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2017 Knitting & Fiber Events
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Enjoy these year-round fiber tours.
January
| 5-9 | Omni La Mansion Del Rio, San Antonio, TX | Camp Stitches San Antonio |
| 7 | Mid Cavelero High, Lake Stevens WA | St. Distaff’s Day 32nd Annual Spin In |
| 7 | Whirl and Twirl Dance Hall, Orlando, FL | Annual Orlando Distaff Day |
| 10-31 | Antarctica & South America | Knitting Adventure Cruise with Lucy Neatby |
| 12-15 | Kanuga Conferences, Hendersonville, NC | Knitting & Quilting Retreat |
| 13-15 | New York Marriot Marquis, New York, NY | Vogue Knitting LIVE! New York |
| 15 | Marriott Hotel, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England, UK | Waltham Abbey Wool Show |
| 18-21 | Arcosanti, Arcosanti, AZ | 6th Annual Arizona Fiber Arts Retreat |
| 20-21 | Slater Mill, Pawtucket, RI | 9th Annual Slater Mill Knitting Weekend & Fiber Art Marketplace |
| 21-23 | San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA | National NeedleArts Association Winter Trade Show |
| 26-28 | Powerhouse Community Arts Center, Oxford, MS | 7th Annual Oxford Fiber Arts Festival |
| 27-29 | Boone Tavern, Berea, KY | Pins & Needles Retreat |
| 27-29 | Birch Bay Ranch, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | Knit Away: Relax and Unwind |
| 27-Feb 4 | Vero Beach to Coral Gables, Fl | 1st Annual Tropical Yarn Crawl |
| 28 | Wayland Winter Farmer’s Market, Russell’s Garden Center, Wayland, MA | Farm Fiber Days |
| 28 | Columbian Theatre, Wamego, KS | Winter Woolfest Fiber Festival |
| 28-29 | Oceanview Education Centre, above Vancouver Island University, British Columbia, Canada | Fibre & Fabric From the Ground Up |
February
| 3-4 | Kent Manor Inn, Stevensville, MD | Knitting Boutique Weekend Getaway |
| 3-5 | Seyon Lodge, Seyon Lodge State Park, Groton, VT | Vermont Knit & Fiber Retreat |
| 3-5 | Woods Hole Inn, Woods Hole, Cape Cod, MA | Knitting Weekend with Norah Gaughan |
| 4 | Wayland Winter Farmer’s Market, Russell’s Garden Center, Wayland, MA | Farm Fiber Days |
| 10-12 | Sauder Village, Archbold, OH | Knitter’s Retreat |
| 10-12 | Ocean City Convention Center, Ocean City, MD | 4th Delmarva Wool and Fiber Expo |
| 14-March 4 | Hawaii | Hawaii Knitting Cruise with Gwen Bortner |
| 16-19 | North House Folk School, Grand Marais, MN | 7th Annual Northern Fibers Retreat |
| 16-19 | Hotel Murano, Tacoma, WA | Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat |
| 17-19 | Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey, UK | Unravel 2017 |
| 17-26 | Tampa Bay, FL | Tampa Bay Yarn Crawl |
| 18 | Beach Middle School, Chelsea, MI | Spinner’s Flock Fleece Sale |
| 23-26 | Santa Clara Convention Center & Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara, CA | Stitches West |
| 24-25 | Farnborough International Ltd, ShowCentre, ETPS Road, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK | Knit & Stitch It |
| 24-26 | Comfort Suites Hotel, Oak Creek, WI | Sheep in the City Getaway |
| 24-26 | Hilton Garden Inn & Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, ME | New England Textile Arts Network’s Spa Knit & Spin |
| 24-27 | Blue Mountain Retreat Center, Knoxville, MD | Tai Chi, Knitting and Yoga Retreat |
| 24-Mar 12 | Indiana | Roving Indiana: Yarn Crawl |
| 25 | Wilkins School Community Center in Regent Square, Pittsburgh, PA | Indie Knit & Spin |
| 25-26 | Greenbank B&B at Chagford, Devon, England, UK | Women with Wool Retreat with Belinda Harris-Reid & Rachel Vowles |
March
| 2-4 | Roslindale Public Library, Roslindale, MA | Yarn and Craft Book Sale |
| 2-5 | Canyon of the Eagles Resort, Burnett, TX | Knitting in the Hills Getaway |
| 2-5 | Olympia II & Olympia West Hall, London, UK | Spring Knitting & Stitching Show |
| 2-5 | Portland, OR | Rose City Yarn Crawl: Unravel Portland |
| 2-9 | Tasmania, Australia | Yarn Ramble |
| 3-4 | Bothwell District High School, Tasmania, Australia | 39th Bothwell International Highland Spin-in & Fibre Festival |
| 3-5 | Wains Hotel, Dunedin, New Zealand | Unwind Fibrecraft Retreat |
| 3-5 | Chincoteague Island, VA | KnitXperience Lite (Low Impact Techniques for Everyone) |
| 4 | Wayland Winter Farmers’ Market, Wayland, MA | Farm Fiber Days |
| 8-21 | India | Textile Impressions of India with Pat Archibald |
| 10-11 | Jay Community Center, Portland, IN | Jay County Fiber Arts Festival |
| 10-11 | Edinburgh Corn Exchange, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | Edinburgh Yarn Festival |
| 10-12 | Springbrooke Retreat Centre, Langley, British Columbia, Canada | Knit City Knitting Retreat with Caitlin ffrench & Kim McKenna |
| 10-12 | Hotel at Gateway, Ames, IA | Arnhild’s 22nd Annual Knitting Studio Knitting Retreat |
