2013 Knitting & Fiber Events
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Enjoy these year-round fiber tours.
| 3-6 | Iceland | New Year’s Knitting with Northern Lights: Gullfoss, Geysir and a Spa |
| 9-14 | Charleston, SC and the Bahamas | Baskets of Yarn Winter Retreat and Cruise |
| 12 | All Saints Church Parish Hall, Lansing, NY | Roc Day: A Fiber Arts Celebration |
| 12-13 | Tang Center, Cambridge, MA | FiberCamp Boston |
| 17 | Main Street Art, Newfields, NH | Benefit Knit-In for New Horizons of NH |
| 17-20 | Kanuga Conferences, Hendersonville, NC | Kanuga Knitting and Quilting Retreat |
| 18-20 | New York Marriot Marquis, New York, NY | Vogue Knitting LIVE! |
| 18-20 | Stonewall Jackson Resort, Roanoke, WV | Knitter's Winter Wonderland Knitting |
| 18-20 | Biltmore Square Mall, Asheville, NC | Friends & Fiberworks Winter Retreat |
| 18-20 | Spruce Hollow Farm, Gibson, PA | Ladies Getaway Knitting Weekend |
| 18-20 | Seyon Lodge, Groton, VT | Knit Camp: Knitting Within Walls |
| 19-20 | Dragonfly Fibers Studio, Kensington, MD | Camp Pluckyfluff, DC |
| 20-22 | The Clifty Inn, Clifty Falls State Park, Madison, IN | Sophie's Knitting Winter Retreat |
| 25-27 | Slater Mill Museum, Pawtucket, RI | 5th Annual Slater Mill Museum's Knitting Weekend |
| 25-27 | Oxford Powerhouse, Oxford, MS | Knit1's Annual Fiber Festival |
| 1-3 | Unity Village Conference Center, Lee's Summit, MO | The Studio Annual Retreat with Sandi Rosner |
| 1-3 | Hilton Garden Inn & Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, ME | New England Textile Arts Network's Spa Knit & Spin |
| 1-3 | Interlaken Inn, Lakeville, CT | Yarn-Inn Weekend Retreat |
| 2 | Academy of the Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills, MI | Knit Michigan |
| 2-4 | Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, CA | National NeedleArts Association Winter Trade Show |
| 9-10 | Shepard Garden and Arts Center, Sacramento, CA | Weavers Gone Wild!-Annual Open House & Sale |
| 13-18 | North House Folk School, Grand Marais, MN | Northern Fibers Retreat |
| 14-17 | Hotel Murano, Tacoma, WA | Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat |
| 15-17 | Spruce Hollow Farm, Gibson, PA | Ladies Getaway Knitting Weekend |
| 15-17 | Sarasota, FL | Urban Cadres with Jane Thornley |
| 15-18 | Rowe Center, Rowe, MA | Raging Wool: A Knitter’s Winter Retreat with Debbie Stoller |
| 18-21 | Wyboston Lakes, Befordshire, England | Stitchtopia |
| 21-24 | Santa Clara Convention Center & Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara, CA | Stitches West |
| 22-24 | Best Western Conference Center, Lexington, KY | Fiber Frenzy Retreat |
| 23-24 | Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey UK | Unravel 2013 |
| 24 | Germantown Library, Germantown, NY | Margrit Lohrer of Morehouse Farm presents: From Feathers to Fiber: How a Voodoo Chicken Helped Bring Merino Sheep Back to the Hudson Valley |
| 1-2 | Grand Ledge Public Library, Grand Ledge, MI | The Art Yarn Gathering 2013 |
| 1-3 | Gateway Hotel & Conference Center, Ames, IA | Arnhild's Knitting Studio 18th Annual Knitting Retreat |
| 1-3 | Bothwell District High School, Tasmania, Australia | 35th Reunion Bothwell Spin-In & Fibre Festival |
| 1-3 | Sarasota, FL | Urban Cadre with Jane Thornley & A Good Yarn |
| 7 | Jay County Fairgrounds, Portland, IN | Fiber Fest and Spin-In |
| 7-10 | Hampton Inn, Corolla, NC | Knitting by the Sea: Knitting with Sock Yarn |
| 8-10 | Metrolina Tradeshow Expo, Charlotte, NC | Charlotte Fiber Festival |
| 8-10 | Spruce Hollow Farm, Gibson, PA | Ladies Getaway Knitting Weekend |
| 8-11 | Skamania Lodge, Stevenson, OR | Lantern Moon Retreat |
| 8-9 | Bishop O’Connor Center, Madison, WI | Madison, WI Knitters' Guild Annual Knit-In |
| 8-10 | George Washington Carver Multipurpose Building, Jefferson City, MO | Fiber Retreat |
| 8-10 | Chincoteague Island, VA | KnitXperience Lite (Low Impact Techniques for Everyone) |
| 9-10 | Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, Ann Arbor, MI | Fiber Expo |
| 9-10 | Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, VA | Virginia Classic Llama & Alpaca Show |
