March 2023 WAFA Show Program

March 24, 25, 26

MARCH 2023

FIBER FESTIVAL Meet the Vendor: Christina Locke

by Tedi Jansen

The Amazing Angora Rabbit

Angora Crafts and Projects

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, Candice Smith Customer Team -(anything that happens publicly in WAFA) - Erika Lindgren, Heather Campbell, Molly Richter (craft-along), MAry Dillon, Katelyn Dunn, Candice Smith, 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 An Interview with Christina Locke Page 11-12 Angora Rabbits Photo Show Page 20-21 Palette of the Month Pages 38 Vendor Guide Page 39-45

Zephyr Creek Farm

Palette of the Month

Stitched by Momma Witch

Fiber Gnome

JessieJavete Fiber Arts

Photo by Katelyn Dunn of Dunn Spunn

Sherwood Fiber Art Sheepishly Made

WOOL AND FIBER ARTS

FIBER FESTIVAL s ' y a d i Fr ule d e h 24th Sc PST

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CST

Eastern

7:00 AM

8:00 AM

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

Wool-E Farm

7:30 AM

8:30 AM

9:30 AM

10:30 AM

Windy Acres Fiber Mill

8:00 AM

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

Greenwood Fiberworks

8:30 AM

9:30 AM

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

Bent Limb Farm LLC

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

Wavellite Creative llc

9:30 AM

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

Iron Wheel Farms LLC

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Spinners Candy

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

Sherwood Fiber Arts

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

Compass Moon Creations

11:30 AM 12:30 PM

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

SpinGlitz

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

Willow Oak Farm and Fiber

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

AriBo Arts

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

Macedo's Mini Acre

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

Calico Farm Fiber Art

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

Camas Prairie Fiber and Yarns

WOOL AND FIBER ARTS

FIBER FESTIVAL

's y a d i Fr le 24th u d e h Sc PST

MST

CST

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

JAB Farm and Gardens

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

Dunn Spunn

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

Zen Fiber Arts

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

7:00PM

Windsor Farms Rabbitry

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

AJem Fiber Arts and Angoras

5:00PM

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

Knitspin

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

Liongate Farm llc

Eastern

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WOOL AND FIBER ARTS

's FIBER FESTIVAL y a d r u t Sa dule e h 25th c S PST

MST

CST

Eastern

7:00 AM

8:00 AM

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

Forget me Knot Farm & Fiber

7:30 AM

8:30 AM

9:30 AM

10:30 AM

Marge Sundholm Designs

8:00 AM

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

Yarn By Kate

8:30 AM

9:30 AM

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

Clear Sky Fiber Arts

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

Illinois Wool & Fiber Mill

9:30 AM

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

Stitched By Mama Witch

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Opalessence Fiber Studio

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

TurboFluffed Creations LLC

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

2 B Ewe

11:30 AM 12:30 PM

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

Hidden Pastures Luxury Fiber Farm

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

Leaf Livestock Wool Co

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

Faith Hope Love Studio

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

Sheepishly Made & MCS Livestock

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

FiberGnome

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

Lair of the Llama

WOOL AND FIBER ARTS

FIBER FESTIVAL

s ' y a d Satur ule 25th d Sche PST

MST

CST

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

Exquisite E Yarns and Rovings

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

Stephino Stitches

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

samantha j fiber farm

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

7:00PM

Terra Mia LLC

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

The Spinners Stash

5:00PM

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

8:00 PM

Curly C'ewes

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

8:30 PM

White Fireweed Farm

Eastern

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WOOL AND FIBER ARTS

FIBER FESTIVAL s ' y a d n Su dule e h 26th c S PST

MST

CST

Eastern

9:00 AM

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

Harvest Hill Acres

9:30 AM

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

Create Yarnworks

10:00 AM

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

Southern Angora Rabbitry

10:30 AM

11:30 AM

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

3L&S Farms

11:00 AM

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

Yarn Travel

11:30 AM 12:30 PM

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

Zephyr Creek Farm

12:00 PM

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

TLD Design Center Studios & Gallery

12:30 PM

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

Ewe2me2u

1:00 PM

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

JessieJavete Fiber Arts

1:30 PM

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

Jubilee Farms

2:00 PM

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

Gritty Knits

2:30 PM

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

Spinaway Farm

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

Natural Cycles Farm, LLC

3:30 PM

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

Fresh Lotus Design

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

7:00PM

Timber and Twine

4:30 PM

5:30 PM

6:30 PM

7:30 PM

Wine and Wooly Design

WOOL AND FIBER ARTS

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LIVE Saturday 4:30 pm eastern

FIBER GNOME

www.fibergnome.com

LEAF LIVESTOCK NATURAL COLORED SHEEP

www.leaflivestock.com

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 and Columbias. I would love for everyone to enjoy the finest spinning fiber and yarn that I am privileged to grow and use for creating. They physical and emotional rewards that accompany raising sustainable lovely wool go far beyond the beauty of the final product! Please join me for the March homegrown wool sale..

LIVE Saturday at 3:00 pm eastern

w e i v r e t n I r o d n e V March Christina Locke of

FAITH HOPE LOVE STUDIO

by TeDi Jansen

Was there someone who inspired you in your fiber arts journey?