| 10-12 | George Washington Carver Multipurpose Building, Jefferson City, MO | Fiber Retreat |
| 10-12 | Aspen Wye River Conference Center, Queenstown, MD | Knitting Boutique Retreat Weekend with Sally Melville |
| 11-12 | MIT Tang Center, Cambridge, MA | Common Cod’s FiberCamp |
| 11-12 | March Indre By Kulturhus, Copenhagen, Denmark | Knitwork Master Class |
| 11-18 | Caribbean | Friends & Fiberworks Knitting Cruise with Barry Klein |
| 12-25 | India | Textile Impressions of India with Mandy Shaw |
| 16-19 | North Shore, Boston, MA | Knit North Yarn Crawl |
| 16-19 | Mohonk Mountain House, New Paltz, NY | Knitting Weekend |
| 17-18 | Grafton, Cedarburg, Thiensville, WI | 3rd Annual Cedarburg Spur Fiber Arts Trail |
| 17-18 | Cloverdale Exhibition Park Grounds, AGRIPLEX Bldg., Cloverdale, BC | 9th Annual Fibres West |
| 17-19 | Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI | Madison Knitters’ Guild Knit In |
| 17-19 | Hotel Coolidge, White River Junction, VT | 9th Annual Green Mountain Fiber Festival & Knitting Retreat |
| 17-20 | Dutton Farmhouse, Dummerston, VT | Vermont Retreat with Beth Brown-Reinsel: The Norwegian Fana Cardigan |
| 18 | Winterset Elementary School, Winterset, IA | 6th Annual Heartland Fiberpalooza |
| 18 | The Match Factory, Bellefonte, PA | For the Love of Fiber |
| 18 | Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, Sherman Oaks, CA | Griffin Dyeworks & Fiber Arts Fiber Frolic |
| 24-25 | NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC | Carolina Fiber Fest |
| 24-25 | Best Western Summit Inn, Niagara Falls, NY | March Madness Retreat: A Knit & Crochet Event |
| 24-26 | Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa, Las Vegas, NV | Vogue Knitting Live! Las Vegas |
| 24-26 | Location TBD, Philadelphia, PA | Sip Sip Knit Retreat with Patty Lyons |
| 24-26 | David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA | 13th Annual Pittsburgh Knit & Crochet Festival |
| 24-26 | Sapphire Valley Resort, Sapphire, NC | Carolina Fiber Frolic Spring Retreat |
| 24-27 | Riverside Hotel, Brattleboro, VT | Sugar Season Knitting Retreat with Bristol Ivy |
| 24-April 2 | Baltimore & environs, MD | Charm City Yarn Crawl |
| 25 | MA. Audubon’s Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, Lincoln, MA | Woolapalooza |
| 25-26 | Arena Complex, Summit County Fairgrounds, Tallmadge, OH | 13th Annual Buckeye Alpaca Show |
| 26-Apr 8 | Australia & New Zealand | Knitting Cruise with Chris Bylsma |
| 30-Apr 2 | Embassy Suites, Loveland, CO | Interweave Yarn Fest |
| 30-Apr 2 | Long Island, NY | 3rd Annual Long Island Yarn Crawl |
| 30-April 2 | New Jersey | New Jersey Wool Walk |
| 31-Apr 2 | Perimeter Marriott Hotel, Atlanta, GA | Spring Fling: Yarn & Craft Sale |
| 31-Apr 2 | Interlaken Resort, Lakeville, CT | 3rd Annual Black Sheep Needle Arts Retreat |
| 31-Apr 3 | Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, Nashville, TN | Stitches South |
| 31-Apr 3 | First Baptist Church, Rochester, NY | Rochester Knitting Guild Spring Workshop with Lucy Neatby |
| 31-Apr 9 | Virginia, Maryland, Washington, DC area | Metro Yarn Crawl |
April
| 1-2 | Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT | Salt Lake Knitting Guild Spring Workshop with Patty Lyons |
| 1-2 | Clark County Events Center, Ridgefield, WA | Alpacapalooza |
| 1-2 | Nezinscot Farm, Turner, ME | Artisans Guild Open House |
| 1-2 | Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local Union Hall, Chicago, IL | YarnCon: Chicago’s 10th Annual Indie Fiber Fair |
| 6-9 | Los Angeles, CA | L.A. County Yarn Crawl |
| 6-9 | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | 11th Annual Minnesota Yarn Shop Hop |
| 7-9 | Irving Convention Center, Irving, TX | 12th Annual DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) Fiber Fest |
| 7-9 | Chincoteague Island, VA | SoXperience |
| 7-10 | Majestic Hotel, Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK | A Bliss-ful Knitting Weekend in Yorkshire with Debbie & Nell Bliss |
| 7-15 | New Zealand | Yarn Tour: New Zealand’s South |
| 8 | Grammar School, Harrogate Road, Leeds, England, UK | Spring into Wool: A Festival of Woolly Crafts |
| 8 | Presbyterian Church, Pluckemin, NJ | 7th Annual New Jersey Needle Festival |
| 8 | Jane Addams Community Center, Cedarville, IL | 21th Annual Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair |
| 8 | York Harbor Inn, ME | 4th Annual Fiber Market |
| 8-9 | Wing and A Prayer Farm, Shaftsbury, VT | Natural Dye and Art Yarn Spinning Workshop |
| 8-9 | Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, Ann Arbor, MI | Spring Fiber Expo |
| 8-9 | Merchants Square Mall, Allentown, PA | 2nd Annual Steel City Fiber Fest |
| 8-9 | Seattle, WA | Sheepish in Seattle: The Shee-peat! |
| 14-15 | Putnam County Fairgrounds, Greencastle, IN | Fiber Event: Celebrating 26 Years of Fiber |
