Crochet Events
Looking for your crochet fix? Consider attending one of the events listed below.
May 2011 Crochet Events
| 6-15 | Sequim, WA | Sequim Irrigation Festival |
| 7 | Richland Public Library, Richland, WA | Fiber With a Twist 8th Annual Spin In |
| 7-8 | Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD | Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 7-8 | Springfield Oaks Activity Center, Oakland County 4-H Fairgrounds, Davisburg, MI | Michigan Alpaca Breeders Show and Fiber Festival |
| 7-8 | Washington County Fairgrounds, Lake Elmo, MN | Minnesota Shepherd’s Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 7-June 5 | Some Things Looming, Reading, PA | Size Matters: An Exhibition of All Things Textile |
| 13 | Washington, DC | Stitch ‘n Pitch: Washington Nationals |
| 13-15 | Sutter Creek, CA | Conference of Northern California Handspinnters |
| 13-15 | Cedar Creek Conference Center, New Haven, MO | Greater St. Louis’ Knitter’s Guild Retreat Weekend |
| 14 | Klackle Orchards, Greenville, MI | Michigan Fiber Fiesta |
| 14 | Houston, TX | Stitch ‘n Pitch: Houston Astros |
| 14 | Vista Park, Bisbee, AZ | Bisbee Fiber Arts Festival |
| 14-15 | Hopkinton State Fairgrounds, Contoocook, NH | New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 15 | Spitalfields City Farm, Buxton Road, London, UK | Spitalfields City Farm Sheep and Wool Fayre |
| 15 | The Barn, South Tulsa, OK | Spring Fiber Fest |
| 19-22 | Puget Sound, WA | 5th Annual Destination Yarn LYS Tour |
| 20 | Bags by CAB Yarn Shoppe, Denver, CO | Knit Out & Crochet Community Event |
| 20-21 | Salomon Farm Park, Fort Wayne, IN | Salomon Farm Park Fiber Arts Celebration! |
| 20-22 | Jim Graham Building, State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC | Carolina Fiber Festival |
| 21 | Conservation Club, Washington, IN | Wool Fiber Arts Fair |
| 21 | Jamaica Village, VT (near Stratton Mt.) | Jamaica Fiber Festival |
| 21 | Coggeshall Farm Museum, Bristol, RI | Rhode Island Wool and Fiber Festival |
| 21 | Hallockville Museum Farm, Riverhead, NY | Long Island Fleece and Fiber Fair |
| 21 | Mt. Bruce Station, Romeo, MI | Spring Fiber Day |
| 21-22 | Eastern Idaho Technical College, Idaho Falls, ID | Snake River Fiber Fair |
| 21-22 | Miami County Fairgrounds, Troy, OH | Upper Valley Fiber Festival |
| 21-22 | Whitefish Bay Farm, Door County, WI (near Jacksonport) | Door County Shepherds’ Market |
| 21-22 | Greene County Fairgrounds, Waynesburg, PA | Waynesburg Sheep and Fiber Festival |
| 21-22 | Northeast Kingdom, VT | The Northeast Kingdom Farm to Yarn |
| 21-22 | Masterson State Park, Lexington, KY | Kentucky Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 26-28 | EXPO New Mexico, Manuel Lujan Complex, New Mexico Fairgrounds, Albuquerque, NM | 8th Biennial Fiber Arts Fiesta |
| 26-30 | Cal Expo, Sacramento, CA | Sacramento County Fair Wool Show |
| 28-29 | Dickson County Fairgrounds, Dickson, TN | Middle Tennessee Sheep, Wool and Fiber Festival |
| 28-29 | Cummington Fairgrounds, Cummington, MA | Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair |
| 28-29 | Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster, OH | Great Lakes Fiber Show |
| 28-29 | Great Frederick Fairgrounds, Frederick, MD | Eastern Angora Goat & Mohair Association Show and Sale |
| 28-29 | Pagosa Springs Town Park & Community Center, Pagosa Springs, CO | Pagosa Fiber Festival |
| 29-30 | Springside Farm, Fabius, NY (Finger Lakes) | Annual Shearing Festival & Craft Show |
June 2011 Crochet Events
| 3-4 | Johnson County Fairgrounds, Franklin, IN | 7th Annual Hoosier Hills FiberArts Festival |
| 3-5 | Spruce Hollow Farm, Gibson, PA | Knitting Weekend Retreat |
| 4-5 | Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor, ME | Maine Fiber Frolic |
| 4-5 | Pioneer Museum, Flagstaff, AZ | Flagstaff Wool Festival |
