U.S. Fiber Festivals & Events - 2026
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Welcome to the 2026 U.S. Fiber Festivals & Events List by Thatched Roof Cottage!
This hand-maintained list is updated regularly to help you find upcoming fiber festivals, yarn crawls, and fiber arts gatherings across the United States.
This resource is a work in progress, as new dates and events are announced throughout the year. If you’d like to add or correct a listing, please email allyson@thatchedroofcottage.com.
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Tip: Click the festival name to view details. Dates and locations are informational.
Carefully researched and updated regularly throughout the year —
so you can plan your next fiber adventure with confidence.
Last updated: February 11, 2026
January 30 - February 16: FIBRuary Yarn Crawl, Indiana
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 6 - 27: Wild & Woolly: Fiber Arts in Focus Exhibition,
Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania
February 7: Tina Turner Knits - Fiber Arts Festival, Henrietta, New York
February 8: New England Farm & Fiber Festival, Boston, Massachusetts
February 8: Ann Arbor Fiber Arts Expo, Ann Arbor, Michigan
February 10 - 16: Fiber Week 2026, Grand Marais, Minnesota
February 12 - 15: Red Alder Fiber Arts Retreat, Tacoma, Washington
February 12 - 16: Common Threads, Sharpsburg, Maryland
February 13 - 15: Fiber Arts Retreat, Archbold, Ohio
February 14: Wild & Woolly Fiber Expo, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
February 17 - 20: Yarn to Wardrobe Summit, Online
February 19 - 21: Fiber Fun in the 'Sip, Vicksburg, Mississippi
February 20 - 21: Fiber Art for All, Minneapolis, Minnesota
February 21 - 22: Ewes 'n Yarns Fiber Faire, Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania
February 27 - March 1: New England Textile Arts: Spa, Knit & Spin,
Freeport, Maine
February 27 - March 1: Sticks and String 2026, Johnston, Iowa
February 28 - March 1: Purlside Fiber Fest, Hermiston, Oregon
February 28 - March 1: Scenic Stitches Fiber Fest, Chattanooga, Tennessee
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 6 - 8: Quilters' Retreat, Archbold, Ohio
March 7: Illinois Fiber Festival, Bloomington, Illinois
March 7: Shepherd's Market, Iowa City, Iowa
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 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 21: Western Illinois Fiber Festival, Macomb, Illinois
March 22: Boston Public Market FiberFest, Boston, Massachusetts
March 25 - 28: Sunflower Crank-In, Fredonia, Kansas
March 27 - 28: East Texas Fiber Festival, Canton, Texas
March 27 - 28: Middle Tennessee Fiber Festival, Dickson, Tennessee
March 27 - 29: 22nd Annual Buckeye Alpaca Show, Tallmadge, Ohio
March 27 - 29: Tina Turner Knits Women's Retreat, Perry, New York
March 27 - 29: 1st Annual Local Fiber VT Spring Retreat, Norwich, Vermont
March 28: Spring Fiber Festival, Colville, Washington
March 28 - 29: Fiber Expo II, Ann Arbor, Michigan
March 28 - April 4: Orange Blossom Yarn Crawl, Central Florida
April 4: Frontier Culture Museum Fiber Festival, Staunton, Virginia
April 9 - 12: Minnesota Yarn Shop Hop, Minnesota
April 10 - 18: Dogwood Fiber Trail, Central and Eastern Virginia
April 11: Fiber Marketplace, York Beach, Maine
April 11 - 12: YarnCon, Chicago, Illinois
April 11 - 12: Shepherd’s Extravaganza, Enumclaw, Washington
April 10 – 11: Greencastle Wool Show, Greencastle, Indiana
