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2019 Knitting & Fiber Events
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Enjoy these year-round fiber tours.
January
February
| 1-3 | Boone Tavern, Berea, KY | Pins & Needles Retreat |
| 1-3 | Seyon Lodge, Seyon Lodge State Park, Groton, VT | Vermont Knit & Fiber Retreat |
| 2 | Taborspace, Portland, OR | Indie Goes West Pop Up |
| 7-10 | Hotel St. George, Marfa, TX | Yoga + Yarn Retreat |
| 7-10 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotel Getaway with Belinda Harris-Reid & Brenda M. Watson [fully booked] |
| 8-9 | Local Culture Hostel & Café, Jyväskylä, Finland | KnitFest Winter 2019 |
| 8-10 | Sauder Village, Archbold, OH | Knitting and Fiber Arts Retreat |
| 8-10 | Crown Plaza Milwaukee Airport, Milwaukee, WI | Midwest Fiber Frolic |
| ** 8-11 | Tampa Bay, FL | Tampa Bay Yarn Crawl |
| 9 | Boston Public Market, Boston, MA | The Seasonal Color Palette Natural Dye Workshop with Sasha Duerr |
| 10 | Boston Public Market, Boston, MA | 2nd Annual Boston Farm & Fiber Festival |
| 13-17 | North House Folk School, Grand Marais, MN | 9th Annual Northern Fibers Retreat featuring Karin Flatøy Svarstad of Kalvåg, Norway |
| 14-17 | Sunshine Mountain Lodge, Estes Park, CO | Men’s Rocky Mountain Knitting Retreat |
| 14-17 | Hotel Murano, Tacoma, WA | Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat |
| 21-24 | Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA | Stitches West |
| 22-23 | Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK | Knit & Stitch It |
| 22-23 | Calvary Lutheran Church, Bemidji, MN | Creative Spirit Fiber Festival |
| 22-24 | Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey, UK | 11th Annual Unravel, A Festival of Knitting |
| 23 | Ace hotel, Pittsburgh, PA | Indie Knit & Spin |
| 23-25 | Hilton Garden Inn & Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, ME | 17th Annual New England Textile Arts Network’s Spa Knit & Spin |
| 24-March 2 | Thomas Shepherd Inn, Shepherdstown, WV | Stitch Maker Retreat-WV |
| 28-March 3 | Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, London, UK | Spring Knitting & Stitching Show |
| 28-March 3 | Horseshoebay Resort, Horseshoe Bay, TX | 6th Annual Knitting in the Hills Getaway with Andrea Mowry, Cecelia Campochiaro, and Juju Vail |
March
| 1-2 | Market Place, Bothwell, Tasmania, Australia | 40th Annual SpinIN |
| ** 1-3 | Roslindale Public Library, Roslindale, MA | Yarn and Craft Book Sale |
| 1-3 | Dunedin Centre, Dunedin, New Zealand | Unwind Fibrecraft Retreat |
| 1-4 | Resort at Port Ludlow, Port Ludlow, WA | Strung Along Retreat with Stephanie Pearl-McPhee: Colour |
| 1-9 | Central Florida, east of Tampa | Orange Blossom Yarn Crawl |
| 1-10 | Indiana | Roving Indiana: Yarn Crawl |
| 3 | Russell’s Garden Center, Wayland, MA | Farm Fiber Days at the Wayland Winter Farmers’ Market |
| 3-8 | Island Inn, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA | Weaving for Knitters with Cat Bordhi |
| 7-10 | Portland, OR | 10th Annual Rose City Yarn Crawl: Unravel Portland |
| 7-10 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotal Learnaway: Reversible or Double Knitting with Claire Crompton, Learn Brioche with Belinda Harris-Reid & Brenda M. Watson [fully booked] |
| 8-9 | Jay Community Center, Portland, IN | Jay County Fiber Arts Festival |
| 8-10 | Ocean City Convention Center, Ocean City, MD | 5th Delmarva Wool and Fiber Expo |
| 8-10 | Aspen Wye River House, Queenstown, MD | Mosaic Colorwork Kniting with Tanis Gray |
| 8-10 | ZigBone Farm Eco Lodge, Sabillasville, MD | Weekend Knitting Retreat with Ann Weaver |
| 9-April 6 | Hawaii and Tahiti | Hawaii and Tahiti Knitting Cruise with Sally Melville |
| 10-15 | Island Inn, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA | Weaving for Knitters with Cat Bordhi |
| 10-17 | Caribbean | Trendsetter Knitting Group Cruise with Friends & Fiberworks, and Barry Klein |
| 11-16 | Suzoo’s Wool Works, Bandera, TX | 4th Annual Bandera Fiber Arts Week |
| ** 12 | Hilton Chicago Hotel, Chicago, IL | Yarn Market News Summit: Collaborate, Network, Grow |
| 14-17 | Camp Burton, Vashon Island, WA | Northwest Regional Spinners Association 26th Annual Retreat |
| 14-17 | North Shore, Boston, MA | Knit North Yarn Crawl |
| 15-16 | Cedarburg, Grafton, Thiensville, WI | 5th Annual Cedarburg Spur Fiber Arts Tour |
| 15-17 | Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI | Madison Knitters’ Guild Knit In |
| 15-17 | Pine Mountain Resort, Pineville, KY | Mountain Hollow Farm Yarn Retreat |
| 15-17 | Sapphire, NC | 10th Annual Carolina Fiber Frolic Spring Retreat |
| ** 15-18 | Skipping Stone Beach B&B, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada | Knitting Retreat: Take the Fear Out of Fair Isle |
| 16 | Ramada Inn and Conference Center, State College, PA | For the Love of Fiber |
| 16 | Winterset Middle School, Winterset, IA | 8th Annual Heartland Fiberpalooza |
| 16 | Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, Sherman Oaks, CA | Griffin Dyeworks & Fiber Arts Spring Fiber Frolic |
| 16-24 | Queens Guest House, Edinbuirgh, Scotland, UK | Knitters in Edinburgh |
| ** 17 | James Lee Community Center, Falls Church, VA | Fibernate Farmer’s Market |
| 17 | Heartlands, Robinson’s Shaft, Dudnance Lane, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, England, UK | Cornwoolly: Fibre & Textile Show for Cornwall |
| 17-22 | Island Inn, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA | Weaving for Knitters with Cat Bordhi |
| 20-23 | Bald Hill Knits, Friday Harbor, WA | Men’s San Juan Island Knitting Retreat |
| 20-April 4 | Ireland & Scotland, UK | Ireland & Scotland Knitting Tour |
| 21-23 | Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | Edinburgh Yarn Festival |
| 21-24 | Wisconsin River Valley & Baraboo Hills, WI | Threaded Streams Fiber Arts Trail: Creativity Weekend |
| 21-24 | Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY | Knitting Weekend with Paula Kucera, Laura Nelkin, Jill Draper, Cal Patch, Bristol Ivy & Katie Grove |
| 21-24 | Boston Park Plaza, Boston, MA | Vogue Knitting Destinations, Boston with Norah Gaughan, Thea Colman and Julia Farwell Clay |
| 22 | Baraboo Arts Building , Baraboo, WI | Fabrications: A Fiber Arts Fashion Show |
| 22-23 | Cloverdale Exhibition Park Grounds, AGRIPLEX Bldg., Cloverdale, BC | 10th Annual Fibres West |
| 22-23 | State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC | 13th Annual Carolina Fiber Fest |
| 22-24 | Brampton Inn at Chestertown, MD | Intensive Lace Weekend with Heather Zoppetti |
| 22-25 | Yarnfield Park, Staffordshire, England, UK | Stitchtopia Festival with Carol Meldrum, Emma Leith, Janice Gunner, Karin Hellaby, Kathleen Anderson, Mandy Shaw, Pat Archibald, & Sarah Hazell |
| 23 | Junior Fair Building, Wood County Fairgrounds, Bowling Green, OH | 33rd Annual Black Swamp Spinners Guild Market Day & Fiber Fair |