| 15 | Beaver Lake Nature Center, Baldwinsville, NY | CNY Fiber Frolic |
| 15 | Denmark Arts Center, Denmark, ME | Denmark Sheepfest |
| 16-30 | Argentina | Argentina for Knitters with Joji Locatelli and Alejandra Pont |
| 20-23 | Christchurch, South Island, NZ | Creative Fibre National Festival: Entwine |
| 20-23 | Washington State Fairgrounds, Puyallup, WA | Shepherd’s Extravaganza |
| 20-23 | Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS | Yarn School |
| 20-25 | Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS | Spring Fiber School |
| 20-30 | Lake side cabin, Lexington, MI | Knit-topia |
| 21-22 | Seguin-Guadalupe County Coliseum, Seguin, TX | 7th Annual Yellow Rose Fiber Producers Fiesta |
| 21-22 | San Luis Obispo County, CA | San Luis Obispo County Yarn Crawl |
| 21-22 | Minnesota | 2nd Annual Pine to Prairie Fiber Arts Weekend |
| 21-23 | Blue Mountain Retreat Center, Knoxville, MD | 6th Annual Two Rivers Yarns Spring Knitting Retreat |
| 21-23 | Maryland countryside | Countryside Artisans 2017 Spring Studio Tour |
| 21-23 | Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, Townsend, TN | 8th Annual Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival |
| 21-23 | Fern Resort, Orillia, Ontario, Canada | 5th Annual YarnOver SleepOver Retreat |
| 21-23 | Amish View Inn, Bird-in-Hand, PA | Lancaster Knitter’s Retreat with Melissa Leapman & Ann Weaver |
| 21-23 | Minneapolis Marriott Northwest, Minneapolis,MN | 30th Annual MN. Knitters’ Guild Yarnover |
| 22 | The Lake House at Cherry Creek Reservoir, Greenwood Village, CO | We Knit Colorado Retreat |
| 22 | Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown, NY | Chancellor’s Sheep & Wool Showcase |
| 22 | A Goode View Alpaca Farm, Goode, VA | 9th Annual Olde Liberty Fibre Faire |
| 22-23 | Royal Welsh Show Ground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys, Wales | 11th Annual Wonderwool Wales |
| 22-23 | York County Fairgrounds, York, NE | First Annual Mid-Plains Fiber Fair |
| 22-23 | Triangle area, North Carolina | Triangle Yarn Crawl |
| 22-23 | Newton’s Yarn Country, Anaheim, CA | Newton’s Spring Parking Lot Sale |
| 22-May 1 | North of Ireland | North of Ireland Knitting & Craft Tour |
| 25-29 | Westin at Crown Center, Kansas City, MO | 2nd Annual PLY Away: A Spinning Retreat |
| 27-30 | Royal Highland Center, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK | The Knitting & Stitching Show |
| 27-30 | Camden Harbour Inn & Swan’s Island, ME | 5th Annual Vogue Knitting LIVE! Destination Experience in Camden, ME |
| 27-30 | Connecticut Convention Center & Marriott, Hartford, CT | Stitches United |
| 28-29 | International Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | creativ festival® |
| 28-30 | Tygart Lake State Park,Grafton, WV | Spring Fling Knitting |
| 28-30 | Christ the King Retreat and Conference Center, Syracuse, NY | 7th Yarn Cupboard Annual Fiber Arts Retreat and Market |
| 28-30 | Vancouver, BC, Canada | Woolith Fair: A Greater Vancouver Yarn Crawl |
| 28-May 1 | Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS | Yarn School |
| 28-May 1 | Meadowbrook Inn, Blowing Rock, NC | Unwind: A Fiber Arts Getaway |
| 29 | Tolland Agricultural Center, Vernon, CT | 107th Connecticut Sheep, Wool & Fiber Festival |
| 29 | Gore Place, Waltham, MA | 29th Annual Sheep Shearing Festival |
| 29 | Village of Powhatan, Powhatan, VA | Powhatan’s Festival of Fiber |
| 29 | Delmont Fire Hall, Delmont, PA | RaggZ Fiber Affair & Wool Market 2017 |
| 29 | Outside of Knit Wit Knits, Quaker Place, Salem, OH | Knitter’s Delight Yarn and Fiber Market |
| 29-30 | Washington County, NY | 25th Annual New York’s Washington County Fiber Tour |
| 29-30 | Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Toronto Knitter’s Frolic |
| 29-30 | Tri-County Shrine Club, Clarksville, IN | Indiana Fiber and Music Festival |
| 29-30 | Arcotel Wimberger Hotel, Vienna, Austria | Vienna Wool & Design Festival |
| 30-May 5 | La Verderie, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region, France | Knitting Holiday in France |
| 31-May 3 | Resort at Port Ludlow, Port Ludlow, WA | Strung Along Retreat with Stephanie Pearl-McPhee |
May
June
| 1-3 | Bags By CAB-Yarn Shoppe, Denver, CO | Spring Yarn Knit Out and Crochet 8th Annual Community Event |
| 1-4 | Wing & A Prayer Farm, Shaftsbury, VT | New England Fiber Art Summit with Lori Ann Graham, Carrie Hoge, Gudrun Johnston, Mary Jane Mucklestone, Annie Rowden & Ashley Yousling |
| 1-5 | Phineas Swann B&B near Jay Peak Ski Resort, Montgomery, VT | Vermont Spring Knitting Retreat with Donna Druchunas |
| 2-3 | Johnson County Fairgrounds, Franklin, IN | Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival |
| 3 | Leeds Industrial Museum at Armley Mills, Leeds, England, UK | Leeds Wool Festival |