April 10 - 12: Arizona Fiber Arts Festival, Camp Verde, Arizona
April 10 - 12: Lancaster Knitter’s Retreat 2026, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
April 11: Southern Illinois Sheep & Craft Festival, Waterloo, Illinois
April 16 - 18: Interweave Yarn Fest, Estes Park, Colorado
April 16 - 19: Florida Tropical Weavers Guild Conference, Kissimmee, Florida
April 16 - 19: Stitch & Stillness Fiber Retreat, Loveland, Colorado
April 16 - 20: Nash Yarn Fest Getaway, Nashville, Tennessee
April 17 - 18: Nash Yarn Fest, Nashville, Tennessee
April 17 – 18: Great Basin Fiber Arts Fair, Farmington, Utah
April 17 - 18: Sharp Top Fiber Gathering, Big Island, Virginia
April 17 - 18: Next Level Knitting Conference by TKGA, Online
April 17 - 19: Brooklyn Yarn Crawl, Brooklyn, New York
April 17 - 26: North Texas Yarn Crawl, North Texas
April 18: 30th Annual Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair, Cedarville, Illinois
April 18: Baton Rouge Fiber Arts & Makers Festival, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
April 18 - 19: Whidbey Weavers Guild Spin-In, Oak Harbor, Washington
April 18 - 19: Michigan Alpaca Fest, Allegan, Michigan
April 19 - 23: Farm & Fiber Knits Retreat, Grafton, Vermont
April 22 - 26: New Jersey Wool Walk, New Jersey
April 23 - 29: Texas Yarn Trail, Greater Houstan Area, Texas
April 24 - 25: Fiber Flurry, Perry, New York
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 24 - 27: Georgia Mountain Needle Arts Festival, Ellijay, Georgia
April 25: Old Mill Hook-In, Dundee, Michigan
April 25: Frederick Fiber Fest, Frederick, Maryland
April 25: CT Sheep, Wool, & Fiber Festival, North Haven, Connecticut
April 25: Fiberfest, Des Moines, Iowa
April 25: Local Yarn Store Day
April 25 – 26: Wisconsin Alpaca & Fiber Fest, Madison, Wisconsin
April 26 - 30: Farm & Fiber Knits Retreat, Grafton, Vermont
TBD: Lamb and Wool, Lehi, Utah
May 1: Yarncentrick, Frederick, Maryland
May 2 - 3: Fiber Arts Fiesta, Vista, California
May 2 - 3: Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival, West Friendship, Maryland
May 3: Pueblo Fiber Arts Show, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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, 2026: Shepherd's Wool Market, Rush, New York
May 9 - 10: NH Sheep & Wool Festival, Deerfield, New Hampshire
May 9 - 10: Fiber Festival in the Valley, Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia
May 10 - 11: Sheep In The Shires Yarn Crawl, South Shires of Vermont, Berkshires of Western Massachusetts, Chatham, NY
May 13 - 17: Puget Sound LYS Tour, Washington
May 16: Coggeshall Farm Sheep & Wool Festival, Bristol, Rhode Island
May 16: Fiber Festival of Perry, Perry, Iowa
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 23 - September 6: Cowboy Yarn Crawl, Wyoming
*Need to confirm
May 30: Fiber Frolic, Walnut Creek, California
May 30 - 31: Pure Michigan Fiber Fun, Traverse City, Michigan
TBD: Illiana Fiber Festival, Crown Point, Indiana
TBD: Wool Stock: Field to Fiber Fest, Ojai, California
TBD: Virginia Blue Ridge Yarn Crawl,
Blue Ridge Mountain Communities, Virginia
TBD: Crazy Mountain Fiber Fest, Big Timber, Montana
June 4 - 9: Big Sky Knitting Retreat, Big Sky, Montana
June 5 - 6: Blue Ridge Fiber Fest, Sparta, North Carolina
June 5 - 6: Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival, Franklin, Indiana
June 5 - 27: Fiber Hawai'i Exhibition 2026, Honolulu, Hawaii
June 6: Fayette County Fiber Festival, Dunbar, Pennsylvania
June 6: St. Cloud Spin Fest & Fiber Fair, St. Cloud, Minnesota