| 10-16 | Caribbean | 7th Annual Knitting Cruise with Barry Klein |
| 14-17 | Olympia II, London, UK | Spring Knitting & Stitching Show |
| 14-17 | North Shore, Boston, MA | North Shore Yarn Crawl |
| 15-17 | Four Points Sheraton North, Mars, PA | Pittsburgh Knit & Crochet Festival |
| 16-17 | Yarnability, Shepherdstown, WV | Yarnability Getaway Weekend |
| 16-17 | Alpaca Meadows, Mansfield, OH | Spring Open House at Alpaca Meadows |
| 18-April 1 | China, Korea and Japan | China, Korea & Japan Knitting Cruise with Lily Chin |
| 22-23 | Show Barn on the Cloverdale Exhibition Grounds, Cloverdale, BC | Fibres West |
| 22-24 | Sapphire, NC | Carolina Fiber Frolic Retreat |
| 22-24 | Radisson, Kalamazoo, MI | Fiber Symposium |
| 23 | Old Alabama Town, Montgomery, AL | Festival of Alabama Fiber Arts |
| 23 | Vista Park, Bisbee, AZ | Bisbee Fiber Arts Festival |
| 23 | Madison County Fairgrounds, Winterset, IA | Heartland Fiberpalooza |
| 23 | Junior Fair Building, Wood County Fairgrounds, Bowling Green, OH | Black Swamp Spinners Guild Market Day & Fiber Fair |
| 23 | Norris Conference Center, Austin, TX | Texas Fiber Arts Festival |
| 23-24 | Triangle of NC | Triangle Spring Yarn Crawl |
| 23-24 | Hudson Valley, NY | Hudson Valley Yarn Crawl |
| 24 | Historic Savage Mill, Savage, MD | Homespun Yarn Party |
| 30 | MA. Audubon's Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, Lincoln, MA | Woolapalooza |
| 31 | Old Alabama Town, Birmingham, AL | Festival of Alabama Fiber Arts |
| 4-7 | Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN | Southeast Fiber Forum 2013 |
| 5-7 | Meydenbauer Convention Center, Bellevue, WA | Vogue Knitting Live Seattle |
| 5-7 | Grapevine Convention Center, Grapevine, TX | Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Fiber Fest |
| 5-7 | Lions Club Fairgrounds, Sanford, NC | Carolina Fiber Festival |
| 5-7 | Clark County Events Center, Ridgefield, WA | Alpacapalooza |
| 6 | Tall Grass Farm, Delavan, WI | Spring Fiber Jubilee |
| 6 | Chaney High School, Youngstown, OH | A Knitter's Fantasy |
| 6-7 | Stephen M. Bailey Auditorium of the Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local Union 130, U. A., Chicago, IL | YarnCon Chicago |
| 10-14 | Mount Morris Camp & Conference Center, Watoma, WI | Midwest Felting Symposium |
| 11-14 | Renaissance Waverly Hotel & Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, GA | Stitches South |
| 11-14 | Los Angeles, CA | Yarn Crawl LA County |
| 11-14 | Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | Minnesota Yarn Shop Hop |
| 12-14 | Spruce Hollow Farm, Gibson, PA | Ladies Getaway Knitting Weekend |
| 12-14 | Blue Mountain Retreat Center, Knoxville, MD | Two Rivers Yarns Weekend Knitting Retreat |
| 12-14 | Rhode Island | The Great Rhody Yarn Crawl |
| 12-14 | Chincoteague Island, VA | SoXperience |
| 13 | Jane Addams Community Center, Cedarville, IL | Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair |
| 13 | Bedford Lion's Club Community Center, Bedford, VA | Olde Liberty Fibre Faire |
| 13-14 | Four Seasons Centre, Owatonna, MN | Minnesota Alpaca Expo |
| 13-14 | OAS Event Centre, Orangeville, Ontario, Canada | Alpaca Ontario Spring Show |
| 13-May 1 | Panama | Panama Canal Knitting Cruise with Chris Bylsma |
| 17-21 | Mountaineer Inn, West Dover, VT | Vermont Knitting Getaway |
| 18-21 | Western Washington Fairgrounds,Puyallup, WA | Shepherd's Extravaganza |
| 18-21 | New Jersey | Garden State Yarn Crawl |
| 18-26 | Canyon de Chelly, AZ | Navajo Weaving in Canyon de Chelly |
| 19-20 | Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, Townsend, TN | Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival |
| 19-20 | Putnam County Fairgrounds, Greencastle, IN | Fiber Event at Greencastle |
| 19-21 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | Countryside Artisans Fiber Farm Tours |
| 19-21 | Christ the King Retreat and Conference Center, Syracuse, NY | Yarn Cupboard Retreat |
| 19-21 | Waukesha County Expo Center, Waukesha, WI | Wisconsin Spring Spin-In |
| 19-21 | Hood River Inn-Best Western, Hood River, OR | Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival |
