2012 Knitting & Fiber Events
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Enjoy these year-round fiber tours.
| 13-15 | Stonewall Jackson Resort, Roanoke, WV | Knitter's Winter Wonderland Knitting |
| 13-15 | Comfort Suites Biltmore, Asheville, NC | Friends & Fiberworks Winter Retreat |
| 13-15 | Spruce Hollow Farm, Gibson, PA | Ladies Getaway Knitting Weekend |
| 13-21 | Chiapas, Mexico | The Ancient Maya & Present Day Textile Traditions |
| 14 | All Saints Church Parish Hall, Lansing, NY | Roc Day: A Fiber Arts Celebration |
| 14-16 | Hilton NY Hotel, New York, NY | Vogue Knitting LIVE! |
| 20-21 | The Clifty Inn, Clifty Falls State Park, Madison, IN | Sophie's Knitting Winter Retreat |
| 20-22 | Oxford Powerhouse, Oxford, MS | Knit1's Second Annual Fiber Festival |
| 21-23 | Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ | National NeedleArts Association Winter Trade Show |
| 25-30 | Charleston, SC and Bahamas | Baskets of Yarn Winter Retreat and Cruise |
| 27-29 | Unity Village, Lee's Summit, MO | 6th Annual Studio Retreat |
| 28 | Lafayette College, Williamson Arts Center, Easton, PA | Crochet & Knitting from a 3D Perspective, lecture by Kathleen Greco |
| 28-29 | Legacy Alpaca Farm, Loganville, GA | Camp Pluckyfluff Atlanta, GA |
| 3-5 | Spruce Hollow Farm, Gibson, PA | Ladies Getaway Knitting Weekend |
| 4 | Academy of the Sacred Heart, Bloomfield Hills, MI | Knit Michigan |
| 4 | Boalsburg Fire Hall, Boalsburg, PA | Centre County Knitters Guild presents I Heart Knitting! |
| 10-12 | Four Points Sheraton North, Mars, PA | Pittsburgh Knit & Crochet Festival |
| 10-12 | Slater Mill Community Guild Studios, Pawtucket, RI | Knitting Weekend |
| 11 | Middletown & Barnesville, MD | Sweet Sale |
| 16-19 | Hotel Murano, Tacoma, WA | Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat |
| 17-19 | Park Mammoth Resort, Park City, KY | Fiber Frenzy Retreat |
| 23-25 | Santa Clara Convention Center & Hyatt Regency, Santa Clara, CA | Stitches West |
| 24-26 | Comfort Suites, Oak Creek, WI | Sheep in the City Getaway |
| 24-26 | Hotel at Gateway Center, Ames, IA | Arnhild's Knitting Studio's Knitting Retreat |
| 24-26 | Hilton Garden Inn & Harraseeket Inn, Freeport, ME | New England Textile Arts Network's Spa Knit & Spin |
| 25-26 | Embassy Suites Hotel, Nashville, TN | Nashville Needlework Market |
| 25-26 | Farnham Maltings, Bridge Square, Farnham, Surrey UK | Unravel 2012 |
| 4 | Bothwell District High School, Tasmania, Australia | Bothwell Spin Out 2012 |
| 4-10 | Caribbean | 7th Annual Knitting Cruise with Barry Klein |
| 8-10 | Jay County Fairgrounds, Portland, IN | Fiber Fest and Spin-In |
| 9 | Various locations, Anchorage, AK | Alaska Fiber Festival |
| 9-11 | Tang Center, Cambridge, MA | FiberCamp Boston |
| 10 | Bishop O’Connor Center, Madison, WI | Madison, WI Knitters' Guild Annual Knit-In |
| 10-11 | Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, VA | Virginia Classic Llama & Alpaca Show |
| 11-18 | Iceland | Winter Knitting in the Highlands |
| 15-18 | Olympia II, London, UK | Stitch and Craft |
| 15-18 | North Shore, Boston, MA | North Shore Yarn Crawl |
| 16-17 | Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, Townsend, TN | Smoky Mountain Fiber Arts Festival |
| 16-17 | AgRec Building, Abbotsford Exhibition Park Grounds, Abbotsford, BC | Fibreswest |
| 16-18 | Chincoteague Island, VA | KnitXperience Lite (Low Impact Techniques for Everyone) |
| 16-18 | Christ the King Retreat & Conference Center, Syracuse, NY | Yarn Cupboard's Winter Fiber Arts Retreat & Market |