June 6 - 7: Flagstaff Wool & Fiber Festival, Flagstaff, Arizona
June 6 - 7: Maine Fiber Frolic, Windsor, Maine
June 6 - 7: CNY Fiber Arts Festival, Frankfort, New York
June 11 - 14: 2026 Summer Knitting Retreat @Lambuth Inn,
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina
June 11 - 20: Middle of the Mitten Yarn Crawl, Mid-Michigan
June 13: Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair, Newark, Ohio
June 13 - 14: Virginia Fiber Fest, Fisherville, Virginia
June 11 - 14: Estes Park Workshops and Wool Market, Estes Park, Colorado
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 17 - 21: Jimmy Beans Wool Biggest Little Getaway, Reno, Nevada
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
July 1 - 31: North Carolina Yarn Tour, North Carolina
July 4 - 26: Tour de Fleece, Worldwide
July 17 - 19: Wine Country Yarn Hop, Northern California Wine Country
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
July 21 - 23: 2026 Hookin', Irmo, South Carolina
July 24 - 25: Fiber Christmas in July, Kellyville, Oklahoma
July 24 - 26: Wandering Ewe Southeastern Wisconsin Yarn Crawl,
Southeastern Wisconsin
July 24 - August 2: Heartland Yarn Adventure,
Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio
July 27 - August 2: Medomak Fiber Arts Retreat, Washington, Maine
July 31 - August 2: Flock Fiber Festival, Seattle, Washington
July 31 - August 9: Steel Valley Yarn Crawl, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TBD: Northern MN Summer Shop Hop
Duluth, Ely, Grand Marais, Minnesota
TBD: Bluegrass Yarn and Fiber Crawl, Kentucky / Southern Indiana
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August 1 - 2: Fiber Arts Festival, West Fargo, North Dakota
August 1 -2: Fiberfest Eureka, Eureka, Montana
August 1 - 9: Hot August Knits Yarn Crawl, Colorado
August 3 - 9: Medomak Fiber Arts Retreat, Washington, Maine
August 7 - 8: Southern Comforts Fiber Market, Charlotte, North Carolina
August 9 - 16: Cruise Alaska - Grocery Girls, Alaska
August 11 - 15: Rug Hooking Week 2026, Archbold, Ohio
August 12 – 16: Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, Michigan
August 28 - 30: DFW Fiber Fest, Irving, Texas
TBD: The Great Tennessee Yarn Tour, Tennessee
September 8 - 27: Yarn Discovery Tour, Northeast Ohio
September 10 - 13: Sierra Nevada Yarn Crawl, California and Nevada
September 10 - 14: Fall Knit Camp, near Grand Marais, Minnesota
September 11 - 13: Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson, Wisconsin
September 11 - October 25: Michigan League of Handweavers
23rd Biennial Fiber Exhibition, Ann Arbor, Michigan
September 12 - 13: Salida Fiber Festival, Salida, Colorado
September 12 - 13: Pennsylvania Endless Mountains Fiber Festival,
New Milford, Pennsylvania
September 12 - 13: Natural Fiber Fair, Arcata, California
September 12 - 13: Hill City Quilt & Fiber Arts Show, Hill City, South Dakota
September 12 - 13: New Jersey Sheep and Fiber Festival, Ringoes, New Jersey
September 12 - 13: Boston Fiber Festival, Boston, Massachusetts
September 17 - 20: Kansas City Yarn Crawl, Kansas City
September 18 - 20: North Country Fiber Fair, Watertown, South Dakota
September 19 - 20: Wool Gathering at Young's, Yellow Springs, Ohio
September 19 - 20: Adirondack Wool & Arts Festival, Greenwich, New York
September 24 - 27: Greater Boston Yarn Crawl, Boston, Massachusetts
September 25 - 27: Minnesota Knit Together, Minneapolis, Minnesota
September 26: Western New York Fiber Arts Festival, East Aurora, New York
