FLSpecial day
BAKG Yarn Crawl
Tampa Bay area yarn shops
A multi-week Tampa Bay yarn crawl organized by the Bay Area Knitting Guild, with prize drawings for knitters who visit participating shops.
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Knit Happenings and Fiber Events
Sheep and wool festivals, fiber fairs, knitting retreats and yarn shows in the United States, Canada and around the world, listed by the month they usually take place.
Dates change from year to year, so check each event's own website for this year's dates before you travel.
Please note: Knit Happenings is a free list shared for information only. KnitHeaven is not affiliated with these events or their organizers, does not endorse them, and does not receive any payment for listings. Dates, places, prices and details are set by each organizer and can change, so please confirm with the organizer before you make plans. Tell us about a listing that needs a correction.
January
NYRetreat
Knitting LIVE! NYC by Vogue Knitting
Marriott Marquis Times Square, New York City
A major winter knitting event with classes from top designers, a large marketplace, lectures and a knitwear runway show in Times Square.
Visit the website →FL
Orlando Distaff Day
Holiday Inn Resort Kissimmee by the Parks, Kissimmee
An annual winter gathering for spinners and fiber artists with vendors and a schedule of fiber activities, held in Kissimmee each January.
Visit the website →FL
Sunkissed Fiber Festival
Greater Hillsborough County Fairgrounds, Dover
A fiber festival near Tampa with yarn and fiber vendors, held each January at the Greater Hillsborough County Fairgrounds in Dover.
Visit the website →February
NHRetreat
Knitting and Spinning Retreat at the Inn at East Hill Farm
Inn at East Hill Farm, Troy
A winter weekend retreat at a family farm resort near Mount Monadnock offering knitting and spinning classes, shared meals and social time.
Visit the website →MA
New England Farm & Fiber Festival
Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama, Boston
A one-day winter market in Boston that brings together New England fiber farms, mills, dyers and makers selling regional yarn and fiber.
Visit the website →WARetreat
Red Alder Fiber Arts Fest
Hotel Murano, Tacoma
A winter fiber arts retreat in Tacoma, Washington, with classes, a vendor market, and events for knitters, crocheters, spinners, and weavers.
Visit the website →England
Unravel
Farnham Maltings, Farnham
A three-day independent yarn festival with a marketplace, bookable workshops, free talks and exhibitions in a historic Surrey maltings building.
Visit the website →VTRetreat
Vermont Knit and Fiber Retreats
The Creative Campus at Goddard, Plainfield
A winter knitting and fiber retreat held each February, with a companion summer retreat at Kettle Pond in Groton State Forest.
Visit the website →Scotland
Wool, Woven + Wild Festival
Creation Mill, Buccleuch Mill, Langholm
Festival held in the last working weaving mill in Langholm, linking local craft, farming and landscape through workshops, mill tours and talks.
Visit the website →March
Australia
Australian Yarn Show
QT Canberra, Canberra
A national show for yarn growers, dyers and designers with a market hall, talks, awards and workshops in knitting, crochet and spinning.
Visit the website →MA
Boston Public Market FiberFest
Boston Public Market, Boston
A free weekend festival where New England fiber farmers, producers and crafters sell local goods and lead craft workshops and drop-in activities.
Visit the website →NC
Carolina FiberFest
Jim Graham Building, NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh
A spring fiber festival in Raleigh with a large vendor market of yarn, fiber and tools plus several days of workshops.
Visit the website →BC
Fibres West
Cloverdale Agriplex, Surrey
A two-day spring fibre arts marketplace in the Lower Mainland with yarn, fleece, spinning and weaving vendors and demonstrations.
Visit the website →MASpecial day
Knit North Yarn Crawl
Yarn shops of the North Shore, Boston area
An annual yarn crawl in which knitters visit participating North Shore yarn shops, collect patterns and enter prize drawings over several days.
Visit the website →VTRetreat
Local Fiber VT Spring Retreat
Norwich Inn, Norwich
A spring fiber arts weekend organized by Vermont Fibershed with workshops that feature yarn and fiber grown and processed in Vermont.