| 23-25 | Spruce Hollow Farm, Gibson, PA | Ladies Getaway Knitting Weekend |
| 24 | Junior Fair Building, Wood County Fairgrounds, Bowling Green, OH | Black Swamp Spinners Guild Market Day & Fiber Fair |
| 24 | Jackson Building, Winterset, IA | Heartland Fiberpalooza |
| 24-25 | Drury Inn, St. Louis, MO | Greater St. Louis' Knitter's Guild Spring Break with Merike Saarniit |
| 24-25 | North Carolina Triangle | Triangle Yarn Crawl - Spring Event |
| 25 | Historic Savage Mill 8600 Foundry Street, Savage, MD | Homespun Yarn Party |
| 30-31 | Guest House at Lost River, Lost River, WY | Knitters & Fiber Retreat |
| 30-Apr. 1 | Grapevine Convention Center, Grapevine, TX | Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) Fiber Fest |
| 30-Apr. 1 | Sapphire, NC | Carolina Fiber Frolic Retreat - Frolic in the Mountains! |
| 31 | Old Alabama Town, Birmingham, AL | Festival of Alabama Fiber Arts |
| 31 | MA. Audubon's Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary, Lincoln, MA | Woolapalooza |
| 31 | Tall Grass Farm, Delavan, WI | Spring Fiber Jubilee |
| 31-Apr 1 | Clark County Events Center, Ridgefield, WA | Alpacapalooza |
| 31-May 11 | cWOW, Newark, NJ | Knot Your Average Knit |
| 3-9 | Kex Hostel, Reykjavík, Iceland | Knit to the Music with Cookie A |
| 10-19 | Holland | Tulips & Windmills Knitting Cruise |
| 12-15 | Los Angeles, CA | Yarn Crawl LA County |
| 13-15 | Crowne Plaza, Lenexa, KS | Knitting in the Heartland |
| 13-15 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | Countryside Artisans Fiber Farm Tours |
| 13-15 | City Flats Hotel, Holland, MI | A Very Plucky Retreat & Open House |
| 13-15 | Chincoteague Island, VA | SoXperience |
| 14 | Jane Addams Community Center, Cedarville, IL | Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair |
| 14 | Chaney High School, Youngstown, OH | A Knitter's Fantasy |
| 14 | Bedford Lion's Club Community Center, Bedford, VA | Olde Liberty Fibre Faire |
| 14-15 | Four Seasons Centre, Owatonna, MN | Minnesota Alpaca Expo |
| 14-16 | Ozark Empire Fairgrounds E-plex, Springfield, MO | Round Bobbin: Quilting & Sewing Expo |
| 19-22 | Western Washington Fairgrounds,Puyallup, WA | Shepherd's Extravaganza |
| 19-22 | Renaissance Waverly Hotel & Cobb Galleria Centre, Atlanta, GA | Stitches South |
| 19-22 | InnPlace Phoenix North, Phoenix, AZ | Fibers through Time: A Fiber Odyssey |
| 20-21 | Putnam County Fairgrounds, Greencastle, IN | Fiber Event at Greencastle |
| 20-22 | Waukesha County Expo Center, Waukesha, WI | Wisconsin Spring Spin-In |
| 20-22 | Hood River Inn-Best Western, Hood River, OR | Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival |
| 20-22 | Seguin-Guadalupe County Coliseum, Seguin, TX | Yellow Rose Fiber Producers Fiesta |
| 20-22 | Middle Beach Lodge, Tofino, BC, Canada | Knits by the Sea Retreat with Amy Swenson |
| 20-22 | Athens YWCO Camp & Conference Center, Clarksville, GA | Wool in the Woods Retreat |
| 20-May 11 | Peru | Puchka Perú Textiles/Folk Art/Market Tours |
| 21 | Denmark Arts Center, Denmark, ME | Denmark Sheepfest |
| 21 | Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown, NY | Chancellor's Sheep & Wool Showcase |
| 21 | Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria, VA | Dog House Yarns Spring Knitting Retreat |
| 21-22 | Waukesha County Expo, Waukesha, WI | Wisconsin Spin-In: Trends and Traditions |
| 24-31 | Pier 2&3, Walsh Bay, Sydney, Australia | Wool Modern |
| 26-28 | Mid-Iowa | Mid-Iowa Yarn Shop Hop |
| 26-29 | Marlborough Convention Centre, Blenheim, NZ | Creative Fibre Festival - Blenheim |