| 23 | Rinn United Methodist Church, Frederick, CO | We Knit Colorado Knit/Crochet Day Out |
| 23-24 | Millcreek Public Library, Salt Lake City, UT | Salt Lake Knitting Guild Spring Workshop with Margaret Radcliffe |
| ** 24 | Gymnasium, Ace Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA | Spring Indie Knit & Spin Marketplace |
| 24 | Great Room, Savage Mill, Savage, MD | 12th Annual Homespun Yarn Party |
| ** 24 | MA. Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, Lincoln, MA | Woolapalooza |
| 24-31 | Caribbean | Knitting Caribbean Cruise with Elizabeth French |
| 24-April 3 | Scotland, UK | Knit Scotland with Laura Nelkin [sold out] |
| 24-April 1 | Scotland, UK | Best of Scotland Knitting Tour with Highlands |
| 25-28 | Lakedale Resort, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA | Explore 4 [Fibers] Retreat with Deb Robson |
| ** 26 | Chappaqua Library Auditorium, Chappaqua, NY | Westchester Knitting Guild: Fixing Lace Mistakes & Novus Construction with Laura Nelkin |
| 27-31 | Embassy Suites Loveland Hotel, Loveland, CO | Interweave Yarn Fest |
| 30-31 | Arena Complex, Summit County Fairgrounds, Tallmadge, OH | 15th Annual Buckeye Alpaca Show |
| 30-31 | American Royal Hale Arena, Kansas City, MO | Midwest Alpaca Owners & Breeders Association Invitational Alpaca Show |
| 30-31 | Riverside Meeting & Event Hotel, Riverside, Switzerland | Swiss Yarn Festival |
| 31-April 5 | Lakedale Resort, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA | Spring Island Knitting Retreat with Cat Bordhi |
April
| 4-7 | Irving Convention Center, Irving, TX | 14th Annual DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) Fiber Fest featuring Franklin Habit |
| 4-7 | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | 13th Annual Minnesota Yarn Shop Hop |
| 4-7 | Emerson Inn, Rockport, MA | Knitting by the Sea with Beth Brown Reinsel |
| 4-7 | New Jersey | New Jersey Wool Walk |
| 4-13 | Los Angeles County, CA | LA County Yarn Crawl |
| 5-6 | First United Methodist Church, Warren, PA | Kinzua Knit-Away |
| 5-7 | Blue Mountain Retreat Center, Knoxville, MD. | Spinning Weekend Workshop with Melissa Ricks and Lisa Westra |
| ** 5-8 | Triangle area, NC | Triangle Yarn Crawl |
| 5-8 | First Baptist Church, Rochester, NY | Rochester Knitting Guild Spring Workshop with Donna Druchunas |
| 6 | Trinity Presbyterian Church, Nashville, TN | The Big Stitch 42 |
| 6 | Wing & a Prayer Farm, , ShaftsburyVT | Shearing School |
| 6-7 | Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Union Hall, Chicago, IL | YarnCon: Chicago’s 12th Annual Indie Fiber Fair |
| 6-7 | Portland OR to Seattle, WA | Sheepish in Seattle: The Quint-EWE-ple |
| 6-7 | Clark County Event Center, Ridegefield, WA | Alpacapalooza |
| 6-13 | The Barn, outside Brizambourg, Charente-Maritime, France | Knitting & Crochet Retreat [fully booked] |
| ** 6-15 | Baltimore & environs, MD | Charm City Yarn Crawl |
| ** 7 | York Harbor Inn, York, ME | 6th Annual Fiber Market |
| 7-10 | Long Island, NY | 5th Annual Long Island Yarn Crawl |
| 7-12 | Island Inn, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA | Cat Bordhi’s Island Knitting Retreat |
| 7-15 | Ireland | South of Ireland Knitting Tour with Aran Islands |
| 8-11 | Portland Regency Hotel & Spa, Portland, ME | Vogue Knitting Destination, Portland, ME with Joji Locatelli, Veera Välimäki, Mary Jane Mucklestone, Bristol Ivy & Tess’ Designer Yarns [sold out] |
| 9-13 | Westin at Crown Center, Kansas City, MO | 4th Annual PLY Away: A Spinning Retreat |
| 10-14 | Sleeping Lady Resort & Spa, Leavenworth, WA | Interweave Escapes’ 1st Annual Knitting Clinic with Lorilee Beltman |
| 11-13 | Fuglafirði, Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark | Knitting Festival [Bindifestivalur: Strikkefestival] |
| 11-14 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotal Learnaway: Jazz: Belinda’s Short-Row Shaping Shawl with Belinda Harris-Reid & Brenda W. Watson [fully booked] |
| 11-14 | Portland, ME | Vogue Knitting Destinations, Portland, ME with Joji Locatelli, Veera Välimäki, Mary Jane Mucklestone, Bristol Ivy & Tess’ Designer Yarns [sold out] |
| 12-13 | University of Minnesota ReUse Warehouse, Minneapolis, MN | 19th Annual World’s Largest Textile Garage Sale |
| 12-13 | Putnam County Fairgrounds, Greencastle, IN | Fiber Event at Greencastle: Celebrating 27 Years of Fiber |
| *12-13 | International Centre Entrance 1, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | Spring creativ festival® |
| 12-14 | Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, Townsend, TN | 10th Annual Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival |
| 12-14 | Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario, Canada | 7th Annual YarnOver SleepOver Retreat |
| 12-18 | The Netherlands | Dutch Bulbfields & Amsterdam Knitting & Crochet Cruise with Carol Meldrum |
| 13 | Jane Addams Community Center, Cedarville, IL | 23rd Annual Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair |
| 13-14 | Grammar School, Harrogate Road, Leeds, England, UK | 3rd Annual Spring into Wool: A Festival of Woolly Crafts |
| 13-14 | Neue Messe, Glashalle, Leipzig, Germany | Leipzig Wool Festival and Fabric Fair (Leipziger Wolle-Fest & Stoffmesse) |
| 13-14 | Beaver Lake Nature Center, Baldwinsville, NY | CNY Fiber Frolic |
| 13-14 | Merchants Square Mall, Allentown, PA | 3rd Annual Allentown Fiber Festival |
| 13-14 | Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, Ann Arbor, MI | Spring Fiber Expo |
| ** 13-15 | Chincoteague Island, VA | SoXperience |
| ** 14 | Clackamas Community College, Oregon City, OR | Annual Fiber Fair and All-Day Spin-In |
| ** 14-15 | Newton’s Yarn Country, Anaheim, CA | Newton’s Spring Parking Lot Sale |
| 14-21 | Holland and Belgium | Tulip Time Knitting Cruise with Gwen Bortner and Annita Wilschut |
| 15-17 | Doubletree by Hilton, Green Tree, PA | Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival: Knit, Crochet, Quilt, Create! |
| ** 19-22 | Washington State Fairgrounds, Puyallup, WA | Shepherd’s Extravaganza |
| ** 19-22 | Christ the King Spiritual Life Center, Greenwich, NY | Hudson Valley Knitter’s Retreat |
| 20 | Seattle, WA | Set Sail from Seattle! |
| 20 | Denmark Arts Center, Denmark, ME | Denmark Sheepfest |
| ** 20-21 | Arcotel Wimberger Hotel, Vienna, Austria | Vienna Wool & Design Festival |
| ** 21 | Highland Park Ruritan, Lenoir City, TN | Fab Fiber Yard Sale |
| ** 22 | The Lake House at Cherry Creek Reservoir, Greenwood Village, CO | We Knit Colorado Retreat |
| 23-May 4 | Ireland | Fiber Tour of Ireland |
| 25-28 | Fly Palmy Arena and Arena 3 in Pascal Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand | Creative Fibre Festival |
| 25-28 | Sunnyside Resort, Lake Tahoe, CA | Interweave Escapes Knitting Getaway with Romi Hill |
| 25-30 | Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS | Spring Fiber School |
| 26-28 | Amish View Inn, Bird-in-Hand, PA | Lancaster Knitter’s Retreat |