Visit the website →April
CT
Connecticut Sheep, Wool & Fiber Festival
North Haven Fairgrounds, North Haven
A long-running spring festival from the Connecticut Sheep Breeders Association with fiber vendors, sheep shows, shearing and spinning demonstrations.
Visit the website →VTRetreat
Farm & Fiber Knits Retreat
The Grafton Inn, Grafton
A multi-day spring knitting retreat from Long Thread Media at a historic inn, with classes from well-known designers and teachers.
Visit the website →UT
Great Basin Fiber Arts Fair
Legacy Events Center, Farmington
A Utah fiber arts fair with vendors, fiber animals, demonstrations, and classes in spinning, weaving, knitting, and other fiber crafts.
Visit the website →MI
Michigan International Alpaca Fest
Allegan County Fairgrounds, Allegan
A long-running alpaca show and festival with halter and fleece judging, fiber vendors, and demonstrations, held each spring in Allegan, Michigan.
Visit the website →NJSpecial day
New Jersey Wool Walk
Participating yarn shops statewide
A five-day statewide yarn shop hop where a passport earns store discounts and prize drawings, with part of each sale donated to a food bank.
Visit the website →MA
Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place
Gore Place, Waltham
Held every year since 1987, this festival offers shearing demonstrations, herding dogs and more than 100 craft and fiber artists.
Visit the website →IL
Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair
Jane Addams Community Center, Cedarville
A one-day fiber art fair with vendors, demonstrations, and fiber animals, held each spring in northern Illinois.
Visit the website →Scotland
The Woolly Good Gathering
Edinburgh Academy, Edinburgh
Edinburgh yarn festival for knitters, crocheters, weavers and spinners, with independent vendors, classes, talks, live music and food stalls.
Visit the website →Wales
Wonderwool Wales
Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells
A large two-day show of Welsh wool, yarn, fleece and fibre crafts, held on the fourth weekend of April in Mid Wales.
Visit the website →IL
YarnCon
Chicago
Chicago's independent fiber arts festival, a spring weekend market featuring small indie dyers, spinners, designers and fiber producers.
Visit the website →May
Northern Ireland
Balmoral Show
Eikon Exhibition Centre, Balmoral Park, Lisburn
Major agricultural show of the Royal Ulster Agricultural Society with sheep classes, national shearing championships and wool handling competitions sponsored by Ulster Wool.
Visit the website →VT
Family Sheep and Wool Celebration at Billings Farm
Billings Farm and Museum, Woodstock
A spring day at a working Vermont dairy farm and museum with sheep shearing, herding dogs, spinning and wool craft demonstrations.
Visit the website →NJSpecial day
Farm to Fleece: Sheep Shearing and Fiber Arts
Fosterfields Living Historical Farm, Morris Township
A spring day at a Morris County living history farm with sheep shearing and demonstrations of fleece processing, spinning and weaving.
Visit the website →OH
Great Lakes Fiber Show
Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster
A Memorial Day weekend fiber show in Ohio with sheep and fleece competitions, fiber vendors, workshops, and spinning and weaving demonstrations.
Visit the website →KY
Kentucky Sheep and Fiber Festival
Masterson Station Park, Lexington
A spring festival held the third weekend in May with fiber vendors, sheepdog trials, shearing, workshops and fleece competitions.
Visit the website →MD
Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival
Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship
One of the largest sheep and wool festivals in the country, with sheep shows and sales, classes, a fleece sale, and hundreds of fiber vendors.
Visit the website →NH
New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival
Deerfield Fairgrounds, Deerfield
A Mother's Day weekend festival run by the New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Growers Association, with sheep shows, shearing, workshops, and fiber vendors.
Visit the website →NJSpecial day
NJ Fibershed Barn Crawl
Fiber farms across New Jersey
A free self-guided weekend tour of New Jersey fiber farms with farm tours, guild spinning and weaving demonstrations, and local yarn and roving for sale.