| 19-21 | Seguin-Guadalupe County Coliseum, Seguin, TX | Yellow Rose Fiber Producers Fiesta |
| 19-21 | Taos Convention Center, Taos, NM | Taos Fiber Marketplace |
| 19-21 | Tygart Lake State Park, Grafton, WV | Spring Fling Knitting Retreat |
| 19-May 10 | Peru | Puchka Perú Textiles/Folk Art/Market Tours |
| 19-August 18 | Pittsburgh Center for the Arts & Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA | Fiberart International 2013 |
| 20 | Denmark Arts Center, Denmark, ME | Denmark Sheepfest |
| 20 | Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown, NY | Chancellor's Sheep & Wool Showcase |
| 20 | Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria, VA | Dog House Yarns Spring Knitting Retreat |
| 20 | Oak Grove Civic Center, Oak Grove, MO | All Missour Spin In |
| 20-21 | Franklin County Fairgrounds, Greenfield, MA | Farm to Fiber |
| 24-27 | Mid-Iowa | Mid-Iowa Yarn Shop Hop |
| 24-28 | Mountaineer Inn, West Dover, VT | Vermont Knitting Getaway |
| 25-28 | Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua City, NZ | Fabric of Life: Creative Fibre Festival |
| 25-28 | Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS | Spring Yarn School |
| 25-29 | Meadowbrook Inn, Blowing Rock, NC | Unwind: A Fiber Arts Getaway in the Mountains |
| 26-27 | International Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | creativ festival |
| 26-28 | Albany Hilton, Albany, NY | Knit1Crochet2 Learning League Show |
| 26-29 | Newton' Yarn Country, Anaheim, CA | Newton's Yarn Country Spring Fling Seminar |
| 26-May 8 | Wales | Wales: History, Heritage & Handicrats |
| 27 | Harper Chapel United Methodist Church, Thompson Hall, Osage Beach, MO | Lake Area Fiber Arts Festival |
| 27 | Gore Place, Waltham, MA | 26th Annual Sheep Shearing Festival |
| 27 | Presbyterian Church, Pluckemin, NJ | New Jersey Needle Festival |
| 27 | Hopkins Senior High School, Minnetonka, MN | MN. Knitters' Guild Yarnover |
| 27 | Powhatan Courthouse, Powhatan, VA | Powhatan's Festival of Fiber |
| 27 | Tolland Agricultural Center, Vernon, CT | Connecticut Sheep Spring Wool & Fiber Festival |
| 27-28 | Battenkill Valley, Washington County, NY | 22nd Annual Washington County Farm & Fiber Tour |
| 27-28 | Royal Welsh Show Ground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys, Wales | 7th Annual Wonderwool Wales |
| 27-28 | TRAC Center, Pasco, WA | Northwest Alpacas Showcase |
| 27-28 | Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Downtown Knit Collective Knitter's Frolic |
| 27-28 | Clark County 4H Fairgrounds, Charlestown, IN | Indiana Fiber and Music Festival |
| 27-28 | The Pointe Hotel, Proctorsville, VT | Wild and Woolly Weekend |
| 1 | Hellenic Center, Ipswich, MA | 40th Anniversary Exhibit & Tea: Essex County Needlecraft Guild |
| 1-5 | NAV Centre, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada | Ontario Handweavers and Spinners Biennial Conference:Fibre Optics |
| 3-5 | National Western Complex, Denver, CO | Great Western Alpaca Show & Denver Fiber Fiesta |
| 3-5 | Block Island, RI | Block Island Knitting Retreat |
| 3-12 | Florence & Castillo di Gargonza, Tuscany, Italy | Knitaly |
| 4-5 | Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD | Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 4-5 | Oakland County 4-H Fairgrounds (Springfield Oaks), Davisburg, MI | Michigan Alpaca Breeders Show and Fiber Fair |
| 4-5 | Lodge at Mount Magazine, Paris, AR | Extravaganza Spring Retreat with Stephanie Pearl-McPhee |
| 4-17 | Galway, Aran, Connemara, Dublin and Kerry, Ireland | Knit Ireland! Tour with Jean Moss |
| 8-12 | Iceland | Icelandic Spring Knitting: Lambs, Kids and Knit |
| 10-11 | The Cleaners at Ace Hotel, Portland, OR | Moebius Knitting with Cat Bordhi, email sgould at opb.org. |
| 10-12 | Washington County Fairgrounds, Lake Elmo, MN | Minnesota Shepherd's Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 10-21 | Spain, Portugal, Channel Islands & Belgium | Iberian Discovery Knitting Cruise w/ Stephen West & Ragga Eiriksdóttir |
| 11 | Klackle Orchards, Greenville, MI | Michigan Fiber Fiesta |
| 11 | Richland Public Library, Richland, WA | Fiber With a Twist Spin In |
