WAFA Virtual FIBER FESTIVAL January 26, 27, 28
LIVE http://facebook.com/woolandfiberart
MEET THE TEAM Without our team, none of this would be possible! Founder Ellen Zawada; Owner of Wool and Fiber Arts LLC Vendor Team - Heather Campbell, Lorna Violet (Mentor Program), Jean Story, Danielle Lefor Wallace Customer Team -(anything that happens publicly in WAFA) - Erika Lindgren, Heather Campbell, Molly Richter, Lizette Hopkins (craft-along), Mary Dillon, Katelyn Dunn, Jessica Holt Pack, Amy Olshewski Bowling Marketing Team - Raven Reynolds (social Media) Ellen Zawada, Tedi Jansen Inclusivity Team - Liza Q. Wirtz, Alaura Pittman, TeDi Jansen, Vidya Gopalakrishna Travis, Maddy McLendon Education Team TeDi Jansen, Alanna Wilcox
Wool and Fiber Arts Show Program Editor in Chief Graphic Design Ellen Zawada Tedi Jansen
Vendor Schedule Pages 4-9 Vendor Interview: Amy Bowling Page 12 Fiber Highlight: Corriedale Sheep Page 24-25
Vendor Guide Page 36-43
Natural Cycles Farm
Palette of the Month
Judy and Eileen LLC
Photo by Karen Hidde Zen Fiber Arts
Woolen Wench
Fiber Gnome
Liongate Farm
WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
FIBER FESTIVAL s ' y a d i Fr le u d e h 26th c S Vendor
Category
Location
10:00 am/7:00 am Nistock Farms
Farm - Cotswold
New York
10:30 am/7:30 am Harvest Hill Acres
Farm - CVM
Minnessota
11:00 am/8:00 am Windsor Farms Rabbitry
Farm - Angora
Oregon
11:30 am/8:30 am AJem Fiber Arts & Angoras
Batts & Rolags
Indiana
12:00 pm/9:00 am Heritage Hollow
Farm - LL
Illinois
12:30 pm/9:30 am Wool-E Farm
Farm - Romney
Michigan
1:00 pm/10:00 am Stephino Stitches
Batts & Rolags
Florida
1:30 pm/10:30 am Natural Cycles Farm, LLC
Farm - Romeldale
Michigan
2:00 pm/11:00 am Mulch and More Crafts
Indie Dyer
Michigan
2:30 pm/11:30 am YarnTravel, LLC
Batts. Dealer
Florida
3:00 pm/12:00 pm 3L&S Farms
Farm - Romney
Michigan
3:30 pm/12:30 pm Cedar Hill Fiber Farm
Farm - Multi
Kentucky
EST/PST
4:00 pm/1:00 pm
Spinaway farm
Handspun. Dyer
Pennsylvania
4:30 pm/ 1:30 pm
Hidden Pastures Luxry. Fiber
Farm - multi.
New Jersey
5:00 pm/2:00 pm
Fantasy Fiberworks
Indie Dyer
Michigan
5:30 pm/2:30 pm
Macedo's Mini Acre
Mill - alpaca
California
6:00 pm/3:00 pm
Wunderful Pines Farm LLC
Farm - llama
Michigan
WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
FIBER FESTIVAL
's y a d i Fr le 26th u d e h Sc EST/PST
Vendor
Category
Location
6:30 pm/3:30 pm
McKnitty Yarns
Indie Dyer
Virginia
7:00 pm/4:00 pm
A Lighter Touch of Wool
Batts & Rolags
Michigan
7:30 pm/4:30 pm
AB Farm and Gardens
Farm - Mohair
Georgia
8:00 pm/5:00 pm
Knitspin
Indie Dyer
Illinois
8:30 pm/5:30 pm
Dunn Spunn
Art Batts. Kits
Tennessee
9:00 pm 6:00 pm
Liongate Farm llc
Farm - BFL
Oregon
9:30 pm/6:30 pm
Curly C'ewes
Indie Dyer
Oregon
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WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
's FIBER FESTIVAL y a d r u t Sa edule 27th Sch Vendor
Category
Location
10:00 am/7:00 am the Foldout Cat
Batts & Yarn
Alabama
10:30 am/7:30 am Whirlwind Ranch Inc
Farm - Alpaca
Missouri
11:00 am/8:00 am Melissa's Yarn Barn