Visit the website →Ireland
Shearfest
Mountbellew Mart, Mountbellew, Co. Galway
Provincial sheep shearing championships with machine and blade shearing, a wool expo, a wool fashion show and the Queen of the Wool competition.
Visit the website →RI
Sheep & Wool Festival at Coggeshall Farm Museum
Coggeshall Farm Museum, Bristol
A spring festival at a historic Rhode Island farm museum featuring sheep shearing, fiber demonstrations, local fiber vendors and family activities.
Visit the website →NJSpecial day
Sheep Shearing & Herding at Howell Living History Farm
Howell Living History Farm, Hopewell Township
A spring Saturday program at a Mercer County living history farm featuring sheep shearing, herding demonstrations and wool processing.
Visit the website →MN
Shepherd’s Harvest Sheep & Wool Festival
Washington County Fairgrounds, Lake Elmo
Minnesota's largest sheep and wool festival, with classes, livestock, fleece sales, and fiber vendors at the Washington County Fairgrounds.
Visit the website →Scotland
Tangled Galashiels
Volunteer Hall and venues, Galashiels
Two-day fibre festival in the Scottish Borders showcasing independent dyers, spinners and textile makers alongside community events across the town.
Visit the website →VTRetreat
Vermont Retreats with Beth Brown-Reinsel
Dutton Farmhouse, Dummerston
Small knitting retreats on traditional techniques led by Beth Brown-Reinsel at a farmhouse on a historic apple farm near Brattleboro.
Visit the website →MA
Wool Days at Old Sturbridge Village
Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge
A Memorial Day weekend event at a living history museum showing sheep shearing, spinning, dyeing and weaving as done in early New England.
Visit the website →June
Australia
Alice Springs Beanie Festival
Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs
A festival celebrating handmade beanies, with exhibitions, workshops, and sales of work by Aboriginal artists and textile makers.
Visit the website →OR
Black Sheep Gathering
Linn County Expo Center, Albany
A West Coast sheep and fiber festival held for more than 50 years, known for natural colored sheep, fleece shows, vendors and classes.
Visit the website →CO
Estes Park Wool Market
Estes Park Events Complex, Estes Park
A free fiber festival with animal shows, fleece judging, vendors, and two days of workshops held in the Rocky Mountains.
Visit the website →IN
Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival
Johnson County 4-H Fairgrounds, Franklin
An Indiana fiber festival with fiber vendors, fiber animals, workshops, and demonstrations in spinning, knitting, weaving, and felting.
Visit the website →ME
Maine Fiber Frolic
Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor
A weekend fiber festival with fiber animals, vendors of yarn and roving, workshops, and demonstrations held at the Windsor Fairgrounds in Maine.
Visit the website →MERetreat
Pleasant Mountain Fiber Arts Workshops
Municipal Building, church and library, Denmark
A three-day weekend of fiber workshops in western Maine covering weaving, crochet, tapestry, dyeing and other disciplines for all skill levels.
Visit the website →Iceland
Prjonagledi (Iceland Knitting Festival)
Blonduos, North Iceland
An annual knitting festival with workshops, lectures and a yarn market that celebrates Icelandic knitting traditions in a small northern town.
Visit the website →Scotland
Royal Highland Show
Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh
Four-day agricultural show in Scotland with major sheep classes and sheep shearing and woolhandling competitions held over the show days.
Visit the website →VTSpecial day
Sheep & Wool Day at Rokeby Museum
Rokeby Museum, Ferrisburgh
A free family festival on Vermont wool heritage with live sheep, spinning and knitting demonstrations, and historical dyeing.
Visit the website →WorldSpecial day
Worldwide Knit in Public Day
Public places worldwide
An annual day when knitters and crocheters gather in parks, libraries, cafes, and other public places to stitch together.
July
Australia
Australian Sheep & Wool Show
Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Bendigo, Victoria
A large national sheep and wool show with sheep judging, fleece competitions, wool craft displays, vendors, and fiber workshops.