| 11-12 | Deerfield Fairgrounds, Deerfield, NH | New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 13-23 | Peru | Exploring the Textile Traditions of the Peruvian Highlands |
| 15-19 | Shetland Islands, UK | Knitting in the Shetland Islands |
| 16-19 | Easton Mountain Retreat Center, Greenwich, NY | Men's Spring Knitting Retreat |
| 16-19 | Puget Sound, WA | Northwest LYS Tour: Four Days of Fiber Fun |
| 17-18 | Salomon Farm Park, Fort Wayne, IN | Salomon Farm Park Fiber Arts Celebration! |
| 18 | Webster County Fairgrounds, Marshfield, MO | Highland Fiber Artists Fiber Fair |
| 18 | Coggeshall Farm Museum, Bristol, RI | Rhode Island Wool and Fiber Festival |
| 18 | Farm Wool Shop, Mt. Bruce Station, Romeo, MI | Spring Fiber Day |
| 18 | Washington Conservation Club, Washington, IN | Wool Fiber Arts Fair |
| 18-19 | Greene County Fairgrounds, Waynesburg, PA | Waynesburg Sheep & Fiber Festival |
| 18-19 | Masterson State Park, Lexington, KY | Kentucky Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 18-19 | Miami County Fairgrounds, Troy, OH | Upper Valley Fiber Festival |
| 18-19 | Riverhead, Long Island, NY | Long Island Fleece & Fiber Fair |
| 18-19 | Eastern Idaho Technical College, Idaho Falls, ID | Snake River Fiber Fair |
| 18-19 | Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI | Door County Shepherds' Market |
| 18-19 | Greene County Fairgrounds, Waynesburg, PA | Waynesburg Sheep and Fiber Festival |
| 18-19 | Hallockville Museum Farm, Riverhead, NY | Long Island Fleece and Fiber Fair |
| 18-19 | Northeast Kingdom, VT | Northeast Kingdom Farm to Yarn Tour Weekend |
| 19-21 | Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, MI | TKGA Grand Retreat |
| 23-25 | EXPO New Mexico, Manuel Lujan Complex, New Mexico Fairgrounds, Albuquerque, NM | Fiber Arts Fiesta |
| 23-27 | Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA | Sacramento County Fair Wool Show |
| 23-30 | Iceland | Ysolda, Lambs and Lopi |
| 24-26 | Monarch Hotel, Clackamas, OR | Pacifically Passap: Machine Knitting Seminar |
| 24-June 7 | Turkey | Turkish Fiber Arts & Culture Trip |
| 25-26 | Dickson County Fairgrounds, Dickson, TN | Middle Tennessee Fiber Festival |
| 25-26 | Cummington Fairgrounds, Cummington, MA | Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair |
| 25-26 | Town Park, Pagosa Springs, CO | Pagosa Fiber Festival |
| 25-26 | Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster, OH | Great Lakes Fiber Show |
| 29-June 1 | Coast of Maine | Maine Knitting Cruise with Mim Bird |
| 31-June 1 | Johnson County Fairgrounds, Franklin, IN | Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival |
| 31-June 1 | Lady Luck Casino, Vicksburg, MS | Magnolia State Fiber Festival |
| 31-June 2 | Resort at Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, CA | Conference of Northern California Handspinners & Textile Games |
| 1 | Bags by CAB Yarn Shoppe outside courtyard, Denver, CO | Spring Yarn Knit Out & Crochet |
| 1-2 | Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor, ME | Maine Fiber Frolic |
| 2-3 | Pioneer Museum, Flagstaff, AZ | * Flagstaff Wool Festival |
| 3-10 | Cornwall, UK | Global Knitting with Judy Fawcett |
| 5-9 | Rockywold-Deephaven Camps, Holderness, NH | Squam Art Workshop Retreat |
| 7-9 | Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, TX | Texas Folklife Festival |
| 8-9 | Fairgrounds at Stanley Park, Estes Park, CO | Estes Park Wool Market |
| 8-9 | Dallas County Fairgrounds, Adel, IA | Iowa Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 8-9 | Butternut Hill Campground, Bouckville, NY | Central New York Fiber Artists & Producers Annual Showcase: From Animals to Art |
| 10-17 | Assisi, Italy | Knitting Retreat in Assisi |
| 11-14 | Coast of Maine | Maine Knitting Cruise with Bill Huntington |
| 13-15 | Sharonville Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH | Original Creative Festival: Sew, Quilt, Knit & Crochet Expo |
| 14-16 | Hamilton Fairgrounds, Hamilton, MT | Big Sky Fiber Arts Festival |
| 14-16 | Camp Verdugo Oaks, Castaic, CA | Griffin Dyeworks' Weekend Retreat |
| 17-22 | Rodeo Arena, Diné College, Tsailé, AZ, Navajo Nation | Sheep Is Life Celebration |
