. 31	Online	37th Annual Creative Hand Show and Sale sponsored by the Weavers Guild and the Fiber Guild of Kansas City
26-29	Harrogate Convention Centre, Yorkshire, England, UK	Knitting and Stitching Show [cancelled]
27-29	Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Stockbridge, MA	Knit Pray Love: A Knitting and Yoga Retreat
28-Dec. 4	Tallinn, Estonia and Riga, Latvia	Baltic Cities Christmas Market Knitting Tour with Carol Meldrum
** 30-Dec. 1	Black Forest Community Center, Colorado Springs, CO	14th Annual Alpaca Holiday Extravaganza

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December 2020

3-11	Norway	Northern Lights Knitting Cruise with Julie Dubreux
4-6	Sugarloaf Mountain, MD	Countryside Artisans Studio Tours
12	Alpaca Pines Farm & Fiber Mill, Poplar Grove, IL	Christmas at the Farm
28-Jan. 1	Big Lynn Lodge, Little Switzerland, NC	Ewe Time Christmas Knitting Retreat

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2021

January

** 4	Clarion Inn & Suites, Orlando Airport, Orlando, FL	15th Annual Distaff Day
** 12	Trad Arts Studio, Slater Mill, Pawtucket, RI	12th Annual Slater Mill Knitting Weekend & Fiber Marketplace
11-14	Viña Lestonnac Retreat Center, Temecula, CA	San Diego North Coast Knitters Guild Winter Retreat
14-17	Kanuga Conferences, Hendersonville, NC	Knitting & Quilting Retreat
17	Marriott Hotel, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, UK	8th Annual Waltham Abbey Wool Show
17-30	Southeast Asia	Southeast Asia Knitting Cruise with JC Briar
20-24	Hilton Garden Inn, Middleton, WI	8th Annual January Thaw Retreat with Amy Detjen and Marie Greene
21-24	Powerhouse Community Arts Center & Pavilion, Oxford, MS	11th Annual Oxford Fiber Arts Festival
** 25	Columbian Theatre, Wamego, KS	Winter Woolfest: The Fiber Festival of Kansas
** 26	Russell’s Garden Center, Wayland, MA	Farm Fiber Days
30-Feb. 13	China and Japan	China and Japan Knitting Cruise with JC Briar

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February

1-5	Westcliffe Hotel, Blackpool, England, UK	Knitaway [fully booked]
4-7	Hilton Greenville, Greenville, SC	The Knit-Inn 2021 with Kathleen Dames
5-7	Seyon Lodge, Seyon Lodge State Park, Groton, VT	Vermont Knit & Fiber Retreat
** 7-9	Abe Martin Lodge, Brown County, Nashville, IN	Winter Wooly Retreat
** 7-9	Sauder Village, Archbold, OH	Knitting and Fiber Arts Retreat
8-12	Westcliffe Hotel, Blackpool, England, UK	Knitaway
8-15	North House Folk School, Grand Marais, MN	11th Annual Fiber Week
** 9	Boston Public Market, Boston, MA	3rd Annual Boston Farm & Fiber Festival
11-14	Hotel Murano, Tacoma, WA	Red Alder Fiber Arts Retrat [cancelled due to coronavirus]
12-14	Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey, UK	13th Annual Unravel, A Festival of Knitting
** 15	Beach Middle School, Chelsea, MI	Spinner’s Flock Fleece Fair
** 15	Lammers Town Hall, Solway, MN	6th Annual Small Scale Sustainable Sheep Event
18-21	Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA	Stitches West
** 21-Mar. 1	Tampa Bay, FL	Bay Area Knitting Guild Yarn Crawl
25-28	Business Design Centre, London, England, UK	The Stitch Festival: The Ultimate Day Out for Craft Lovers
26-March 8	Caribbean	Trendsetter Knitting Group Caribbean Cruise with Friends & Fiberworks and Barry Klein
27-28	Schulstraße 13, 74572 Blaufelden, Germany	3rd Annual Hohenloher Woolfest
** 28-March 8	Indiana	Roving Indiana: Yarn Crawl
** 29	Market Place, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia	SpinOUT

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March

** 1	Russell’s Garden Center, Wayland, MA	Farm Fiber Days
5-7	Dunedin Centre, Dunedin, New Zealand	10th Annual Unwind Fibrecraft Retreat
1-5	Westcliffe Hotel, Blackpool, England, UK	Knitaway
4-14	Portland, OR	12th Annual Rose City Yarn Crawl
** 5-8	Lakeway Resort & Spa, Lakeway, TX	7th Annual Knitting in the Hills Retreat with Caitlin Hunter, Romi Hill, Julie Hoover and Lesley Anne Robinson
** 5-8	Long Island, NY	6th Annual Long Island Yarn Crawl
6-7	Hotel Nh Ventas, Madrid, Spain	Madrid Yarn Fest
** 6-14	Central Florida, east of Tampa	Orange Blossom Yarn Crawl
** 7	Delmont Fire Hall, Delmont, PA	Raggz Fiber Affair
** 10-14	Suzoo’s Wool Works, Bandera, TX	5th Annual Bandera Fiber & Arts Week: Celebrating Texas Hill Country Wool & Mohair
12-13	State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC	15th Annual Carolina Fiber Fest
12-14	Kent Manor Inn, Stevensville, MD	Harry Potter Magical Knitting with Tanis Gray
** 13-14	Jay Community Center, Portland, IN	Jay County Fiber Arts Festival
** 13-15	Daaden im Westerwald (Rhineland-Palatinate), Germany	Hand Heart Soul Creative Weekend
** 13-15	Ocean City Convention Center, Ocean City, MD	7th Delmarva Wool and Fiber Expo
** 14-15	Millcreek Public Library, Salt Lake City, UT	Salt Lake Knitting Guild Spring Workshop with Kate Atherley
** 14-15	Old Butler High School, Butler, MO	All Missouri Spin In
** 15	Cornwall College, Pool, Cornwall, England, UK	Cornwoolly: Fibre & Textile Show for Cornwall
15-19	Westcliffe Hotel, Blackpool, England, UK	Knitaway [fully booked]
19-20	Field House, Langley Events Centre, Langley, BC, Canada	13th Annual Fibres West
19-21	Brampton Inn, Chestertown, MD	Brioche Knitting with Heather Zoppetti
** 19-22	Camp Burton, Vashon Island, WA	Northwest Regional Spinners Association Camp Burton 27th Annual Spinners’ Retreat
** 19-22	North Shore, Boston, MA	Knit North Yarn Crawl
** 20-22	Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI	Madison Knitters’ Guild Knit-In
** 20-22	Hotel de la Chaux d’Abel, La Chaux-d’Abel 88, 2333 La Ferriere, Switzerland	Swiss Jura Knit & Fibre Retreat
** 20-23	Resort at Port Ludlow, Port Ludlow, WA	Strung Along Retreat with Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Judith MacKenzie and Debbi Stone
** 20-23	Apple Blossom Resort, New Buffalo, MI	Sweater Club Weekend Intensive
** 20-29	Baltimore & environs, MD	Charm City Yarn Crawl
** 21	Abernethy Grange, Oregon City, OR	Abernethy Spring Fiber Sale
** 21	Winterset Middle School, Winterset, IA	9th Annual Heartland Fiberpalooza
** 21	White Syke Farm, White Syke Fields, Sand Hutton, York, England, UK	2nd Annual Yorkshire Yarn Fest
21	Cotton Factory, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada	Hamilton Fibre Market
** 22	Great Room, Savage Mill, Savage, MD	13th Annual Homespun Yarn Party
26-28	Skelton 4-H Center at Smith Mountain Lake, Wirtz, VA	Skein Away Fiber Retreat
26-28	Lake Logan Retreat Center, Lake Logan, NC	Spring Retreat at Lake Logan
** 26-29	Los Angeles County, CA	Los Angeles County Yarn Crawl
** 27-28	Tradex, Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada	Creativ Festival WEST
27-28	American Royal Hale Arena, Kansas City, MO	Midwest Alpaca Owners & Breeders Association Invitational Alpaca Show
** 28	Junior Fair Building, Wood County Fairgrounds, Bowling Green, OH	35th Annual Black Swamp Spinners Guild Market Day & Fiber Fair
** 28	MA. Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, Lincoln, MA	Woolapalooza
** 28-29	Arena Complex, Summit County Fairgrounds, Tallmadge, OH	15th Annual Buckeye Alpaca Show