| 27-28 | International Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | creativ festival® spring 2012 |
| 27-28 | Noble County Fairgrounds, Kendallville, IN | North East Indiana Fiber Festival |
| 27-29 | Tygart Lake State Park, Grafton, WV | Yarn & Company's Spring Fling |
| 27-29 | Spruce Hollow Farm, Gibson, PA | Ladies Getaway Knitting Weekend |
| 27-29 | Artisan Knitworks, St. Clair Shores, MI | Candace Eisner Strick Workshops |
| 28 | Harper Chapel United Methodist Church, Thompson Hall, Osage Beach, MO | Lake Area Fiber Arts Festival |
| 28 | Gore Place, Waltham, MA | 25th Annual Sheep Shearing Festival |
| 28 | Tolland Agricultural Center, Vernon, CT | Connecticut Sheep Spring Wool & Fiber Festival |
| 28 | Church of the Messiah, Chester, NJ | New Jersey Needle Festival |
| 28 | Hopkins Senior High School, Minnetonka, MN | MN. Knitters' Guild Yarnover |
| 28-29 | Battenkill Valley, Washington County, NY | 20th Annual Washington County Farm & Fiber Tour |
| 28-29 | Royal Welsh Show Ground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Powys, Wales | Wonderwool Wales |
| 28-29 | TRAC Center, Pasco, WA | Northwest Alpacas Showcase |
| 28-29 | Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Downtown Knit Collective Knitter's Frolic |
| 28-May 1 | Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS | Spring Yarn School |
| 4-6 | National Western Complex, Denver, CO | Great Western Alpaca Show & Denver Fiber Fiesta |
| 5-6 | Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD | Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 5-6 | Oakland County 4-H Fairgrounds (Springfield Oaks), Davisburg, MI | Michigan Alpaca Breeders Show and Fiber Fair |
| 12 | Richland Public Library, Richland, WA | Fiber With a Twist 9th Annual Spin In |
| 12-13 | Clark County 4H Fairgrounds, Charlestown, IN | Indiana Fiber and Music Festival |
| 12-13 | Washington County Fairgrounds, Lake Elmo, MN | Minnesota Shepherd's Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 12-13 | Deerfield Fairgrounds, Deerfield, NH | New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 13-18 | Ramapo Retreat, Rhinebeck, NY | All Things Fiber Camp (for adults) |
| 13-24 | Lakes & York, UK | Jean Moss Handknits Lakes & York Tour |
| 14 | Vista Park, Bisbee, AZ | * Bisbee Fiber Arts Festival |
| 15-30 | Turkey | Turkish Fiber Arts & Culture Trip |
| 17-20 | Greenwich, NY | Men's Knitting Retreat |
| 17-20 | Puget Sound, WA | Destination Yarn LYS Tour |
| 18-19 | Salomon Farm Park, Fort Wayne, IN | Salomon Farm Park Fiber Arts Celebration! |
| 18-20 | Jim Graham Building, State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC | Carolina Fiber Festival |
| 18-20 | Oakland Convention Center, Oakland, CA | Conference of Northern California Handspinners |
| 18-20 | Spruce Hollow Farm, Gibson, PA | Ladies Getaway Knitting Weekend |
| 18-20 | Masterson State Park, Lexington, KY | Kentucky Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 19 | Klackle Orchards, Greenville, MI | Michigan Fiber Fiesta |
| 19 | Coggeshall Farm Museum, Bristol, RI | Rhode Island Wool and Fiber Festival |
| 19 | Farm Wool Shop, Mt. Bruce Station, Romeo, MI | Spring Fiber Day |
| 19-20 | Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI | Door County Shepherds' Market |
| 19-20 | Greene County Fairgrounds, Waynesburg, PA | Waynesburg Sheep and Fiber Festival |
| 19-20 | Hallockville Museum Farm, Riverhead, NY | Long Island Fleece and Fiber Fair |
| 19-20 | Miami County Fairgrounds, Troy, OH | Upper Valley Fiber Festival |
