2011 FESTIVALS & EVENTS HISTORY
January 21-23, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Vogue Knitting Live
Hilton New York Hotel
New York City, New York
January 21-23, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Madison Area Knitters Guild
UFO Knitting Retreat Weekend
Chateau Landhaus Inn
New Glarus, Wisconsin
January 28-30, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
The Fifth Annual Studio Retreat
at the Elms Hotel and Spa
Excelsior Springs, MO (just outside Kansas City, MO)
Sponsored by the Studio Knitting and Needlepoint Shop
Feb 12, 2011 (Sat) 10-3pm
Fiber Frenzy Sale
Handmade Textile Art at Bargain Prices
Textile Center
3000 University Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN
http://www.textilecentermn.org/gallery.asp
Feb 12, 2011 (Sat) 10-4pm
Heartfelt” Valentine’s Day
Esther’s Place
Big Rock, Illinois
Feb 18-19, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Color and Weave with Vicki Tardy
The Fine Line
Saint Charles, Illinois
Feb 18-19, 2011 (Fri-Sat)
22nd Annual Knit In - (Janesville area Knitting Guild)
Hampton Inn
Milton, Wisconsin
Feb 19, 2011 (Sat)
2nd Annual Midwinter Fiber & Yarn Tasting
Basics Natural Foods Co-op
1711 Lodge Drive
Janesville, Wisconsin
2nd-annual-midwinter-fiber-and-yarn
Feb 19-20, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Feb 26-27, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Rainbow Fleece Farm - Cabin Fever - Yarn on the Farm
W7181 Hustad Valley Road
New Glarus, Wisconsin 53574
Feb 24-27, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Carolina Fiber Frolic Spinning Focused Retreat
the Inn at Middleton Place
Charleston, South Carolina
www.carolinafiberfrolic.wordpress.com
Feb 25, 2011 (Fri)
Gwen Bortner at River Wools
RiverWools
671 Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute, Indiana
Feb 25-27, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Sheep In The City Getaway
Best Western Airport Conference Center
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Mar 5, 2011 (Sat)
Yarn Tasting
Mosaic Yarn Studio, Ltd.
Des Plaines, Illinois
mosaicyarnstudio.com/events.html
Mar 11, 12, 13,2011 (Fri-Sun)
2011 The Tenth Anniversary of Fiber Retreat
3804 Bald Hill Road
Jefferson City, Missouri
Mar 12, 2011 (Sat)
Northern Illinois Fiber Guild Meeting
815 E. Garden St.
Dekalb, Illinois
Mar 17-19, 2011 (Thu-Sat)
Smokey Mountain Fiber Arts Festival
Townsend, Tennessee
Mar 18, 19, and 20, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Susan’s Spinning Retreat
Learn how to work with a variety of Sheep Breeds
Columbus, Wisconsin
Mar 19, 2011 (Sat)
Madison Knit-In
Bishop O’Connor Center
Madison, Wisconsin
http://madisonknittersguild.org
Mar 19, 2011 (Sat) 11:00 am
Chain on the Train:
a Northern Illinois Crochet Guild Event
Clark/Lake Blue/Brown/Orange/Green/Pink Line Station lobby
Chicago, Illinois
http://chainonthetrainchi.blogspot.com/
Mar 26, 2011 (Sat) 10 am to 1 pm
Cognitive Creativity Workshop
Instructor: Sherry Johnson
Illinois Prairie Spinners Guild Meeting
Winfield Library
Winfield, Illinois
Mar 26, 2011 (Sat)
Spindlemaking and Drop Spindle Spinning
Instructor: Adam Robersmith
Fine Line Creative Arts Center
St. Charles, Illinois
April 2, 2011 (Sat)
Color in Spinning with Heather Winslow
Fine Line Creative Arts Center
St. Charles, Illinois
April 2, 2011 (Sat)
Spring Fiber Jubilee
Tall Grass Farm
N6623 Lake Lorraine Rd.
Delevan, Wisconsin
http://www.mohairconnection.com/jubilee.htm
April 6-9, 2011 (Wed-Sat)
Camp KIP
Pere Marquette
Grafton, Illinois
April 7-17, 2011 (Thu-Sun)
Knit-a-way 2011
Lakeside Cabin
Lexington, Michigan
April 7-9, 2011 (Thu-Sat)
Wisconsin Spin In
Country Springs Hotel
Waukesha, Wisconsin
April 9, 2011 (Sat)
Stephenson County Fiber Art Fair
Cedarville, Illinois
http://www.suzybeggin.com/FAF.htm
April 12, 2011 (Tue)
SOAR Registration opens
April 13, 2011 (Wed)
Essential Skills with Sally Melville
Wool and Company
St. Charles, Illinois
April 14, 2011 (Thu) 6:30-8:30pm
Sally Melville Meet and Greet
Wool and Company
St. Charles, Illinois
April 14, 2011 (Thu)
Knit to Flatter and Fit with Sally Melville
Wool and Company
St. Charles, Illinois
April 14, 2011 (Thu)
First Choices - Basic Shapes (Drop Shoulder)
with Sally Melville
Wool and Company
St. Charles, Illinois
April 15, 2011 (Fri)
Creativity with Sally Melville
Wool and Company
St. Charles, Illinois
April 15 & 16, 2011 (Fri-Sat)
The Fiber Event
Greencastle, Indiana
April 16 & 17, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Rainbow Fleece Farm - 31st Annual Spring Shearing Days
W7181 Hustad Valley Road
New Glarus, Wisconsin 53574
April 16 & 17, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Insubordiknit Workshop / Jacey Boggs (more info)
Techny Towers, Chicago, Illinois http://www.technytowers.org
April 27-May 1, 2011 (Wed-Sun)
Fantastic Fiber Festival 2011
Annie Modesitt, Nicky Epstein Ravenlry Staff and more...
Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 29-May 1, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Illinois Prairie Spinners - Spring 2011 Spinning Retreat
Camp Emmaus
Mt. Morris, Illinois
April 29-May 1, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Midwest Masters Weekend
Yarns By Design
Neenah, Wisconsin
April 29-May 1, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Stringtopia 2011 - w/ Abby Franquemont
The Golden Lamb
Lebanon, Ohio
April 29, 2011 (Fri)
Sheep Shearing plus demonstrations of spinning, weaving, and quilting
Museum of Appalachia
Clinton, Tennessee
April 30-May 1, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
The Great Midwest Alpaca Festival
Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the Alliant Energy Center
Madison, Wisconsin
April 30-May 1, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Indiana Fiber and Music Festival
Clark County 4-H Fairgrounds
Charlesstown, Indiana
http://www.indianafiberfest.com
April 30, 2011 (Sat)
25th Annual Minnesota Knit Together - 2011 Yarnover
Hopkins High School
2400 Lindbergh Drive
Minnetonka, Minnesota
May 7 & 8, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Shepherd’s Harvest Sheep & Wool Festival
Washington County Fairgrounds
Lake Elmo, Minnesota
www.shepherdsharvestfestival.org/index.shtml
May 7 & 8, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Maryland Sheep & Wool
Maryland
May 7 & 8, 2011 (Sat-Sun) 10-4
5th Annual Spring Open House
Esther’s Place
Big Rock, Illinois
May 12, 2011 (Thu)
Warping on a Shoelace
Just 4 Ewe Fiber Studio
8615 S. Market Place
Oak Creek, Wisconsin 53154
414-768-YARN
May 14, 2011 (Sat) 9:30-12:45
Dream In Color - Seconds Sale
Dream In Color Yarn
907 Atlantic Ave.
West Chicago, Illinois
May 14, 2011 (Sat)
Michigan Fiber Fiesta
Greenville, Michigan
http://mifiberfiesta.yolasite.com/
May 14, 2011 (Sat)
Southern Illinois Spinners And Weavers Fiber Fair
Fort Massac, Illinois
May 20 & 21, 2011 (Fri-Sat)
Fiber Dyeing Workshops with Robin J. Edmundson
White Violet Center
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana
http://www.spsmw.org/
May 20, 21 & 22, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
The Kentucky Sheep and Fiber Festival
Masterson Station Park
3051 Leestown Rd.
Lexington, Kentucky
http://www.kentuckysheepandfiber.com/
May 21 & 22, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Door County Shepherds’ Market
Whitefish Bay Farm
3831 Clark Lake Road (County WD)
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin 54235
920-743-1560
www.whitefishbayfarm.com/market.htm
May 21 & 22, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
The Fifth Annual Upper Valley Fiber Fest
Merchant’s Building at Miami County Fairgrounds
Troy, Ohio
http://www.uppervalleyfiberfest.org
May 27 & 28, 2011 (Fri-Sat)
The Tennessee Fiber Festival
Dickson, Tennessee
http://www.tnfiberfestival.com/
May 28 & 29, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Great Lakes Fiber Show
Wooster, Ohio
June 3 and 4 2011 (Fri-Sat)
Hoosier Hills Fiber Arts Festival
Johnson County Fairgrounds
250 Fairground Street
Franklin, Indiana
http://www.hoosierhillsfiberartsfestival.com
June 5, 2011 (Sun)
Hollow Tree Spinners demo
Col. Palmer House
Rte 176
Crystal Lake, Illinois
June 11-12, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Iowa Sheep & Wool Festival
Dallas County Fairgrounds
28057 Fairgrounds Road
Adel, Iowa
http://www.iowasheep.com/festival.php
June 18, 2011 (Sat)
Lacemakers and Collectors Exchange
American Legion Hall
4000 Saratoga Avenue
Downers Grove, Illinois
www.lacemakersofillinois.org/images/L.A.C.E._2011_flyer_1.pdf
June 23-25, 2011 (Thu-Sat)
Northern Welfs - Midwest Weavers’ Conference 2011
Finlandia University
Hancock, Michigan
www.midwestweavers.org/conference
June 24-26, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Midwest Fiber and Folk Art Festival
Grayslake, Illinois
June 24-26, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Black Sheep Gathering 2011
Lane County Fairgrounds
Eugene, Oregon
http://blacksheepgathering.org/
July 9-10, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Fiber “U” - Fun, Fiber & You