Visit the website →New Zealand
Fibretron
Mystery Creek Events Centre, Hamilton
A free one-day festival of yarn and fibre crafts with independent dyers, designers and producers of sheep, alpaca and llama fibre.
Visit the website →VTSpecial day
Great Northern Yarn Haul
Yarn shops in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine
A month-long self-guided tour of 26 yarn shops in northern New England, including 14 in Vermont, with drawings at each shop.
Visit the website →MESpecial day
Maine Yarn Cruise
Participating yarn shops across Maine
A summer and early fall yarn crawl in which knitters collect passport stamps at more than 20 Maine yarn shops for prize drawings.
Visit the website →MERetreat
Medomak Fiber Arts Retreat
Medomak camp, Washington
A week-long summer retreat at a lakeside camp in midcoast Maine with workshops in knitting, spinning, weaving, dyeing and other fiber arts.
Visit the website →MARetreat
New England Weavers’ Seminar
Westfield State University, Westfield
A biennial weaving conference with multi-day workshops, seminars, exhibits, a fashion show, and vendors for handweavers from New England and beyond.
Visit the website →England
Summer Wool Festival
Redborne School, Ampthill, near Bedford
A two-day festival of yarn, fibre, patterns and kits with about 100 exhibitors, workshops and demonstrations in Bedfordshire.
Visit the website →August
IrelandSpecial day
Benchspace Hands-On Heritage Festival
Benchspace, Marina Commercial Park, Cork
Heritage Week series of beginner sessions in traditional Irish crafts in Cork, including an Aran knitting class working five classic cable patterns.
Visit the website →TX
DFW Fiber Fest
Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas, Irving
A three day fiber festival with a vendor market, classes, and events for knitters, crocheters, spinners, and weavers.
Visit the website →MT
Fiberfest Eureka
Lincoln County Fairgrounds, Eureka
A summer fiber festival in northwest Montana with fiber animals, vendors, demonstrations, and classes in spinning, knitting, felting, and weaving.
Visit the website →USARetreat
Handweavers Guild of America Convergence
Location changes each time
A biennial five-day fiber art conference from the Handweavers Guild of America with workshops, exhibits, and a vendor hall for weavers, spinners, and dyers.
Visit the website →MI
Michigan Fiber Festival
Allegan County Fairgrounds, Allegan
A multi-day summer festival with fiber vendors, sheep and alpaca shows, fleece sales and a full schedule of fiber arts workshops.
Visit the website →Scotland
Scottish Yarn Festival
Perth Concert Hall, Perth
An annual August yarn festival in Perth with independent dyers, spinners and designers, which marked its tenth year in 2025.
Visit the website →Northern Ireland
Spinning Yarns Festival
Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey
Council festival of wool and linen crafts with a makers market, spinning demonstrations, mending tips and paid textile workshops at a historic mill.
Visit the website →PA
Stitchburgh PA
DoubleTree by Hilton Pittsburgh Cranberry, Mars
A Pittsburgh area knitting and crochet festival with classes, a vendor marketplace, and special events, now operating under the name Stitchburgh PA.
Visit the website →IrelandRetreat
This is Knit Five Night Retreat
Dublin and Brook Lodge, Co. Wicklow
Five-night knitting retreat run by a Dublin yarn shop, with colourwork classes, a dyeing workshop and visits to Wicklow farms and yarn studios.
Visit the website →QC
Twist Fibre Festival
Complexe Whissell, Saint-Andre-Avellin
A bilingual summer fibre festival in the Outaouais region of Quebec with artisans, fibre animals, workshops and a large marketplace.
Visit the website →Germany
Wollcraft Festival
Das Wormser Congress Centre, Worms
A two-day wool festival for knitters, crocheters and spinners with hand-dyed yarn vendors and a workshop program in Germany.
Visit the website →September
OH
A Wool Gathering
Young's Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs
A weekend fiber festival on a working dairy farm with vendors, demonstrations, sheep, alpacas, and fiber arts for all ages.