| 19-20 | Northeast Kingdom, VT | Northeast Kingdom Farm to Yarn Tour Weekend |
| 19-20 | Eastern Idaho Technical College, Idaho Falls, ID | Snake River Fiber Fair |
| 21 | Jamaica Village, VT (near Stratton Mt.) | * Jamaica Fiber Festival |
| 19-20 | Northeast Kingdom, VT | Northeast Kingdom Farm to Yarn Tour Weekend |
| 22-28 | Costa Blanca & Barcelona, Spain | Knitting & Crochet Retreat with Jane Thornley |
| 24-28 | Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA | Sacramento County Fair Wool Show |
| 25-26 | Dickson County Fairgrounds, Dickson, TN | Middle Tennessee Fiber Festival |
| 26-27 | Cummington Fairgrounds, Cummington, MA | Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair |
| 26-27 | Town Park, Pagosa Springs, CO | Pagosa Fiber Festival |
| 26-27 | Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster, OH | Great Lakes Fiber Show |
| 27-June 3 | Alaska | Musk Ox & Glaciers Knitting Tour |
| 1-2 | Johnson County Fairgrounds, Franklin, IN | Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival |
| 2 | Bags by CAB Yarn Shoppe outside courtyard, Denver, CO | 4th Annual Yarn Knit Out & Crochet |
| 2-3 | Pioneer Museum, Flagstaff, AZ | Flagstaff Wool Festival |
| 2-3 | Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor, ME | Maine Fiber Frolic |
| 2-16 | Scotland, Shetland and Norway | Scotland, Shetland & Norway Knitting Cruise |
| 3 | Citi Field, Flushing, Queens, NY | Mets Stitch 'n Pitch MarketPlace & Game |
| 6-10 | Rockywold-Deephaven Camps, Holderness, NH | Squam Art Workshop Retreat |
| 7-10 | Fairgrounds at Stanley Park, Estes Park, CO | Estes Park Wool Market |
| 8-10 | Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, TX | Texas Folklife Festival |
| 8-11 | Coast of Maine | Maine Knitting Cruise with Bill Huntington |
| 9-10 | Dallas County Fairgrounds, Adel, IA | Iowa Summer Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 9-10 | Butternut Hill Campground, Bouckville, NY | Central New York Fiber Artists & Producers Annual Showcase: From Animals to Art |
| 15-17 | Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH | Knitter's Connection |
| 15-17 | Camp Verdugo Oaks, Castaic, CA | Griffin Dyeworks' Weekend Retreat |
| 18-22 | Rodeo Arena, Diné College, Tsailé, AZ, Navajo Nation | Sheep Is Life Celebration |
| 19 | Miller Park, Milwaukee, WI | Milwaukee Brewers Stitch 'n Pitch |
| 21-30 | Guatemala | Textile Tour with Karen Searle |
| 22-23 | Mitchell's Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England | Woolfest |
| 22-24 | Denmark Arts Center, Denmark, ME | Pleasant Mountain Fiber Arts Workshops |
| 22-24 | Metrolina Tradeshow Expo, Charlotte, NC | Charlotte Fiber Festival |
| 22-24 | Lake County Fairgrounds, Grayslake, IL | Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair |
| 22-24 | Lane Center, Eugene, OR | Black Sheep Gathering |
| 22-25 | Witchetty's Alice Springs, Australia | Alice Springs Beanie Festival |
| 22-29 | Olds College, Olds, Alberta, CA | Fibre Week |
| 23-24 | Lake Metroparks Farmpark, Kirtland, OH | Woolfest |
| 23-25 | Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH | National NeedleArts Association Trade Show |
| 27-July 1 | Manchester, NH | Summer Knit & Crochet Show |
| 28-30 | Sharonville Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH | Original Creative Festival, Sew, Quilt, Knit & Crochet Expo |
| 29-July 5 | Iceland | Hiking and Knitting with the Elves |
| 30-July 2 | Shaniko, OR | Shaniko Wool Gathering Pioneer & Artisan Faire |
| 5-9 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen's Knitting Camp |