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April

** 2-5	Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN	14th Annual Minnesota Yarn Shop Hop
** 2-5	Triangle area, NC	Triangle Yarn Crawl
2-15	Uzbekistan	Knitting Traditions of Uzbekistan with Sarah Hazell
3	Jane Addams Community Center, Cedarville, IL	25th Annual Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair
3-4	L’Embarcadère, Lyon, France	Knit Eat Festival
** 3-5	Hampton Inn, Brattleboro, VT	Spring Knitters’ Weekend Retreat with Angela Tong
** 4-5	Portland OR to Seattle, WA	6th Annual Sheepish in Seattle
** 4-5	Merchants Square Mall, Allentown, PA	5th Annual Allentown Fiber Festival
** 4-5	Clark County Event Center, Ridegefield, WA	22nd Annual Alpacapalooza
** 5	West Park Leisure Centre, Long Eaton, Nottingham, England, UK	Nottingham Machine Knitting Show
** 5	Ardtornish Primary School, St Agnes, South Australia	Fibre Feast SA: South Australia’s Premier Fibre & Yarn Craft Event
6-12	The Netherlands	Dutch Bulbfields and Amsterdam Knitting and Crochet Cruise with Carol Meldrum
7-10	Big Lynn Lodge, Little Switzerland, NC	Knit 1 Springtime Knitting Retreat
9-11	Le Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Knit City Montreal: A Modern Fibre Festival
10	Union Bluff Hotel, York Beach, ME	8th Annual Fiber Marketplace and Retreat
10-11	Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Union Hall, Chicago, IL	YarnCon: Chicago’s 13th Annual Indie Fiber
10-11	Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, Ann Arbor, MI	Spring Fiber Expo
10-11	Grammar School, Harrogate Road, Leeds, England, UK	5th Annual Spring into Wool: A Festival of Woolly Crafts
15-18	Yankee Clipper Inn, Rockport, MA	Knitting by the Sea
** 14-18	Westin at Crown Center, Kansas City, MO	5th Annual PLY Away: A Spinning Retreat
16-17	Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, Townsend, TN	11th Annual Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival
16-17	Putnam County Fairgrounds, Greencastle, IN	The Fiber Event at Greencastle: Celebrating 29 Years of Fiber
** 16-18	University of Minnesota ReUse Warehouse, Minneapolis, MN	20th Annual World’s Largest Textile Garage Sale
** 16-19	Washington State Fairgrounds, Puyallup, WA	Shepherd’s Extravaganza
** 17-19	Doubletree Hilton Hotel, Overland Park, KS	Knitting in the Heartland
** 17-19	Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario, Canada	8th Annual YarnOver SleepOver Retreat
** 17-19	Maryland countryside	Countryside Artisans Spring Studio Tour
** 17-20	First Baptist Church, Rochester, NY	Rochester Knitting Guild Spring Workshop with Donna Lorilee Beltman
17-24	California	California Coastal Knitting Cruise with Alissa Barton
** 18	Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown, NY	Chancellor’s Sheep & Wool Showcase
** 18	Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR	Annual Fiber Fair and All-Day Spin-In
** 18	Denmark Arts Center, Denmark, ME	Denmark Sheepfest
18-23	Ireland	Knitting in the West of Ireland with Julie Dubreux
** 19	Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, Sherman Oaks, CA	Griffin Dyeworks & Fiber Arts Spring Fiber Frolic
21-24	Big Lynn Lodge, Little Switzerland, NC	Purl 2 Springtime Knitting Retreat
** 23-25	Fuglafirði, Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark	Knitting Festival [Bindifestivalur: Strikkefestival]
** 23-26	Reykjavik, Iceland	Reykjavík Knitting Festival
** 23-28	Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS	Spring Fiber School (Dye, 23-26; Rigid Heddle, 27-28)
23-May 2	Wales	Woolen Wales
24	North Haven Fairgrounds, North Haven, CT	111th Connecticut Sheep, Wool & Fiber Festival
24-25	Royal Welsh Show Ground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, UK	15th Annual Wonderwool Wales: A Festival of Welsh Wool & Natural Fibers
** 24-26	Educatorio del Fuligno, Florence, Italy	KN.IT
** 24-26	Gilmer County Civic Center, Ellijay, GA	Georgia Mountain Needle Arts Festival
** 24-26	Vancouver, BC, Canada	Woolith Fair: A Greater Vancouver Yarn Crawl
** 24-27	Primerose Resort, New Buffalo, MI	Custom Fit Weekend Intensive
** 24-27	Meadowbrook Inn, Blowing Rock, NC	10th Annual Unwind: A Fiber Arts Getaway
** 25	Varies	3rd Annual Local Yarn Store Day: Yarn Shop Appreciation Day
** 25	Gore Place, Waltham, MA	33rd Annual Sheep Shearing Festival
** 25	Village of Powhatan, Powhatan, VA	Powhatan’s Festival of Fiber
** 25	Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada	Toronto Knitter’s Frolic
** 25	Wyoming Village Hall in Historic Gaslight Village, Wyoming, NY	6th Annual Fiber Flurry Fiber Arts Festival with Tina Turner
** 25-26	Beaver Lake Nature Center, Baldwinsville, NY	CNY Fiber Frolic
** 25-26	York County Fairgrounds, York, NE	4th Annual Mid-Plains Fiber Fair
** 25-26	Alliant Energy Center, New Holland Pavilion, Madison, WI	Wisconsin Alpaca and Fiber Fest & The Great Midwest Alpaca Festival
** 25-26	Brooklyn, NY	Brooklyn Yarn Crawl
** 25-26	Washington County, NY	28th Annual New York’s Washington County Fiber Tour
** 26	George Dawson Inn, Dawson Creek, BC	Peace Fibre Fest
30-May 2	Galiano Inn & Spa, Galiano Island, BC, Canada	Knit Social Retreat
** 30-May 3	From Fife down around and back up the west side of the Puget Sound, WA	Pacific Northwest Yarn Crawl
** 30-May 3	Hotel UMass, Amherst, MA	WEBS Spring Knitting Retreat with Josh Bennett, Lily Chin, Laura Nelkin, Keith Leonard, Patty Lyons and Gudrun Johnston
30-May 8	Scotland	Shetland Islands Scotland Knitting Tour with Elizabeth Johnston, Janette Budge and Hazel Tindall