| 7-9 | Camp Meeker, Sonoma County, CA | Knitting as Meditation Retreat, tel. 707.481.6064 |
| 9-12 | Fairgrounds at Stanley Park, Estes Park, CO | Estes Park Wool Market |
| 10-12 | Hamilton Fairgrounds, Hamilton, MT | Big Sky Fiber Arts Festival |
| 10-12 | Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, TX | Texas Folklife Festival |
| 11 | Bryant Park, New York, NY | World Wide Knitting In Public Day |
| 11-12 | Dallas County Fairgrounds, Adel, IA | Iowa Summer Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 11-12 | Butternut Hill Campground, Bouckville, NY | Central New York (CNY)Fiber Artists & Producers Annual Showcase: From Animals to Art |
| 11-13 | Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH | National NeedleArts Association Trade Show |
| 11-19 | Various locations, Victoria, BC, Canada | Victoria FibreFest |
| 15-18 | Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH | Knitter’s Connection |
| 17-19 | Wiawaka Holiday House, Lake George, NY | Wiawaka Knitter’s Weekend |
| 17-19 | Denmark Arts Center, Denmark, ME | Pleasant Mountain Fiber Arts Workshops |
| 18 | Central Library @ Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY | Worldwide Knit in Public Day, email shanahang at yahoo.com |
| 18 | Smolak Farms, North Andover, MA | Family Farm Fiber Festival |
| 20-25 | Rodeo Arena, Diné College, Tsailé, AZ, Navajo Nation | Sheep Is Life Celebration |
| 21 | Milwaukee, WI | Stitch ‘n Pitch: Milwaukee Brewers |
| 23-25 | Finlandia University, Hancock, MI | Northern Wefts: Midwest Weavers’ Conference |
| 24-25 | Mitchell’s Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria, England | Woolfest |
| 24-26 | Lake County Fairgrounds, Grayslake, IL | Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Fair |
| 24-26 | Lane Center, Eugene, OR | Black Sheep Gathering |
| 24-27 | Witchetty’s Alice Springs, Australia | Alice Springs Beanie Festival |
| 24-Jul 1 | Olds College, Olds, Alberta, CA | Fibre Week |
| 25-26 | Lake Metroparks Farmpark, Kirtland, OH | Woolfest |
| 27 | Splash Pad Park, Grand at Lake Shore Ave., Oakland, CA | Oakland Fiber & Textile Festival |
July 2011 Crochet Events
| 1-18 | Scotland | Joyce James Scottish Skeins & Skerries Tour |
| 7-10 | Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA | Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association Conference: Basics and Beyond |
| 7-11 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp |
| 7-11 | Ascot Park Hotel, Invercargill, NZ | TaraKnit Festival |
| 8-10 | Marsh Park, Monte Vista, CO | San Luis Valley Folk & Fiber Arts Festival |
| 8-10 | Spruce Hollow Farm, Gibson, PA | Weekend Retreat & Knitting Workshop: Ladies Getaway |
| 9-10 | Kenneth C. Cowan Civic Center, Lebanon, MO | Fiber U |
| 9-11 | Opotiki, New Zealand | * Fibre and Fleece Festival |
| 9-16 | Reykjavík, Iceland | Knit, Run, Knit |
| 10 | Splash Pad Park, Grand at Lake Shore Ave., Oakland, CA | Oakland Fiber & Textile Festival |
| 10-24 | Peru | Helen Hamann Adventure in Peru Tour |
| 10-Aug. 2 | Northern Isles of Scotland | Northern Isles Fibre Adventures: Growing & Using Wool |
| 13-18 | Reykjavík,Iceland | Knitters and their Kids, with guest tutor Teva Durham |
| 14-17 | Smith College, Northampton, MA | New England Weavers’ Seminar |
| 14-18 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp |
| 15-17 | Imperial College, South Kensington, London, UK | Knit Nation |
| 15-17 | Friends & Fiberworks Shop, Asheville, NC | Friends & Fiberworks Summer Retreat |
| 15-24 | Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada | Canadian North Great Northern Arts Festival |
| 16 | Grand View Farm, Washington, VT | Fiber-a-Thon & Open Farm Studio |
| 15-17 | Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia | Australian Sheep & Wool Show |
| 16-17 | Autumn Mist Alpacas & Fiber Mill, Prattsburgh, NY | Artisan’s Fair & Fiber Festival |
