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2025 Fiber Festivals & Events
Fall Fiber Fiesta
Fall Fiber Fiesta
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
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September 20 - January 10: Oklahoma Wool Run, Oklahoma
November 21 - 23: Fall Fiber Fiesta, Santa Fe, New Mexico
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
November 29: Valley Fiber Arts Guild Annual Out of the Box Sale,
Palmer, Alaska
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
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: KnitInn, Greenville, South Carolina
January 23 – 24: Oxford Fiber Festival, Oxford, Mississippi
January 24 - 25: Sunkissed Fiber Festival, Dover, Florida
January 24 - 25: Maryland Sheep & Wool Winterfest, Online
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 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 2026, Grand 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 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 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 28 - 29: Fiber Expo, Ann Arbor, Michigan
TBD: Western Illinois Fiber Fest, Macomb, Illinois
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 10 - 12: Lancaster Knitter’s Retreat 2026, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
April 11: Southern Illinois Sheep & Craft Festival, Waterloo, Illinois
April 12 - 18: Knit Camp Sedona, Sedona, Arizona
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 17 – 18: Great Basin Fiber Arts Fair, Farmington, Utah
April 17 - 18: Sharp Top Fiber Gathering, Big Island, Virginia
April 18: 30th Annual Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair, Cedarville, Illinois
April 18 - 19: Whidbey Weavers Guild Spin-In, Oak Harbor, Washington
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: Old Mill Hook-In, Dundee, Michigan
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 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
May 30 - 31: Pure Michigan Fiber Fun, Traverse City, Michigan
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 4 - 9: Big Sky Knitting Retreat, Big Sky, Montana
June 5 - 6: Blue Ridge Fiber Fest, Sparta, North Carolina
June 11 - 14: 2026 Summer Knitting Retreat @Lambuth Inn,
Lake Junaluska, North Carolina
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
TBD: St. Cloud Spin Fest, St. Cloud, Minnesota
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
July 21 - 23: 2026 Hookin', Irmo, South Carolina
July 24 - 25: Fiber Christmas in July, Kellyville, Oklahoma
July 31 - August 2: Flock Fiber Festival, Seattle, Washington
July 31 - August 9: Steel Valley Yarn Crawl, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
TBD: Medomak Fiber Arts Retreat, Washington, Maine
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 11 - 15: Rug Hooking Week 2026, Archbold, Ohio
August 12 – 16: Michigan Fiber Festival, Allegan, Michigan
TBD: The Great Tennessee Yarn Tour, Tennessee
TBD: Fiber Arts Festival, West Fargo, North Dakota
TBD: Fiberfest Eureka, Eureka, Montana
TBD: Wild & Wooly CO Yarn Crawl, Colorado
TBD: Southern Comforts Fiber Market, Charlotte, North Carolina
TBD: Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival, Green Tree, Pennsylvania
TBD: Heart of New Mexico Fiber and Art Gathering, Edgewood, New Mexico
September 1 - 20: Yarn Discovery Tour, Northeast Ohio
September 10 - 13: Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival, Jefferson, Wisconsin
September 10 - 14: Fall Knit Camp, near Grand Marais, Minnesota
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 18 - 20: North Country Fiber Fair, Watertown, South Dakota
September 26 - 27: Spokane Fleece and Fiber Festival, Spokane, Washington
September 26 - 27: Northern Michigan Fiber Festival, Alpena, Michigan
September 26 - 27: National Alpaca Farm Days, Various Locations
TBD: Anson County Fiber Arts Festival, Wadesboro, North Carolina
TBD: Boston Fiber Festival, Boston, Massachusetts
TBD: Sierra Nevada Yarn Crawl, California and Nevada
TBD: Western New York Fiber Arts Festival, East Aurora, New York
TBD: DFW Fiber Fest, Irving, Texas
TBD: Florida Fiber In, Kissimmee, Florida
TBD: Wool Gathering at Young's, Yellow Springs, Ohio
TBD: Lehigh Valley Fiber Festival, Allentown, Pennsylvania
TBD: Adirondack Wool & Arts Festival, Greenwich, New York
TBD: Charlotte Area Yarn Crawl, Charlotte, North Carolina
TBD: Tacoma Fiber Fling, Tacoma, Washington
TBD: Idaho Fiber Festival, Boise, Idaho
💛 This list is compiled by me, Allyson —
knitter, yarn dyer, and founder of Thatched Roof Cottage.
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for fiber artists and fiber lovers.
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