| 26-28 | Maryland countryside | Countryside Artisans Spring Studio Tour |
| 26-28 | Brampton Inn at Chestertown, MD | Beginning Brioche Knitting |
| 26-28 | Minneapolis Marriott Northwest, Minneapolis,MN | 32nd Annual MN. Knitters’ Guild Yarnover |
| 26-28 | Vancouver, BC, Canada | Woolith Fair: A Greater Vancouver Yarn Crawl |
| 26-28 | Okanogan County Fairgrounds Agriplex, Okanogan, WA | 6th Annual OKfiberfest |
| 26-28 | Gilmer County Civic Center, Ellijay, GA | Georgia Mountain Needle Arts Festival |
| 26-29 | Meadowbrook Inn, Blowing Rock, NC | Unwind: A Fiber Arts Getaway |
| 27 | Delmont Fire Hall, Delmont, PA | RaggZ Fiber Affair |
| 27 | Varies | 2nd Annual Local Yarn Store Day: Yarn Shop Appreciation Day |
| 27 | Village of Powhatan, Powhatan, VA | Powhatan’s Festival of Fiber |
| 27 | Gore Place, Waltham, MA | 32nd Annual Sheep Shearing Festival |
| 27 | Tolland Agricultural Center, Vernon/Rockville, CT | 110th Connecticut Sheep, Wool & Fiber Festival |
| 27 | Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Toronto Knitter’s Frolic |
| 27-28 | Schulstraße 13, 74572 Blaufelden, Germany | 2nd Annual Hohenloher Woolfest |
| 27-28 | York County Fairgrounds, York, NE | 3rd Annual Mid-Plains Fiber Fair |
| ** 27-28 | Bemidji, Turtle River, Tenstrike, MN | 3rd Annual Pine to Prairie Fiber Arts Trail |
| 27-28 | Royal Welsh Show Ground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys, Wales, UK | 14th Annual Wonderwool Wales: A Festival of Welsh Wool and Natural Fibers |
| 27-28 | Château de Miromesnil, Tourville sur Arques, Normandy, France | Festival: The Thread of the Sleeve {Festival Le fil de la manche} |
| 27-28 | York County Fairgrounds, York, NE | 3rd Annual Mid-Plains Fiber Fair |
| 27-28 | Washington County, NY | 27th Annual New York’s Washington County Fiber Tour |
| 27-28 | Washington County Fair Park, West Bend, WI | Wisconsin Alpaca & Fiber Fest |
| ** 27-29 | Christ the King Retreat House, Syracuse, NY | 8th Yarn Cupboard Annual Fiber Arts Retreat and Market |
| 28 | George Dawson Inn, Dawson Creek, BC | 1st Annual Peace Fibre Fest |
| ** 28 | First United Methodist Church, Roseburg, OR | Umpqua Fiber Fest, a Celebration of Fibers |
| ** 28-29 | Manhattan & Brooklyn, NY | Spring New York City Yarn Crawl |
| 27-May 4 | The Barn, outside Brizambourg, Charente-Maritime, France | Knitting & Crochet Retreat |
| ** 29-30 | Tri-County Shrine Club, Clarksville, IN | 9th Annual Indiana Fiber and Music Festival |
| 29-May 10 | Italy, Greece & Albania | Ancient Empires Knitting Cruise with Deborah Newton |
May
June
| 1 | Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Leeds, England, UK | Leeds Wool Festival |
| 1-2 | The Pioneer Museum, Flagstaff, AZ | 28th Annual Flag Wool and Fiber Festival |
| 1-2 | Emmet County Fairgrounds, Petoskey, MI | Tip of the Mitt Fiber Fair |
| 1-2 | McHenry County Fairgrounds, Woodstock, IL | Northern Illinois Sheep and Fiber Festival |
| 1-2 | The Shops at Worthington Place Mall, Worthington, OH | Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair |
| 1-7 | Shetland, Scotland, UK | Shetland Knitting Tour |
| 1-7 | Iceland | Icelandic Spring Hiking and Knitting Tour with Hélène Magnússon |
| 1-8 | Chatenay, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France | France Knitting Retreat Session 1 |
| ** 2-3 | McHenry County Fair, Woodstock, IL | Northern Illinois Sheep & Fiber Festival |
| ** 2-3 | El Rancho de las Golondrinas, Santa Fe, NM | Spring & Fiber Fest |
| ** 2-3 | Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor, ME | 17th Annual Maine Fiber Frolic |
| ** 2-3 | Frederick Fairgrounds, Frederick, MD | Frederick Fiber Fest |
| 2-8 | Abiquiu Inn, Abiquiu, NMtd> | Knitting & Yoga Adventures with Susan Mills |
| ** 2-30 | Bags By CAB-Yarn Shoppe, Denver, CO | 9th Annual Spring Artisans Community Event Spectacular |
| ** 5-9 | Rotorua Racecourse, Rotorua, New Zealand | NZ Machine Knitters’ Society GeyserKnit Festival |
| 5-9 | Rockywald Deephaven Camps, Holderness, NH | Squam Art Workshops Spring Retreat |
| 5-10 | Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK | The Spirit of Shetland Knitting Holiday with Hazel Tindall & Kathleen Anderson [sold out] |
| 5-15 | British Isles | British Isles Knitting & Crochet Cruise with Sarah Hazel [sold out] |
| 6-9 | Misty Isle Farms, Vashon Island, WA | 9th Annual Vashon Sheepdog Classic |
| 6-9 | Fairgrounds at Stanley Park, Estes Park, CO | 29th Annual Estes Park Wool Market |
| 6-9 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotal Learnaway: Lace Beading with Allison Crowther-Smith [fully booked] |
| 7-8 | Johnson County Fairgrounds, Franklin, IN | Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival |
| 7-8 | Higgins Fairgrounds, Sparta, NC | 2nd Annual Blue Ridge Fiber Fest |
| 7-9 | Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, TX | 48th Annual Texas Folklife Festival |
| 7-9 | Phineas Swann B&B, Montgomery Center, VT | Vermont Summer Knitting Retreat: A Project Inspired by Beatrix Potter with Donna Druchunas |
| ** 7-10 | Renaissance Hotel, Reno, NV | Jimmy Beans Wool Knitting Retreat |
| 7-11 | Blönduós School & Sports Center, Blönduós, Iceland | 3rd Annual Iceland Knit Fest |
| ** 8 | Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, VT | Amy King: Spunky Eclectic Spinning Workshop |
| 8 | Varies | World Wide Knit in Public Day |
| 8 | Rockywald Deephaven Camps, Holderness, NH | Squam Art Fair |
| 8 | Fenelon Falls Community Centre, Fenelon Falls, Ontario, Canada | Kawartha Yarn & Fibre Festival |
| 8-9 | Fibre Harvest Mill, Pathfields Industrial Estatee, South Molton, Devon, England, UK | 6th Annual John Arbon Textiles Mill Open Weekend |
| 8-9 | Butternut Hill Campground, Bouckville, NY | 9th Annual Central New York Fiber Festival |
| ** 8-10 | Lake George Retreat Center, West Branch, MI | 2nd Bi-Annual Knitting & Crochet Retreat |
| 7-10 | Resort at Port Ludlow, Port Ludlow, WA | Strung Along Retreat with Stephanie Pearl-McPhee: Knit, Play, Cook |
| ** 8-11 | Skipping Stone Beach B&B, Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada | Take the Fear out of Fair Isle: Salt Spring Retreat |
| 8-15 | Chatenay, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France | France Knitting Retreat Session 2 |
| 8-15 | The Barn, outside Brizambourg, Charente-Maritime, France | Knitting & Crochet Retreat |
| 9 | Hilton TreeTops, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK | 2nd Annual Aberdeen Yarn Fest |
| ** 9 | Carberry Memorial Hall, Carberry, Manitoba, Canada | 6th Annual Blue Hills Fibre Festival |
| 9-10 | Sandia Park, Edgewood, and Stanley, NM | East Mountain Fiber Tour |
| ** 9-Sept. 9 | Hudson Valley, NY | Hudson Valley Yarn Trail |
| ** 10-12 | Ravalli County Fairgrounds, Hamilton, MT | Big Sky Fiber Festival |
| 12-15 | Coast of Maine | Maine Knitting Cruise with with Mim Bird |
| 13-16 | Bahnhof Hohenstein, near Wiesbaden/Frankfurt, Germany | Ziggurat Knitting Retreat with Åsa Tricosa |