| 3-4 | The Pioneer Museum, Flagstaff, AZ | Flag Wool and Fiber Festival |
| 3-4 | The Shops at Worthington Place Mall, Worthington, OH | Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair |
| 3-4 | Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor, ME | 17th Annual Maine Fiber Frolic |
| 4 | Brunswick Seniors Activity Centre, Prince George, British Columbia, Canada | Playing with String: Fibre Fest |
| 5-13 | Iceland | Wool and Waterfalls: Knitting Festival in Iceland |
| 8-11 | Misty Isle Farms, Vashon Island, WA | Vashon Sheepdog Classic |
| 8-11 | Fairgrounds at Stanley Park, Estes Park, CO | 27th Annual Estes Park Wool Market |
| 8-11 | Elohee Retreat Center, Sautee Nacoochee, GA | All-Level Yarn and Yoga Retreat |
| 8-17 | North of Ireland | North of Ireland Knitting & Craft Tour |
| 9-11 | Icelandic Textile Center, Blönduós, Iceland | 2nd Annual Prjónagleði – Knitting Festival |
| 9-11 | Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, TX | 45th Annual Texas Folklife Festival |
| 9-12 | Resort at Port Ludlow, Port Ludlow, WA | Strung Along Retreat with Stephanie Pearl-McPhee |
| 10 | Varies | World Wide Knit in Public Day |
| 10 | Carberry Community Memorial Hall, Carberry, Manitoba, Canada | Blue Hills Fibre Festival |
| 10-11 | Butternut Hill Campground, Bouckville, NY | 7th Annual Central New York Fiber Festival |
| 10-11 | Fibre Harvest Mill, Pathfields Industrial Estatee, South Molton, Devon, England, UK | John Arbon Textiles Mill Open Weekend |
| 10-11 | Frederick News-Post Building, Frederick, MD | Fiber Fest |
| 10-12 | Ravalli County Fairgrounds, Hamilton, MT | Big Sky Fiber Festival |
| 10-12 | Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH | National NeedleArts Association Summer NeedleArts Trade Show |
| 12-18 | Rodeo Arena, Diné College, Tsailé, AZ, Navajo Nation | 21st Annual Sheep Is Life Celebration |
| 14-17 | Coast of Maine | Maine Knitting Cruise with with Mimi Bird & Heather Monroe |
| 11-18 | Europe Hotel & Resort, Fossa, Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland | Ireland Fiber Arts Retreat |
| 15-22 | Iceland | Hiking & Knitting under the Midnight Sun with Hélène Magnússon |
| 16-22 | Olds College, Olds, Alberta, Canada | Fibre Week |
| 16-July 1 | East Tennessee | East Tennessee Yarn Crawl |
| 17 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Indie Burgh Craft Crawl |
| 17-18 | Hansen Agriculture Student Learning Center, Ames, IA | 12th Annual Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 18 | Frederick News-Post Building, Frederick MD | Fiber Fest |
| 18-21 | Coast of Maine | Maine Knitting Cruise with Bill Huntington |
| 20-24 | Invercargill, NZ | NZ Machine Knitters’ Society Festival |
| 20-26 | Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI | Midwest Felting Symposium |
| 20-27 | Pod Chalet, Pender Island, Vancouver, BC, Canada | 17th Annual Knitting on Island Time: Silk!Linen!Cotton! |
| 22-25 | Hew Haven, CT to Putney, VT | 8th Annual I-91 Shop Hop Connecticut |
| 23-24 | Mitchell’s Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England | 13th Annual Woolfest |
| 23-25 | Berry Center, Cypress, TX | Houston Fiber Fest |
| 23-25 | Lane Center, Eugene, OR | Black Sheep Gathering |
| 23-25 | Denmark Municipal Building, Congregational Church & Public Library, Denmark, ME | Pleasant Mountain Fiber Arts Workshops |
| 23-25 | SageRidge Mill & Critters, Clearmont, WY | SafeRidge Fiber Retreat and Campout |
| 23-25 | Arrowhead Ranch, Arrowhead, CA | Griffin Dyeworks 13th Annual Retreat |
| 23-26 | Red Centre, Alice Springs, Australia | 21st Annual Alice Springs Beanie Festival |
| 24 | Doubletree Hotel, Rochester, MN | Zombie Knitapocalypse Market |
| 24-29 | La Nougerѐe, near Brizambourg, France | Knitting Holiday in France |
| 25-July 2 | Iceland | Hiking & Knitting with the Elves and Hélène Magnússon |
| 26-July 2 | Fiji | Dream Weaving & Crochet Retreat |
| 29-July 6 | Hotel Torshavn, Faroe Islands | Knitting in the Faroe Islands with Katrina i Geil |
July
| 3-15 | Lithuania | Lithuania Knitting Tour with Donna Druchunas |
| 6-9 | Islandwood, Bainbridge Island, WA | Knitting on a Lark with Lorilee Beltman |
| 6-10 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp Retreat 1 |
| 7-9 | Hotel Ibis, Birmingham Centre, England, UK | Knitting & Crochet Guild Convention |
| 7-10 | Wayland Village Churches, Norfolk, England, UK | 2nd Blossom & Yarn: A Knitting and Flower Festival |
| 8-9 | Thirsk Auction Mart, Thirsk Rural Business Centre, Blakey Lane, Thirsk North Yorkshire, England, UK |
7th Annual British Wool Show |
| 9-12 | Norway | Voyage of the Midnight Sun Knitting Cruise w/ Chris Bylsma |
| 9-18 | South of Ireland | South of Ireland Knitting & Craft Tour |
| 10-16 | Victoria, Australia | Victoria Ramble |