Indie Dyer
Iowa
11:30 am/8:30 am Fehrenbach Fiber
Farm - Camelids
Michigan
12:00 pm/9:00 am Willow Oak Farm and Fiber
Farm - Angora
Louisiana
12:30 pm/9:30 am Prismatic Color Form
Indie Dyer
Ohio
1:00 pm/10:00 am Kostelaz Creations
Project Bags
Oregon
1:30 pm/10:30 am Cedar Creek Farm & Fiber
Farm - Romeldale
Oregon
2:00 pm/11:00 am KnitzAndPearls Fiberworks
Indie Dyer
Wisconsin
2:30 pm/11:30 am Susans Fiber Shop LLC
Local Yarn Store
Wisconsin
3:00 pm/12:00 pm Wild Hair Studio
Farm - Romeldale
Tennessee
3:30 pm/12:30 pm Woolen Wench Fiber Arts
Indie Dyer
New York
EST/PST
4:00 pm/1:00 pm
AriBo Arts
Batts & rolags
Iowa
4:30 pm/ 1:30 pm
Frivolous Ewe
Farm - Sheep
Illinois
5:00 pm/2:00 pm
Katie's Fiber Connection
Indie Dyer
Michigan
5:30 pm/2:30 pm
Wavellite Creative llc
Toolmaker
Wisconsin
6:00 pm/3:00 pm
Purly Shell Fiber Arts
Local Yarn Store
Washington
WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
FIBER FESTIVAL
s ' y a d Satur ule 27th d Sche EST/PST
Vendor
Category
Location
6:30 pm/3:30 pm
Your Fibery Godmother
Indie Dyer
Utah
7:00 pm/4:00 pm
Stitched by Mama Witch
Batts & Rolags
Texas
7:30 pm/4:30 pm
Clear Sky Fiber Arts
Farm - Alpaca
Michigan
8:00 pm/5:00 pm
Fresh Lotus Design
Indie Dyer
Michigan
8:30 pm/5:30 pm
JessieJavete Fiber Arts
Batts & Rolags
California
9:00 pm 6:00 pm
Rusty Spur Ranch & Creations
Farm - Mohair
Idaho
9:30 pm/6:30 pm
Copia Cove
Farm - Icelandic
Montana
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WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
FIBER FESTIVAL s ' y a d n Su dule e h 28th c S EST/PST
Vendor
Category
11:30 am/8:30 am
Zephyr Creek Farm
Farm - Romeldale Michigan
12:00 pm/9:00 am
FiberGnome
Project Bags
Virginia
12:30 pm/9:30 am
Ewe2me2u
Indie Dyer
Illinois
1:00 pm/10:00 am
Lair of the Llama
Indie Dyer
Michigan
1:30 pm/10:30 am
Forget Me Knot Fibers LLC
Farm - Camelids
Michigan
2:00 pm/11:00 am
Gritty Knits
Indie Dyer
Texas
2:30 pm/11:30 am
Judy and Eileen LLC
Accessories
Iowa
3:00 pm/12:00 pm
Leaf Livestock Wool Co
Farm - Sheep
Illinois
3:30 pm/12:30 pm
Hens-N-Chicks-FiberArts
Indie Dyer
Michigan
4:00 pm/1:00 pm
StarKnits
Project Bags
Wisconsin
4:30 pm/ 1:30 pm
Cedar View Farm
Sheep & Angora
Virginia
5:00 pm/2:00 pm
Create Yarnworks
Indie Dyer
Maryland
5:30 pm/2:30 pm
Alpaca Pines Llc Farm and Mill
Fiber Mill
Illinois
6:00 pm/3:00 pm
Sheepishly Made & MCS
Farm - Sheep
Michigan
6:30 pm/3:30 pm
Zen Fiber Arts
Indie Dyer
Maryland
7:00 pm/4:00 pm
SpinGlitz
Indie Dyer
California
7:30 pm/4:30 pm
2 B Ewe
Farm - Sheep
Colorado
Location
WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
FIBER FESTIVAL
y's a d n Su le 28th u d e h Sc EST/PST
Vendor
Category
Location
8:00 pm/5:00 pm
Faith Hope Love Studio
Indie Dyer
Oregon
8:30 pm/5:30 pm
Timber and Twine
Mohair & Tools
Colorado
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LIVE Streaming Friday 10:30 am eastern
Harvest Hill Acres
Unique fiber blend yarns made with locally crafted wool grown on our small family farm. Blends include a mix of bison, yak, camel, angora rabbits and hopefully soon musk ox.
