2025 Fiber Festivals & Events


A selection of upcoming events

Fiber Flurry

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The Fiber Festival of New England
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TKGA Retreat
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Ozark Fiber Fling
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Fiber Flurry

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The Fiber Festival of New England
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TKGA Retreat
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Ozark Fiber Fling
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Hello, friends of the Cottage!

Welcome to the 2025 Fiber Festivals & Events List — updated often so you’ll always find the latest upcoming events.

If you’d like to add, remove, or correct a listing, please email allyson@thatchedroofcottage.com


💛 Special Thanks

I’d like to extend a warm thank-you to The Knitting Guild Association (TKGA) for sharing this Fiber Festival List with their community on Facebook.

TKGA has long been a trusted source of education, encouragement, and connection for knitters everywhere — and I’m so grateful for their support of this project and the knitting community as a whole.

You can learn more about their programs, certifications, and guild membership opportunities at tkga.org . 🧶


October

September 20 - January 10: Oklahoma Wool Run, Oklahoma


October 24 - November 9: Heart of Appalachia Yarn Crawl

West Virginia / Kentucky


October 27 - 30: Knit Your Wardrobe Summit, Online


October 29 - November 2: Fiber Art Show & Sale, Longmont, Colorado


October 31 - November 1: North Dakota Handspinners Conference,

Nome, North Dakota



November

November 1: Fiber Flurry, Leonardville, Kansas


November 1: Fall Fiber & Craft Festival at Peace Hill, Charles City, Virginia


November 1: Fall Fiber Festival, Hopkins, Minnesota


November 1: LocalFiber Pop-Up Shop, Ithaca, New York


November 1 - 2: The Fiber Festival of New England, West Springfield, Massachusetts


November 1 - 2: Buckeye Alpaca Fall Fest, Tallmadge, Ohio


November 6 - 9: TKGA Retreat 2025, San Francisco, California


November 6 - 9: Knit Happy Summit, Online


November 7 - 8: Ozark Fiber Fling, Steelville, Missouri


November 7 - 8: NWA Fiber Festival, Fayetteville, Arkansas


November 7 - 9: Interweave @ Home Summit, Online


November 7 - 9: Stem, Leaf, and Seed: 

The "Other Fiber" Nature Camp, Bandera, Texas


November 7 - 10: Knit Camp, Lutsen, Minnesota


November 8: Fibershed Producers’ Market, Point Reyes Station, California


November 8: Hawaiʻi Handweavers' Hui Annual Sale, Kailua, Hawaii


November 8 - 9: Maryland Alpaca and Fleece Festival

West Friendship, Maryland


November 14 - 15: Alabama Fiber Festival, Birmingham, Alabama


November 14 - 16: Sacred Sheep, Portland, Oregon


November 14 - 16: Virtual Knitting Live, Online


November 15: Fiber Play Day, Winslow, Arkansas


November 22: Nebraska Make It With Wool, Lexington, Nebraska


November 22 - 23: Pennsylvania Fall Fiber Arts Festival

Leesport, Pennsylvania


November 22 - 23: SoCal Fiber Fair, Pomona, California


November 22 - 23: Threads and Fiber Festival, Des Moines, Iowa


December

December 4 - 7: Fibers of Faith Knitting Retreat, Plainfield, New Hampshire


December 5-7: Knitting Under the Sea, Online


December 6: Textile Tasting Festival, Chamblee, Georgia


2026 Fiber Festivals & Events


The next chapter of fiber adventures

is taking shape - stay tuned!


Exciting News! 2026 dates are now being posted! Please bear with me as I go month by month. 
Exciting News! 2026 dates are now being posted! Please bear with me as I go month by month. 

January

January 3: St. Distaff's Day Spin In, Burlington, Washington


January 9 - 10: Orlando Distaff Day, Kissimmee, Florida


Januray 9 - 11: Lancaster Winter Knitter's Retreat, Lancaster, Pennsylvania


January 16 - 18: Delmarva Wool and Fiber Expo, Ocean City, Maryland


January 17: KAL Launch Party, TKGA, Online (Zoom)