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May

** 1-2	Kromhousthal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Dutch Knitting Days: Special Edition [Nederlandse Breidagen]
** 1-3	Campbell River Community Centre, Campbell River, BC, Canada	Vancouver Island Fibre Fest
** 1-3	Hyatt Place Hotel, Amherst, NY	Knitting Guild of Great Buffalo Seminar Weekend with Kate Atherley
** 1-8	Online	Online International Fiber Festival
** 1-3, 8-10, 15-17	New Mexico	New Mexico Fiber Crawl
** 2	The Imperia, Somerset, NJ	9th Annual New Jersey Needle Festival
** 2-3	Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD	Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival
2-10	Scotland	Best of Scotland Knitting Tour with Highlands with Di Gilpin, Donna from ERIBE, and Emily Wessel
2-12	West Country, England, UK	A Knitter’s Tour of British Breeds
3-8	Ireland	Knitting and Crochet in the West of Ireland with Sarah Hazell
5-10	Lerwick Hotel, Lerwick, Shetland Islands	Spirit of Shetland Knitting Hholiday with Hazel Tindall and Kathleen Anderson
** 7-10	Trafalgar Centre, Paru Parau, Nelson, New Zealand	Creative Fibre National Education Event: Sea Sun Fibre Fun
** 7-10	IslandWood, Bainbridge Island, WA	2nd Annual By Hand Serial Maker’s Retreat
** 7-10	North Carolina	Western North Carolina Yarn Crawl
** 8-9	Legacy Event Center, Farmington, UT	Great Basin Fiber Arts Fair
** 8-10	Washington County Fair, Stillwater, MN	23rd Annual Shepherd’s Harvest Sheep & Wool Festival
8-17	Ireland	Aran Islands, Donegal & Causeway Coast Knitting Tour with Edel MacBridge, Ciara Ni Reachtnin and Aine Dunne
** 9	Willamette Heritage Center, Salem, OR	35th Annual Sheep to Shawl Festival
** 9	Big Timber Civic Center, Big Timber, MT	Crazy Mountain Fiber Festival
** 9-10	Buxton Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK	Buxton Wool Gathering
** 9-10	Deerfield Fairgrounds, Deerfield, NH	44th Annual New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival
** 9-10	Crossroads Market, Calgary, Alberta, Canada	Calgary Spring Fibre Festival
** 9-10	Royal Cornwall Showground Exhibition Centre, Whitecross, Wadebridge, England, UK	Cornish Fibre Festival
9-14	Ireland	Knitting and Crochet in the West of Ireland with Carol Meldrum
** 11	Lopez Center for Community & the Arts, Lopez Village, Lopez Island, San Juan Islands, WA	Lopez Lamb, Wool & Goat Festival
** 12-19	Palazzo Fiumi-LaPlaca, Bettona, Umbria, Italy	Lace Knitting Tour with André de Castro
13-16	Niagara Crossing Hotel and Spa, Lewiston, NY	Knit Niagara Falls with Norah Gaughan
** 13-17	Puget Sound, WA	15th Annual Puget Sound Local Yarn Shop Tour
** 13-24	Northern Ireland, UK	Maggi’s Ireland Retreat [sold out]
** 14-17	Dutton Farmhouse, Dummerston, VT	Vermont Knitting Retreat with Beth Brown-Reinsel
14-21	Greece	Make. Walk. Explore Greece with Fiber Artist Susan Rock
** 15-16	Salomon Farm Park, Fort Wayne, IN	Salomon Farm Fiber Arts Celebration!
** 15-17	Camp Myrtlewood, Myrtle Point, OR	Annual Fiber in the Forest
** 15-24	Verona, Italy	Knitting Retreat in Verona
** 16-17	Masterson State Park, Lexington, KY	11th Annual Kentucky Sheep and Fiber Festival
** 16-17	Braintree Town Hall, Warner Textile Archive, Braintree District Museum, Braintree, England, UK	Braintree Textile Fair
** 16-17	Lower Drayton Farm, Penkridge, Staffordshire, England, UK	Wool @J13
** 16-17	Lycoming County Fairgrounds, Hughesville, PA	8th Annual Central Pennsylvania Fiber Festival
** 16-17	Green County Fairgrounds, Waynesburg, PA	17th Annual Waynesburg Sheep & Fiber Festival
** 16-17	Hallockville Museum Farm, Riverhead, Long Island, NY	11th Annual Long Island Fleece & Fiber Fair
** 17	The WaterShed, Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, England, UK	Wild About Wool Pop-Up Yarn Market
** 17	Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance, CA	Southern California Handweaver’s Guild Annual Weaving & Fiber Festival
** 17-27	Richmond to Virginia Beach, VA	James River Yarn Crawl
20-23	Cobb Galleria Centre & Renaissance Waverly Hotel, Atlanta, GA	Stitches United 2021
** 21-25	Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA	Sacramento County Fair Wool Show
21-30	Greece	Knit the Greek Isles Fantastic with Louis Boria (Brooklyn Boy Knits) and Gaye Glasspie (GGmadeit)
** 22-23	Dickson County Fairgrounds, Dickson, TN	13th Annual Middle Tennessee Fiber Festival
** 22-29	Palazzo Fiumi-LaPlaca, Bettona, Umbria, Italy	Stranded Colorwork the Portuguese Way Tour with André de Castro
** 22-Sept. 7	Maine	Maine Yarn Cruise: Summer-Long Yarn Crawl Around Maine
** 23	Picton Arena and Community Centre, Picton, Ontario, Canada	4th Annual Prince Edward County FibreFest
** 23	Dingwall Mart, Dingwall, England, UK	Highland Wool & Textiles Spring Fair
** 23-24	Renaissance Hotel, Reno, NV	Jimmy Beans Wool Spring Bus Tour (pickup/dropoff spots: Fremont or Sacramento, CA)
** 23-24	Herfordshire County Show, The Showground, Dunstable Road, Redbourn, Herts, England, UK	Festiwool to Pop-up @ the Herts County Show
** 23-24	Cummington Fairgrounds, Cummington, MA	46th Annual Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair
** 23-31	Virginia	Virginia Knits Virginia Yarn Crawl
24-30	Finland	Knit and Crochet in Finland with Jane Crowfoot [sold out]
** 25	Lanchaster Community Free School, Watford, England, UK	Watford Festiwool
** 26-27	Lloyd Square, Nampa, ID	Fiber Train Wool Festival
26-June 6	Markree Castle, Clooneenroe, Collooney, Co. Sligo, Ireland	Maggie Knit’s Ireland
** 27-June 1	Homestead Resort, Hot Springs, VA	Allegheny Fiber Retreat 2020
29-30	Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster, OH	25th Annual Great Lakes Fiber Show
** 29-30	Sugar Factory, Groningen, The Netherlands	Dutch Knitting Days [Nederlandse Breidagen]
** 29-30	Trout Lake Grange, Trout Lake, WA	Trout Lake Fiber Arts Festival
29-31	Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire, England, UK	Woolly Weekend & 11th Annual Shipston Wool Fair
** 29-31	Sheep to Shawl Studio & Store, Barton, VT	Dyeing that Stitch Yarn Dyeing Retreat with Donna Druchunas
** 29-31	Christ the King Retreat and Conference Center, Syracuse, NY	10th Yarn Cupboard Annual Fiber Arts Retreat and Market
** 29-31	Sorrento Centre, Sorrento, BC, Canada	22th Annual Okanagan Knitting Retreat
** 31	Bradley Centre, Coombs, British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Canada	10th Annual 100 Mile Fleece & Fibre Fair
31-June 7	Faroe Island	Knitting in the Faroe Islands with Katrina I Geil
** 31-June 7	Chatenay, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France	3rd Annual Farm to Fiber France Knitting Retreat
** 31-June 15	East Tennessee	East Tennessee Yarn Crawl