Cowan Civic Center
500 E. Elm St.
Lebanon, MO
http://www.mopaca.org/fiber-u.shtml
July 27-31, 2011 (Wed-Sun)
The Knit & Crochet Show
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
Minneapolis, Minnesota
July 28-31, 2011 (Thu-Sun)
Sock Summit 2011
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, Oregon
August 5th and 7th, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Plying the Arts - World In A Spin
Peachtree Handspinners Guild
Lyndon Arts Center
Athens, GA
August 6th and 7th, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Chaplin Creek Fiber Fair (more info)
at Chaplin Creek in Franklin Grove, Illinois
Off of Route 38 between Dixon and Rochelle,
just south of town at 1715 Whitney Road
Grounds open at 10:00 am on Sat & Sun
August 19-21, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Michigan Fiber Fest
Allegan County Fairgrounds, Michigan
www.michiganfiberfestival.info
August 20, 2011 (Sat)
Flocks Of Fleece
Sheeping Beauty Fibre Arts
W6273 Cty Rd Q
Hartland, WI
262-623-0244
August 20-21, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Mid-Ohio Fiber Fair
The Reese Center
Newark campus of Central Ohio Technical College
Newark, Ohio
http://midohiofiberfair.weebly.com/
August 25-28, 2011 (Thu-Sun)
STITCHES Midwest
Schaumburg, Illinois
www.knittinguniverse.com/stitches/midwest
September 1-4, 2011 (Thu-Sun)
West Coast Men’s Fall Knitting Retreat
Near Seattle, WA
September 9-11, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival
Jefferson, Wisconsin
www.wisconsinsheepandwoolfestival.com
September 15-17, 2011 (Thu-Sat)
The Creative Connection
The Crown Plaza
St. Paul, Mn
www.thecreativeconnectionevent.com
September 17, 2011 (Sat) 9am-4pm
Fiber in the Park
Shabbona Park
4165 E. 16th Road
Earlville, Illinois
September 23-25, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Vogue Knitting Live
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
Los Angeles, California
September 23, 2011 (Fri)
Knitting Estonian Cuffs with Nancy Bush
The Fine Line
Saint Charles, Illinois
September 24, 2011 (Sat) 9am-4pm
Knitting Estonian Lace and Traveling Stitches
with Nancy Bush
The Fine Line
Saint Charles, Illinois
September 24, 2011 (Sat) 11am-6pm
Yarcon - Chicago
Pulaski Park Fieldhouse
Chicago, Illinois
October 1, 2011 (Sat)
Fall Fiber Jubilee
Tall Grass Farm
N6623 Lake Lorraine Rd.
Delavan, Wisconsin
October 4-10, 2011 (Tue-Mon)
National Spinning & Weaving Week Celebration
at Little Barn
October 15, 2011 (Sat)
Bishop Hill Fiber Guild 31st Annual Spin-In
Black Hawk College - East Campus
26680 N. 100th Avenue
Galva, IL
October 15-16, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
New York Sheep & Wool
New York
October 20, 2011 (Thu) - 7:30 pm
Yarn Harlot (Stephanie Pearl-McPhee) Book Signing
All Wound Up
Barnes and Noble
55 Old Orchard Center
Skokie, Illinois
October 21-23, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Northern Illinois Alpaca Extravaganza
Lake County Fairgrounds
1060 E. Peterson Road
Grayslake, Illinois
October 21-23, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Southeast Animal Fiber Fair
WNC Agricultural Center
Fletcher, North Carolina
October 22-23, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Fifth Annual Fiber Expo (more info)
Ann Arbor, Michigan
October 29-30, 2011 (Sat-Sun)
Illinois Wool & Fiber Mill - Open House
10828 Caledonia Road
Belvidere, Illinois
http://www.ilwoolfibermill.com
November 3-6, 2011 (Thu-Sun)
The High Fiber Diet Retreat
Grand Haven, Michigan
November 3-6, 2011 (Thu-Sun)
Interweave Knitting Lab Event
Marriott San Mateo
San Mateo, California
November 4-6, 2011 (Fri-Sun) 10am-5pm
Fine Art of Fiber
Chicago Botanic Garden
1000 Lake Cook Road
Glencoe, Illinois
November 10-13, 2011 (Thu-Sun)
Midwest Men’s Knitting Retreat
Kalamazoo, MI
November 11-13, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Southeast Men’s Knitting Retreat
Cleveland, South Carolina
December 2-4, 2011 (Fri-Sun)
Susan’s Fiber Shop - All Fiber Retreat
Columbus, Wisconsin