| 20-22 | Emporia State University, Emporia, KS | Prairie Winds: Midwest Weavers' Conferenc |
| 20-23 | University of Scranton, Scranton, PA | Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association Conference: Basics and Beyond |
| 20-23 | Kahler Grand Hotel, Rochester, MN | Zombie Knitapocalypse Retreat |
| 21-23 | Lane Center, Eugene, OR | Black Sheep Gathering |
| 21-23 | Lake County Fairgrounds, Grayslake, IL | Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair |
| 21-23 | Brownfield Community Center, Brownfield, ME | Pleasant Mountain Fiber Arts Workshops |
| 21-24 | Witchetty's Alice Springs, Australia | Alice Springs Beanie Festival |
| 21-28 | Olds College, Olds, Alberta, Canada | Fibre Week |
| 22-23 | Lake Metroparks Farmpark, Kirtland, OH | Woolfest |
| 22-24 | Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH | National NeedleArts Association Trade Show |
| 22-29 | Iceland | Hiking and Knitting with the Elves |
| 26-July 2 | Iceland | Knitting Tour of Iceland with Amy Singer |
| 28-29 | Mitchell's Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England | Woolfest |
| 29-July 5 | Iceland | Hiking and Knitting with the Elves |
| 4-8 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen's Knitting Camp |
| 4-22 | Scotland | Scottish Skeins and Skerries |
| 6 | Grand View Farm, Washington, VT | Family Felted Mural Workshop |
| 6-8 | Opotiki, New Zealand | * Fibre and Fleece Fashion Show & Exhibition |
| 6-13 | Alaska | Inside Passage Alaska Knitting Cruise with Ginger Luters & Marly Bird |
| 10-13 | Watkins Glen, NY | Finger Lakes Fiber Tour |
| 10-14 | Residence Inn, Ft. Collins, CO | Colorado Knitting Camp with Galina Khmelova, email nams1 at comcast.net |
| 10-17 | Iceland | Knit with Cat Bordhi in Iceland |
| 11-14 | Smith College, Northampton, MA | New England Weavers' Seminar |
| 11-15 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen's Retreat 2.75 |
| 12 | Grand View Farm, Washington, VT | Natural Dye Class |
| 12-21 | Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada | Canadian North Great Northern Arts Festival |
| 13-14 | Ecomuseum of Cuzals, Sauliac-sur-Célé, Lot Valley, France | Le Lot et la Laine |
| 13-Aug. 17 | Greenland, Iceland, Netherlands, Norway... | Voyage of the Vikings Knitting Cruise |
| 14 | Splash Pad Park, Oakland, CA | Oakland Fiber & Textile Festival |
| 13-14 | Kenneth C. Cowan Civic Center, Lebanon, MO | Fiber U |
| 17-20 | Coast of Maine | Maine Knitting Cruise |
| 17-21 | Sheraton Suites at Keystone Crossing, Indianapolis, IN | Summer Knit & Crochet Show |
| 17-21 | Scarritt Bennett Center, Nashville, TN | Super Summer Knittogether |
| 18-20 | Kintaline Farm, Benderloch, Scotland | Gaelic Wool Festival |
| 18-22 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen's Knitting Camp 2 |
| 19-20 | Shearbrooke Farm, Standish, ME | Saco Valley Fiber Artists Summer Textile Workshop |
| 19-21 | Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia | Australian Sheep & Wool Show |
| 19-24 | Whitehead Light Station, Whitehead Island, ME | Island Knitting Retreat |
| 20-21 | Scald End Farm, Mill Lane, Thurleigh, Bedford, UK | Fibre East - A Celebration of British Wool and Natural Fibres |
| 21-30 | Guatemala | Mayan Culture and Weaving Tour |
| 23-27 | Baypark, Mt Maunganui, NZ | NZ Machine Knitters' Society Festival |
| 25-28 | Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO | Intermountain Weavers' Conference for Fiber Arts |
| 25-29 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen's Retreat 3 |
| 26-27 | Creek County Fairgrounds, Kellyville, OK | Fiber Christmas in July |
| 26-31 | Charleston, SC to Nassau and Freeport, Bahamas | Fantasy Fiber Arts / Knitting Cruise |
| 27 | Grand View Farm, Washington, VT | Sip & Stitch-Wine and Yarn Tasting |
| 27-28 | Castel Farms, Charlevoix, MI | Fiber Arts Festival |
| 28-Aug. 3 | Medomak Retreat Center, Washington, ME | Maine Fiber Arts Retreat |
| 28-Aug. 4 | Iceland | Knitting Tour of Iceland with Beth Brown-Reinsel |
| 29-Aug. 12 | Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor, ME | Schoodic Arts Festival: Fiber Arts Show |