| 13-16 | Parker Ranch, Clayton, GA | Southeastern Yarn + Yoga Retreat |
| 13-20 | Iceland | Hiking & Knitting under the Midnight Sun with Hélène Magnússon |
| 14-15 | City North Hotel and Conference Centre, Gormanstown, Co. Meath, Ireland | Woollinn: The Dublin Festival of Yarn |
| 14-15 | Rodeo Arena, Diné College, Tsailé, AZ, Navajo Nation | 23rd Annual Sheep Is Life Celebration |
| 14-16 | Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center, Ames, IA | 14th Annual Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 14-22 | Ireland | Woollinn Adventure: Dublin, Cavan & Donegal |
| 14-25 | Ireland | Ireland Tour |
| ** 15-17 | Heartstone Lodge, Buena Vista, VA | House Mountain Yarn Co. Knitting Retreat |
| 15-22 | Alaska | Inside Passage Alaska Knitting Cruise with Tanis Gray |
| ** 15-Sept. 9 | Northwestern Canada | The Great Northwest Yarn Crawl |
| 16-19 | Coast of Maine | Maine Knitting Cruise with Bill Huntington |
| 17-23 | Faroe Islands, Denmark | Knitting in the Faroe Islans with Katrina I Geil |
| ** 18-24 | Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI | Midwest Felting Symposium |
| 19-23 | Huntington Convention Center, Cleveland, OH | National NeedleArts Association Summer NeedleArts Trade Show |
| 20-23 | Dutton Farmhouse, Dummerston, VT | Vermont Retreat with Beth Brown-Reinsel: Maine Mittens |
| ** 20-27 | Whale Pod Chalet, Pender Island, British Columbia, Canada | 18th Annual Knitting on Island Time: Knitting Cables [sold out] |
| 21-23 | Berry Center, Cypress, TX | Houston Fiber Fest |
| 21-23 | Denmark Municipal Building, Congregational Church & Public Library, Denmark, ME | Pleasant Mountain Fiber Arts Workshops |
| ** 21-28 | Tasmania, Australia | Yarn Ramble: Tasmania |
| ** 22-28 | Cordova Community Center, Cordova, AK | Net Loft Fiber & Friends: FisherFolk – Land & Sea |
| 22-29 | The Barn, outside Brizambourg, Charente-Maritime, France | Knitting & Crochet Retreat [fully booked] |
| ** 22-July 7 | East Tennessee | East Tennessee Yarn Crawl |
| 23 | Doubletree Hotel, Rochester, MN | Zombie Knitapocalypse Market |
| ** 23 | Vienna Community Center, Vienna, VA | Fibernate: John Crane Studio Sheep Breed Exhibit |
| 23-July 1 | Ireland | Kerry, Kilkenny and Aran Islands Irish Knitting and Craft Tour |
| 26-29 | J&E Riggin Schooner, Penobscot, ME | Maine Knitting Cruise with Casapinka |
| 26-July 1 | Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK | The Spirit of Shetland Knitting Holiday with Hazel Tindall & Kathleen Anderson |
| 26-July 2 | Les Soeurs Anglaises, Briançon, 24320 Verteillac, France | Knitting Im-Mercerie III with Åsa Tricosa |
| 26-July 3 | East of Ireland | Hiking and Knitting with the Elves with Hélène Magnússon |
| 27-30 | New Haven, CT to Putney, VT | 9th Annual I-91 Shop Hop |
| 28-29 | Mitchell’s Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, UK | 15th Annual Woolfest: The Original British Wool Festival |
| 28-July 1 | Red Centre, Alice Springs, Australia | 23rd Annual Alice Springs Beanie Festival |
| ** 29-July 1 | Linn County Fairgrounds, Albany, OR | Black Sheep Gathering |
| ** 30 | Parker Library, Parker, CO | We Knit Colorado Knit/Crochet Day Out |
| 30-July 5 | Parknasilla Hotel, Sneem, Co. Kerry, Ireland | Southwest Ireland Luxury Knitting Retreat |
July
| ** 5-8 | Toivola Old Courtyard, Jyväskylä, Finland | Summer Knit Festival |
| 5-11 | Olds College, Olds, Alberta, Canada | Fibre Week |
| ** 6-8 | Arrowhead Ranch, Arrowhead, CA | Griffin Dyeworks 14th Annual Retreat |
| ** 6-8 | Radcliffe Conference Centre, Warwick University, Coventry, England, UK | 40th Annual Knitting & Crochet Guild Convention |
| 6-15 | Ireland | Aran Islands, Donegal & Causeway Coast Knitting Tour |
| ** 7 | Expressions Arts and Entertainment Centre, Upper Hutt, Wellington, NZ | Capital FibreFest |
| 7-18 | Prince Edward Island & Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada | Explore a Rich Legacy of Weaving, Knitting and Celtic Roots |
| 7-21 | Norway | Voyage of the Midnight Sun Knitting Cruise with Beth Brown-Reinsel |
| 8-13 | Caribbean | Knitting & Weaving Cruise with Friends & Fiberworks |
| 8-14 | Viljandi, Estonia | Estonian Craft Camp |
| 10-13 | Manchester, NH | Crochet Guild of American 25th Anniversary Chain Link Conference |
| 10-14 | Airport Holiday Inn, Colorado Springs, CO | Colorado Knitting Camp with Gayle Roehm: Japanese Knitting Stitches, e-mail: nams1 at comcast dot net |
| 11-15 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp Retreat 2.75 |
| 11-15 | Whitehead Light Station, Whitehead Island, ME | Island Knitting Retreat with Mim Bird |
| 12-21 | Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada | 30th Annual Great Northern Arts Festival |
| 13-14 | Uffculme Centre, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK | Yarningham |
| 13-14 | Grazing Hills Alpaca Ranch, Viola, ID | 1st Annual Grazing Hills Fiber Festival |
| ** 13-22 | Indiana/Illinois border | Illiana Yarn Crawl |
| 13-23 | Victoria & Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada | East Meets West: The Fusion of Salish Coast Knitting and SAORI Weaving in British Columbia [sold out] |
| 14 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | The 12th Annual Great Toronto Yarn Hop |
| ** 14-22 | Victoria, Australia | Yarn Ramble: Victoria |
| 14-22 | Ireland | South of Ireland Knitting Tour with Aran Islands |
| 17-21 | Scarritt Bennett Center, Nashville, TN | Super Summer Knittogether |
| 18-21 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotal Learnaway: Jazz: Short-Row-Shaping Shawl with Belinda Harris-Reid & Belinda M. Watson [fully booked] |
| 18-21 | Greensboro, Winston Salem, NC | Central Carolina Yarn Crawl |
| 18-22 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp Retreat 1 & 2 |
| 19-21 | Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia | 141th Annual Australian Sheep & Wool Show |
| 19-21 | Wilson County Exposition Center, Lebanon, TN | Natural Fiber Extravaganza |
| ** 21-22 | Sonoma County, CA | 6th Annual Sonoma County Yarn Hop |
| 25-28 | Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO. | Intermountain Weavers Conference |
| 25-29 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp Retreat 3 |
| 26-Aug. 4 | Historic Abingdon, VA | Virginia Highlands Festival |
| ** 27-28 | Creek County Fairgrounds, Kellyville, OK | 12th Annual Fiber Christmas in July |
| ** 27-28 | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | Indie Burgh Craft Crawl |
| 27-28 | Redborne School and Community College, Ampthill, England, UK | Fibre East: British Natural Fibre & Craft |
| ** 27-29 | Jordan Summit Hotel, Sunday River Resort, Sunday River, ME | 6th Annual Maine Spinners’ Registry Summer Fiber Retreat |
| ** 27-29 | Southeast Wisconsin | Southeastern Wisconsin Yarn Crawl |
| ** 27-29 | Telluride Middle/High School, Telluride, CO | Many Hands Fiber Arts Festival |
| ** 27-29 | Seven Sister’s Studio, Bisbee, AZ | Bisbee Fiber Arts Retreat & Gathering |