Visit the website →NY
Adirondack Wool & Arts Festival
Washington County Fairgrounds, Greenwich
A fall festival in upstate New York with fiber and craft vendors, a sheep show, fleece sales, demonstrations and workshops.
Visit the website →ME
Common Ground Country Fair
Common Ground Education Center, Unity
An agricultural fair run by MOFGA with a fleece tent and show, fiber demonstrations, spinners, and rural craft exhibits.
Visit the website →VA
EAGMA Angora Goat and Mohair Show
Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival, Berryville
An annual Angora goat and mohair fleece show run by the Eastern Angora Goat and Mohair Association at a regional fiber festival.
Visit the website →VT
East Barnard Linen Fair
East Barnard Community Hall, East Barnard
A free annual fair on linen making with flax harvesting and processing, spinning, weaving and dyeing demonstrations, and linen goods for sale.
Visit the website →VT
Fall Fiber Faire
Old Stone House Museum & Historic Village, Brownington
An annual fiber day at a historic village in the Northeast Kingdom, with demonstrations and exhibits across several buildings on the museum grounds.
Visit the website →MERetreat
Fiber College
Searsport Shores Ocean Campground, Searsport
A fiber arts education event on Penobscot Bay with classes, retreats, and a market run by the Makers Guild of Maine.
Visit the website →FLRetreat
Florida Fiber In
Holiday Inn Celebration, Kissimmee
A free annual weekend fiber arts gathering with hands-on learning, fiber vendors and shared crafting time for knitters, spinners and weavers of all levels.
Visit the website →Scotland
Highland Wool Fest
Strathpeffer Pavilion, Strathpeffer
Annual one-day wool fair with yarn and fabric sellers from the Highlands and Islands, a pop-up cafe and proceeds for local charities.
Visit the website →ON
K-W Knitters’ Fair
Kitchener Memorial Auditorium, Kitchener
A large one-day knitting market run by the Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters' Guild with dozens of yarn and fibre vendors.
Visit the website →PARetreat
Knitters’ Day Out
Central Penn College, Summerdale
A two-day Pennsylvania knitting event with classes, a marketplace, and a fashion show, held each September at Central Penn College.
Visit the website →MTRetreat
Montana Association of Weavers and Spinners Conference
Rotates among Montana cities (2028: Kalispell)
A statewide association of Montana weaving and spinning guilds that hosts a biennial conference with classes, exhibits, and a fiber market.
Visit the website →USASpecial day
National Alpaca Farm Days
Participating alpaca farms nationwide
A national open farm weekend organized by the Alpaca Owners Association, when alpaca farms across the country invite visitors to meet the animals.
Visit the website →NJ
New Jersey Sheep and Fiber Festival
Hunterdon County 4-H Fairgrounds, Ringoes
A New Jersey festival run by the Garden State Sheep Breeders with sheep shows, sheepdog demonstrations, fleece sales, workshops, and fiber vendors.
Visit the website →PA
Pennsylvania Endless Mountains Fiber Festival
Harford Fairgrounds, New Milford
A September fiber festival in northeastern Pennsylvania with fiber animals, vendors of yarn and fleece, workshops, and demonstrations at the Harford Fairgrounds.
Visit the website →VA
Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival
Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds, Berryville
A fall fiber festival in northern Virginia with yarn and fiber vendors, fiber animals, demonstrations and workshops over a full weekend.
Visit the website →ScotlandRetreat
Shetland Wool Week
Venues across the Shetland Islands
A week of classes, talks, croft visits and exhibitions celebrating Shetland sheep, Shetland wool and the island knitting tradition.
Visit the website →WI
Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival
Jefferson County Fair Park, Jefferson
A three-day festival with sheep shows and sales, sheepdog trials, fiber classes, and a marketplace, held the weekend after Labor Day.
Visit the website →NY
WNY Fiber Arts Festival
EA Classic Rink, East Aurora
A Western New York fiber festival, first held at Knox Farm State Park in 2005, with vendors, fiber animals, and demonstrations.