wwww/harvesthillacres.com
www.liongate.org
www.liongate.etsy.com
h t i w w e i v r e t n I r o FORGET ME KNOT Vend Amy of
FARM & FIBERS
by TeDi Jansen
What fiber animals do you have? We have llamas, alpacas, and angora bunnies. I am partial to the personalities and variety of fiber in llamas. Plus they are majestic while still being comical. I still love my bunnies and there is nothing better than holding a three week old angora bunny.
How long have you been in business We have been a farm since 2013 but we started doing fiber products in 2019 and became an llc in 2020.
Was there someone who inspired you in your fiber arts journey? I was really inspired by my friend JoAnn. She raises llamas as well and really got me interested in the fiber end of things
Do you have a favorite base/ blend/ fiber? I love llama / angora rabbit / cormo mixes or alpaca/merino( or Shetland) / and angora rabbit.
What makes WAFA special for you? Wafa is a Godsend for me. Although I didn’t switch to WAFA from in person shows during Covid, WAFA makes it possible for me to build a community of friends and mentors as well as have sales to help support the farm. I have Lupus that is severely limiting and my physical ability to get to, set up, be present for the patrons, and take everything down and get home is all but non existent. So WAFA makes a fiber community available to me for learning, community, and sales.
A Jem Fiber Arts
Nistock Farms
Leaf Livestock
Hens-N-Chicks
Macedo Mini Acres
Wunderful Pines
AriBo Arts
Fehrenbach Farm
Star Knits
Hidden Pastures Luxury Fiber
Macedo’s
MINI ACRES
WWW.MACEDOSMINIACRES.COM
LIVE Friday at 5:30 pm eastern
3L&S FARMS
M I C H I G A N
R O M N E Y
www.3lsfarms.com
LIVE Friday at 3:00 pm eastern
Raising German Angora Rabbits on the coast of Oregon
Friday at 11:00 am eastern
Fantasy fiberworks is a one woman fiber business offering dyed yarns, handspun yarn, batts, roving, and dyed top for spinning. Finished garments and amigurumi make an appearance every now and then too! Winters in Michigan are the perfect time to break out all the local alpaca fibers she's collected and make some cozy socks or mittens. Stop by to see all of the luxurious fluff and perhaps catch a glimpse of the new addition to the fiber family.
LIVE Friday 5:00 pm eastern
Knitspin is a family-owned business that sells high-quality hand-dyed fibers and homespun yarn. As an Etsy Founder business, Knitspin has been outfitting customers with fine fibers and yarn for over 18 years. We also own and operate a sister business, J.B. Soap Works.
LIVE Friday 8:00 pm eastern
www.abfarmandgarden.com
www.nistockfarms.com
www.yarntravel.com
Join us for batts, roving, equipment and supplies
LIVE Sunday 2:30 pm
Hello from Leaf Livestock Wool Co, a lamb and wool farm, located in Northwest Illinois. We raise beautiful Natural Colored Columbia /Rambouillet sheep, Polypays, Merinos, Columbias and now Targhees. . https://www.leaflivestock.com/
Sunday at 3:00 pm eastern
SHOP.COPIACOVE.COM
ARIBO ARTS
LIVE Saturday at 4:00 pm eastern
THE CORRIEDALE SHEEP and the Enduring Beauty of Its Wool HEATHER CAMPBELL OF PURLY SHELL FIBER ARTS
Corriedale were created on the basis of a sheep that was sturdier than Merino with a wool that would still be highly sought after. They were created simultaneously in New Zealand and Australia by crossing Merino with Lincoln and later Border Leicester and possibly Romney. The goal was a sheep with a beautiful fleece, and who had a commercial body type. Corriedale only come in white, and are polled. They’re easy to handle, and not the brightest sheep but that’s ok, they just hang out and make incredible fleece. They’re incredibly cute with wooly faces and quintessential sheepy in expression. They look like squishy teddy bears Corriedale fleece is evenly crimped with a medium staple averaging around 26 microns. They grow a large fleece, often over 10 pounds of useable fleece as the fleece is dense. It’s resilient and should have a good handle making it suitable for many uses. Since it’s a longer staple than merino it’s harder wearing. Over the years the US growers have developed a more finely crimped often finer micron fleece. We also introduced natural colored corriedale who are not considered registered corriedale.