| 27-Aug. 4 | Alaska | Knit Alaska with Laura Nelkin |
| ** 28 | James Lee Community Center, Falls Church, VA | Fibernate: Fiber Farmers Market & Spinning Circle |
| ** 28-Aug. 5 | Chicago, IL | Chicago Yarn Crawl |
| ** 28-Aug. 12 | Northern Colorado & Southern Wyoming | Hot August Knits Yarn Crawl |
| ** 29-Aug. 10 | Orkney Islands, North Ronaldsay, Scotland, UK | North Ronaldsay 2nd Summer Sheep Festival |
| ** 30-Aug 12 | Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor, ME | Schoodic Arts Festival: Felting & Fiber Workshops |
August
| 1-4 | Schaumburg, IL | Stitches Midwest |
| 1-4 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotal Learnaway: Crochet Weekend with Belinda Harris-Reid, Belinda M. Watson & Lyhn Roberts [fully booked] |
| 1-4 | Blue Mountain Retreat Center, Knoxville, MD | 5th Annual City Zen Dye Retreat with Karida Collins |
| 2-4 | Lincoln County Fairgrounds, Eureka, MT | Fiberfest Eureka!! |
| 3 | Whitehead, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK | 3rd Annual Yarnfolk Wool Fest |
| 3-4 | Hartl Building, Red River Valley Fairgrounds, West Fargo, ND | Fiber Arts Festival |
| ** 3-4 | Bartlett Yarns, Harmony, ME | Annual Bartlett Yarns Open House |
| ** 4-5 | Mule Train Alpaca Ranch, Molt, MT | Fiber Arts Fusion |
| 5-11 | Faroe Islands, Denmark | Knitting in the Faroe Islans with Katrina I Geil |
| 5-11 | Brandbjerg Højskole, Denmark | Nordic Knitting Symposium (Nordisk Strikkesymposium) |
| ** 6-12 | Schloss Münchenwiler near Murten, Canton Bern, Switzerland | Knitting Retreat with Nancy Marchant and Simone Kereit |
| 7-10 | Lancaster Convention Center & Marriott, Lancaster, PA | 2nd Annual Lancaster Fiber Festival: A Celebration of Paper, Fabric, Yarn & Thread! |
| ** 7-14 | Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee | I75 Yarn Crawl |
| 9-10 | York Auction Centre, Murton, York, England, UK | 9th Annual British Wool Show |
| ** 9-12 | Chapel Rock Camp & Conference Center, Prescott, AZ | 5th Annual Grandma’s Sheep Thrills Retreat |
| 9-12 | Marconi State Historic Park, Point Reyes, CA | Pacific Knitting Retreat with Norah Gaughan & Emily O’Neill |
| ** 10-13 | Kettle Pond State Park, Groton, VT | Vermont Knit & Fiber Summer Retreat |
| 11-17 | Medomak Retreat Center, Washington, ME | New England Fiber Arts Retreat with Dana Fadel & Bristol Ivy & |
| 13-17 | Los Altos, CA | Guadalupe-Moebius Retreat with Cat Bordhi |
| ** 13-19 | Riederalp-Aletsch Arena, Rhone Valley/Valais Region, Switzerland | Slow Stitching Retreat with Simone Kereit |
| 14-18 | Dharma Mountain Meditation and Freedom Resort, Norway | Squam: Into the Mystic |
| 14-18 | Allegan County Fairgounds, Allegan, MI | Michigan Fiber Festival & Fiber Arts Workshops |
| 14-18 | St-Andre-Avellin, Quebec, Canada | 6th Annual Twist Fibre Festival |
| 16-17 | Slessor Gardens, Dundee, Scotland, UK | Ewefest: Scotland’s National Wool Festival |
| 16-18 | Pine Mountain Resort, Pineville, KY | Mountain Hollow Farm Yarn Retreat |
| 17 | Hulme Hall, Port Sunlight, Wirral, England, UK | Popup Wool Show |
| 17-18 | Rheinterrasse, Dusseldorf, Germany | Wollfestival |
| ** 17-26 | Dallas/Fort Worth, TX | DFW Yarn Crawl |
| 18-25 | Parcevall Hall , Yorkshire, England, UK | Ann Kingstone Yorkshire Knitting Tour |
| 18-26 | Colorado Front Range | 7th Annual Yarn Along the Rockies (Yarn Crawl) |
| ** 19 | Fairfield Gonzales Community Place, Porter Park, Victoria, BC, Canada | Fibrations! |
| 19-25 | Iceland | Hiking & Knitting between Fire and Ice with Hélène Magnússon |
| 22-25 | East Pier & Crown Hotel, Ahuriri, Napier, NZ | Knit August Nights: Yarn and Stitch Retreat |
| 24 | Portsoy Salmon Boothy, Portsoy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK | 3rd Annual Wool@Portsoy |
| ** 25 | Barrie Curling Club, Barrie, Ontario, Canada | Fibre Spirit |
| 29-Sept. 1 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotel Getaway with Belinda Harris-Reid & Brenda M. Watson [fully booked] |
| 29-Sept. 1 | Dumas Bay Center, Federal Way, WA | Men’s Fall Knitting Retreat |
| 29-Sept. 2 | Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA | Monterey County Fair Wool Show |
| 31-Sept. 1 | Newbury Racecourse, Berkshire, England, UK | Southern Wool Show: A Festival of Woolly Crafts |
| ** 31-Sept. 2 | Michigan State University Pavilion, E. Lansing, MI | Llamafest Showcase |
| 31-Sept. 3 | Cherokee Park Ranch, Livermore, CO | 6th Annual Wild West Knitting Retreat |
September
| ** 1 | London, England, UK | 5th Annual Great London Yarn Crawl & Pop-up Marketplace |
| 1 | Reed Point, MT | 31st Annual Great Montana Sheep Drive |
| ** 1 | Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, England, UK | Wool Is the Festival |
| ** 1-2 | Wildlife West Nature Park, Edgewood, NM | 6th Annual Heart of New Mexico Fiber Gathering & Harvest Festival |
| 1-9 | Scotland, UK | Best of Scotland Knitting Tour with Highlands |
| 2-7 | Coast of Maine | Maine Knitting Cruise with Margaret Radcliffe |
| 4-8 | Searsport Shores Ocean Camping, Searsport, ME | Fiber College of Maine |
| 4-9 | Shetland, Scotland, UK | Shetland Knitting Tour |
| 4-12 | Scotland, UK | Wool & Whisky Tour |
| 5-8 | Dutton Farmhouse, Dummerston, VT | Vermont Retreat with Beth Brown-Reinsel: Twined Knitting – Texture, Color, and Unique Construction |
| 5-8 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotal Learnaway: Design Your Own Fairisle with Alison Crowther-Smith |
| 6-8 | Norsk Folkemuseum and Deichmanske Main Library, Oslo, Norway | 4th Annual Oslo Strikkefestival (Knitting Festival) |
| 6-8 | Camp Sunrise, near Gibsons, BC, Canada | Sunshine Coast Fibre Camp |
| 6-8 | Jefferson Fair Park, Jefferson, WI | Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival |
| 7 | Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | 27th Annual Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters’ Fair |
| 7-8 | Harford Fairgrounds, Harford, PA | 16th Annual Pennsylvania Endless Mountains Fiber Festival |
| 7-8 | Hunterdon County Fairgrounds, Lambertville, NJ | 25th Annual Garden State Sheep & Fiber Festival |
| 7-8 | Arcata Community Center, Arcata, CA | 29th Annual Natural Fiber Fair |
| 7-8 | Riverside Park, Salida, CO | 8th Annual Salida Fiber Festival |
| 7-8 | Almonte, Ontario, Canada | Altmonte Fibrefest: A Festival of the Fibre Arts |
| 7-8 | Dewars Centre, Perth, Scotland, UK | Perth Festival of Yarn |
| 7-8 | St Johns Hall, Penzance, Cornwall, England, UK | Cornish Yarn Festival |
| 7-14 | The Barn, outside Brizambourg, Charente-Maritime, France | Knitting & Crochet Workshop with Tutor Carol Meldrum |
| 7-16 | Ireland | Aran Islands, Donegal & Causeway Coast Knitting Tour |
| 8-15 | The Dunloe, Beaufort, County Kerry, Ireland | Ballycastle Knits Ireland Knitting Retreat |
| ** 8-18 | Fylingthorpe Methodist Chapel, Robin Hoods Bay, N. Yorkshire, England, UK | 11th Annual Propagansey: The Fascinating World of the Knitted Gansey |