| 6-8 | Opotiki, New Zealand | Fibre and Fleece Fashion Show & Exhibition |
| 8-25 | Peru | Helen Hamann Adventure in Peru Tour |
| 10 | Splash Pad Park, Grand at Lake Shore Ave., Oakland, CA | * Oakland Fiber & Textile Festival |
| 10-14 | St Andrews College, Christchurch, NZ | Can-Knit 2012 National Machine Knitters’ Festival |
| 12-16 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen's Retreat 2.75 |
| 13-15 | Marsh Park, Monte Vista, CO | San Luis Valley Folk & Fiber Arts Festival |
| 13-22 | Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada | Canadian North Great Northern Arts Festival |
| 14-15 | Kenneth C. Cowan Civic Center, Lebanon, MO | Fiber U |
| 14-15 | Scald End Farm, Mill Lane, Thurleigh, Bedford, UK | Fibre East - A Celebration of British Wool and Natural Fibres |
| 14-Aug. 18 | Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Netherlands, England, Ireland and Faroe | Voyage of the Vikings Knitting Cruise |
| 15-21 | Convention Center, Long Beach, CA | Convergence: Handweavers Guild of America |
| 18-24 | Kex Hostel, Reykjavík, Iceland | Body, Mind & Lopi with Cirilia Rose and Stephen West |
| 19-21 | Kintaline Farm, Benderloch, Scotland | Gaelic Wool Festival |
| 19-23 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen's Knitting Camp |
| 20-22 | Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia | Australian Sheep & Wool Show |
| 26-30 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen's Retreat 3 |
| 27-28 | Creek County Fairgrounds, Kellyville, OK | Fiber Christmas in July |
| 27-Aug. 5 | Mexico City, Mexico | Textiles and Folk Art |
| 28-29 | Castel Farms, Charlevoix, MI | Fiber Arts Festival |
| 28-Aug. 12 | Historic Abingdon, VA | Virginia Highlands Festival |
| 29-Aug. 4 | Medomak Retreat Center, Washington, ME | Maine Fiber Arts Retreat |
| 30-Aug. 12 | Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor, ME | Schoodic Arts Festival: Fiber Arts Show |
| 1-5 | Exhibition Hall, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI | Midwest Felting Symposium |
| 3-5 | Statewide, ME | Maine Fiberarts Studios & Farms Tour |
| 4-5 | Chaplin Creek Village, Franklin Grove, IL | Chaplin Creek Fiber Fair |
| 5-7 | Bartlett Yarns, Harmony, ME | * Annual Open House and Historic Mill Tour |
| 6-11 | Borgarnesi, Iceland | Nordic Knitting Conference - Gavstrik |
| 9-11 | Gospel Chapel, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada | Fibre Fusion at the Forks |
| 9-12 | Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, Schaumburg, IL | Stitches Midwest |
| 10-13 | Kettle Pond State Campground, Groton, VT | Vermont Knit and Fiber Camp |
| 11-12 | Rheault Farm, West Fargo, ND | Fiber Arts Festival |
| 12-18 | Iceland | Knitting and Hiking between Fire and Ice |
| 14-16 | Lake O’ The Pines, Avenger, TX | Fiber Retreat, e-mail jannfoy at hotmail dot com |
| 15-19 | Allegan County Fairgounds, Allegan, MI | Michigan Fiber Festival & Workshops |
| 17-19 | The Ranch, Larimer County Fairgrounds, Loveland, CO | Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival |
| 17-29 | Baltics | Baltic Knitting & Cooking Cruise |
| 16-19 | Scott Farm, Dummerston, VT | Mostly Merino Knitting Workshop with Beth Brown-Reinsel |
| 18-19 | Reese Center, COTC/OSU Newark Campus, Newark, OH | Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair |
| 19 | St. Ann's Academy Orchard, Victoria, BC, Canada | Fibrations! |
| 20 | Heritage Center, Leavenworth, KS | Leavenworth Fiber Festival |
| 22-28 | Iceland | Knitting in the North |
| 23-26 | Scott Farm, Dummerston, VT | Mostly Merino Knitting Workshop with Beth Brown-Reinsel |