| 10-18 | Scotland | Wool and Whisky: A Wee Woolen Holiday Returns |
| 13-16 | Jordan Summit Hotel, Sunday River Resort, Sunday River, ME | 5th Annual Summer Fiber Retreat |
| 13-17 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp Retreat 2.75 |
| 13-17 | Whitehead Light Station, Whitehead Island, ME | Island Knitting Retreat with Mim Bird & Heather Monroe Kinne |
| 14-16 | Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia | Australian Sheep & Wool Show |
| 14-23 | Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada | 29th Annual Great Northern Arts Festival |
| 14-23 | Indiana/Illinois border | Illiana Yarn Crawl |
| 15-16 | Stirchley Baths, Bournville Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, England UK | Yarningham |
| 15-16 | Cowan Civic Center, Lebanon, MO | 8th Annual Fiber U |
| 17-24 | Scotland | Baronial Borders Knitting Retreat in the Scottish Borders |
| 19-23 | Scarritt Bennett Center, Nashville, TN | Super Summer Knittogether |
| 20-22 | Benderloch near Oban, Argyll, Scotland, UK | Woolfeis: Fleece to Fibre and Beyond! |
| 20-22 | Greensboro, Winston Salem, NC | Central Carolina Yarn Crawl |
| 20-24 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp Retreat 2 |
| 20-25 | Lerwick Hotel, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK | The Spirit of Shetland Knitting Holiday with Hazel Tindall and Kathleen Anderson |
| 27 | Meet at the Tontine Mall, Brunswick, ME | A Walk Through Brunswick Textile History with historian Candace Kanes |
| 27-31 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp Retreat 3 |
| 28-29 | Grange Fair Grounds, Centre Hall, PA | Wool Village at Farm Fest |
| 28-30 | Creek County Fairgrounds, Kellyville, OK | 11th Annual Fiber Christmas in July |
| 28-Aug. 6 | Historic Abingdon, VA | Virginia Highlands Festival |
| 29 | James Lee Community Center, Falls Church, VA | Fibernate: Fiber Farmers Market & Spinning Circle |
| 29-30 | Redborne School and Community College, Ampthill, England, UK | Fibre East: British Natural Fibre & Craft |
| 29-Aug. 6 | Chicago, IL | Chicago Yarn Crawl |
| 29-Aug. 13 | Northern Colorado & Southern Wyoming | Hot August Knits Yarn Crawl |
| 30-Aug. 5 | Medomak Retreat Center, Washington, ME | New England Fiber Arts Retreat |
| 30-Aug. 6 | Schloss Münchenwiler, Münchenwiler, Switzerland | Knitterati Retreat at Schloss Münchenwiler with Nancy Marchant and Simone Kereit |
| 31-Aug. 11 | Orkney Islands, North Ronaldsay, Scotland | North Ronaldsay 2nd Summer Sheep Festival |
| 31-Aug 13 | Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor, ME | Schoodic Arts Festival: Fiber |
August
September
| 2-3 | Wild Life West Nature Park, Edgewood, NM | 5th Annual Heart of New Mexico Fiber Gathering |
| 2-3 | Michigan State University Pavilion, E. Lansing, MI | Llamafest Showcase |
| 2-5 | Cherokee Park Ranch, Livermore, CO | 4th Annual Wild West Knitting Retreat |
| 3 | Reed Point, MT | 29th Annual Great Montana Sheep Drive |
| ** 3-4 | Auditorium Maximum, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany | Wollfest |
| 4-9 | Coast of Maine | Maine Knitting Cruise with Margaret Radcliffe |
| 6-10 | Searsport Shores Ocean Camping, Searsport, ME | Fiber College on Penobscot Bay |
| 7-9 | Columbus Convention & Trade Center, Columbus, GA | 6th Annual Georgia FiberFest |
| 7-10 | Jefferson Fair Park, Jefferson, WI | Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival |
| 7-10 | Sheraton Sonoma County, Petaluma, CA | Vogue Knitting Destinations: Sonoma with Debbie Macomber & Nicky Epstein |
| 7-12 | Lerwick Hotel, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK | Spirit of Shetland Knitting Holiday with Hazel Tindall and Kathleen Anderson |
| 8-9 | Scotts Bluff County Fairgrounds, Event Center, Mitchell, NE | Scotts Bluff Valley Fiber Arts Fair |
| 8-10 | Camp Sunrise, near Gibsons, BC, Canada | Sunshine Coast Fibre Camp |
| 8-10 | Hillbrook Spa, Charlestown, WV | Swing Knitting with Brigitte Elliott |
| 9 | Bay Area, CA to Reno, NV | Jimmy’s Biggest Little Bus Tour! with Romi Hill and Laura Zander |
| 9 | London, England, UK | 4th Annual Great London Yarn Crawl & Pop-up Marketplace |
| 9 | Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters’ Fair |
| 9-10 | Harford Fairgrounds, Harford, PA | 14th Annual Pennsylvania Endless Mountains Fiber Festival |
| 9-10 | Hunterdon County Fairgrounds, Lambertville, NJ | 23rd Annual New Jersey Sheep & Fiber Festival |
| 9-10 | Mississippi Valley Textile Museum & Almonte Arena, Almonte, Ontario, Canada | Fibrefest 2017 – Festival of Fibre Arts |
| 9-10 | Riverside Park, Salida, CO | 6th Annual Salida Fiber Festival |
| 11-19 | Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK | Knitting in Yorkshire: A Wool Heritage |
| 14-17 | Boston, MA | Greater Boston Yarn Crawl |
| 14-17 | Irving Convention Center, Irving, TX | Stitches Texas |
