Apr 29
Carolina FiberFest is a great place to meet others who share your passion for fiber! Meet new and familiar friends while working on your current project. There are plenty of places and opportunities to sit and knit/crochet/spin at Carolina FiberFest.
Apr 29
The Carolina FiberFest features a number of vendors that feature beautiful products. We have both vendors and attendees come from around the United States to participate. See our full list of vendors here.
Feb 20
Want to volunteer at CFF 2013? See all the different volunteer opportunities and sign up here on VolunteerSpot.
Feb 11
Class registration is now live.
Class links are up! http://carolinafiberfest.eventbrite.com/
Feb 4
Sep 10
Time is running out on the Early Bird Special for vendors for 2013! If you are planning on being a vendor at Carolina Fiber Fest 2013 and haven’t registered yet do so by September 20 to receive a $40 discount.
Jul 17
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 17, 2012
Contact: Carolyn Beasley, CarolinaFiberFest@hotmail.com
SANFORD, NC—Carolina FiberFest today announced it will move to Sanford for its highly anticipated 2013 event at Lions Club Fairgrounds, April 5—7. The popularity of fiber arts and Carolina FiberFest’s continued growth created the need for an expanded, standalone festival that will bring together knitters, spinners, weavers, crocheters and others in a celebration of fiber such as wool, silk, alpaca, llama, linen, cotton and bamboo. Features will include contests, free demos, classes and shopping for yarn and ready-to-spin fiber, patterns, tools and specialty items.
“Since 2007, Carolina FiberFest has been a place where people come for reasons big and small—to learn, to be inspired, to share and to be with like-minded folks,” said Carolyn Beasley, event chair. “We are thrilled to have a home of our own in Sanford, an easy 30-minute drive from Raleigh’s I-40/I-440. With 14 acres of fiber fun, visitors will find family activities, convenient parking and ample food choices.”
Carolina FiberFest begins Friday, April 5 for classes from 10 am—5 pm. The event opens Saturday at 10 am for all visitors and continues through 5 pm on Sunday.
Lions Club Fairgrounds
505 North 7th Street, Sanford, NC 27330
Classes Friday, April 5 10 am—5 p
Festival Saturday, April 6 10 am—5 pm
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For more information, please visit CarolinaFiberFest.org
Jul 3
After CFF 2012, Drucilla Pettibone shared some thoughts about continuous strand weaving.
Jun 27
Nancy Sigmon of Raleigh took Best in Show with this beautiful child’s knitted sweater. Here’s how she did it:
“I wanted to make a sweater for my daughter totally from scratch using fiber from my small flock of Romneys and two sweet Angora goats. After having the animals sheared, I washed the fibers and let them air-dry in a hammock. With a Louet drum carder, I blended equal amounts by weight of wool and mohair. I spun and plyed the natural colored yarn with my Schact wheel. The plyed yarn was 12 wpi.
Following Elizabeth Zimmerman’s percentage system, I knitted the sweater
in the round, adding Fair Isle designs in the yoke with my handspun 100% wool yarns that were leftover from other projects. They had been dyed with
Gaywool dyes.
Amazingly, I finished the sweater before my daughter outgrew it!”
Congratulations, Nancy!
Jun 17
Gail, that artist Woman, created this Father’s Day project for
a fourth-grade class, a felt embroidered Coffee Cozy. Follow Gail’s
education blog that artist Woman to learn about other projects.
Jun 11
Fleece from Over the Fence's Baby Spice (front) won Judge's Choice
In 2012, CFF hosted its first Alpaca Fleece show. Congratulations to Celestine Ridge Alpacas and Alpacadabra for their prize-winning entries. Judge’s Choice was awarded to Over the Fence’s Baby Spice (Celestine Ridge Alpacas).
Thank you to all the farms for their lovely entries!
photo courtesy of Celestine Ridge Alpacas
Jun 3
Co-winners of the Continuous Strand Weaving Contest model their beautiful work. From left are Lisa Mackey (Mackey’s Acres) and Angie Buchanan (Chasen Dreams Alpacas). At right is Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser whose Hillcreek Fiber Studio sponsored this event.