| 11-15 | Rockywald Deephaven Camps, Holderness, NH | Squam Art Workshops Fall Retreat |
| 11-18 | Iceland | Authentic Iceland Hiking & Knitting Tour with Hélène Magnússon |
| 12-15 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotal Learnaway: Wet Felting Design Workshop with Lydia Tapley |
| 12-24 | Iceland | Iceland Knitting Cruise with Karie Westermann |
| 13-14 | Red River Exhibition Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | 7th Annual Manitoba Fibre Festival |
| 13-15 | Aspen Wye Conference Center, Queenstown, MD | Stacked Stitches Retreat with Xandy Peters |
| ** 13-16 | San Diego, CA | San Diego Yarn Crawl |
| ** 13-16 | UMass Hotel, Amherst, MA | 3rd Annual WEBS Fall Knitting Retreat |
| 14 | Bedford Breakfast Lions Club, Bedford, VA | 11th Annual Olde Liberty Fibre Faire |
| 14 | Rockywald Deephaven Camps, Holderness, NH | Squam Art Fair |
| 14-15 | Hemlock Fairgrounds, Hemlock, NY | 25th Annual Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival |
| ** 14-16 | Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Boonville, CA | 21st Annual California Wool and Fiber Festival |
| ** 15 | Shabbona Park, Earlville, IL | Fiber in the Park |
| 15-21 | Monhegan Island, ME | Maine Knitting and Yoga Adventures withNorah Gaughan |
| 15-27 | Bellingham Castle, Louth & Dublin, Ireland | 3rd Annual Maggie’s Irish Castle Bellingham Retreat |
| ** 16 | Brunswick Seniors Activity Centre, Prince George, Canada | The Great Northwest Fibre Fest |
| 16-19 | J&E Riggin Schooner, Penobscot, Maine | Maine Knitting Cruise with Casapinka |
| 19-22 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotal Learnaway: Hand Dyeing Yarn & How to Knit Socks with Belinda Harris-Reid & Brenda M. Watson [fully booked] |
| 20-21 | Marc Center, Mt. Vernon, MO | 9th Annual Fiber Daze |
| 20-22 | Fanø, Denmark | 14th Annual Fanø International Knit Festival |
| 20-22 | Common Ground Fairgrounds, Unity, ME | Common Ground Fiber Marketplace & Fleece Tent |
| 20-22 | Codington County Extension Complex, Watertown, SD | 27th Annual North Country Fiber Fair |
| 21 | Bellingham, WA | 3rd Annual Whatcom County Purls and Pop-Ups Yarn Crawl |
| 21-22 | Young’s Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs, OH | 24th Annual Wool Gathering |
| 21-22 | 4-H Events Center, Ouray County Fairgrounds, Ridgway, CO | 7th Annual Sneffels Fiber Festival |
| ** 21-23 | Clarion Orlando Airport Resort Hotel, Orlando, FL | Florida Fiber-In |
| 21-28 | The Barn, outside Brizambourg, Charente-Maritime, France | Knitting and Crochet Retreat |
| 21-Oct. 1 | Vancouver to Honolulu | Knit & Cruise from Vancouver to Hawaii with Barry Klein, sponsored by Friends and Fiberworks |
| ** 22 | North Grenville Municipal Centre, Kemptville, Ontario, Canada | Leeds Grenville Fibre Extravaganza |
| ** 22-23 | Clackamas County Events Center, Canby, OR | 22nd Annual Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival |
| 22-25 | Block Island, RI | Block Island Knitwear Design Retreat with Deborah Newton |
| 22-30 | Ireland | South of Ireland Knitting Tour with Aran Islands |
| 25-Oct. 3 | Arden House B & B, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK | Knitting in Yorkshire |
| 26-28 | Vicksburg Convention Center, Vicksburg, MS | 2nd Annual Fiber Fun in the ‘Sip |
| 26-29 | Cross Roads Retreat Center, Caldwell, TX | Stitches, S’mores and More – A Texas Knit Retreat |
| 26-29 | Easton Mountain Retreat Center, Greenwich, NY | North East Men’s Fall Knitting Retreat (Upstate NY) |
| 27-28 | Central Pennsylvania College, Summerdale, PA | 34th Annual Knitter’s Day Out |
| 27-28 | Shrine Auditorium, Billings, MT | 3rd Annual Prairie Handspinners Fiber Fest |
| 27-29 | Blue Mountain Retreat Center, Knoxville, MD. | Weekend Knitting Retreat |
| 27-29 | Norwegian Knitting Industry Museum, Salhusvegen 201, Salhus, Bergen, Norway | 4th Annual Bergen Knitting Festival |
| 28-29 | Washington County Fairgrounds, Greenwich, NY | Adirondack Wool and Arts Festival |
| ** 28-29 | Port Watson Mini Conference Center, Cortland, NY | Finger Lakes Machine Knitting Seminar |
| 28-29 | Skipton Auction Mart, Skipton, England, UK | 7th Annual Yarndale |
| 28-29 | Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds, Berryville, VA | 14th Annual Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival |
| ** 28-30 | From Fife down around and back up the west side of the Puget Sound, WA | Yarnival: PNW (Pacific Northwest) Fall Yarn Crawl |
| ** 28-30 | Manhattan & Brooklyn, NY | New York City Yarn Crawl |
| 28-30 | Kulturhus, Copenhagen, Denmark | Knitwork: 4th Knitting and Crochet Festival |
| 28-Oct. 6 | Shetland, Scotland, UK | 9th Annual Shetland Wool Week |
| ** 29-30 | Ogemaw County Fairgrounds, Lower Penninsula, West Branch, MI | 19th Annual Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival |
| ** 29-30 | Sauder Village, Archbold, OH | Fiber Arts Fest |
| ** 29-30 | Twin Cities, MN & WI | North Star Farm Tour |
| ** 29-Oct. 1 | St. Anthony Retreat Center, Three Rivers, CA | What the Knit! Guild Fall Retreat with Beth Brown Reinsel & Binka Schwan |
| 29-Oct. 6 | Fryeburg, ME | Fiber Center at the Fryeburg Fair |
October
| ** 1-7 | Varies | Spinzilla: A Spinning Week |
| ** 2-7 | Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, and Taos, NM | Fiber Trails of the Upper Rio Grande |
| ** 2-7 | Vistaterra, Castello di Parella, Italy | mYak Knitting Retreat with Melanie Berg |
| 3-6 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotal Learnaway: Gansey Masterclass with Tina Barrett [fully booked] |
| 4-6 | Blue Mountain Retreat Center, Knoxville, MD. | Weekend Knitting Retreat |
| 4-7 | PNE Forum, Vancouver, BC, Canada | 8th Annual Knit City Fibre Festival |
| 5-6 | Masham, Yorkshire Dales, England, UK | 34th Annual Masham Sheep Fair |
| 5-6 | Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Tunbridge, VT | 31th Annual Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 5-6 | Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM | 36th Annual Taos Wool Festival |
| 5-6 | Montpelier Station, Orange County, VA | 32nd Annual Fall Fiber Festival and Montpelier Sheepdog Trials |
| 5-6 | Dixon May Fair Grounds, Dixon, CA | 33rd Annual Lambtown USA Fiber Fair |
| 5-6 | Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista, CA | 7th Annual Vista Fiber Arts Fiesta |
| ** 5-7 | Hampton Inn, Brattleboro, VT | Green Mountain Spinnery Fall Retreat |
| ** 5-7 | Near Kincaid Lake State Park, Falmouth, KY | Kentucky Wool Festival |
| 5-12 | Villa Maddalena, Montisi, Tuscany, Italy | Knitting in Tuscany |
| 5-12 | The Barn, outside Brizambourg, Charente-Maritime, France | Knitting & Crochet Workshop with Tutor Carol Meldrum |
| ** 5-14 | Hill Country, TX | Best Little Yarn Crawl in Texas |
| 6 | Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia | 23rd Annual Boorowa Irish Woolfest: The Running of the Sheep |
| ** 6 | Old Stone House & Washington Park, Brooklyn, NY | 7th Annual King’s County Fiber Festival |