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June

** 2-6	Yarn Shoppe Denver, Denver, CO	10th Annual Spring Yarn Community Event Spectacular
2-7	Lerwick Hotel, Lerwick, Shetland Islands	Spirit of Shetland Knitting Hholiday with Hazel Tindall and Kathleen Anderson
4-5	Johnson County Fairgrounds, Franklin, IN	Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival
5-6	Arizona Historical Society Pioneer Museum, Flagstoff, AZ	29th Annual Flag Wool and Fiber Festival
5-6	Lynton, North Devon, England, UK	John Arbon Textiles Mill Open Weekend
** 5-6	Justice Carlisle Higgins Fairgrounds & Agricultural Center, Sparta, NC	3rd Annual Blue Ridge Fiber Fest
** 5-30	Northwest Canada (BC, Alberta, NWT)	Playing with String – the Great Northwest Yarn Crawl
** 6	Kumeu Showgrounds, Kumeu, Auckland, New Zealand	Woolfest Auckland
** 6	Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Leeds, England, UK	7th Annual Leeds Wool Festival
** 6	Carberry Community Memorial Hall, Canberry, Manitoba, Canada	7th Annual Blue Hills Fibre Festival
** 6-7	Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, TX	49th Annual Texas Folklife Festival
** 6-7	El Rancho de las Golondrinas, Santa Fe, NM	Spring & Fiber Fest: Tiera Agua e Vida
** 6-7	Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor, ME	20th Annual Maine Fiber Frolic
** 6-7	Emmet County Fairgrounds, Petoskey, MI	Tip of the Mitt Fiber Fair
** 6-7	Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK	Fibre Rocks
** 6-7	Vilar Seminar, Porto, Portugal	2nd Annual Knit with Friends Knitting Festival
6-14	Ireland	Wool Lovers Tour of Ireland Knitting Tour with Una McDonagh and Liz Spillane
8-15	Iceland	Hiking and Knitting with the Puffins
** 10-13	Schooner J&E Riggin, Coast of Maine	Maine Knitting Cruise with Mimi Bird
** 11-14	Misty Isle Farms, Vashon Island, WA	10th Annual Vashon Sheepdog Classic
** 11-14	North Shore, Boston, MA	Knit North Yarn Crawl
** 12-14	The Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, Ireland	Woollinn: The Dublin Festival of Yarn
** 12-14	Blönduós School & Sports Center, Blönduós, Iceland	4th Annual Iceland Knit Fest
** 12-14	Seven Sister’s Studio, Bisbee, AZ	3rd Annual Bisbee Fiber Arts Retreat
** 12-15	Resort at Port Ludlow, Port Ludlow, WA	Strung Along Retreat with Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Judith MacKenzie and Debbi Stone: Knit, Play, Cook
** 13	Stewiacke Community Centre, Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada	1st Annual Fibre Frolic Stewiake
** 13	Varies	World Wide Knit in Public Day
** 13	Stewiacke Community Centre, Stewiacke, Nova Scotia, Canada	1st Annual Stewiacke Fibre Frolic
** 13	Fenelon Falls Community Centre, Fenelon Falls, Ontario, Canada	Kawartha Yarn & Fibre Festival
** 13	Salem Glen Winery, Rochester, MN	2nd Annual Three Rivers Fibershed Marketplace at Salem Glen Winery
** 13-14	Cherry Valley Hotel, Newark, OH	Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair
** 13-14	Butternut Hill Campground, Bouckville, NY	10th Annual Central New York Fiber Arts Festival
** 13-14	Fairgrounds at Stanley Park, Estes Park, CO	30th Annual Estes Park Wool Market
** 13-14	FlyDSA Arena, Sheffield, England, UK	The Wool Monty
** 13-Aug. 17	Hudson Valley, NY	Hudson Valley Yarn Trail
** 14-17	Parker Ranch, Clayton, GA	Southeastern Yarn + Yoga Retreat
** 14-17	Schooner J&E Riggin, Coast of Maine	Maine Knitting Cruise with Bill Huntington
** 15-20	Rodeo Arena, Diné College, Tsailé, AZ, Navajo Nation	24th Annual Sheep Is Life Celebration
** 18-21	Bahnhof Hohenstein, near Wiesbaden/Frankfurt, Germany	Ziggurat Knitting Retreat with Åsa Tricosa
** 18-21	Blue Mountain Retreat Center, Knoxville, MD	6th Annual City Zen Dye Retreat with Karida Collins
** 19-21	Denmark Municipal Building, Congregational Church & Public Library, Denmark, ME	Pleasant Mountain Fiber Arts Workshops
** 19-25	Olds College, Olds, Alberta, Canada	Fibre Week
** 20-21	Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center, Ames, IA	14th Annual Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival
** 20-21	Dilham, Norfolk, England, UK	5th Annual Worstead Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers Woolly Weekend
20-28	Scotland	Best of Scotland Knitting Tour with Highlands with Di Gilpin, Donna from ERIBE, and Emily Wessel
** 21-28	Parcevall Hall, Yorkshire, England, UK	Ann Kingstone Yorkshire Knitting Tour
21-28	Faroe Island	Knitting in the Faroe Islands with Katrina I Geil
** 22-28	Billströmska Folk High School, Tjörn, Sweden	Nordic Knitting Symposium (Nordisk Strikkesymposium)
** 24	Doubletree by Hilton, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK	3rd Annual Aberdeen YarnFest
** 24-27	Doubletree Hotel, Rochester, MN	Zombie Knitapocalypse: An Urban Knitting Retreat
25-26	Mitchell’s Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, UK	16th Annual Woolfest: The Original British Wool Festival
25-28	Schooner J&E Riggin, Maine	Maine Knitting Cruise with designer Casapinka
** 25-28	Rotorua Racecourse, Glenholme, Rotorua, New Zealand	NZ Machine Knitters’ Society National Festival: SteamKnit
25-28	Red Centre, Alice Springs, Australia	24th Annual Alice Springs Beanie Festival
** 25-28	Renaissance Hotel, Reno, NV	Jimmy Beans Biggest Little Getaway Wool Retreat
25-29	Albuquerque, NM	Camp Stitches: Destination New Mexico
** 26-28	The Berry Center, Cypress, TX	Houston Fiber Fest
** 26-28	Linn County Fairgrounds, Albany, OR	46th Annual Black Sheep Gathering
** 27-July 19	Online Spin-Along	15th Annual Tour de Fleece
** 27-30	New Haven, CT to Putney, VT	9th Annual I-91 Shop Hop
** 27-30	Arrowhead Ranch, Arrowhead, CA	Griffin Dyeworks 15th Annual Retreat
30-July 5	Lerwick Hotel, Lerwick, Shetland Islands	Spirit of Shetland Knitting Hholiday with Hazel Tindall and Kathleen Anderson