September 26 - 27: Spokane Fleece and Fiber Festival, Spokane, Washington
September 26 - 27: Northern Michigan Fiber Festival, Alpena, Michigan
September 26 - 27: Lehigh Valley Fiber Festival, Allentown, Pennsylvania
September 26 - 27: Heart of New Mexico Fiber and Art Gathering,
Edgewood, New Mexico
September 26 - 27: Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival, Berryville, Virginia
September 26 - 27: National Alpaca Farm Days,
Various Locations Nationwide
September 28 - October 1: Fibers of Faith Knitting Retreat,
Plainfield, New Hampshire
TBD: Anson County Fiber Arts Festival, Wadesboro, North Carolina
TBD: Florida Fiber In, Kissimmee, Florida
TBD: Charlotte Area Yarn Crawl, Charlotte, North Carolina
TBD: Tacoma Fiber Fling, Tacoma, Washington
October 2 - 3: Bloomington Wool & Fiber Festival, Bloomington, Indiana
October 2 - 4: Pacific Northwest Fiber Arts Expo, Port Angeles, Washington
October 2 - 4: Kentucky Wool Festival, Falmouth, Kentucky
October 3: Hagerstown Fiber Festival, Hagerstown, Maryland
October 3 - 4: Fiber Expo II, Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 3 - 4: Mountain and Valley Fiber Arts Festival, Durango, Colorado
October 3 - 4: Lambtown Festival, Dixon, California
October 3 - 4: Idaho Fiber Festival, Boise Idaho
October 7 - 11: Trailing of the Sheep Festival, Wood River Valley, Idaho
October 9 - 10: Lake Area Fiber Arts Festival, Camdenton, Missouri
October 11 - 16: SOAR (Spin Off Autumn Retreat), York, Pennsylvania
October 15: Fiber Arts Camp, Washburn, North Dakota
October 15 - 18: New York State Sheep & Wool Festival, Rhinebeck, New York
October 16 - 17: Southern Indiana Fiber & Arts Festival, Corydon, Indiana
October 16: Indie Untangled, Saugerties, New York
October 17 -18: Autumn Fiber Festival, Mansfield, Ohio
October 17 - 18: Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival, Albany, Oregon
October 23 - 25: Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, Fletcher, North Carolina
October 24: Frederick Fiber Fest, Frederick, Maryland
October 30 - November 1: Texas Fleece & Fiber Festival, Kerrville, Texas
TBD: Pennsylvania Sheep & Wool Festival,
Dayton, Pennsylvania
(this festival has been canceled for 2026)
TBD: Lake Superior Fiber Festival, Marquette, Michigan
TBD: Spinning and Weaving Festival at Schacht Spindle Company,
Boulder, Colorado
TBD: Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival, Tunbridge, Vermont
TBD: Taos Wools Festival, Taos, New Mexico
TBD: Fall Fiber Festival & Montpelier Sheep Dog Trials,
Montpelier Station, Virginia
TBD: Kings County Fiber Festival, Brooklyn, New York
TBD: Minnesota Fiber Festival, Cambridge, Minnesota
TBD: Heart of Appalachia Yarn Crawl,
West Virginia / Kentucky
TBD: Fairbanks Fiber Festival, Fairbanks, Alaska
November 6 - 7: NWA Fiber Festival, Fayetteville, Arkansas
November 6 - 8: Sacred Sheep, Portland, Oregon
November 7 - 8: The Fiber Festival of New England,
West Springfield, Massachusetts
November 13 - 14: Alabama Fiber Festival, Vestavia Hills, Alabama
November 21 - 22: PA Fall Fiber Arts Festival, Leesport, PennsylvaniaA Couple of Helpful Notes
Who is this list for?
This list is designed for fiber artists of all kinds, including knitters, crocheters, spinners,
weavers, dyers, rug hookers, quilters, tatters, nålbinders, sprang makers, and those
who love the lesser-known corners of the fiber world. If it involves yarn, fiber, or thread,
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