| 14-17 | San Diego, CA | San Diego Yarn Crawl |
| 14-17 | UMass Hotel, Amherst, MA | 2nd Annual WEBS Fall Knitting Retreat |
| 15-16 | Red River Exhibition Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | 5th Annual Manitoba Fibre Festival |
| 15-16 | Marc Center, Mt. Vernon, MO | 7th Annual Fiber Daze |
| 15-17 | Fanø, Denmark | 12th Annual Fanø International Knit Festival |
| 15-17 | Location TBD, Canada | Florida Fiber-In |
| 15-17 | Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Boonville, CA | 20th Annual California Wool and Fiber Festival |
| 15-17 | Manhattan to Brooklyn, NY | New York City Yarn Crawl |
| 16 | Shabbona Park, Earlville, IL | Fiber in the Park |
| 16-17 | Hemlock Fairgrounds, Hemlock, NY | 23rd Annual Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival |
| 16-17 | Young’s Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs, OH | 22nd Annual Wool Gathering |
| 16-25 | Faroe Islands | Wool & Whispy Northern Lights Tour: Knitting in the Faroes |
| ** 17-19 | Casey Jones Park, Elizabeth, CO | 5th Annual Elizabeth Fiber Festival |
| 17-21 | Northlight Fibers, Block Island, RI | Knitwear Design Workshop with Deborah Newton |
| 17-23 | Monhegan Island, ME | Knitting & Yoga Adventures Retreat with Beth Brown-Reinsel |
| 20-27 | Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK | Knitting in Yorkshire: A Wool Heritage |
| 20-27 | Iceland | Authentic Iceland Hiking & Knitting Tour with Hélène Magnússon |
| 21-24 | Wing & Prayer Farm, Shaftsbury, VT | Vermont Colored Wool Retreat with French General |
| 22-24 | Codington County Extension Complex, Watertown, SD | 25th Annual North Country Fiber Fair |
| 22-24 | 4-H Events Center, Ouray County Fairgrounds, Ridgway, CO | 5th Annual Sneffels Fiber Festival |
| 22-24 | Common Ground Fairgrounds, Unity, ME | Fleece Tent & Fiber Marketplace at Common Ground Country Fair |
| 22-24 | Heathman Lodge, Vancouver, WA | Knit for Fun with Ann Budd, Carson Demers and Lorilee Beltman |
| 23-24 | Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds, Berryville, VA | 12th Annual Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival |
| 23-24 | Skipton Auction Mart, Skipton, England, UK | 5th Annual Yarndale |
| 23-24 | Clackamas County Events Center, Canby, OR | 21th Annual Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival |
| 23-24 | Washington County Fairgrounds, Greenwich, NY | Adirondack Wool and Arts Festival |
| 23-Oct. 1 | Shetland, England, UK | 7th Annual Shetland Wool Week |
| 24-27 | Stafford’s Perry Hotel, Petoskey, MI | Super Charge Your Knitting with Sally Melville |
| 24-29 | La Nougerѐe, near Brizambourg, France | Knitting Holiday in France |
| 24-30 | Royalton and Central Vermont | Fall Fiber Tour |
| 24-Oct 3 | South of Ireland | South of Ireland Knitting & Craft Tour |
| 29-30 | Port Watson Mini Conference Center, Cortland, NY | Finger Lakes Machine Knitting Seminar |
| 29-Oct. 1 | Norwegian Knitting Industry Museum, Salhusvegen 201, Salhus, Bergen, Norway | 2nd Annual Bergen Knitting Festival |
| 29-Oct. 1 | St. Anthony Retreat Center, Three Rivers, CA | What the Knit Guild Fall Retreat |
| 30 | Shrine Auditorium, Billings, MT | 2nd Annual Prairie Handspinners Fiber Fest |
| 30-Oct 1 | Masham, Yorkshire Dales, England, UK | 32nd Annual Masham Sheep Fair |
| 30-Oct 1 | Greenbank B&B at Chagford, Devon, England, UK | Women with Wool Retreat with Belinda Harris-Reid & Rachel Vowles |
| 30-Oct. 1 | Sauder Village, Archbold, OH | Fiber Arts Fest |
| 30-Oct 1 | PNE Forum, Vancouver, BC, Canada | 6th Annual Knit City Fibre Festival |
| 30-Oct 1 | Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Tunbridge, VT | 29th Annual Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 30-Oct 7 | Villa Maddalena, Montisi, Tuscany, Italy | Knitting in Tuscany: Ciao! |
| 30-Oct 1 | Ogemaw County Fairgrounds, Lower Penninsula, West Branch, MI | 18th Annual Northern Michigan Lamb & Wool Festival |
October
| 1 | Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia | Irish Woolfest |
| 1-6 | Lakedale Resort, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA | Fall Island Knitting Retreat with Cat Bordhi |
| 1-6 | The Old Ground Hotel, Innis, Ireland | Knit & Crochet in the West of Ireland with Carol Meldrum |
| 1-8 | Fryeburg, ME | Fiber Center at the Fryeburg Fair |
| 2-8 | Varies | Spinzilla: A Spinning Week |
| 4-8 | Ketchum & Hailey, ID | 21th Annual Trailing of the Sheep Festival |
| 6-7 | Central Pennsylvania College, Summerdale, PA | 32nd Annual Knitter’s Day Out |
| 6-8 | Near Kincaid Lake State Park, Falmouth, KY | Kentucky Wool Festival |
| 6-15 | Hill Country, TX | Best Little Yarn Crawl in Texas |
| 7 | Old Stone House & Washington Park, Brooklyn, NY | King’s County Fiber Festival: A Celebration of the Handmade |