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July

** 1-31	Northwest Canada (BC, Alberta, NWT)	Playing with String – the Great Northwest Yarn Crawl
** 2-5	Jyväskylä, Finland	Summer Knitting Festival
2-10	Scotland	Shetland Islands Scotland Knitting Tour with Elizabeth Johnston, Janette Budge and Hazel Tindall
2-11	Iceland	Knitting Cruise through Iceland’s Natural Wonders with Karie Westermann
** 4	Expressions Arts and Entertainment Centre, Upper Hutt, Wellington, NZ	Capital FibreFest
** 5-11	Viljandi, Estonia	Estonian Craft Camp: Traditional Craft Workshops
** 9-13	Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI	Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp Retreat 2.75
10-11	Uffculme Centre, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK	Yarningham: Birmingham’s Yarn Festival
** 10-12	Wilson County Exposition Center, Lebanon, TN	Natural Fiber Extravaganza
** 10-12	The Queens Hotel, City Square, Leeds, England, UK	41th Annual Knitting & Crochet Guild Convention
** 10-12	Sheep to Shawl Studio & Store, Barton, VT	String to Sock Knitting Retreat with Donna Druchunas
** 10-19	Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada	31th Annual Great Northern Arts Festival
** 11	Farm Equipment Museum, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada	3rd Annual Truro Fibre Frolic
** 11-12	Grazing Hills Alpaca Ranch, Viola, ID	2nd Annual Grazing Hills Fiber Festival
11-19	Tallinn, Estonia | Vilnius, Lithuania | Riga, Latvia	Baltic Cities Knitting Tour with Carol Meldrum [sold out]
** 12-14	Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	Knitters’ Guild NSW Conference
13-17	Denver, CO	Crochet Guild of American 26th Anniversary Chain Link Conference
** 14-23	Indiana/Illinois border	Illiana Yarn Crawl
** 15-19	Scarritt Bennett Center, Nashville, TN	Super Summer Knittogether
** 16-19	Greensboro, Winston Salem, NC	Central Carolina Yarn Crawl
** 16-20	Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI	Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp Retreat 1 & 2
** 16-21	Whitehead Light Station, Whitehead Island, ME	Island Knitting Retreat with Mimi Bird [course if full]
** 16-26	Warwick, Queensland, Australia	Jumpers & Jazz in July
** 17-19	Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia	142nd Annual Australian Sheep & Wool Show
** 17-19	Sonoma County, CA	Wine Country Yarn Hop
** 18	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	14th Annual Great Toronto Yarn Hop
** 18-19	Copper K Barn, 8 miles south of Whitehall, MT	4th Annual Copper K Fiber Festival
18-Aug. 1	Norway, Iceland, Scotland	Northern Isles Knitting Cruise with JC Briar
** 19-23	Bainbridge Island, WA	Knitting on a Lark with Lorilee Beltman
19-26	Faroe Island	Knitting in the Faroe Islands with Katrina I Geil
21-25	Online	Fiberworld 2021 – Fiber and Lifestyle: Evolved
** 23-27	Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI	Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp Retreat 3
** 24-25	Southeastern Wisconsin	Wandering Ewe: Southeastern Wisconsin Yarn Crawl
** 24-30	Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxvile, TV	25th Biannual Convergence: Handweavers Guild of America Biennial Conference
** 24-Aug. 2	Historic Abingdon, VA	Virginia Highlands Festival
** 25-Aug. 2	Chicago, IL	11th Annual Chicago Yarn Crawl
** 27-Aug. 7	Orkney Islands, North Ronaldsay, Scotland, UK	North Ronaldsay 4th Annual Sheep Festival
30-31	Creek County Fairgrounds, Kellyville, OK	15th Annual Fiber Christmas in July
31-Aug. 1	Redborne School and Community College, Ampthill, England, UK	Fibre-East: 10th Annual British Natural Fibre & Craft
** 31-Aug. 2	Lincoln County Fairgrounds, Eureka, MT	Fiberfest Eureka
** 31-Aug. 7	Denver, CO	2nd Annual Mile High Denver Boutique Week
** 31-Aug. 8	Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee	I75 Yarn Crawl
** 31-Aug. 9	Pennsylvania	7th Annual Steel Valley Yarn Crawl

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August

** 1-2	Hartl Building, Red River Valley Fairgrounds, West Fargo, ND	Fiber Arts Festival
** 1-2	Life Science Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK	WoolNEss
** 1-2	Lincoln County Fairgrounds, Eureka, MT	Eureka Fiber Fest
** 1-15	Northern Colorado & Southern Wyoming	Hot August Knits Yarn Crawl
** 1-31	Northwest Canada (BC, Alberta, NWT)	Playing with String – the Great Northwest Yarn Crawl
** 3-9	Comfort Inn & Suites, DeForest, WI	Midwest Felting Symposium
** 4-9	McHenry County Fairgrounds, Woodstock, IL	Northern Illinois Sheep and Fiber Festival
** 7-8	Bartlett Yarns, Harmony, ME	Annual Bartlett Yarns Open House
** 8-11	Chapel Rock Camp & Conference Center, Prescott, AZ	6th Annual Grandma’s Sheep Thrills Retreat
** 9-10	York Auction Centre, Murton, York, England, UK	9th Annual British Wool Show
** 11-17	Medomak Retreat Center, Washington, ME	New England Fiber Arts Retreat
12-14	St-Andre-Avellin, Quebec, Canada	8th Annual Twist Fibre Festival
** 12-16	Allegan County Fairgounds, Allegan, MI	Michigan Sheep and Wool Festival
** 14-17	Kettle Pond State Park, Groton, VT	Vermont Knit & Fiber Summer Retreat
15	Fairfield Community Center, Porter Park, Victoria, BC, Canada	11th Annual Fibrations!
** 15-16	Rheinterrasse, Dusseldorf, Germany	Wollfestival
16-23	Faroe Island	Knitting in the Faroe Islands with Katrina I Geil
** 18-21	Abrahm Seminar Center, Eifel, Germany	Hand Heart Soul Summer Creative Retreat
19-23	Big Lynn Lodge, Little Switzerland, NC	Get Crafty
** 22	Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, Wirral, England, UK	Popup Wool Show
** 22	Barrie Curling Club, Barrie, Ontario, Canada	3rd Annual Fibre Spirit
** 22-23	Renaissance Hotel, Reno, NV	Jimmy Beans’ Wool Summer Bus Tour (pickup/dropoff spots: Fremont or Sacramento, CA)
** 22-30	Colorado Front Range	7th Annual Yarn Along the Rockies (Yarn Crawl)
** 24-25	Nova Labs, Reston, VA	Fiber at the Lab
** 27-29	Doubletree by Hilton, Green Tree, PA	Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival: Knit, Crochet, Quilt, Create!
** 27-30	East Pier & Crown Hotel, Ahuriri, Napier, NZ	Knit August Nights: Yarn and Stitch Retreat
** 27-30	Bahnhof Hohenstein, near Wiesbaden/Frankfurt, Germany	Mairlynd Knitting Retreat with Melanie Berg
** 27-30	Skelton 4-H Center at Smith Mountain Lake, Wirtz, VA	Skein Away Fiber Retreat
27-Sept. 3	Borders of Scotland, UK	Make.Walk.Explore: The Fall Abbotsford Retreat
28-Sept. 6	Ireland	Aran Islands, Donegal & Causeway Coast Knitting Tour with Edel MacBridge, Ciara Ni Reachtnin and Aine Dunne
** 31	Lower Sherwood Farm, Charlottesville, VA	Flock-n-Spiel Fiber Fest
** 30-Sept. 6	Canada & New England	Knit & Cruise to Canada & New England