Visit the website →England
Yarndale
Skipton Auction Mart, Skipton
A two-day wool festival in North Yorkshire with yarn exhibitors, workshops and installations, held on the last weekend of September.
Visit the website →MNRetreat
Yarnover
Best Western Plus Kelly Inn, St. Cloud
The annual knitting conference of the Minnesota Knitters' Guild, offering classes with national teachers, a marketplace and keynote events.
Visit the website →October This month
OR
Alpacapalooza
Hermiston
An alpaca show and fleece competition sponsored by the Alpaca Association of Western Washington, with alpacas, fiber, and vendors.
Visit the website →VA
Fall Fiber Festival and Montpelier Sheep Dog Trials
Across from James Madison's Montpelier, Montpelier Station
A fiber festival with sheepdog trials, fiber vendors, demonstrations, workshops, and animals near James Madison's Montpelier estate.
Visit the website →ME
Fiber Center at the Fryeburg Fair
Fryeburg Fairgrounds, Fryeburg
An exhibit hall at the Fryeburg Fair where volunteers demonstrate spinning, weaving and felting, with a fleece show and fleece sale all week.
Visit the website →England
Knit + Stitch London
Alexandra Palace, London
A large four-day textile craft show with knitting, stitching, and quilting exhibits, workshops, and hundreds of exhibitors.
Visit the website →Italy
Knit Italia
Finale Ligure, Liguria
The Italian knitting festival, a three-day gathering of yarn makers, designers and knitters on the Ligurian coast.
Visit the website →CA
Lambtown Festival
Dixon May Fairgrounds, Dixon
A two-day community festival celebrating sheep, lamb, and wool, with vendors, workshops, competitions, demonstrations, and children's activities.
Visit the website →ME
Maine Fibershed Festival Day
Rockport Public Library, Rockport
A community fiber day from Maine Fibershed featuring local farms, producers and makers who grow, process and use Maine fiber.
Visit the website →Ireland
Midlands Fibre Festival
Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
One-day fibre festival in the Irish midlands bringing together yarn, fibre and craft sellers for knitters, crocheters and spinners in Athlone.
Visit the website →CO
Mountain and Valley Fiber Arts Festival
La Plata County Fairgrounds, Durango
A long-running wool and fiber arts festival, first held in Taos, with fiber animals, demonstrations, workshops and vendors in Durango.
Visit the website →NY
New York State Sheep & Wool Festival
Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck
A large October festival in Rhinebeck known as a major gathering for knitters, with fiber vendors, sheep shows, classes, and demonstrations.
Visit the website →OR
Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival
Linn County Expo Center, Albany
A fiber festival with livestock shows, fleece sales, workshops, and fiber vendors, now held at the Linn County Expo Center in Albany.
Visit the website →PE
PEI Fibre Festival
Delta Prince Edward, Charlottetown
A fall fibre festival in Charlottetown with workshops, a vendor marketplace and events celebrating Atlantic Canadian knitting and fibre arts.
Visit the website →NC
Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair (SAFF)
WNC Agricultural Center, Fletcher
A three-day fiber fair with fleece and livestock shows, workshops, and a large marketplace of vendors selling fiber, yarn, and tools.
Visit the website →IN
Southern Indiana Fiber & Arts Festival
Harrison County Fairgrounds, Corydon
An October fiber and arts festival in Corydon, Indiana, with fiber vendors, animals, demonstrations, and classes at the Harrison County Fairgrounds.
Visit the website →PARetreat
Spin Off Autumn Retreat (SOAR)
Location changes each year
A weeklong handspinning retreat from Spin Off magazine with workshops, mentoring sessions, and a market for spinners of all levels.
Visit the website →NM
Taos Wools Festival
Red Willow Park, Taos
An October wool festival in Taos, New Mexico, with fiber vendors, wool and sheep products, and live music, begun after the original festival moved.