| 25-26 | Salt Lake County Equestrian Park, South Jordan, UT | * Great Basin Fiber Arts Fair |
| 29-Sept. 3 | Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA | Monterey County Fair Wool Show |
| 31-Sept. 5 | Whitehead Light Station, Brunswick ME | Beginning/Intermediate Knitting with Shannon Okey |
| 1-7 | Santa Fe, NM | Santa Fe/Taos Retreat with Jane Thornley |
| 2 | Reed Point, MT | Great Montana Sheep Drive |
| 2-3 | Bethel, MO | World Sheep and Fiber Arts Festival |
| 3-8 | Coast of Maine | Maine Knitting Cruise with Margaret Radcliffe |
| 5-7 | U. of Southampton, Discovery Centre, Winchester, UK | In the Loop 3: Voices of Knitting |
| 6-9 | Searsport Shores Ocean Camping, Searsport, ME | Fiber College on Penobscot Bay |
| 7-9 | Jefferson County Fair Park, Jefferson, WI | Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival |
| 8 | First Congregational Church, Camden, ME | New England Needle Festival |
| 8-9 | Hunterdon County Fairgrounds, Lambertville, NJ | New Jersey Sheep & Fiber Festival |
| 8-9 | Harford Fairgrounds, Harford, PA | Pennsylvania Endless Mountains Fiber Festival |
| 9-12 | Hawk Circle Wilderness Education, Cherry Valley, NY | * Autumn Woods Knitting Retreat |
| 10 | Bingeman, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | * Waterloo County Knitters' Fair |
| 12-16 | Reno, NV | Fall Knit & Crochet Show |
| 13-16 | Liar's Lodge, Buena Vista, CO | Fun Ladies Knitting Club Knitting Retreat, jdthulson at aol.com or 970-259-4142 |
| 14-15 | St. Charles Convention Center, St. Charles, MO | Round Bobbin Expo, Sew, Quilt, Knit & Crochet Expo |
| 14-15 | Scotts Bluff County Fairgrounds, Mitchell, NE | Scotts Bluff Valley Fiber Arts Fair |
| 14-16 | Callaway Gardens, Pine Mountain, GA | Georgia Alpaca FiberFest |
| 14-16 | Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Boonville, CA | California Wool and Fiber Festival |
| 14-16 | Codington County Extension Complex, Watertown, SD | North Country Fiber Fair |
| 14-18 | Finger Lakes, Central NY | * Finger Lakes Fiber Tour |
| 14-Oct. 5 | Peru | Puchka Perú Textiles/Folk Art/Market Tours |
| 15-16 | Hemlock Fairgrounds, Hemlock, NY | Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival |
| 15-16 | Young's Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs, OH | Midwest Festival of Fibers: A Wool Gathering |
| 17 | Employee Health & Fitness Center, Yankee Candle, Deerfield, MA | * Franklin County Fiber Twist |
| 17 | Shabbona Park, Earlville, IL | * Fiber in the Park |
| 21-22 | Agriculture Building, Crowder College, Neosho, MO | Fiber Daze | 21-22 | McGregor Center, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI | Third Coast Fiber Arts Festival |
| 21-23 | Unity, ME | Fleece Show & Sale at Common Ground Country Fair |
| 21-23 | Radisson Hotel, Orlando, FL | Florida Fiber-In |
| 22-23 | Clackamas County Fairgrounds, Canby, OR | Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival |
| 22-23 | Washington County Fairgrounds, Greenwich, NY | Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival |
| 23-25 | Alta Lodge, Alta, UT | * Rocky Mountain Knitter's Retreat |
| 23-Oct. 5 | Ireland | Jean Moss Handknits Knit Ireland Tour | 24 | Pulaski Park Fieldhouse, Chicago, IL | * YarnCon Chicago |
| 25-26 | Vancouver, BC, Canada | * Culture Days: Common Threads, the Twisted Fibre Studio Tour |
| 28-30 | Johnsonburg Presbyterian Center, Johnsonburg, NJ | North Country Spinners' Fiber Fallout |
| 28-30 | High Hampton Inn and Country Club, Cashiers, NC | Yarn Paradise Annual Knitting Retreat |