| 31-Aug. 5 | Shetland, UK | International Textile Festival - In the Loop 3.5 |
| 31-Aug. 8 | Iceland | Knitting in the North of Iceland: Textile Museum and Traditions |
| 3-4 | Chaplin Creek Village, Franklin Grove, IL | Chaplin Creek Fiber Fair |
| 3-5 | Statewide, ME | * Maine Fiberarts Studios & Farms Tour |
| 4-11 | Chicago, IL | * Chicago Yarn Crawl |
| 5-7 | Bartlett Yarns, Harmony, ME | * Annual Open House and Historic Mill Tour |
| 7-11 | Historic Abingdon, VA | Virginia Highlands Festival |
| 8-11 | Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, Schaumburg, IL | Stitches Midwest |
| 8-13 | Iceland | Knitting Tour of Iceland with Stephen West |
| 10-11 | Rheault Farm, West Fargo, ND | Fiber Arts Festival |
| 10-13 | Kettle Pond State Campground, Groton, VT | * Vermont Knit and Fiber Camp |
| 10-25 | Northern Colorado & Southern Wyoming | Hot August Knits Yarn Crawl |
| 12-18 | Iceland | Knitting and Hiking between Fire and Ice |
| 14-18 | Allegan County Fairgounds, Allegan, MI | Michigan Fiber Festival & Workshops |
| 15-18 | Dutton Farmhouse, Dummerston, VT | Vermont Summer Retreat Session 1: The Danish Skrå-trøje with Beth Brown-Reinsel |
| 15-21 | Iceland | Knitting and Hiking between Fire and Ice |
| 15-27 | Baltics | Baltic Knitting Cruise with Merike Saarniit & Anna Zilboorg |
| 17-18 | Reese Center, COTC/OSU Newark Campus, Newark, OH | Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair |
| 18 | St. Ann's Academy Orchard, Victoria, BC, Canada | Fibrations! |
| 22-25 | Dutton Farmhouse, Dummerston, VT | Vermont Summer Retreat Session 2: Mitten Madness with Beth Brown-Reinsel |
| 22-28 | Iceland | Knitting in the North |
| 24-25 | St-Andre-Avellin, Quebec, Canada | Twist Fibre Festival |
| 24-25 | Salt Lake County Equestrian Park, South Jordan, UT | Great Basin Fiber Arts Festival |
| 28-Sept. 2 | Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA | Monterey County Fair Wool Show |
| 31-Sept. 1 | Michigan State University Pavilion, E. Lansing, MI | Llama Fest and Alpaca Showcase: Fiber Vendors |
| 2 | Reed Point, MT | * Great Montana Sheep Drive |
| 2-3 | Bethel, MO | * World Sheep and Fiber Arts Festival |
| 2-7 | Coast of Maine | Maine Knitting Cruise with Margaret Radcliffe |
| 2-9 | Iceland | Knitting Tour of Iceland with Anne Hanson |
| 5-8 | Searsport Shores Ocean Camping, Searsport, ME | Fiber College on Penobscot Bay |
| 5-15 | Mexico City, Mexico | Textiles and Folk Art |
| 6-7 | Central Pennsylvania College, Summerdale, PA | 28th Annual Knitter's Day Out |
| 6-8 | Jefferson County Fair Park, Jefferson, WI | Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival |
| 7-8 | Hunterdon County Fairgrounds, Lambertville, NJ | 19th Annual New Jersey Sheep & Fiber Festival |
| 7-8 | Riverside Park, Salida, CO | Salida Fiber Festival |
| 7-8 | Harford Fairgrounds, Harford, PA | Pennsylvania Endless Mountains Fiber Festival |
| 10-17 | New Mexico | Threads of Culture Southwestern Textile Tour with Dr. Laurie Webster |
| 13-14 | Ridgway, CO | Sneffels Fiber Festival, tel: 970-318-0150 |
| 13-15 | Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA | Georgia Alpaca FiberFest |
| 13-15 | Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Boonville, CA | California Wool and Fiber Festival |
| 13-15 | Grand View Farm, Washington, VT | Fall Knitting Retreat with Becky Herrick |
| 13-Oct. 4 | Peru | Puchka Perú Textiles/Folk Art/Market Tours |
| 14 | Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters' Fair |
| 14 | Scotts Bluff County Fairgrounds, Event Center, Mitchell, NE | Scotts Bluff Valley Fiber Arts Fair |
| 14-21 | Iceland | Spinning and Knitting in Iceland |
| 15-21 | Monhegan Island, ME | Knitting & Yoga Adventures Visits Monhegan Island |
| 17 | First Congregational Church, Camden, ME | New England Needle Festival |
| 19-27 | Iceland | Iceland Trip with Melissa Leapman |
| 20-21 | St. Charles Convention Center, St. Charles, MO | Round Bobbin Expo, Sew, Quilt, Knit & Crochet Expo |
| 20-21 | MARC Center, Mt Vernon, MO | Fiber Daze |
| 20-22 | Unity, ME | Fleece Show & Sale at Common Ground Country Fair |
| 20-22 | Codington County Extension Complex, Watertown, SD | North Country Fiber Fair |