Corries maintain incredible popularity due to their reliability in fleece, and meat, along with the fact they do well as range sheep or in close quarters. They’re easy lambers, often having twins and good moms. For a hand spinner, good Corriedale is easy to spin. It’s excellent for beginners, with it’s strong crimp creating a yarn that is sturdy yet springy. It has good memory in garments. While it’s not 19 micron merino soft, it’s often next to skin soft and has a nice staple length of 3-5 inches. Some farms even grow longer staples than that. We have seen Corriedale with staple length as long as 8 inches! Corriedale can be used in so many different ways, I think it makes excellent sweater yarn for those who don’t want a longwool but want more durability. It also makes incredibly nice fiber for shawls and socks. When purchasing Corriedale it’s important to discern whether the US flock you’re buying from us US style, or New Zealand style. Many will have a distinct preference to what they spin. Commercial corrie is almost always NZ in style.
Purly Shell Fiber Arts purlyshellyarn.com
_established in 2014, is a brick and mortar yarn shop in Ilwaco WA. Of course that sentence doesn’t sum us up. In reality we are fiber artists, shepherds, indie dyers, and artists. Fiber is our whole life, and we love it. We dye one of a kind colorways in pop culture themes. Our fiber is sourced from local farms, including our own and reputable fiber mills. We focus on small, sustainable, humane and women owned. We love what we do and it shows in our products.
LIVE Streaming Sunday 2:30 pm eastern
Corriedale
Frivelous Ewe - Sample Packs
Frivelous Ewe
Zephyr Creek Farm
Prismatic Color Form
Wunderful Pines Farm
Willow Oak Farm
A Lighter Touch of Wool
Susans Fiber www.susansfiber.com
S H O P
I travel around the US teaching classes on spinning, preparing fibers for spinning. I also delved into felting and heading up the midwest felting symposium. Now I work with spinners. Weavers, felters and more getting there techniques perfected with my weekly vertuals.
LIVE Streaming Sunday 2:30 pm eastern
Fehrenbach Fibers www.fehrenbachfarms.com Happy New Year! Fehrenbach Fibers is looking forward to a new year filled with fibery goodness! New cria should be arriving in both spring and in fall, expanding our llama fiber offerings. We are excited about expanding out felting products, as well as continuing to offer unique rovings, batts, and yarns. Hoping that 2024 is your best year yet!!
LIVE Saturday 11:30 am
Hand dyed fiber and yarn for your fiber arts needs. Each braid and skein created just for you by myself. I've always loved color, and I've been doing something in the fiber arts since I was 8. Dyeing is my perfect matchup of the two. I find inspiration everywhere I go, whether it's scenes in nature, food, holidays, stories, space and even music.
LIVE Streaming Saturday 6:30 pm eastern
https://www.faithhopelovestudio.com/
Sunday Jan 28 8:30 PM EST
Timber and Twine
Come for the fiber, stay for the fun! Join the Timber and Twine gals, for farm fibers, adventurous blends and little looms.
Merino, Teeswater, Cotswold, Gotland, BFL, Wensleydale, Finn, CVM and few cross breeds
Sunday at 7:30 pm eastern
www.fibergnome.com
F I B E R
G N O M E
www.fibergnome.com
Available in 3 sizes. All bags are limited edition or OOAK
LIVE Sunday at 12:00 pm eastern
www.SpinGlitz.com
Items This Month: US Corriedale Top Shaniko Merino Top Zephyr Creek NEW Crossbreed Top New Shaniko Yarn Colors
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Wool-E Farm We raise Romney sheep for the beautiful wool fiber
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Raising Romeldale/ CVM and Teeswater/BFL Sheep in the Thumb.