| 17-24 | Bermuda | Bermuda Craft Cruise for Kids |
| 21-24 | Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO | Intermountain Weavers’ Conference for Fiber Arts |
| 21-25 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen’s Knitting Camp |
| 23-24 | Bonanzaville, West Fargo, ND | Fiber Arts Festival |
| 23-24 | Castel Farms, Charlevoix, MI | Fiber Arts Festival |
| 23-Aug. 7 | Historic Abingdon, VA | Virginia Highlands Festival |
| 25-29 | Grand View Farm, Washington, VT | Mommy & Me Sheep & Wool Week |
| 25-30 | Western Fjords, Iceland | Knit, Knit, Walk in the West, featuring guest tutor Stephen West |
| 25-Aug. 15 | Shetland, Faroe, Iceland, Norway, England and Denmark | Arctic Explorer: Ultimate Lace Knitters Dream Cruise |
| 27-31 | Hyatt Regency, Minneapolis, MN | Summer Knit & Crochet Show |
| 28-31 | Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR | Sock Summit 2011 |
| 28-Aug. 1 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Marshfield, WI | Meg Swansen’s Knitting Retreat |
| 29-30 | Creek County Fairgrounds, Kellyville, OK | Fiber Christmas in July |
| 29-Aug. 7 | Mexico City, Mexico | Textiles and Folk Art |
| 30 | Sand Hill Winery, Jackson, MI | Wine and Wool Festival |
| 31-Aug. 6 | Medomak Retreat Center, Washington, ME | Maine Fiber Arts Retreat |
| 31-Aug 7 | Edgewater Hotel, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory | Adventure Knitting with Lucy Neatby & Judy Fawcett |
August 2011 Crochet Events
| 1 | Seattle, WA | Stitch ‘n Pitch: Seattle Mariners |
| 1 | Denver, CO | Stitch ‘n Pitch: Colorado Rockies |
| 1-14 | Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor, ME | Schoodic Arts Festival: Fiber Arts Show |
| 5-7 | Bartlett Yarns, Harmony, ME | Annual Open House and Historic Mill Tour |
| 6-7 | Statewide, ME | Maine Fiberarts Studios & Farms Tour |
| 7-8 | Lincoln County Fairgrunds, Eureka, MT | * Fiberfest Eureka!! |
| 8-15 | YMCA Point Bonita, Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, CA | * Golden Gate Fiber Institute with Judith McKenzie McGuin, Cat Bordhi, Abby Franquemont and more |
| 9-14 | Hope College, Holland, MI | Michigan League of Handweavers’ Biennial Conference: Fiber & Color Explosion |
| 11-13 | Gospel Chapel, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada | Fibre Fusion at the Forks |
| 11-17 | Iceland | Knitting in the North of Iceland with Hélène Magnússon |
| 12 | Los Angeles, CA | Stitch ‘n Pitch: Los Angeles Dodgers |
| 12-14 | Indian Island, Straights of Juan de Fuca, Norland, WA | Knit-n-Nature |
| 12-14 | Scott Farm, Dummerston, VT | Mostly Merino Knitting Workshop with Beth Brown-Reinsel |
| 12-15 | Kettle Pond State Campground, Groton, VT | Vermont Knit and Fiber Camp |
| 17-21 | Allegan County Fairgounds, Allegan, MI | Michigan Fiber Festival |
| 18-21 | Scott Farm, Dummerston, VT | Mostly Merino Knitting Workshop with Beth Brown-Reinsel |
| 19 | Denver, CO | Stitch ‘n Pitch: Colorado Rockies |
| 20 | Heritage Center, Leavenworth, KS | Leavenworth Fiber Festival |
| 20-21 | Reese Center, COTC/OSU Newark Campus, Newark, OH | Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair |
| 25-28 | Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center, Schaumburg, IL | Stitches Midwest |
| 31-Sept. 5 | Monterey County Fairgrounds, Monterey, CA | Monterey County Fair Wool Show |
September 2011 Crochet Events
| 4-5 | Bethel, MO | * World Sheep and Fiber Arts Festival |
| 6-8 | High Hampton Inn, Cashiers, NC | Yarn Paradise Annual Knitting Retreat |
| 8-11 | Searsport Shores Ocean Camping, Searsport, ME | Fiber College on Penobscot Bay |
| 9-10 | Central Pennsylvania College, Summerdale, PA | Knitter’s Day Out |
| 9-11 | Jefferson County Fair Park, Jefferson, WI | Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival |
| 9-12 | Hawk Circle Wilderness Education, Cherry Valley, NY | Autumn Woods Knitting Retreat |