Visit the website →Northern IrelandSpecial day
Textile Takeover
Ulster Folk Museum, Cultra, Co. Down
Annual museum day of textile heritage with spinning, weaving and knitting demonstrations, clothing repair, vintage stalls and talks on sustainable textiles.
Visit the website →ID
Trailing of the Sheep Festival
Ketchum, Sun Valley, and Hailey
A five-day festival celebrating sheep ranching heritage, with a sheep parade, sheepdog trials, fiber classes, food, and folk dancing.
Visit the website →VT
Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival
Tunbridge Fairgrounds, Tunbridge
A two-day festival with sheep and fiber animal exhibits, sheepdog demonstrations, workshops, and vendors selling wool, yarn, and fiber tools.
Visit the website →NHSpecial day
Wool Arts Tour
Five farms in rural southern New Hampshire
A free self-guided farm tour held every Columbus Day weekend since 1983, with fiber animals, spinning, weaving and felting demonstrations.
Visit the website →ON
WoolstockON
Binbrook Fairgrounds, Binbrook
Formerly the Woodstock Fleece Festival, this fall fibre festival features fleece, yarn and tool vendors, demonstrations and fibre animals.
Visit the website →November
England
Knit + Stitch Harrogate
Harrogate Convention Centre, Harrogate
A four-day show of knitting, stitching and textile art with exhibitors, workshops and gallery displays in North Yorkshire.
Visit the website →Northern Ireland
Knit + Stitch Northern Ireland
Eikon Exhibition Centre, Lisburn
A four-day knitting and stitching show near Belfast with yarn and craft exhibitors, workshops and textile art exhibitions.
Visit the website →VTRetreat
Knit Vermont with PeaceTree Fiber Adventures
Norwich Inn, Norwich
A fall knitting retreat weekend at the historic Norwich Inn, organized by PeaceTree Fiber Adventures for knitters traveling to Vermont.
Visit the website →MA
The Fiber Festival of New England
Mallary Complex, Eastern States Exposition, West Springfield
A two-day indoor festival at the Big E fairgrounds with fiber vendors, workshops, fleece sales and fiber animals from across New England.
Visit the website →NHRetreat
TKGA Knitting Retreat
DoubleTree Manchester Downtown, Manchester
A multi-day knitting retreat run by The Knitting Guild Association with classes from well-known teachers, a marketplace and evening events.
Visit the website →IrelandSpecial day
Woolly Celebration Day
Kate Kearney's Cottage, Gap of Dunloe, Killarney
Annual Wise Wool Project day celebrating Irish wool with live spinning and weaving, wet and needle felting, workshops and talks with farmers.
Visit the website →Year round
FLCircle or guild
Bay Area Knitting Guild
Largo Community Center, Largo
A Tampa Bay knitting and crochet guild meeting monthly on Thursday evenings, with quarterly knit-alongs, yarn swaps and a lending library.
Visit the website →IrelandCircle or guild
Dundalk Wool Circle
Outcomers Community Centre, Roden Place, Dundalk
Monthly wool circle in Dundalk for spinners, knitters and fibre crafters, meeting on the first Saturday of each month in two sessions.
Visit the website →ScotlandCircle or guild
Edinburgh Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers
South Edinburgh
Long-standing Edinburgh guild, linked with the historic Incorporation of Websters, holding monthly meetings, workshops and lectures on weaving, spinning and dyeing.
Visit the website →NJCircle or guild
Frances Irwin Handweavers Guild
Green Township Municipal Building, Green Township
A Sussex County weaving guild meeting monthly for programs on tablet weaving, cords and other techniques, plus workshops and an annual challenge.
Visit the website →IrelandCircle or guild
Handweavers Guild of Cork
Bishopstown Library, Cork
Cork guild for handweavers, spinners and dyers founded over 45 years ago, meeting in Cork city and Mallow and holding member exhibitions.
Visit the website →ILCircle or guild
InterKnit Machine Knitters Guild
Online (Zoom), Chicago area
A machine knitting guild in the Chicago area that holds monthly online meetings, yearly in-person seminars, and charity knitting projects.