January 22 - 25: KnitInnGreenville, South Carolina


January 23 – 24: Oxford Fiber Festival, Oxford, Mississippi


January 24 - 25: Sunkissed Fiber Festival, Dover, Florida


January 29 - February 1: New York Live, New York, New York


January 30 - 31: FIBRuary Festival, Hamilton County, Indiana


January 30 - February 16: FIBRuary Yarn Crawl, Indiana


February

February 6 - 7: Yellow Rose on the Coast, Port Aransas, Texas


February 6 - 8: Woolly Weekend Retreat, Nashville, Indiana


February 6 - 8: Vermont Knit & Fiber Winter Retreat, Goddard, Vermont


February 7: Tina Turner Knits - Fiber Arts Festival, Henrietta, New York


February 8: New England Farm & Fiber Festival, Boston, Massachusetts


February 10 - 16: Fiber Week 2026Grand Marais, Minnesota


February 12 - 15: Red Alder Fiber Arts Retreat, Tacoma, Washington


February 12 - 16: Common Threads, Sharpsburg, Maryland


February 19 - 21: Fiber Fun in the 'Sip, Vicksburg, Mississippi


February 20 - 21: Fiber Art for All, Minneapolis, Minnesota


February 21: Clean & Card Wool w/ Cecelia, Winslow, Arkansas


February 27 - March 1: New England Textile Arts: Spa, Knit & Spin,

Freeport, Maine


February 28 - March 1: Purlside Fiber Fest, Hermiston, Oregon


February 28 - March 1: Scenic Stitches Fiber Fest, Chattanooga, Tennessee


March

March 2: Annual Fashion Show and Knitting Challenge

Palm Desert, California


March 2 - 8: Texas Wool Week, Bandera, Texas


March 5 - 8: Rose City Yarn Crawl, Portland, Oregon


March 6 - 7: Jay County Fiber Arts & Artisan Show, Portland, Indiana


March 6 - 8: Bandera Farm, Fiber & Arts Festival, Bandera, Texas


March 7: Illinois Fiber Festival, Bloomington, Illinois


March 7: Wet Felting for Kids and Adults, Winslow, Arkansas


March 12 - 15: Knit North Yarn Crawl

North Shore Boston Area, Massachusetts


March 12 - 15: Greater Philly Yarn Crawl, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


March 12 - 15: Fibers of Faith Knitting Retreat

Plainfield, New Hampshire


March 13 - 14: Brazos Valley Fiber Festival, Bryan, Texas


March 13 - 14: Carolina FiberFest, Raleigh, North Carolina


March 13 - 22: Bay Area Yarn Crawl, Bay Area, California


March 14: Spin w/ Sona, Winslow, Arkansas 


March 16 - 19: Explore 4 Spring Fiber Retreat, Friday Harbor, Washington


March 19 - 21: Eureka! Fiber in the Ozarks, Eureka Springs, Arkansas


March 20: Careers in Textiles Symposium, Online


March 20 -21: Ozark Highlands Sheep & Fiber Festival, Glenallen, Missouri


March 20 - 22: Knitting & Spinning Retreat, Troy, New Hampshire


March 21: Market Day & Fiber Fair, Bowling Green, Ohio


March 21: For the Love of Fiber, State College, Pennsylvania


March 25 - 28: Sunflower Crank-In, Fredonia, Kansas


March 27 - 28: East Texas Fiber Festival, Canton, Texas


March 27 - 29: 22nd Annual Buckeye Alpaca Show, Tallmadge, Ohio


March 27 - 29: Tina Turner Knits Women's Retreat, Perry, New York


March 28 - 29: Fiber Expo, Ann Arbor, Michigan


TBD: Western Illinois Fiber Fest, Macomb, Illinois


TBD: Middle Tennessee Fiber Festival, Dickson, Tennessee


April

April 4: Frontier Culture Museum Fiber Festival, Staunton, Virginia


April 9 - 12: Minnesota Yarn Shop Hop, Minnesota


April 11: Fiber Marketplace, York Beach, Maine


April 11 - 12: YarnCon, Chicago, Illinois


April 10 – 11: Greencastle Wool Show, Greencastle, Indiana


April 11: Southern Illinois Sheep & Craft Festival, Waterloo, Illinois


April 16 - 19: Florida Tropical Weavers Guild Conference, Kissimmee, Florida


April 17 – 18: Great Basin Fiber Arts Fair, Farmington, Utah


April 17 - 18: Sharp Top Fiber GatheringBig Island, Virginia


April 18: 30th Annual Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair, Cedarville, Illinois