| 10 | Bingeman, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | Waterloo County Knitters’ Fair |
| 10-11 | Vancouver Island Conference Centre, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada | Vancouver Island Fibre Arts Showcase |
| 10-11 | Hunterdon County Fairgrounds, Lambertville, NJ | New Jersey Sheep & Fiber Festival |
| 10-11 | Harford Fairgrounds, Harford, PA | Pennsylvania Endless Mountains Fiber Festival |
| 11-12 | West Virginia University Reedsville Arena, Reedsville, WV | West Virginia’s Wild ‘n’ Wooly Fiber Festival |
| 14-18 | Finger Lakes Region, Central New York, NY | Finger Lakes Fiber Tour |
| 16-18 | Mendocino County Fairgrounds, Boonville, CA | California Wool and Fiber Festival |
| 17 | Scotts Bluff County Fairgrounds, Mitchell, NE | Scotts Bluff Valley Fiber Arts Fair |
| 17-18 | Hemlock Fairgrounds, Hemlock, NY | Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival |
| 17-18 | Codington County Extension Complex, Watertown, SD | North Country Fiber Fair |
| 17-18 | Young’s Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs, OH | Midwest Festival of Fibers: A Wool Gathering |
| 17-19 | Hawthorn Suites by Wyndam Universal, Orlando, FL | Florida Fiber-In |
| 18 | Shabbona Park, Earlville, IL | Fiber in the Park |
| 21-25 | Sheraton Greensboro at Four Seasons/Joseph S. Koury Convention Center, Greensboro, NC | Fall Knit & Crochet Show |
| 23-25 | Hyatt Regency at Century Plaza, Los Angeles, CA | Vogue Knitting Live! |
| 23-25 | Unity, ME | Fleece Show & Sale at Common Ground Country Fair |
| 24-25 | Ogemaw County Fairgrounds, Lower Penninsula, West Branch, MI | Northern Michigan Lamb and Wool Festival |
| 24-25 | Clackamas County Fairgrounds, Canby, OR | Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival |
| 24-25 | Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds, Berryville, VA | Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival |
| 24-25 | Washington County Fairgrounds, Greenwich, NY | Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival |
| 25 | Employee Health & Fitness Center, Yankee Candle, Deerfield, MA | Franklin County Fiber Twist |
| 25 | Knox Farm State Park, E. Aurora, NY | Knox Farm Fiber Festival |
| 25 | Detroit, MI | Stitch ‘n Pitch: Detroit Tigers |
| 25-26 | Mt. Bruce Station, Romeo, MI | Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 25-26 | Perani Arena & Event Center, Flint, MI | Michigan International Alpaca Fest |
| 25-26 | True Colors Alpaca Farm, Caledonia, IL. | National Alpaca Days |
| 30 | Boston Common, Boston, MA | * Boston Knit Out & Crochet |
| 30-Oct. 1 | Unitarian Society, Ridgewood, NJ | North Jersey Fiber Arts Festival |
| 30-Oct. 2 | Fairmont Algonquin, St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, New Brunswick, Canada | KnitEast Atlantic Fibre Fest |
| 30-Oct. 5 | Harveyville Project, Harveyville, KS | Fiber School: Yarn School, Felt School and Dye Lab |
October 2011 Crochet Events
| 1-2 | Ag-Rec Centre, Abbotsford Exhibition Park, Abbotsford, BC, Canada | Fibrefest International |
| 1-2 | Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Tunbridge, VT | Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival |
| 1-2 | Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM | Wool Festival at Taos |
| 1-2 | Kutztown Fairgrounds, Kutztown, PA | Fall Classic Alpaca Show |
| 1-2 | Montpelier Station, VA | Fall Fiber Festival and Montpelier Sheepdog Trials |
| 1-8 | Villa Maddalena, Montisi, Tuscany, Italy | Y2Knit Experience Tuscany |
| 1-8 | Radisson Hotel, Manchester, NH | SOAR: Spin-Off Autumn Retreat |
| 2 | Pulaski Park Fieldhouse, Chicago, IL | YarnCon Chicago |
| 2 | Dixon May Fair Grounds, Dixon, CA | Lambtown USA Fiber Fair |
| 2-9 | Fryeburg, ME | Fiber Center, Fryeburg Fair |
| 6-9 | Alexandra Palace, London, UK | The Knitting and Stitching Show |
| 7-9 | Ketchum & Hailey, ID | Trailing of the Sheep Festival |