| ** 6 | Fosston, MN | 4th Annual Fosston Fiber Festival |
| ** 6 | Queens Hall and Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK | West Wales Wool Show |
| ** 6-7 | Leelanau Community Cultural Center, Leland, MI | 18th Annual Leland Fiber Festival |
| ** 6-7 | Back roads of NH | 35th Annual New Hampshire Wool Arts Tour |
| 6-11 | Island Inn, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA | Cat Bordhi’s Island Knitting Retreat |
| ** 7-11 | Sagebrush Inn, Taos, NM | On Higher Ground III: Explore a New Creative Path of Knitting, Spinning and Weaving |
| 8-24 | Scotland | A Luxurious Wooly Adventure |
| ** 9-13 | Amherst, Northumberland Shore, Nova Scotia, Canada | 11th Annual Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival |
| 9-13 | Sun Valley, Ketchum & Hailey, ID | 23rd Annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival |
| 10-13 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen’s Fall Mini Knitting Camp |
| 11-12 | IJsselhallen, Zwolle, Netherlands | Dutch Knitting Festival (Nederlandse Breidagen) |
| ** 11-13 | International Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | Creativ Festival: A Celebration of Creativity |
| ** 11-14 | Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, London, England, UK | Knitting & Stitching Show |
| ** 11-14 | Boston, MA | Greater Boston Yarn Crawl |
| ** 11-14 | Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS | Yarn School |
| 12-13 | Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, Ann Arbor, MI | Fall Fiber Expo |
| ** 12-13 | Our Lady of Peace Retreat Center, Beaverton, OR | Tigard Knitting Guild Fall Retreat |
| ** 12-14 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | Countryside Artisans Farm Tours |
| ** 12-14 | Skipping Stones Beach B&B, Salt Spring Island, Britich Columbia, Canada | Take the Fear out of Fair Isle |
| 12-19 | Villa Maddalena, Montisi, Tuscany, Italy | Knitting in Tuscany |
| ** 13 | Community Christian Church, Camdenton, MO | 14th Annual Lake Area Fiber Arts Festival |
| ** 13 | Frederick Fairgrounds, Frederick, MD | Frederick Fiber Fest |
| ** 13 | Frederick Fairgrounds, Frederick, MD | FiberFest |
| ** 13-14 | Summit Sports and Ice Complex, Dimondale, MI | 22nd Michigan International Alpaca Fest |
| ** 13-14 | Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK | Bakewell Wool Gathering |
| ** 13-15 | Gray’s Harbor Event Center, Elma, WA | Schafer Meadows Fiber Fest & Alpaca Show |
| 13-18 | Island Inn, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA | Cat Bordhi’s Island Knitting Retreat |
| 13-18 | Harvey’s Point Hotel, Tawnyvorgal, Donegal, Ireland | Northwest Ireland Luxury Knitting Retreat |
| 13-21 | Scotland, UK | Best of Scotland Knitting Tour with Highlands |
| 13-21 | Ireland | South of Ireland Knitting Tour with Aran Islands |
| ** 13-Nov. 25 | Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville, Ontario, Canada | World of Threads Festival: International Festival of Contemporary Fibre Art |
| 14 | Halcyon Yarn, Bath, ME | Halcyon Annual Open House |
| ** 14-18 | Gauksmýri Lodge, Hvammstangi, Iceland | From Sheep to Product with Ragga |
| ** 15-16 | Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS | Felt School |
| 16-20 | Inverness Leisure Centre, Inverness, Scotland, UK | 4th Annual Loch Ness Knit Fest |
| 17-20 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotal Learnaway: There We Are Then – Brioche with Belinda Harris-Reid & Brenda M. Watson [fully booked] |
| ** 18 | Lamar Community Center, St. Croix Falls, WI | Lamar Fiber Fest |
| 18-19 | Harrison County Fairgrounds, Corydon, IN | Southern Indiana Fiber & Arts Festival |
| 18-20 | Highland Lodge, Greensboro, VT | Scottish Highlands Knitting Retreat with Donna Druchunas |
| ** 18-23 | La Mancha B&B, Cuernavaca, Mexico | Eternal Mexico Knitting Retreat |
| 19 | Delmont Fire Hall, Delmont, PA | RaggZ Fiber Affair |
| 19 | Woodstock Fairgrounds, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada | 11th Annual Woodstock Fleece Festival |
| 19 | Delmont Fire Hall, Delmont, PA | RaggZ Fiber Affair |
| 19 | Ashland County Fairgrounds, Ashland, OH | 8th Annual Autumn Fiber Festival |
| ** 19 | Saugerties Performing Arts Factory, Saugerties, NY | 5th Annual Indie Untangled Rhinebeck Trunk Show |
| 19-20 | Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY | New York State Sheep and Wool Festival |
| ** 19-21 | Lake George Resort, West Branch, MI | 3rd Annual North Woods Knit & Purl Retreat |
| 19-26 | The Barn, outside Brizambourg, Charente-Maritime, France | Knitting & Crochet Retreat |
| ** 20 | Pekin Library, Pekin, IL | Bishop Hill Fiber Guild F.A.L.L. {Fiber Arts Leisurely Learning} |
| ** 20-21 | Trinity Park Conference & Events Centre, Ipswich, East Anglia, England, UK | Wooltown |
| ** 20-21 | Evergreen Fairgrounds Building, Monroe, WA | 8th Annual Fiber Fusion Northwest |
| 20-25 | Island Inn, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA | Cat Bordhi’s Island Knitting Retreat |
| ** 21 | Johnson County Fairgrounds, Iowa City, IA | Shepherds Market Fall Fiber Festival |
| ** 21-22 | College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL | Interknit Machine Knitting Club with Carol Scott |
| 21-26 | Parknasilla Hotel, Sneem, Co. Kerry, Ireland | Southwest Ireland Luxury Knitting Retreat |
| 22-26 | Tennessee | Nashville to Asheville Fibery Tour |
| ** 25-27 | Blodel Hall, St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA | Seattle Weavers’ Guild Annual Show & Sale |
| ** 26-28 | Western NC Agricultural Center, Fletcher, NC | Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair |
| ** 26-28 | Salon des Créateurs, Felletin, France | National Wool Days (Journées Nationales de la Laine) |
| ** 26-28 | Fort Dalles Readiness Center, The Dalles, OR | Knot Another Knitting Festival |
| ** 26-29 | Inn by the Sea, Cape Elizabeth, ME | Knitting by the Sea with Anny Blatt |
| 26-Nov. 3 | Denmark | Battenkill Fibers Knitters Tour of Denmark |
| ** 27 | Cobble Hill Hall and Fairgrounds, BC, Canada | Annual Cowichan Valley Fleece and Fibre Festival |
| ** 27 | Unita County Library, Evanston, WY | Sagebrush Folk Art & Fiber Festival |
| ** 27 | Main Street, Cedar City, UT | Sheep Parade: Cedar City Livestock & Heritage Festival |
| ** 27-28 | Josephine County Fairgrounds, Grants Pass, OR | 9th Annual FiberMania |
| ** 27-28 | Kendal Leisure Centre, Kendal, Cumbria, England, UK | 6th Annual Kendal Wool Gathering |
| ** 27-28 | Singleton, New South Wales, Australia | NSW Knitter’s Guild Fibre Festival |
| 27-Nov. 1 | Island Inn, Friday Harbor, WA | Cat Bordhi’s Restorative Year’s End Knitting Retreat |
| 29-Nov. 5 | Portugal and Spain | Flavors of Portugal & Spain Knitting Cruise with Chris Bylsma |
| 31-Nov. 3 | Dutton Farmhouse, Dummerston, VT | Vermont Retreat with Beth Brown-Reinsel: The Icelandic Lopapeysa |
| 31-Nov. 3 | Quechee Inn at Marshland Farms, Quechee, VT | Knitting and Yoga Adventures with Beatrice Perron Dahlen |