| 20-22 | Orlando, FL | Florida Fiber-In |
| 21-22 | Young's Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs, OH | Midwest Festival of Fibers: A Wool Gathering |
| 21-22 | Hemlock Fairgrounds, Hemlock, NY | Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival |
| 21-29 | Colorado Front Range | Yarn Along the Rockies (Yarn Crawl) |
| 22-27 | Carmona, Spain | Knitting Retreat in the Parador of Carmona, Spain |
| 23-Oct. 5 | Ireland | Jean Moss Handknits Knit Ireland Tour |
| 27-29 | High Hampton Inn and Country Club, Cashiers, NC | Yarn Paradise Annual Knitting Retreat |
| 27-29 | Fairmont Algonquin, St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, Canada | KnitEast Atlantic Fibre Fest |
| 27-29 | Alta Lodge, Alta, UT | Rocky Mountain Knitter's Retreat |
| 27-Oct. 6 | Charlotte, NC | Charlotte Yarn Crawl |
| 28 | St. Norbert Community Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | Manitoba Fibre Festival |
| 28-29 | Clackamas County Fairgrounds, Canby, OR | Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival |
| 28-29 | City Park, Moriarty, NM | Heart of New Mexico Fiber Gathering |
| 28-29 | Mt. Bruce Station, Romeo, MI | 23rd Annual Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 28-29 | Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds, Berryville, VA | Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival |
| 28-29 | Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Tunbridge, VT | Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 28-29 | Ogemaw County Fairgrounds, Lower Penninsula, West Branch, MI | Northern Michigan Lamb and Wool Festival |
| 28-30 | Johnsonburg Presbyterian Center, Johnsonburg, NJ | * North Country Spinners' Fiber Fallout |
| 28-30 | Newton's Yarn Country, Anaheim, CA | * Annual Newton's Fall Festival Seminar |
| 28-30 | Boston, MA | * Greater Boston Yarn Crawl |
| 28-Oct. 5 | Villa Maddalena, Montisi, Tuscany, Italy | Knitting in Tuscany |
| 29-Oct. 6 | Fryeburg, ME | Fiber Center at the Fryeburg Fair |
| 2-6 | Embassy Suites Charlotte-Concord Golf Resort and Spa, Charlotte, NC | Fall Knit & Crochet Show |
| 2-6 | Embassy Suites Charlotte-Concord, Charlotte, NC | Fall TKGA Conference |
| 2-7 | Portugal | Knitting Cruise along the River Douro |
| 4 | Newburgh, NY | * Hudson River Yarn Cruise |
| 4-5 | Unitarian Society, Ridgewood, NJ | North Jersey Fiber Arts Festival |
| 5-6 | Washington County Fairgrounds, Greenwich, NY | Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival |
| 5-6 | Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM | Wool Festival at Taos |
| 5-6 | Dixon May Fair Grounds, Dixon, CA | Lambtown USA Fiber Fair |
| 5-6 | Montpelier Station, VA | Fall Fiber Festival and Montpelier Sheepdog Trials |
| 5-7 | Near Kincaid Lake State Park, Falmouth, KY | Kentucky Wool Festival |
| 5-8 | Central Texas | * Texas Hill Country Yarn Crawl |
| 5-12 | Villa Maddalena, Montisi, Tuscany, Italy | Knitting in Tuscany |
| 5-18 | Canada & New England | Canada & New England Knitting Cruise with Chris Bylsma & Edie Eckman |
| 6 | Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia | Irish Woolfest |
| 6-7 | Zumbrota to Houston, MN | * Sheep & Fiber Farm Tour |
| 6-8 | Back roads of NH | * New Hampshire Wool Arts Tours |
| 6-8 | Manhattan and Brooklyn, NY | * NYC Yarn Crawl |
| 7-13 | Shetland Islands, UK | Shetland Wool Week |
| 7-14 | Jaca, Spain | * 15th International Fungi & Fibre Symposium |
| 8 | Halcyon Yarn, Bath, ME | * Halcyon Annual Open House |
| 8-23 | Scotland | The Highlands of Scotland: A Textile Extravaganza! |
| 10-13 | Ketchum & Hailey, ID | Trailing of the Sheep Festival |
| 11-13 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | Countryside Artisans Fiber Farm Tours |
| 11-14 | London, UK | * Knitting & Stitching Show |
| 11-16 | Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS | * Fall Yarn School |
| 12 | Brooklyn's Old Stone House, Brooklyn, NY | King's County Fiber Festival |
| 12 | LibertyTown Arts Studio, Fredericksburg, VA | Let's Stitch |
| 12-13 | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada | * creativ festival® |