Jun 1
How to Make the Yarn You Want
to Make: An Advanced Spinning Class with Martha Owen
Continuing spinners, gain inspiration and skill at making the yarn you have in mind. Learn what gives your yarn personality. Learn to consistently make lots of it. Examine fiber preparation, spinning methods, twist and plying options and then play, play, play with color and fiber combinations.
A member of the Southern Highlands Craft Guild, Martha is resident artist at the John C. Campbell Folk School in spinning, knitting, felt-making and dyeing and is co-owner of Yarn Circle in Murphy, NC. She has taught spinning, natural dyeing and knitting design since 1984.
For details, visit Twisted Threads Fiber Arts (a CFF-participating guild).
May 31
Congrats go out to Anita Sloane, winner of CFF’s raffle grand prize!
Anita models her prize, a handwoven shawl created by two guilds—
Twisted Threads Fiber Arts and Triangle Weavers.
All raffle ticket sales benefited American Livestock Breeds Conservancy.
Many thanks to everyone who purchased tickets!
May 28
This flag was knitted by Louise Shewokis (pictured above) of
Windsor Locks Library Knitters in Windsor Locks, Connecticut.
May 25
Malti and Jum spinning on a Montgnard roi wheel
A beautiful story, beautifully told, about the connections we share as members of the fiber community. Thank you, Fiberactive Organics, for telling this story!
May 23
A heartfelt thanks to everyone who participated in and contributed to
Carolina FiberFest. The success of this event was made possible by the
wonderful and generous support of visitors, vendors, teachers, class
attendees, sponsors, volunteers, demo-ers, authors, guilds and speakers.
We hope you enjoyed connecting with friends, made new ones and left
feeling inspired.
If you have a story about your CFF experience, we’d love to hear it.
If you took photos at the event, please share them on Tumblr. And if
you were unable to attend, we invite you to next year’s party.
Stay connected for news about CFF 2013. You know where to find us—
here, Facebook, Ravelry and Twitter.
Love + fiber forever,
The organizers of Carolina FiberFest
May 22
May 20
A day to rub elbows with kindred spirits.
10:30 It’s a Guy Thing: All Men, All Fiber Meetup, hosted by Rusty Boyd
1:00 Ravelers Meetup, hosted by Hillsborough Yarn Shop
May 19
Sock Saturday is a day to party with socks. Knitted, crocheted and machine-knitted socks are hot.
11:00 > Strut your stuff in CFF’s sock fashion show, hosted by Charles Gandy. Author Allie Pleiter will bring a special treat for us.
1:00 > Homefront Hero reading and booksigning, Allie Pleiter.
2:00 > Join Charles for a talk about his new book The Embellished Sock and where he gets ideas.
2:30 > Booksigning with Charles, Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser and Marcy Smith.
May 19
May 19
Day 1 of CFF was huge, with excellent turnout.
Thank you all for coming out. Can’t wait till tomorrow!
May 19
May 18
CFF begins today with Green Friday!
See demos of ways to be kind to the planet.
Wear or carry an item made of recycled or re-purposed materials for a chance to win a tote woven from recycled silk. Stop by the Information Desk to register for the 3:00 drawing; there is no cost to enter.
Don’t miss—
4:00 Fiber Olympics: Fastest Needles Contest > Fiber Cozy
5:00 Fiber Olympics: Fastest Wheel Contest > Fiber Cozy
May 18
Share your CFF experience!
Upload your photos, videos and text to CFF’s Tumblr page.
May 18
Visit CFF’s Tumblr page to see pix of today’s setup.
Vendors are rolling in with amazing everything!
May 17
May 17
Many thanks to Plainview Signs and Graphics for sponsoring CFF!
May 16
May 16
Heading to the fairgrounds to begin setup!
May 16
On Green Friday, wear or carry an item made of recycled or re-purposed materials for a chance to win a tote woven from recycled silk. Stop by the Information Desk to register for the 3:00 drawing; there is no cost to enter. Sound like fun?
You do not have to be present to win. The tote must be claimed during operating hours of the 3-day event.
May 15
Many thanks to Webster’s Income Tax Service for sponsoring CFF!
May 15
Zip. Zilch. Zero.
Other fiber festivals charge
admission. Some ask for donations.
Admission to Carolina FiberFest is free.
All day. Every day.
Enjoy these free activities−
tons of demos, 13 speakers, 2 meetups,
antiques display, author readings,
cool stuff for kids
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