| 29-30 | Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds, Berryville, VA | Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival |
| 29-30 | Ogemaw County Fairgrounds, Lower Penninsula, West Branch, MI | Northern Michigan Lamb and Wool Festival |
| 29-30 | Mt. Bruce Station, Romeo, MI | Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 29-30 | Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Tunbridge, VT | Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival |
| 29-Oct. 2 | Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS | * Fall Yarn School |
| 29-Oct. 6 | Villa Maddalena, Montisi, Tuscany, Italy | Knitting in Tuscany |
| 30 | Boorowa, Ireland | Irish Woolfest |
| 30-Oct. 2 | Fairmont Algonquin, St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, Canada | * KnitEast Atlantic Fibre Fest |
| 30-Oct. 2 | New York, NY | * NYC Yarn Crawl |
| 30-Oct. 7 | Fryeburg, ME | Fiber Center at the Fryeburg Fair |
| 30-Oct. 9 | Charlotte, NC | * Charlotte Yarn Crawl |
| 1 | Mabee Farm, Rotterdam Junction, NY | * Fiber Fair |
| 3-7 | Abruzzo, Italy | Squam Italia! |
| 4 | Newburgh, NY | * Hudson River Yarn Cruise |
| 4-7 | Radisson Hotel, Manchester, NH | Interweave Knitting Lab: Explore, Experiment, Engage |
| 5-6 | Unitarian Society, Ridgewood, NJ | North Jersey Fiber Arts Festival |
| 5-7 | Nordic Heritage Museum, Seattle, WA | Nordic Knitting Conference: Mitten Traditions |
| 5-8 | Central Texas | Texas Hill Country Yarn Crawl |
| 6 | Bishop O'Connor Center, Madison, WI | Fall Knitcircus Retreat |
| 6-7 | Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM | Wool Festival at Taos |
| 6-7 | Dixon May Fair Grounds, Dixon, CA | Lambtown USA Fiber Fair |
| 6-7 | Kutztown Fairgrounds, Kutztown, PA | Fall Classic Alpaca Show |
| 6-7 | Montpelier Station, VA | Fall Fiber Festival and Montpelier Sheepdog Trials |
| 6-13 | Villa Maddalena, Montisi, Tuscany, Italy | Knitting in Tuscany |
| 7-9 | Near Kincaid Lake State Park, Falmouth, KY | * Kentucky Wool Festival |
| 7-9 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | * Countryside Artisans Fiber Farm Tours |
| 7-10 | Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY | * Eastern Great Lakes Fiber Conference |
| 7-14 | Jaca, Spain | 15th International Fungi & Fibre Symposium |
| 8 | Halcyon Yarn, Bath, ME | * Halcyon Annual Open House |
| 8-9 | Houston and Fillmore Counties, Southeastern Minnesota | * Southeast Minnesota Sheep & Fiber Farm Tour |
| 8-9 | Triangle of NC | * Autumn Yarn Crawl |
| 8-10 | Back roads of NH | * New Hampshire Wool Arts Tours |
| 8-14 | Shetland Islands, UK | Shetland Wool Week |
| 9-20 | Istanbul, Cappadocia & Ephesus, Turkey | Turkey: Silk Road Turkey Excursion with Jane Thornley |
| 11-14 | London, UK | Knitting & Stitching Show |
| 11-14 | Ketchum & Hailey, ID | Trailing of the Sheep Festival |
| 11-14 | Hartford, CT | Stitches East |
| 11-16 | Amherst, Northumberland Shore, Nova Scotia, Canada | * Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival |
| 13-14 | Croatian Cultural Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada | Knit City Vancouver Market & Expo |
| 14-27 | Canada and New England | Canada & New England Knitting Cruise |
| 15-21 | England, UK | Wool Week |
| 16-22 | Manhattan & Poughkeepsie, NY | Knit New York with Judy Fawcett |
| 19-20 | Harrison County Fairgrounds, Corydon, IN | Southern Indiana FiberArts Festival |
| 19-20 | Lane Agricultural Park, Murfreesboro, TN | Fiber in the Boro |
| 20 | Ashland County Fairgrounds, Ashland, OH | StashBuster Swap Meet & Fiber Show |