November
| 1-3 | Columbus | Vogue Knitting Live! Columbus |
| ** 1-4 | Good Commons, Plymouth, VT | Yoga and Yarn Retreat with Liza Laird and Kate Madden |
| 2 | Old Gregg School and Community Center, Spring Mills, PA | Penns Valley Fiber Festival |
| ** 2-3 | Conference Center, Steelville, MO | Ozark Fiber Fling |
| ** 3 | Central Hall Westminster, London, England, UK | Yarnporium |
| ** 2-4 | Sapphire Valley Resort, Sapphire, NC | Fall Carolina Fiber Frolic |
| ** 2-4 | The Radisson of Nashua, Nashua, NH | Northeast Handspinners’ The Gathering |
| ** 2-4 | Perkins Mansion, Rochester, NY | Weaver’s Guild Holiday Sale |
| ** 3 | Eyemouth Community Centre, Eyemouth, England, UK | St Abbs Wool Festival |
| ** 3 | Lane Agricultural Park, Murfreesboro, TN | 8th Annual Fiber in the Boro |
| ** 3 | Eisenhower Community Center, Hopkins, MN | 7th Annual Fall Fiber Festival |
| ** 3 | Peace Hill Farm, Charles City, VA | Peace Hill Farm, Fiber and Craft Festival |
| ** 3-4 | Mallary Complex, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA | 8th Annual Fiber Festival of New England |
| ** 3-4 | Civic Hall & The Grove School, Totnes, Devon, England, UK | Stitch Fest |
| ** 3-4 | Big 4 Building, Calgary Stampede Grounds, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 5th Annual Calgary Fibre Arts Fair |
| ** 3-4 | UGA Livestock Instructional Arena, Athens, GA | Royal Alpaca Challenge Walking Fleece Extravaganza |
| ** 3-4 | The Ranch – Larimer County Fairgrounds, Loveland, CO | 22nd Annual Fall Festival Alpaca Show |
| ** 3-12 | Pennsylvania | Steel Valley Yarn Crawl |
| ** 5-6 | First United Methodist Church, Warren, PA | Kinzua Knit-Away |
| ** 5-8 | Lakedale Resort, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA | Explore 4 Wild Card Retreat: Shetlands with Deb Robson |
| 6-12 | Iceland | Knitting on Ice with Hélène Magnússon |
| ** 7-10 | Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL | 3rd Annual Magical Fiber Fantasy Retreat |
| 7-10 | The Hacienda Hotel, Santa Fe, NM | Interweave Escapes’ in Santa Fe, NM |
| 7-10 | Asbury Hills, Cleveland, SC | South East Men’s Knitting Retreat |
| 8-10 | Renaissance Austin Hotel, Austin, TX | Vogue Knitting Live! Intensive |
| ** 8-11 | Simmonscourt, RDS, Dublin, Ireland | Knitting & Stitching Show |
| ** 8-11 | Wisp Resort, McHenry, MD | Knittreat |
| 8-11 | Resort at Port Ludlow, Port Ludlow, WA | Strung Along Retreat with Stephanie Pearl-McPhee: Practically Perfect |
| ** 9-10 | Camp Cavell Conservancy, Lexington, MI | Thumb Fiber Festival |
| ** 9-11 | Isaiah Tubbs Resort, Picton, Ontario, Canada | Wool & Wine in the County: Fall Knitting Retreat with Kate Atherley and Sally Melville |
| ** 9-11 | Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS | Mitten School |
| ** 9-11 | Hill Country Youth Events Center, Kerrville, TX | 30th Annual Kid n’ Ewe & Llamas Too Festival |
| ** 10 | Priory School, Hitchin, Herts, England, UK | Festiwool: The Yarn and Wool Fair |
| ** 10 | Beach Middle School, Chelsea, MI | Spinner’s Flock Fall Fleece Fair |
| ** 10 | EM Event Center, Shoreline, WA | Yarn Revolution |
| ** 10-11 | Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD | Maryland Alpaca and Fleece Festival |
| ** 10-11 | Nottingham Conference Centre, Nottingham, England, UK | Nottingham Yarn Expo |
| ** 10-12 | Seattle Center Armory, Seattle, WA | 6th Annual Knit Fit |
| ** 10-12 | Nezinscot Farm, Turner, ME | Weaving and Fiber Arts Weekend |
| ** 11 | Ace Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA | Indie Knit & Spin |
| ** 11 | Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, Sherman Oaks, CA | Fall Fiber Frolic with Griffin Dyeworks |
| ** 12-15 | Lakedale Resort, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA | Explore 4 Four-by-Four Retreat: Four Days, Four Fibers with Deb Robson |
| 14-17 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotal Learnaway: Understanding Your Yarn Better + Learn to Spin with Jackie Millichap [fully booked] |
| 15-16 | Canton Civic Center , Canton, TX | East Texas Fiber Festival |
| ** 15-18 | Dahlonega Spa & Resort, Dahlonega, GA | Southeastern Yarn and Yoga Retreat |
| ** 16-17 | Old Shawnee Town Hall, Shawnee, KS | 36th Annual Creative Hand Show and Sale sponsored by the Weavers Guild and the Fiber Guild of Kansas City |
| ** 16-18 | Skipping Stones Beach B&B, Salt Spring Island, Britich Columbia, Canada | Take the Fear out of Fair Isle |
| ** 17-18 | Barcelona, Spain | Barcelona Knits Festival |
| ** 17-18 | Leesport Farmers Market, Leesport, PA | PLAA Fall Fiber Arts Festival |
| ** 17-19 | Yandina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia | Fibre Arts Festival |
| ** 17-30 | Mexico | Textile Traditions Oaxaca: Coast & Isthmus & Chiapas Highlands |
| ** 18-19 | Leesport Farmers Market, Leesport, PA | Fall Fiber Arts Festival |
| ** 22-25 | Harrogate Convention Centre, Yorkshire, England, UK | Knitting and Stitching Show |
| ** 23-25 | Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, Stockbridge, MA | Knit Pray Love: A Knitting and Yoga Retreat |
| 28-Dec. 1 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotal Learnaway: Knitted Winterville Christmas with Alison Crowther-Smith [fully booked] |
| ** 30-Dec. 2 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | Countryside Artisans Studio Tours |
December
| 3-14 | Switzerland, Germany, France, the Netherlands | Rhine Christmas Craft Markets Cruise & Knit Along with Chris Bylsma |
| ** 4-8 | Gauksmýri Lodge, Hvammstangi, Iceland | From Sheep to Product with Ragga |
| 5-8 | Camden Harbour Inn, Camden, ME | Interweave Escapes’ Knitting Retreat Christmas by the Sea |
| 5-8 | Iona House, Dawlish, Devon, England, UK | The Knitting Hotal Learnaway: Festive Frolics at TKH with Belinda Harris-Reid & Brenda M. Watson [fully booked] |
| 5-15 | Switzerland, Germany, France, the Netherlands | Danube Christmas Craft Markets Cruise and Knit Along with Karen Morin |
| ** 7-8 | Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, VT | Winter Lace Knitting Retreat with Donna Druchunas |
| ** 9 | Alpaca Pines Farm & Fiber Mill, Poplar Grove, IL | Christmas at the Farm |
| ** 15-20 | Haiti & Jamaica | Nautical Knitting Cruise with Melissa Leapman, Patty Lyons, Brooke Nico & Carol Sulkoski |
Fiber Tours
| 24-Sept. 2 | Maine | Maine Yarn Cruise: Summer-Long Yarn Crawl Around Maine |
| Year round, weekly each Thursday | Iceland | Cultural Knitting Day Tour – How We Knit in Iceland with Hélène Magnússon |
| Year round | Cedarburg-Grafton-Thiensville, WI | Cedarburg Spur Fiber Arts Trail |
| Year round | Minnesota | Pine to Prairie Fiber Arts Trail |
| Year round | Portland, OR | The Traveling Ewe: Short day and weekend tours for knitters, crocheters, and spinners in the Portland, OR area |
| Year round | New Mexico | New Mexico Fiber Arts Trails |
| Year round | Nazareth, PA | Kraemer Yarns Manufacturing Tour |
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