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September

** 1-6	Northwest Canada (BC, Alberta, NWT)	Playing with String – the Great Northwest Yarn Crawl
1-6	Lerwick Hotel, Lerwick, Shetland Islands	Spirit of Shetland Knitting Hholiday with Hazel Tindall and Kathleen Anderson
** 1-8	London, England, UK	6th Annual Great London Yarn Crawl
2-5	Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME	Knit Maine
** 3-6	New England Outdoor Center, Millinocket, ME	Way Up Maine Retreat with Denise Bayron and Kristin Drysdale
** 3-7	Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA	Monterey County Fair Wool Show
3-10	Norway	Norway Knitting Retreat with Sarah Hazell
4	Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK	3rd Annual Wool@Portsoy
4-5	Teuchelweiher, Winterthur, Switzerland	Swiss Yarn Festival Goes Urban [cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic]
** 4-7	Sydney, Australia	3rd Annual NSW Guild Knitting/Crochet Cruise
4-15	Scotland	Wool & Whisky
** 5-6	Wildlife West Nature Park, Edgewood, NM	8th Annual Heart of New Mexico Fiber and Art Gathering
** 5-6	Michigan State University Pavilion, E. Lansing, MI	LamaFest Showcase
** 5-6	Newbury Racecourse, Berkshire, England, UK	Southern Wool Show: A Festival of Woolly Crafts
** 5-6	St Johns Hall, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK	Cornish Yarn Festival
** 5-7	Nezinscot Farm, Turner, ME	Annual Weaving & Fiber Arts Weekend
5-8	Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, Schaumburg, IL	Stitches Midwest
** 5-8	Cherokee Park Ranch, Livermore, CO	7th Annual Wild West Knitting Retreat
** 6	Reed Point, MT	32nd Annual Great Montana Sheep Drive
** 7-12	Schooner J&E Riggin, Coast of Maine	Maine Knitting Cruise with Margaret Radcliffe
** 8-12	Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, Canada	3rd Annual WoolstockEAST: 5 Days of Fleece & Sisterhood
** 9-17	Searsport Shores Ocean Campground, Searsport, ME	Fiber College of Maine
** 10-13	Dutton Farmhouse, Dummerston, VT	Vermont Knitting Retreat with Beth Brown-Reinsel
** 10-13	San Diego, CA	San Diego Yarn Crawl
** 10-13	Nevada and California	2nd Annual Sierra Nevada Yarn Crawl
** 11-12	90 Main St., Machias, ME	3rd Annual Machias Fiber Festival
** 11-13	Jefferson Fair Park, Jefferson, WI	Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival
** 11-13	Camp Sunrise, near Gibsons, BC, Canada	Sunshine Coast Fibre Camp
** 11-13	Battersea Park, London, England, UK	The Handmade Festival
** 11-14	Sebasco Harbor Resort, Casco Bay, ME	AffiKNITy Knitting Retreat with Patty Lyons
** 12	Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada	28th Annual Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters’ Fair
** 12-13	Almonte, Ontario, Canada	Altmonte Fibrefest: A Festival of the Fibre Arts
** 12-13	Arcata Community Center, Arcata, CA	30th Annual Natural Fiber Fair
** 12-13	Riverside Park, Salida, CO	8th Annual Salida Fiber Festival
** 12-13	Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth, Scotland, UK	Perth Festival of Yarn
** 12-13	Hunterdon County Fairgrounds, Lambertville, NJ	26th Annual Garden State Sheep & Fiber Festival
** 12-13	Harford Fairgrounds, Harford, PA	17th Annual Pennsylvania Endless Mountains Fiber Festival
** 13	Connaught Youth Centre, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada	Playing with String – the Great Northwest Fibre Fest
** 13-15	Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Boonville, CA	22nd Annual California Wool and Fiber Festival
** 13-15	Convention Center (Educatorio del Fuligno), Florence, Italy	Third Annual Elizabeth Zimmermann Italian Style International Rally with Meg Swansen
** 14	Bedford Breakfast Lions Club, Bedford, VA	11th Annual Olde Liberty Fibre Faire
** 14	Lacombe Memorial Centre, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada	3rd Annual Prairie Fibre Festival
** 14-22	Fylingthorpe Methodist Chapel, Robin Hoods Bay, N. Yorkshire, England, UK	12th Annual Propagansey: The Fascinating World of the Knitted Gansey
16-19	Fanø, Denmark	15th Annual Fanø International Knit Festival
** 17-22	Colorado Chautauqua, Boulder, CO	Spin-Off Autumn Retreat (SOAR)
17-25	Scotland	Shetland Islands Scotland Knitting Tour with Elizabeth Johnston, Janette Budge and Hazel Tindall
18-19	Hemlock Fairgrounds, Hemlock, NY	27th Annual Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival
** 18-19	River Bend Hotel & Casino, Wyandotte, OK	10th Annual Fiber Daze
** 18-19	Red River Exhibition Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	8th Annual Manitoba Fibre Festival
18-19	Young’s Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs, OH	25th Annual Wool Gathering
** 19	Shabbona Park, Earlville, IL	Fiber in the Park
** 19	North Grenville Municipal Centre, Kemptville, Ontario, Canada	Fibre Extravaganza
** 19-20	Codington County Extension Complex, Watertown, SD	28th Annual North Country Fiber Fair
** 19-20	Twin Cities, MN & WI	North Star Farm Tour
** 19-20	Llandovery, Camarthenshire, Wales, UK	11th Annual Llandovery Sheep Festival
** 20	Harvest Festival t Bethel Woods, Bethel, NY	Catskills Fiber Festival
** 20-22	Rockland, ME	7th Annual Maine Spinners’ Registry Fiber Retreat
** 20-22	Holiday Inn & Suites, Orlando, Fl – Celebration Area in Kissimmee, FL	15th Annual Florida Fiber-In
20-23	Schooner J&E Riggin, Maine	Maine Knitting Cruise
** 21	Bellingham, WA	3rd Annual Whatcom County Purls and Pop-Ups Yarn Crawl
** 21-22	One Tree Hill, Murrumbateman, NSW. Australia	Fibre with Friends Retreat
** 22-29	Orlando, Coco Bay, St. Thomas, St. Maarten	Nautical Knitting Cruise with Melissa Leapman and Keith Leonard
** 24-26	Vicksburg Convention Center, Vicksburg, MS	3rd Annual Fiber Fun in the ‘Sip
** 24-27	UMass Hotel, Amherst, MA	4th Annual WEBS Fall Knitting Retreat
** 24-27	Hyatt Regency in Lake Tahoe, Incline Village, NV	Jimmy Beans’ Tahoe Untangled Knitter’s Retreat
** 24-27	Cross Roads Retreat Center, Caldwell, TX	Stitches, S’mores and More – A Texas Knit Retreat
24-Oct. 3	Denmark	A Fiber Adventure in Copenhagen & The Faroe Islands
** 25-26	Shrine Auditorium, Billings, MT	4th Annual Prairie Handspinners Fiber Fest
** 25-26	Central Pennsylvania College, Summerdale, PA	35th Annual Knitter’s Day Out
25-26	Clackamas County Events Center, Canby, OR	24th Annual Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival
25-26	4-H Events Center, Ouray County Fairgrounds, Ridgway, CO	8th Annual Sneffels Fiber Festival
25-26	Ogemaw County Fairgrounds, Lower Penninsula, West Branch, MI	21th Annual Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival
** 25-27	Common Ground Fairgrounds, Unity, ME	Common Ground Fiber Marketplace & Fleece Tent
** 25-27	Norwegian Knitting Industry Museum, Salhusvegen 201, Salhus, Bergen, Norway	5th Annual Bergen Knitting Festival
** 26	Sauder Village, Archbold, OH	Fiber Arts Fest
** 26-27	Skipton Auction Mart, Skipton, England, UK	8th Annual Yarndale
** 26-27	Washington County Fairgrounds, Greenwich, NY	Adirondack Wool and Arts Festival
26-Oct. 2	Ireland	Southwest Ireland Luxury Knitting Retreat with Carol Feller
** 26-Oct. 4	Shetland, Scotland, UK	10th Annual Shetland Wool Week
** 27	Pudsey Civic Hall, West Yorkshire, England, UK	Leeds Machine Knitting Show
** 27-28	Bayfield, CO	20th Annual Bayfield Heritage Days and Sheep Trailing
** 27-29	St. Anthony Retreat Center, Three Rivers, CA	What the Knit! Guild Fall Retreat with Alisdair Post-Quinn and Janine Bajus
** 27-29	Green Mountain Spinnery, Putney, VT	Green Mountain Spinnery’s Fall Knitter’s Weekend Retreat with Maria Muscarella
** 27-29	Alta Lodge, Alta, UT	17th Annual Rocky Mountain Knitter’s Retreat
** 27-29	Kulturhus, Copenhagen, Denmark	Knitwork: 5th Knitting and Crochet Festival
27-Oct. 4	Bellingham Castle, Louth & Dublin, Ireland	4th Annual Maggie’s Irish Castle Bellingham Retreat
** 28-29	Berryville, VA	14th Annual Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival
** 29-Oct. 4	Abiquiu and Taos, NM	Fiber Trails of the Upper Rio Grande
** 30-Oct. 8	Various venues, London, England, UK	London Craft Week