| 12-13 | Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum, Vista, CA | Vista Fiber Arts Fiesta |
| 13 | Miami University Middletown Miriam G Knoll Community Room, Middletown, OH | Everything Yarn Market |
| 13-14 | Triangle of NC | * Triangle Yarn Crawl-Autumn 2012 Event |
| 15-19 | Amherst, Northumberland Shore, Nova Scotia, Canada | Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival |
| 15-21 | England, UK | * Wool Week |
| 18-19 | McGregor Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI | Third Coast Fiber Arts Festival |
| 19 | Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Bakewell, Derbyshire, UK | Bakewell Wool Gathering |
| 19-20 | Harrison County Fairgrounds, Corydon, IN | * Southern Indiana FiberArts Festival |
| 19-20 | Lane Agricultural Park, Murfreesboro, TN | * Fiber in the Boro |
| 19-20 | Evergreen Fairgrounds Building, Monroe, WA | Fiber Fusion Northwest |
| 19-20 | Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY | New York Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 19-21 | Hilton Garden Inn, Smyrna, GA | * Atlanta Fall 2012 Knitting Retreat |
| 20-21 | DeltaPlex, Grand Rapids, MI | * Michigan International Alpaca Fest |
| 20-26 | Pheasant Run Resort, St. Charles, IL | SOAR: Spin-Off Autumn Retreat |
| 24-26 | Lower Level, Bloedel Hall, St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA | Seattle Weavers’ Guild Annual Sale and Show |
| 25-27 | Western NC Agricultural Center, Fletcher, NC | Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair |
| 26-27 | Croatian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada | Knit City Fibre Festival |
| 26-27 | Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, Ann Arbor, MI | Fiber Expo |
| 26-28 | Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL | Vogue Knitting Live! |
| 31-Nov. 3 | Marriot, San Mateo, CA | Interweave Knitting Lab California |
| 1-4 | Dublin, Ireland | * Knitting & Stitching Show |
| 1-4 | Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa, Bedford Springs, PA | * Knittreat |
| 2-3 | Ballard Community Center, Seattle, WA | Knit Fit Seattle |
| 2-3 | Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA | 4th Annual Fiber Festival of New England |
| 2-18 | Oakville, Ontario, Canada | * World of Threads Festival |
| 3 | Eisenhower Community Center, Hopkins, MN | * Upper Midwest Fiber Festival |
| 3-4 | International Horse Park, Conyers, GA | * Royal Alpaca Challenge |
| 3-4 | Ballard Community Center, Seattle, QA | * Knit Fit |
| 4 | Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance, CA | * Southern California Handweavers' Guild Knitting and Stitching Show |
| 7-10 | Hartford, CT | Stitches East |
| 7-10 | Inn on the Lake, Canandaigua, NY | 13th Annual Knitter's Review Retreat |
| 7-10 | Quechee Inn at Marshland Farms, Quechee, VT | Knitting & Yoga Adventures Visits Quechee, VT |
| 8-9 | Baptist Conference Center, Steelville, MO | Ozark Fiber Fling |
| 8-10 | Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria, VA | KnitXperience |
| 8-10 | Kendall County Fairgrounds, Boerne, TX | Kids n' Ewe & Llamas Too Festival |
| 8-17 | Chiapas, Mexico | The Textile Traditions of Oaxaca: Coast and Valley |
| 9-11 | Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS | * Mitten School with Adrian Bizilia |
| 10-11 | Josephine County Fairgrounds, Grants Pass, OR | * FiberMania |
| 11-12 | Grant County Conference Center, Silver City, NM | * Silver City Fiber Arts Festival |
| 16-17 | Old Shawnee Town Hall, Shawnee, KS | * Creative Hand Show and Sale |
| 17-18 | Hotel Coolidge, White River Junction, VT | * Green Mountain Fiber Festival |
| 17-18 | Hudson Valley, NY | * Hudson Valley Yarn Crawl |
| 17-18 | New Holland, PA | * SAFONA Fiber Festival |
| 30, Dec. 1-2 | Spruce Hollow Farm, Gibson, PA | Ladies Getaway Knitting Weekend Retreat |
| 6-8 and 13-15 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | Countryside Artisans Fiber Farm Tours |
| 5-7 | Convention Center, Hot Springs, AR | Arkansas Fiberarts Extravaganza |
| Year round | Maine | Maine Fiberarts Tour: Studios and Farms |
| Year round | New Mexico | New Mexico Fiber Arts Trails |
| Year round | Nazareth, PA | Kraemer Yarns Manufacturing Tour |
