Registration is now open for the Community Guild Studios at Slater Mill annual Knitting Weekend Feb. 10 through Feb. 12. Designers, authors, workshops, trunk shows, book signings and a marketplace, all sponsored by Berroco. Marketplace hours are Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bake sale and yarn swap hosted by Hook and Needle Guild. The mill complex is located at 67 Roosevelt Ave., Pawtucket, Rhode Island; call for a detailed brochure, (401) 725-8638. Space is limited.
Workshop proposals for The Wool Festival at Taos are due by Feb. 1, 2012. The annual event is held in October.
The Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat will be held Feb. 16 to Feb. 19, 2012, Tacoma, Washington.
Virginia Classic Llama & Alpaca Show. March 10 and March 11, Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, Virginia.
Registration is now open for the Yarn Market News Smart Business Conference, March 11 through March 13 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston. This three-day symposium features speakers and sessions devoted to providing yarn retailers and small business owners the tools they need to thrive in today’s marketplace.
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Handspun Vegetal-dyed Churro Yarn/Fiber: Black Mesa Weavers for Life and Land, Inc. (a nonprofit enterprise of the Dine’ or Navajo)l
Knitting Out Loud, audio fiber and knitting stories, recordings, many new titles.
Mohair Fiber, Yarns, Wind-Gait Farm
Handspun Hand-Dyed Yarns, Tidal Yarn
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Field Trip: Mystic River Yarns is part of the Schooner Wharf complex of shops on Holmes Street. Church Street Antiques – literally steps away from the yarn emporium – has a great used book selection. Enjoy the views of Mystic River, peruse the selection of marine salvage items across the street, savor a sweet treat from the bakery next to it, or just enjoy a walk and some riverside knitting.
• Knitting Getaways, B&B retreats:
Grandview Farm Workshops and fiber retreats, natural dyeing, rug hooking, felting, weaving, more.
Cave Hill/YDU Knitting Retreat
Creative Fibers
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• Fiber Processing plus Retail Yarn Store, Still River Mill
• Ohio Valley Natural Fibers, custom processing, woolen mill
• Twist of Fate Spinnery, fiber products and processing
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• Alpacas and Criations (baby alpacas): Shai-J Criations
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• Farm and Yarn Store:
Beaver Brook Farm
Handspun Llama Yarn, Llamas And Feed Store: Lakeside Feed
Mohair Yarn, Knitting Nook, at Farm Store, Belltown Orchards
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• Working dogs, Border Collie Trials, NEBCA
Working Dogs, National Sheep Dog Finals
Montpelier Sheep Dog Trials, Montpelier Station, Virginia. Visit www.fallfiberfestival.org for details.
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• Local Yarn Shops (LYS)
LYS, plus free patterns online, Mystic River Yarns (special project, Afghans for Afghans)
Saybrook Yarn
Country Yarns
Creative Fibers
The Yarn Garden
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For New England yarn, wool, related products visit a search-friendly www.farmfresh.org site – look for yarn by state, fiber source or other query.
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• SOS (Save Our Saturdays) Fiber and Arts group: Mary Kallio, mjkal (at) conncoll.edu
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• Spinning/Knitting Lessons: Fiona Fine in Portland, Connecticut: (860) 342-0688
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• Fall
Fiber Festival of New England, Eastern States Exposition fairgrounds, early November. Information, call (413) 205-5011; also on Facebook.
Garden State Sheep Breeders, New Jersey Sheep & Fiber Festival, Hunterdon County Fairgrounds.
Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, October, WNC Agricultural Center, Fletcher, North Carolina.
Vermont Sheep And Wool Festival
Dutchess County Sheep and Wool Festival (Rhinebeck)
Springside Farm Shearing Festival, Fabius, NY (Finger Lakes region)
Northeast Handspinners Association Gathering, updated information at www.nehandspinners.org.
Gathering of Weavers of the Americas, www.textilescusco.org.
Stitches East in Hartford. Stitches Etc. follows after the trade show event.
Maryland Classic Alpaca Show, Carroll County Ag Center, Westminster, Maryland.
“Twist” showcases knitting and other fiber arts, jewelry, art at the Northampton Center for the Arts, Mass.
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Spring: Connecticut Sheep, Wool & Fiber Festival, April, rain or shine, Tolland Agricultural Center, Vernon.
New Hampshire Sheep & Wool Festival
Rhode Island Wool And Fiber Festival
Long Island Fleece and Fiber Fair
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Editor’s Note: This dog sweater pattern is available as a PDF. The knitted sample that resulted from following the pattern is a perfect fit – with no ease – on a 25-pound Boston terrier. No attribution is listed for the vintage pattern copy. Readers are welcome to contribute details.