| 7-9 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | Countryside Artisans Fiber Farm Tours |
| 7-10 | Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, NY | Eastern Great Lakes Fiber Conference |
| 8 | LibertyTown Arts Workshop, Fredericksburg, VA | Let’s Stitch: Community Charitable Event |
| 8-10 | New York, NY | NYC Yarn Crawl |
| 8-10 | Back roads of NH | New Hampshire Wool Arts Tours |
| 8-11 | Central Texas | Texas Hill Country Yarn Crawl |
| 11-16 | Amherst, Northumberland Shore, Nova Scotia, Canada | Nova Scotia Fibre Arts Festival |
| 11-17 | Reykjavík, Iceland | Knit to the Music with Franklin Habit |
| 14-15 | Harrison County Fairgrounds, Corydon, IN | Southern Indiana FiberArts Festival |
| 15-16 | Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY | New York Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 20-23 | Hartford, CT | Stitches East |
| 21-23 | Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada | creativ festival® |
| 21-23 | Western NC Agricultural Center, Fletcher, NC | Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair |
| 22 | Withers Ranch, Tucson, AZ | Tucson Wool Festival |
| 22 | Cannonsburgh Pioneer Village, Murfreesboro, TN | Tennessee Fiber Festival |
| 22-23 | Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, Ann Arbor, MI | Fiber Expo |
| 27-29 | Lower Level, Bloedel Hall, St. Mark’s Cathedral, Seattle, WA | Seattle Weavers’ Guild Annual Sale and Show |
| 28-30 | Newton’s Yarn Country, Anaheim, CA | Newton’s Fall Festival |
| 28-31 | New Berlin Public Library, New Berlin, WI | Wisconsin Handweavers 60th Annual Exhibit and Sale: Loominosity |
| 29 | Amado Territory Ranch, Amado, AZ | Southwest Fiber Festival |
November 2011 Crochet Events
| 3-6 | Marriott, San Mateo, CA | Interweave Knitting Lab: Explore, Experiment, Engage |
| 3-6 | Omni Bedford Springs Resort & Spa, Bedford Springs, PA | Fall Knittreat |
| 5-6 | Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield, MA | 2nd Annual Fiber Festival of New England |
| 5-7 | Tygart Lake State Park, Grafton, WV | Knitter’s Winter Weekend Getaway: A Christmas-Themed Weekend |
| 6 | Southampton Historical Museum, Southampton, NY | Fiber Fest |
| 6 | Eisenhower Community Center, Hopkins, MN | Fall Fiber Festival |
| 6-7 | Boeger Winery, Placerville, CA | Camp Pluckyfluff California |
| 6-7 | Georgia International Horse Park, Conyers, GA | Royal Alpaca Challenge |
| 7 | Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance, CA | Southern California Handweavers’ Guild Knitting and Stitching Show |
| 10-13 | RDS, Dublin, Ireland | The Knitting and Stitching Show |
| 10-13 | Quechee, VT | Knitting & Yoga Adventures |
| 11-12 | Graves Mountain Lodge, Syria, VA | KnitXperience |
| 11-12 | Grant County Conference Center, Silver City, NM | Silver City Fiber Arts Festival |
| 11-14 | Holiday Inn Conference Center, Harrisburg/Hershey, PA | Greater Appalachian Llama and Alpaca Association Conference |
| 12-13 | Josephine County Fairgrounds, Grants Pass, OR | FiberMania |
| 12-14 | Kendall County Fairgrounds, Boerne, TX | Kids n’ Ewe Festival |
| 14-15 | Durango, CO | Best of the Southwest Fiber Arts Festival |
| 19-20 | Liberty Fire Company, New Holland, PA | Small Alpaca Farms of the Northeast Assn. Annual Fiber Festival |
| 20-21 | Hotel Coolidge, White River Junction, VT | Green Mountain Fiber Festival |
| 21 | American Legion Post #5, Brattleboro, VT | Southern Vermont Fiber Event |
| 24-27 | Harrogate International Centre, North Yorkshire, UK | The Knitting and Stitching Show |
| 28-29 | Adams Farm, Wilmington, VT | Sheep Shearing Weekend |
December 2011 Crochet Events
| 2-3 | Convention Center, Hot Springs, AR | Arkansas Fiberarts Extravaganza |
| 2-4 and 9-11 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | Countryside Artisans Fiber Farm Tours |
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