Farm & Fiber Knits and Friends have teamed up to create the ultimate Fiber Pavilion. Visit them for show specials, giveaways, daily demos, shopping, and more on the fifth floor, booth #300. Farm & Fiber Knits is a content brand from Long Thread Media - from the farm to your needles, they’re on the journey with you. 

Schedule of Events at the Farmers Market

FRIDAY

 

6:00 pm: Colorful Cotton: From Field to Needle with Kate Larson, editor, Farm & Fiber Knits. Follow the journey of cotton from the field to your needles—and watch Kate spin cotton on a charkha!

 

SATURDAY 

 

11:00 am: Merino, Targhee, Corriedale: What’s the difference? With Kate Larson, editor, Farm & Fiber Knits. Have you fallen in love with these soft wool yarns? Handle washed wool and learn how to knit with each. 

 

12:00 pm: Free Spin! Spin Off and Farm & Fiber Knits editors offer a hands-on handspinning demo. Plus, make your own handspun yarn.

 

2:30 pm: Natural Stuffing for Toys and Pillows with Cecilia Tkaczyk of CeCe’s Wools. Learn how & why to use sustainable wool, and ditch plastic filling! 

 

3:30 pm: Meet Fiber Chats host Irina Shaar and see her new shawl design, Sway with Me! Plus, Morehouse Merino will have yarns packs available for this lovely lace wrap.

 

5:00 pm: Discover American Cashmere Small-Batch Cashmere with Christine Hulse from Clean Cashmere. Learn how small farms are producing luxurious, cruelty-free cashmere yarns entirely in the USA.

 

SUNDAY

 

11:00 am: All About Tweed with Kate Larson, editor of Farm & Fiber Knits. Experience several nubbly, colorful tweed yarns and learn how they are blended and spun.

 

12:00 pm: Free Spin! Spin Off and Farm & Fiber Knits editors offer a hands-on handspinning demo. Plus, make your own handspun yarn.