| 7 | Halcyon Yarn, Bath, ME | Halcyon Annual Open House |
| 7-8 | Summit Sports and Ice Complex, Dimondale, MI | 21st Michigan International Alpaca Fest |
| 7-8 | Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM | 34th Annual Taos Wool Festival |
| 7-8 | Dixon May Fair Grounds, Dixon, CA | 31th Annual Lambtown USA Fiber Fair |
| 7-8 | Magellsen Elementary, Fosston, MN | Fosston Fiber Festival |
| 7-8 | Montpelier Station, Orange County, VA | Fall Fiber Festival and Montpelier Sheepdog Trials |
| 7-8 | Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista, CA | Vista Fiber Arts Fiesta |
| 7-8 | Back roads of NH | 34th Annual New Hampshire Wool Arts Tour |
| 7-14 | Villa Maddalena, Montisi, Tuscany, Italy | Knitting in Tuscany: Ciao! |
| 7-16 | North of Ireland | North of Ireland Knitting & Craft Tour |
| 7-20 | New England & Maritime Canada | Canada & New England Knitting Cruise w/ Sally Melville |
| 8 | Veterans Memorial Park, Palisade, CO | 3rd Annual Palisade Quilt & Fiber Arts Festival |
| ** 8-9 | Burgbachsaal, Zug, Switzerland | 2nd Swiss Wulle (Wool) Festival |
| ** 8-9 | College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, IL | Interknit Machine Knitting Club hosts Tom, the Machine Knitting Guy |
| 8-13 | Lakedale Resort, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA | Fall Island Knitting Retreat with Cat Bordhi |
| 9-10 | Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS | Felt School |
| 10-14 | Amherst, Northumberland Shore, Nova Scotia, Canada | 10th Annual Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival |
| 11-13 | Nezinscot Farm, Turner, ME | Nezinscot Farm Weaving & Fiber Arts Weekend |
| 11-15 | Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Palace Way, London, England, UK | Knitting & Stitching Show |
| 13-15 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | Countryside Artisans Farm Tours |
| 13-15 | Inverness Ice Centre, Inverness, Scotland, UK | Loch Ness Knit Fest |
| 13-15 | Our Lady of Peace Retreat Center, Beaverton, OR | Tigard Knitting Guild Fall Retreat with Beth Brown-Reinsel |
| 13-15 | Gray’s Harbor Event Center, Elma, WA | Schafer Meadows Fiber Fest & Alpaca Show |
| 13-15 | Abbey Resort and Avani Spa, Fontana, WI | Signature Needle Arts’ 10th Birthday Knitting Retreat with Susan B. Anderson, Kate Atherley, Ann Budd and Romi Hill |
| 13-15 | Hampton Inn, Brattleboro, VT | Green Mountain Spinnery’s Knitters’ Weekend Retreat with Elizabeth Doherty |
| 14 | Woodstock Fairgrounds, Woodstock, Ontario, Canada | Woodstock Fleece Festival |
| 14 | Community Christian Church, Camdenton, MO | 13th Annual Lake Area Fiber Arts Festival |
| 14 | Ashland County Fairgrounds, Ashland, OH | 6th Annual Autumn Fiber Festival |
| 14 | Queens Hall and Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK | West Wales Wool Show |
| 14-15 | Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK | Bakewell Wool Gathering |
| ** 15 | Unita County Library, Evanston, WY | Sagebrush Fiber & Folk Art Festival |
| ** 15 | Mossville Junior High and Elementary School, Mossville, IL | 35th Annual Bishop Hill Fiber Guild Spin-In |
| 15-19 | Lakedale Resort, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA | Fall Island Knitting Retreat with Cat Bordhi |
| 15-20 | Harvey’s Point Lakeside Hotel, Donegal, Ireland | Knitting Retreat in the Northwest of Ireland with Edel MacBride |
| 18-27 | Italy | Knitting Adventure to Tuscany & Venice with Nicky Epstein |
| 20 | Best Western Plus, Kingston, NY | Indie Untangled Trunk Show |
| 20-22 | Norsk Folkemuseum and Deichmanske Main Library, Oslo, Norway | 3rd Annual Oslo Strikkefestival (Knitting Festival) |
| 20-22 | Lakehouse in Wasagaming, Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada | 7th Annual Fall Fiber Retreat |
| 21 | Johnson County Fairgrounds, Iowa City, IA | Shepherds Market Fall Fiber Festival |
| 21 | Delmont Fire Hall, Delmont, PA | RaggZ Fiber Affair & Wool Market 2017 |
| 21 | Lane Agricultural Park, Murfreesboro, TN | Fiber in the Boro |
| 21-22 | Evergreen Fairgrounds Building, Monroe, WA | 7th Annual Fiber Fusion Northwest |
| 21-22 | Washetenaw Farm Council Grounds, Ann Arbor, MI | Fiber Expo |
| 21-22 | Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY | New York State Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 21-22 | Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, Ann Arbor, MI | Fall Fiber Expo |
| 22-27 | Parknasilla Resort Hotel, Kerry, Ireland | Knitting Retreat in the Southwest of Ireland with Carol Feller |
| 22-28 | La Nougerѐe, near Brizambourg, France | Knitting Holiday in France |
| 25-31 | Iceland | Knitting on Ice with Hélène Magnússon |
| 26-28 | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada | Creativ Festival: A Celebration of Creativity |
