We Will Be Hosting New Lectures in 2024. They Will Be Open to the Public at No Charge.

We Are Always Working to Improve Our Festival So That We Can Better Engage With the Local Fiber Art Community. 

As a Result of Feedback We Have Received Over the Last Few Years, and Our Desire to Better Serve Our Patrons, We Have Decided to Pause the Fiber Arts Competitions for 2024. This Will Allow Us to Redirect Our Efforts to Plan for More Opportunities for Engagement. 

This Will Also Give Us Space in One of Our Buildings to Invite Local Groups and Guilds to Have a Presence at the Fiber Festival. We Would Like to Aid These Groups in Making Connections With the Festival Attendees So That We Can Help Foster a Rich and Diverse Fiber Arts Community.

Workshops Schedule:

Friday, May 31, 2024

9:00am - 12:00pm - 3D Wet Felted Vessel

9:00am - 12:00pm - Dyeing Fabric with Earth Pigments

9:00am - 12:00pm - Freestyle Weaving for the Creative Spirit

9:00am - 12:00pm - Get Hooked! Intro to Crochet

9:00am - 12:00pm - Intro to Brioche Knitting

9:00am - 12:00pm - Intro to Shuttle Tatting

9:00am - 11:00am - Knitting Thrummed Mittens

9:00am - 12:00pm - Pin Loom Weaving

9:00am - 11:00am - Using Variegated Yarn Without Tears

1:00pm - 4:00pm - Adjustable Gauge Loom Knitting

1:00pm - 4:00pm - Beginner Peg Loom Weaving

1:00pm - 3:00pm - Beginning Embroidery

1:00pm - 4:00pm - Brioche Knitting Next Steps - Increase, Decrease, and Cables

1:00pm - 3:00pm - Chunky Funky Fun: Learn to Hand Knit

1:00pm - 4:00pm - Continuing Your Freestyle Weaving Journey

1:00pm - 5:00pm - Introduction to Natural Dyes

1:00pm - 5:00pm - Needle Felted Mushroom

1:00pm - 5:00pm - Steeks: What Are They and How to Make Them

Saturday June 1, 2024

9:00am - 11:00am - Beginning Sashiko

9:00am - 12:00pm - Cables Untangled

9:00am - 12:00pm - Gettin' Batty With It: Art-Batt Tools & Techniques

9:00am - 11:00am - Hand Painting Yarn with Natural Dyes

9:00am - 12:00pm - Needle Felted Baby 'Possum

9:00am - 12:00pm - Next Level Peg Loom Weaving

9:00am - 12:00pm - Ombre Dye

9:00am - 11:00am - Take a Stab at Knitting! Intro to Knitting

1:00pm - 4:00pm - A Montage of Mosaic

12:00pm - 4:00pm - Beautiful Reds From Natural Dyes

1:00pm - 3:00pm - Beginning Shetland Lace

1:00pm - 3:00pm - Introduction to Duplicate Stitch

1:00pm - 4:00pm - Introduction to Tapestry

1:00pm - 4:00pm - Nuno Felted Neck Warmer

1:00pm - 4:00pm - Rectangle Weaving

1:00pm - 4:00pm - Spinning the Herd: Starting Your Spinning Journey

Date: May 31 - June 1, 2024

Time: Friday, May 31, 2024 from 10:30am to 5:30pm

Saturday, June 1, 2024 from 9am to 4pm

Location: Johnson County Fairgrounds

250 Fairgrounds St. Franklin, IN 46131

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