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October

** 1-4	Hyatt Regency in Lake Tahoe, Incline Village, NV	Jimmy Beans’ Crochet at the Lake Retreat with the Crochet Crowd
** 1-6	Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS	Fall Fiber School (Yarn 1-4 | Felt 5-6)
2-3	Montpelier Station, Orange County, VA	33rd Annual Fall Fiber Festival and Montpelier Sheepdog Trials
2-3	Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM	36th Annual Taos Wool Festival
** 2-4	Vancouver, BC, Canada	Knit City Vancouver: A Modern Fibre Event
** 2-4	Manhattan & Brooklyn, NY	New York City Yarn Crawl
** 2-4	Near Kincaid Lake State Park, Falmouth, KY	Kentucky Wool Festival
** 3	Nova Place, Pittsburgh, PA	Indie Knit & Spin: A Pittsburgh Indie Fiber Arts Marketplace
** 3	Lammers Town Hall, Solway, MN	6th Annual Farm to Fiber Festival
** 3	Queens Hall and Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK	West Wales Wool Show
3	Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia	25th Annual Boorowa Irish Woolfest: The Running of the Sheep
** 3-4	Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Turnbridge, VT	33rd Annual Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival
** 3-4	Dixon May Fair Grounds, Dixon, CA	34th Annual Lambtown USA Fiber Fair
** 3-6	Boston, MA	Greater Boston Yarn Crawl
** 3-10	Online event	Spin Together
** 3-11	New Jersey	New Jersey Wool Walk
** 4-11	Fryeburg, ME	Fiber Center at the Fryeburg Fair
4-Nov. 4	Neue Messe, Glashalle, Leipzig, Germany	Leipzig Wool Festival and Fabric Fair (Leipziger Wolle-Fest & Stoffmesse)
** 5-6	Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista, CA	7th Annual Vista Fiber Arts Fiesta
5-15	Iceland	Iceland, Off the Beaten Track
6-10	Sun Valley, Ketchum & Hailey, ID	25th Annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival
** 8-11	Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, London, England, UK	The Knitting & Stitching Show
9-10	Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, Ann Arbor, MI	Fall Fiber Expo
** 9-11	Sugarloaf Mountain, MD	Countryside Artisans Farm Tours
** 9-11	Sheep to Shawl Studio & Store, Barton, VT	Knit that Cable Knitting Retreat with Donna Druchunas
9-18	Ireland	Aran Islands, Donegal & Causeway Coast Knitting Tour with Edel MacBridge, Ciara Ni Reachtnin and Aine Dunne
** 9-18	Hill Country, TX	14th Annual Best Little Yarn Crawl in Texas: Hill Country Yarn Crawl
** 10	Whitehead, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK	4th Annual Yarnfolk Festival of Wool
** 10	Old Stone House & Washington Park, Brooklyn, NY	9th Annual Kings County Fiber Festival
** 10	Okanogan County Fairgrounds Agriplex, Okanogan, WA	7th Annual OKfiberfest
** 10	Community Christian Church, Camdenton, MO	16th Annual Lake Area Fiber Arts Festival
** 10-11	Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK	Bakewell Wool Gathering
** 10-11	Back roads of NH	37th Annual New Hampshire Wool Arts Tour
10-15	Ireland	Northwest Ireland Luxury Knitting Retreat with Edel MacBride
10-18	Scotland	Best of Scotland Knitting Tour with Highlands with Di Gilpin, Donna from ERIBE, and Emily Wessel
** 12	Lamar Community Center, St. Croix Falls, WI	5th Annual Lamar Fiber Fest
** 12	Halcyon Yarn, Bath, ME	Halcyon Annual Open House
** 12-13	Leelanau Community Cultural Center, Leland, MI	19th Annual Leland Fiber Festival
** 13-17	Amherst, Northumberland Shore, Nova Scotia, Canada	13th Annual Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival
15-16	IJsselhallen, Zwolle, Netherlands	Dutch Knitting Festival (Nederlandse Breidagen)
** 15-17	International Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada	Creativ Festival: A Celebration of Creativity
16-17	Evergreen State Fairgrounds, Monroe, WA	10th Annual Fiber Fusion Northwest
** 16-17	Harrison County Fairgrounds, Corydon, IN	Southern Indiana Fiber & Arts Festival
** 17	Woodstock Fairgrounds, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada	12th Annual Woodstock Fleece Festival
** 17	The Public Hall, Liskeard, Cornwall, England, UK	3 Bags Full 8th Annual Wool Market
** 17-18	Château de Miromesnil, Tourville sur Arques, Normandy, France	3rd Annual Festival: The Thread of the Sleeve {Festival Le fil de la manche}
** 17-18	Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY	New York State Sheep and Wool Festival
** 17-18	Summit Sports and Ice Complex, Dimondale, MI	25th Annual Michigan International Alpaca Fest
** 17-18	Ashland County Fairgrounds, Ashland, OH	9th Annual Autumn Fiber Festival
** 17-18	Staybridge Suites, Lincoln, NE	2nd Annual Yarnaholic Retreat
17-24	Markree Castle, Clooneenroe, Collooney, Co. Sligo, Ireland	Maggie Knit’s Ireland
** 18	Pudsey Civic Hall, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, England, UK	Leeds Machine Knitting Show
** 17	Berkeley Horticultural Nursery, Berkeley, CA	7th Annual Nevada County Fiber Arts Trunk Show
** 20	Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, Sherman Oaks, CA	Griffin Dyeworks & Fiber Arts Fall Fiber Frolic
** 20-22	Camp Cavell Conservancy on Lake Huron, Lexington, MI	Thumb Fiber Festival Workshop Retreat
** 22-24	Blodel Hall, St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA	Seattle Weavers’ Guild Annual Show & Sale
** 23-24	Camp Cavell Conservancy on Lake Huron, Lexington, MI	Thumb Fiber Festival
** 23-25	Western NC Agricultural Center, Fletcher, NC	Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair
** 23-25	Salon des Créateurs, Felletin, France	National Wool Days (Journées Nationales de la Laine)
** 24	Delmont Fire Hall, Delmont, PA	Raggz Fiber Affair
** 24	Main Street, Cedar City, UT	Sheep Parade: Cedar City Livestock & Heritage Festival
** 24-25	Kendal Leisure Centre, Kendal, Cumbria, England, UK	7th Annual Kendal Wool Gathering
** 24-25	The KUBE, Leicester Racecourse, Oadby, Leicester, England, UK	The Big Textile Show
** 24-25	Sisters of Mercy Convent, Singleton, New South Wales, Australia	NSW Knitter’s Guild FibreFest
** 24-Dec. 30	Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.	World of Threads Festival
** 26	Cobble Hill Hall and Fairgrounds, BC, Canada	Annual Cowichan Valley Fleece and Fibre Festival
** 26-27	Masham, Yorkshire Dales, England, UK	35th Annual Masham Sheep Fair
** 26-28	Fort Dalles Readiness Center, The Dalles, OR	Knot Another Knitting Festival
27-30	Embassy Suites by Hilton Loveland Hotel Conference Center & Spa, Loveland, CO	Interweave Yarn Fest
30-Nov. 6	Barn at Bercloux, Brizambourg, France	Knitting and Crochet Retreat
** 31-Nov. 1	Newton Abbott Racecourse, Newton Abbot,nDevon, England, UK	5th Annual Stitch Fest South West
** 31-Nov. 1	Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD	Maryland Alpaca and Fleece Festival

