The Hudson Valley Fiber Arts Network is a listing directory, marketing & news resource to promote and celebrate the diversity & creativity of the fiber arts community of the greater Hudson Valley region - from New York City to the Canadian border, along the I-87 and Hudson River corridor and surrounding areas.
HUDSON VALLEY FIBER ARTS HAPPENINGS
THANK YOU TO OUR LISTING-SPONSORS
Thistle Hill Weavers. Rabbit Goody, Cherry Valley, NY, Weaver and weaving instructor. www.thistlehillweavers.com ; Complete listing in INSTRUCTORS section.
Patchwork Pastures Farm, Hyde Park, NY. Corriedale sheep, fleece, yarn, and breeding stock. Gifts such as wool quilting and penny rugs. Instruction in how to use wool in creative ways. Complete listing in FIBER PRODUCERS section.
Alpacatrax, LLC, Elyse and Joshua Arnow, Pound Ridge, NY, (Farm located in southern Columbia County, NY). Soft, Luxurious farm-raised alpaca and sheep fleeces, yarns, roving, and finished products. www.alpacatrax.com; Complete listing in FIBER PRODUCERS/FARMERS section.
Knit One Needlepoint Too, Monticello, NY, a full-service needlepoint shop. www.k1n2.com; Complete listing in SHOPS section.
Rabbit Row Yarns & Haberdashery, An intentionally curated yarn & fiber shop, with products tailored for knitters, crocheters, weavers, dyers, spinners, felters and stitchers of all kinds. Offering minimally processed fiber products from US companies, farms, mills and dyers. www.rabbitrowyarns.com. Complete listing in SHOPS section.
Lehigh Valley Fiber Festival. Contact persons: Hedge Becker & Allison Mackenzie, Fogelsville, PA. Festival held in September in Allentown, PA . www.lvfiberfest.com. Complete listing in CLASSES/EVENTS/FESTIVALS section.
CNY Fiber Artists and Producers, Inc. Sponsors of the CNY Fiber Arts Festival held in June in Bouckville, NY. www.cnyfiberarts.org. Complete listing in CLASSES/EVENTS/FESTIVALS section.
Elmendorph Hand Spinners Guild, Red Hook, NY.
The Guild generally meets on the third Saturday of the month at the Elmendorph Inn in Red Hook, NY (with some occasional exceptions), 10 am to 3 pm. These workdays are open to the public.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/420934583230666. Complete listing in GUILDS, LIBRARIES, ORGANIZATIONS section.
Woodstock Weavers Guild meet the second Tuesdays of the month 10 am in Port Ewen, NY. woodstockweavers.org
Complete listing in GUILDS, LIBRARIES, ORGANIZATIONS section.
Ulster County Handspinners Guild. The guild meets the second Thursday of every month 7 pm in Kingston, NY.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/UlsterCountyHandspinnersGuild
Complete listing in GUILDS, LIBRARIES, ORGANIZATIONS section.
Contact details on the listing pages.
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FIBER ARTS HAPPENINGS FROM OUR SPONSORS
The information in these listings are provided by those that are listed. While these listings are the latest information we have, things can change, and it's possible that some events may be cancelled or postponed. Please check with event organizers before setting out to attend any.
Rabbit Row Yarns & Haberdashery ongoing meetings:
#StitchCorning happens every Sunday, 1 to 4 pm, where folks bring their projects, enjoy the rocking chairs at the rear of the shop, and become a part of a welcoming community.
Mending Circle, Thursday evenings, 6:30 to 8 pm.
Bring a love-worn item and one's creativity to delve into the visible mending trend, and collaborate on the best way to address a torn/holey/worn area. Some tools are available to use or try in shop. Even if someone has nothing to mend, they are welcome to bring a project with them. Many of the group use the time and place to knit or crochet.
Knit One Needlepoint Too has in store, new canvases, yarns and threads, including 16 new colors in Glisten. Call or email them about their Granny Square crochet along. Also clearance canvases for sale, while they last.
Alpacatrax continues their appearances at various regional Hudson Valley farmers markets.Visitors can find yarns, roving, and finished products made from sheep's wool and alpaca fiber from animals raised on their farm. In addition, Alpacatrax will bring several new products crafted by local artisans for inspiration and gifts.
If you can't get to one of the following farmers markets, you can contact Alpacatrax to make an appointment to meet them at either Pound Ridge, NY in Westchester County or at their farm in Elizaville, NY, southern Columbia County.
Following is a listing of the farmers markets where Alpacatrax is planning on attending. Things are subject to change, and so please confirm with them, especially if you will be travelling a long distance.
Rhinebeck Farmers Market (Dutchess County), Municipal parking lot at 61 E Market St., Rhinebeck, NY. Sun. Dec. 15, 2024, 10 am to 2 pm.
Larchmont Farmers Market (Westchester County), Metro North parking deck off Chatsworth Ave., Larchmont, NY. Sat. Dec. 7, 2024, 8:30 am to 1 pm.
Pleasantville Farmers Market (Westchester County), Memorial Plaza (next to the Metro North train station), Pleasantville, NY. Sat. Dec. 14, 2024, 8:30 am to 1 pm.
S. Rabbit Goody of Thistle Hill Weavers began the Textile History Forum in response to the Dublin Seminar on New England Culture, in the late 1990s. It has met every two years since and published papers in the Proceedings, which is available to participants, libraries and by purchase to the public.
The 2025 Textile History Forum will be held August 1 to 3, 2025 at The Weaver's Croft and Eaton Hill Textiles, 334 Jake Martin Road, Marshfield VT.
The intent of the Forum is to encourage new voices to share their research in a scholarly but non-academic setting. At this upcoming Forum, those who have been doing research in traditional hand processes are encouraged to share what they know so that traditions are not lost. To that end, the Textile History Forum is seeking papers, presentations, and works in progress on any aspect of textile research currently being done by an individual including any aspect of textiles from prehistory, to present day.
Deadline to submit a short abstract for review is January 15, 2025. Once abstracts are approved, papers and details of presentations are due May 15, 2025.
Written papers are published in the Forum Proceedings, an unedited, spiral bound publication available at the beginning of the Forum and given to all participants as part of the Forum's philosophy that discussion and active participation with others is the best way to explore our interests and further our research. Authors retain the copyright of their papers and are free to publish elsewhere. Works-in-Progress and non-paper presentations are also included in the Proceedings as paragraph descriptions.
GUILD NEWS:
Woodstock Weavers Guild meeting, Tues. Dec. 10, 2024, 10 am. Location: Reformed Church of Port Ewen, 160 Salem St., Port Ewen, NY 12466.
Ulster County Handspinners Guild meeting Thurs. Dec. 12, 2024, 6 pm. Location: Contact guild for location for December meeting.
Other Happenings of Note:
Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Art of Native American, new rotation, ongoing.
Tapestries and woven rugs in Medieval Art and Art of the Arab Lands galleries. Other textiles throughout the museum.
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, My Grandmother’s Whispers: Indigenous Prints and Beadwork, through Feb. 2, 2025.
Albany Institute of History & Art, Enchanting Threads: The Art of Salley Mavor, through Feb. 23, 2025.
Please note that some of the listed events may have admission, registration or other fees, and may require advanced registration or may already be sold out or cancelled.
Groups - get listed on the Hudson Valley Fiber Arts Network, and have details about your group (meeting times and places, classes, etc.) included on this website, with live links to your site. Application form.
For regular library knitting/crochet/fiber-related groups, see Listings-Guilds, Libraries, Organizations.
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