April 24 - 25: Yellow Rose Fiber Fiesta, Seguin, Texas


April 24 - 26: Fiber Witch Festival, Salem, Massachusetts


April 24 – 26: Midwest Fiber Festival, St. Louis, Missouri


April 25 – 26: Wisconsin Alpaca & Fiber Fest, Madison, Wisconsin


TBD: Lamb and Wool, Lehi, Utah


TBD: Michigan Alpaca Fest, Allegan, Michigan


TBD: Shepherd’s Extravaganza, Enumclaw, Washington


TBD: Fiber Flurry, Perry, New York


TBD: Georgia Mountain Needle Arts Festival, Ellijay, Georgia


TBD: North Texas Yarn Crawl, North Texas


TBD: CT Sheep, Wool, & Fiber Festival, North Haven, Connecticut


TBD: Frederick Fiber Fest, Frederick, Maryland


TBD: Baton Rouge Fiber Arts & Makers Festival, Baton Rouge, Louisiana


May

May 7 - 12: Big Sky Knitting Retreat, Big Sky, Montana


May 8 – 10: Shepherd’s Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival

Lake Elmo, Minnesota


May 9 - 10: NH Sheep & Wool Festival, Deerfield, New Hampshire


May 16: Coggeshall Farm Sheep & Wool Festival, Bristol, Rhode Island


May 16 – 17: Kentucky Sheep & Fiber Festival, Lexington, Kentucky


May 16 - 17: Central Pennsylvania Fiber Festival, Hughesville, Pennsylvania


May 21 - 26: Big Sky Knitting Retreat, Big Sky, Montana


May 23 – 24: Massachusetts Sheep & Woolcraft Fair, Cummington, Massachusetts


May 23 – 24: The Great Lakes Fiber Show, Wooster, Ohio


May 30: Fiber Frolic, Walnut Creek, California


TBD: Fiber Festival in the Valley, Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia


TBD: Illiana Fiber Festival, Crown Point, Indiana


TBD: Fiber Festival of Perry, Perry, Iowa


TBD: Shepherd's Wool Market, Rush, New York


TBD: Pueblo Fiber Arts Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico


TBD: Wool Stock: Field to Fiber Fest, Ojai, California


TBD: Cowboy Yarn Crawl, Wyoming


TBD: Jimmy Beans Wool Biggest Little Getaway, Reno, Nevada


TBD: Crazy Mountain Fiber Fest, Big Timber, Montana


TBD: Tip of the Mitt Fiber Fair, Petoskey, Michigan


TBD: Flagstaff Wool & Fiber Festival, Flagstaff, Arizona


TBD: Maine Fiber Frolic, Windsor, Maine


June

June 4 - 9: Big Sky Knitting Retreat, Big Sky, Montana


June 13 - 20: EXPEDITION:FIBER! Alaska Cruise 2026, Glacier Bay, Alaska


June 17 - 21: Montana Association of Weavers and Spinners Conference - 2026: A Thread Runs Through It, Missoula, Montana 


June 18 - 23: Big Sky Knitting Retreat, Big Sky, Montana


June 24: Zombie Knitpocalypse, Rochester, Minnesota


June 25 - June 30: Big Sky Knitting Retreat, Big Sky Montana


June 26 - 27: Houstan Fiber Fest, Texas


June 26 - 28: Black Sheep Gathering, Albany, Oregon


TBD: Triangle Yarn Crawl, Triangle Area, North Carolina


TBD: Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair, Newark, Ohio


July

July 1 - 31: North Carolina Yarn Tour, North Carolina


July 18 - 19: Fiber U, Lebanon, Missouri


July 18 - 19: Mat-Su Valley Fiber Festival, Palmer, Alaska


July 18 - 19: Greycliff Fiber Festival, Greycliff, Montana


TBD: Medomak Fiber Arts Retreat, Washington, Maine


July 24 - 25: Fiber Christmas in July, Kellyville, Oklahoma


TBD: Northern MN Summer Shop Hop

Duluth, Ely, Grand Marais, Minnesota


TBD: Bluegrass Yarn and Fiber Crawl, Kentucky / Southern Indiana


TBD: Heartland Yarn Adventure, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio


TBD: Medomak Fiber Arts Retreat, Washington, Maine


August

September

October

November

December


💛 This list is compiled by me, Allyson — 

knitter and founder of Thatched Roof Cottage. 

I love researching, compiling,and sharing this resource 

for fiber artists and fiber lovers.

Here’s a little more about me.

If you’ve found this list helpful and would like to support the time and care 

that goes into keeping it updated, here’s how you can help👇:


This list is a true labor of love — researched, updated, and shared to help fiber lovers 

find events that spark joy, creativity, and connection. 


It also helps festival organizers, vendors, and small shops connect with the people 

who’ll show up with project bags, big smiles, and a deep love for yarn and all things fiber.


If it’s been helpful to you and you would like this resource to continue, 

here are a couple of ways you can help keep it going:


Pick up something from my shop — every order helps!


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