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November

1-9	New Mexico	A Wool Lover’s Visit to New Mexico
5-7	Quechee Inn at Marshland Farms, Quechee, VT	Knitting in the Mountains with with Alison Green
** 5-8	Good Commons Retreat Center, Plymouth, VT	Yoga + Yarn Retreat
6	Lane Agricultural Park, Murfreesboro, TN	10th Annual Fiber in the Boro
6-7	Mallary Complex, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA	10th Annual Fiber Festival of New England
** 6-7	Meramec Baptist Retreat Center, Steelville, MO	Ozark Fiber Fling
** 6-8	Perkins Mansion, Rochester, NY	Weaver’s Guild Holiday Sale
** 6-8	The Doubletree, Danvers, MA	Northeast Handspinners’ The Gathering
** 6-9	Resort at Port Ludlow, Port Ludlow, WA	Strung Along Retreat with Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, Judith MacKenzie and Debbi Stone: Totally Textured
** 6-9	Hilton Orlando Buena Vista Palace, Lake Buena Vista, FL	4th Annual Magical Fiber Fantasy Retreat
** 7	Eisenhower Community Center, Hopkins, MN	7th Annual Fall Fiber Festival
** 7	Peace Hill Farm, Charles City, VA	Peace Hill Farm, Fiber and Craft Festival
** 7	Frederick Fairgrounds, Frederick, MD	Frederick Fiber Fest
** 7	Old Gregg School and Community Center, Spring Mills, PA	3rd Annual Penns Valley Fiber Festival
** 7-8	WTC Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain	3rd Annual Barcelona Knits
** 7-8	EXPO, Jackson County Fairgrounds, Central Point, OR	10th Annual FiberMania
** 7-8	Arena Complex, Summit County Fairgrounds, Tallmadge, OH	2nd Annual Buckeye Alpaca Fall Fest
** 7-10	Wisp Resort, McHenry, MD	Knittreat
** 8	Priory School, Hitchin, Herts, England, UK	Hitchin Festiwool: The Yarn and Wool Fair
** 8-10	Sapphire Valley Resort, Sapphire, NC	Fall Carolina Fiber Frolic
** 10	Nile Shrine Golf Center, Mountlake Terrace, WA	Yarn Revolution
11-14	Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA	Stitches SoCal
11-14	Roxbury at Stratton Falls and the Roxbury Motel, Roxbury, NY	Knit + Escape in the Catskills with Kristy Glass, Casapinka, Amanda Solomon and Lesley Anne Robinson
** 12-15	Simmonscourt, RDS, Dublin, Ireland	Knitting & Stitching Show
** 12-15	Naulakha, Dummerston, VT	Vermont Knitting Retreat with Beth Brown-Reinsel
** 13-15	Hill Country Youth Events Center, Kerrville, TX	32nd Annual Kid n’ Ewe & Llamas Too Festival
** 13-15	Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS	Mitten School
** 14	Beach Middle School, Chelsea, MI	Spinner’s Flock Fall Fleece Fair
** 16	St David’s Episcopal Church, Topeka, KS	Twisted Fiber Festival
** 17	Nottingham Conference Centre, Nottingham, England, UK	Nottingham Yarn Expo
19-22	Old Shawnee Town Hall, Shawnee, KS	38th Annual Creative Hand Show and Sale sponsored by the Weavers Guild and the Fiber Guild of Kansas City
** 20-21	Canton Civic Center, Canton, TX	East Texas Fiber Festival
** 20-24	Yandina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia	3rd Annual Fibre Arts Festival
** 21-24	Parker Ranch, Clayton, GA	Southeastern Yarn and Yoga Fall Retreat
** 22	Española Valley Fiber Arts Center, Española, NM	Fall Fiber Fiesta: Artists’ Reception & Silent Auction
** 26-29	Harrogate Convention Centre, Yorkshire, England, UK	Knitting and Stitching Show
** 27-29	Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Stockbridge, MA	Knit Pray Love: A Knitting and Yoga Retreat
27-Dec. 3	Tallinn, Estonia and Riga, Latvia	Baltic Cities Christmas Markets Knitting Tour with Carol Meldrum
** 30-Dec. 1	Black Forest Community Center, Colorado Springs, CO	14th Annual Alpaca Holiday Extravaganza

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December

** 4-6	Sugarloaf Mountain, MD	Countryside Artisans Studio Tours
4-12	Norway	Northern Lights Knitting Cruise with Julie Dubreux
5-16	Switzerland, France, Germany, Netherlands	Rhine Christmas Markets Knitting Cruise
** 12	Alpaca Pines Farm & Fiber Mill, Poplar Grove, IL	Christmas at the Farm

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Fiber Tours

May 22-Sept. 7	Maine	Maine Yarn Cruise: Summer-Long Yarn Crawl Around Maine
May 23-Aug. 30	Wyoming	3rd Annual Cowboy Yarn Crawl
** June 8-Sept. 4	Ontario, Canada	Cottage Country Yarn Crawl
June 13-Aug. 17	Hudson Valley, NY	Hudson Valley Yarn Trail
Year round	Cedarburg-Grafton-Thiensville, WI	Cedarburg Spur Fiber Arts Trail
Year round	Minnesota	Pine to Prairie Fiber Arts Trail
Year round	Nazareth, PA	Kraemer Yarns Manufacturing Tour: Open Houses Monthly. Call for times and dates. Get a behind the scenes look at how we make yarn!

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