Visit the website →USARetreat
Interweave Events
Online and various locations
Knitting, crochet, and spinning events from Interweave, including Yarn Fest, with classes taught by well known fiber arts instructors.
Visit the website →IrelandCircle or guild
Irish Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers
Timberyard, Cork Street, Dublin, plus regional groups
A national guild that holds monthly Dublin meetings, online socials and regional groups for weavers, spinners and dyers across Ireland.
Visit the website →FLCircle or guild
Jacksonville Weavers’ Guild
Fort Caroline Community Center, Jacksonville
A weaving guild meeting the second Saturday of each month, with programs, an annual workshop and a yearly guild show and sale.
Visit the website →NJCircle or guild
Jockey Hollow Weavers
Grace Lutheran Church, Mendham
A handweaving guild meeting the first Wednesday of the month from September to June, with workshops and Learn to Weave classes.
Visit the website →BC
Knit City
Rotates among Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Montreal
A Canadian knitting festival founded in Vancouver that now holds two marketplace events a year in rotating cities across Canada.
Visit the website →USASpecial day
Knit-Out & Crochet Events
Various locations
Free public knitting and crochet events started by the Craft Yarn Council in 1998, with lessons, demonstrations, and charity projects.
Visit the website →Northern IrelandCircle or guild
Knitting & Crochet Guild South East Belfast Branch
Knittin Kitten Yarns, Cregagh Road, Belfast
Belfast branch of the national Knitting and Crochet Guild, with free weekly Wednesday evening yarn sessions and a monthly branch meeting.
Visit the website →MECircle or guild
Maine Spinners Registry
Statewide, Maine
A statewide network of Maine handspinners that shares spin-ins, retreats and demonstration opportunities such as spinning at the Fryeburg Fair.
Visit the website →FLCircle or guild
Manasota Weavers Guild
Bethel Mennonite Church, Sarasota
A weaving and spinning guild founded in 1964 serving Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte Counties, with monthly meetings and community weaving classes.
Visit the website →NJCircle or guild
North Country Spinners Guild
Green Township Municipal Building, Green Township
A spinning guild serving New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania with monthly meetings, show and share sessions, and occasional workshops.
Visit the website →ScotlandCircle or guild
Shetland Guild of Spinners, Knitters, Weavers and Dyers
Shetland
Shetland guild of over 70 members preserving traditional island knitting, spinning, weaving and dyeing skills, with monthly meetings on Shetland techniques.
Visit the website →NJCircle or guild
South Jersey Guild of Spinners & Handweavers
First Presbyterian Church, Moorestown
A guild for spinners and weavers with monthly Saturday meetings, programs open to all fiber artists, and spinning, rigid heddle and braiding study groups.
Visit the website →FLCircle or guild
Space Coast Weavers & Fiber Artists
Merritt Island Public Library, Merritt Island
A Brevard County guild for weavers and fiber artists meeting the fourth Saturday of each month, with free meetings open to the public.
Visit the website →USASpecial day
Stitch N’ Pitch
Ballparks across the United States
Themed baseball games where knitters and crocheters attend together, often with a group ticket, special giveaway, and stitching in the stands.
Visit the website →MOCircle or guild
The Greater St. Louis Knitters’ Guild
St. Louis
A St. Louis knitting guild offering monthly programs, workshops, knit-ins, and community charity knitting for knitters of all skill levels.
Visit the website →VTCircle or guild
Vermont Weavers Guild
White River Craft Center, Randolph
The weaving guild of Vermont, offering free monthly presentations, workshops, a lending library and an annual member exhibition.
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Weavers of Orlando
Orange County Extension Office, Orlando
A fiber arts guild founded in 1942 for weaving, spinning, dyeing and felting, with monthly programs and an annual December holiday sale.
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Yap & Yarn at Orkney Library
Orkney Library & Archive, Kirkwall
Free drop-in knitting group at the Kirkwall library, meeting on alternate Monday evenings through the winter months from October to March.
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