| 26-28 | Blodel Hall, St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA | Seattle Weavers’ Guild Annual Show & Sale |
| 26-29 | Inn at Cobble Beach, Kemble, Ontario, Canada | Vogue Knitting Destinations: Ontario with Koigu Wool Company |
| 26-29 | Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, VT | Vermont Fall Knitting Retreat with Donna Druchunas |
| 27-29 | Western NC Agricultural Center, Fletcher, NC | Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair |
| 27-29 | Fort Dalles Readiness Center, The Dalles, OR | 7th Annual Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival |
| 28-29 | Josephine County Fairgrounds, Grants Pass, OR | 8th Annual FiberMania |
| 28-29 | Kendal Leisure Centre, Kendal, Cumbria, England, UK | Kendal Wool Gathering |
| 28-Oct. 1 | Cross Roads Retreat, Caldwell, TX | Stitches, S’mores and More – A Texas Knit Camp |
| ** 29 | Tucson Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ | Tucson Handweavers & Spinners Guild: A Palette of Fiber Arts |
| ** 29-Nov. 27 | Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre, Oakville, Ontario, Canada | World of Threads Festival: International Festival of Contemporary Fibre Art |
November
| 2-5 | Stitching Memories Yarn Shop, Portage, MI | Great Lakes Men’s Knitting Retreat |
| 3-4 | Conference Center, Steelville, MO | Ozark Fiber Fling |
| 3-5 | Meydenbauer Convention Center, Bellevue, WA | Vogue Knitting LIVE! Seattle |
| 3-5 | Perkins Mansion, Rochester, NY | Weaver’s Guild Holiday Sale |
| 3-5 | Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria, VA | KnitXperience, A Knitter’s Retreat |
| 4 | Eisenhower Community Center, Hopkins, MN | Fall Fiber Festival |
| 4-5 | Mallary Complex, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA | 7th Annual Fiber Festival of New England |
| 4-5 | Big 4 Building, Calgary Stampede Grounds, Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 4th Annual Calgary Fibre Arts Fair |
| 5 | Cultural Arts Center, Torrance, CA | Southern California Handweaver’s Guild Annual Weaving & Fiber Festival |
| 6-12 | Iceland | Knitting on Ice with Hélène Magnússon |
| 8-11 | Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort, Lake Buena Vista, FL | 2nd Annual Magical Fiber Fantasy Retreat |
| 9-12 | Quechee Inn, Quechee, VT | Knitting & Yoga Adventures Retreat with Julia Farwell-Clay |
| 9-12 | Simmonscourt, RDS, Dublin, Ireland | Knitting & Stitching Show |
| 9-12 | Wisp Resort, Deep Creek Lake, McHenry, MD | Knittreat |
| 10-12 | Seattle Center Armory, Seattle, WA | 6th Annual Knit Fit |
| 10-12 | Sapphire Valley Resort, Sapphire, NC | Fall Carolina Fiber Frolic |
| 10-13 | Resort at Port Ludlow, Port Ludlow, WA | Strung Along Retreat with Stephanie Pearl-McPhee |
| 10-13 | Marriott, Ithaca, NY | Knit Ithaca with Laura Nelkin and Kate Atherley |
| 11 | The Priory School, Hitchin, Herts, England, UK | Festiwool: Yarn and Wool Fair |
| 11 | Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, Sherman Oaks, CA | Fall Fiber Frolic with Griffin Dyeworks |
| 11-12 | Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD | 8th Annual Maryland Alpaca and Fleece Festival |
| 11-13 | Kendall County Fairgrounds, Boerne, TX | 28th Annual Kid n’ Ewe & Llamas Too Festival |
| 16-19 | Elohee Retreat Center, Sautee Nacoochee, GA | Southeastern Yarn and Yoga Retreat |
| 17-18 | Pickers Pavilion, Lindale, TX | East Texas Fiber Festival |
| 17-18 | Old Shawnee Town Hall, Shawnee, KS | 35th Annual Creative Hand Show and Sale sponsored by the Weavers Guild and the Fiber Guild of Kansas City |
| 18-19 | Leesport Farmers Market, Leesport, PA | Fall Fiber Arts Festival |
| 18-19 | Greenbank B&B at Chagford, Devon, England, UK | Women with Wool Retreat with Belinda Harris-Reid & Rachel Vowles |
| ** 19 | Beach Middle School, Chelsea, MI | Spinner’s Flock Fall Fleece Sale |
| 24-27 | Harrogate International Centre, Yorkshire, England, UK | Knitting and Stitching Show |
| 27-28 | Northside Park, Ocean City, MD | 4th Annual Delmarva Wool and Fiber Expo |
| 30-Dec 3 | Good Commons, Plymouth, VT | Yoga + Yarn Retreat with Liza Laird and Kate Madden |
December
| 1-3 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | Countryside Artisans Studio Tours |
| 2-5 | Germany | German Christmas Markets Knitting Cruise with Juliet Bernard |
| 9-10 | UGA Livestock Instructional Arena, Athens, GA | Royal Alpaca Challenge Walking Fleece Extravaganza |
| 17-22 | Cozumel and Puerto Costa Maya, Mexico | Nautical Knitting Cruise with Melissa Leapman, Justyna Lorkowska, Bristol Ivy, Patty Lyons, and Marly Bird |
Fiber Tours
| May 26-Sept. 4, 2017 | Maine (York to Eastport, Skowhegan to Southwest Harbor) | Maine Yarn Cruise (yarn crawl of 18 shops) |
| 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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