| 20-21 | Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY | New York Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 20-21 | DeltaPlex, Grand Rapids, MI | Michigan International Alpaca Fest |
| 20-21 | Evergreen Fairgrounds Building, Monroe, WA | Fiber Fusion |
| 21-23 | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada | * creativ festival® |
| 21-27 | Granlibakken Resort, Tahoe City, CA | SOAR: Spin-Off Autumn Retreat |
| 21-31 | Florence & Tuscany, Italy | Knitaly 2012 |
| 22 | Withers Ranch, Tucson, AZ | * Tucson Wool Festival |
| 25-27 | Lower Level, Bloedel Hall, St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA | Seattle Weavers’ Guild Annual Sale and Show |
| 26-28 | Western NC Agricultural Center, Fletcher, NC | Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair |
| 26-28 | Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL | Vogue Knitting Live! |
| 27-28 | Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, Ann Arbor, MI | Fiber Expo |
| 28-30 | Green Mountain Spinnery, Putney, VT | * Knitters in the Green Mountains with Fiona Ellis |
| 1-4 | Dublin, Ireland | Knitting & Stitching Show |
| 1-4 | Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa, Bedford Springs, PA | Knittreat |
| 1-4 | San Mateo Marriott, San Mateo, CA | Interweave Knitting Lab: Explore, Experiment, Engage |
| 2-4 | Middle Beach Lodge, Tofino, BC, Canada | Knitting Retreat with Fiona Ellis |
| 2-18 | Oakville, Ontario, Canada | World of Threads Festival |
| 3-5 | Laguna Cliffs Resort & Spa, Dana Hills, CA | * SpinMore: Spin-Off Weekend Workshop |
| 3-6 | New Berlin Public Library, New Berlin, WI | * Wisconsin Handweavers Annual Exhibit and Sale: Loominosity |
| 5 | Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, Tubac, AZ | * Southwest Fiber Arts Festival & Gathering |
| 5 | Eisenhower Community Center, Hopkins, MN | * Fall Fiber Festival |
| 5-6 | Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA | * Fiber Festival of New England |
| 5-6 | Georgia International Horse Park, Conyers, GA | * Royal Alpaca Challenge |
| 5-6 | The Ranch, 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, CO | * Alpaca Breeders of the Rockies Fall Festival Show |
| 6 | Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance, CA | * Southern California Handweavers' Guild Knitting and Stitching Show |
| 7-20 | South America | South American Knitting Cruise |
| 9-25 | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | World of Threads Festival |
| 8-11 | Inn on the Lake, Canandaigua, NY | 11th Annual Knitter's Review Retreat |
| 11-12 | Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria, VA | * KnitXperience |
| 11-12 | Grant County Conference Center, Silver City, NM | * Silver City Fiber Arts Festival |
| 11-13 | Kendall County Fairgrounds, Boerne, TX | * Kids n' Ewe & Llamas Too Festival |
| 12-13 | Josephine County Fairgrounds, Grants Pass, OR | * FiberMania |
| 19-20 | Liberty Fire Company, New Holland, PA | * Small Alpaca Farms of the Northeast Assn. Annual Fiber Festival |
| 19-20 | Hotel Coolidge, White River Junction, VT | * Green Mountain Fiber Festival |
| 22-25 | Harrogate Internatonal Centre, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK | Knitting & Stitching Show |
| 2-3 | Convention Center, Hot Springs, AR | * Arkansas Fiberarts Extravaganza |
| 2-4 and 9-11 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | * Countryside Artisans Fiber Farm Tours |
| 4-11 | Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia | * Danube Waltz Knitting Cruise |
| 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 |