What is your business goal/mission?

I believe that art should be functional and should serve a purpose. Art doesn't just have to be something that you look at on a wall. Art can be something that gets shown off to the world in beautiful pieces. (ie a scarf, sweater, woven pieces etc.) I like making art that other people can use and that has a purpose.

Do you have animals?

I do not have fiber animals. I have two cats and two dogs but I would never want to spin their fiber.

Unfortunately my body has limitations and therefore I am not able to have the sheep that I have always dreamed of having.

Honestly not really. I wanted to learn how to spin and there have been people that I definitely look up to along the way. Karen has been one of those people but there's not been any one particular person and honestly. I saw something that I might love and I wanted to do it so I learned how to do it. I didn't have an example or anybody to look at that could teach me. I just wanted to learn and wanted to make the best that I possibly could.

How did you learn your craft?

I have learned from many different places. I've learned from some classes, videos, a lot of people in person, and just friends who wanted to help me refine my craft. A lot of the stuff that I learned just by doing what I love. I learned very quickly that I was a natural at spinning and even dying to quite an extent and I've just perfected those skills over the years. I have had some formal education in dying from different various sources but ultimately it was something that came after I had already been applying my skills on a regular basis. The classes and stuff that I took just helped me with formulation to some degree but most of it I was already doing properly to begin with so it just added to my knowledge base.

How long have you been in business?

14+ years. I got started just really small with knitting, spinning, and dying then moved into everything that I've been doing for years.

FAITH HOPE LOVE STUDIO Do you have a favorite base/ blend/ fiber? What is special about it?

I have so many different fibers that I love.

For blending I just love my Merino and my specialty fibers like my silk and bamboo. I love working with bamboo because it seems like not a lot of people work with it or necessarily understand it and I love educating people on the benefits of mixing and blending other fibers with their base fibers for blending. There's a rhyme and a reason to why I use the things that I use in my batts and I think that's what makes them special. It's also helpful to be a spinner and know what fibers would make a good spin as well as a nice finished yarn. As far as dying goes I love the super wash Merino for a number of different reasons. It takes the color brilliantly and helps give me all the bright vibrant colors that you don't typically get with Corriedale or other blends. That is my go-to fiber especially because most people who are going to use my fiber are going to spin it for things like socks and other items that are probably going to be washed by whomever they're gifted to. Some of my other favorite bases include Merino and silk blends because they add super fun variations with the parts that won't take dye. Also they spin up very nicely.

What makes WAFA special for you?

I love that I have made so many amazing connections with people. I love that I have an outlet to share my creativity with so many other people who are interested in the same things that I am. I even love getting in conversations with people who are just learning how to do some of the things that I know how to do and I get to share my knowledge with them. I love that WAFA is a community where we really love to help each other learn and grow. I love the support and love that we share as a community. I love the fiber arts community in general because everyone in it has always been super kind to me. It really seems like people are so kind and supportive whereas in other industries there's a lot of backstabbing or backbiting and people are not willing to always share information for fear that it will ruin their business and the fiber arts really isn't that way.

Is there anything else you'd like to tell us about your business?

I am constantly learning growing and evolving. I love to share what I have learned through in person classes and online classes as well as other outlets. I have an actual retail space set up and I can't wait for people to join me there as well as online.

https://www.faithhopelovestudio.com/

Hidden Pastures

Luxury Fiber Farm

LIVE Saturday at 2:30 pm eastern

MArch WAFA Sale Friday, March 24th at 11:00 am EST

https://Greenwoodfiberworks.com

m r s a R F a r b o b s i d t n ry i W

www.windsorfarmsrabbitry.com

LIVE Friday March 24th at 7:00 pm EST

TURNING SUNLIGHT INTO FOOD AND FIBER

LIVE Saturday March 25th 2:00 pm eastern

Come for the fiber, stay for the fun! Join us, the Timber and Twine gals, from our little farm in northern Colorado, for little loom weaving sets, botanically dyed batts and some very special fiber tools!

Timber and Twine MARCH SALE SUNDAY MARCH 26 7:00 PM EST

English Angora

Satin Angora

French Angora

German Angora

Giant Angora

The Amazing Angora Rabbit

Photos (pg 20) from Southern Angora Rabbitry

LIVE Sunday at 2:30 pm eastern

www.compassmooncreations.etsy.com

AriBo Arts is Iowa fiber artist Erika Lindgren. She specializes in One-of-aKind batts for spinners and felters as well as unique hand dyed apparel. In addition, she makes other hand processed fiber from small US farms, spindle kits, handspun yarn, stitch markers, fiber themed jewelry, handdyed project bags, along with knitted and woven items.

www.ariboarts.com

LIVE Friday at 3:30 pm eastern

www.liongate.org

liongatefarm@msn.com

www.SpinGlitz.com

Michigan Romney

3L&S Farms

www.3lsfarms.com 3L&S Romney Fiber in Natural Colors or hand-dyed on the farm.

Special Roving blends of Romney w/ Angora, Teeswater or Kid Mohair.

LIVE Sunday at 1:30 pm eastern

Angora Products and Fun

Angora Products and Fun

www.naturalcyclesfarm.com

Bent Limb Farm

www.bentlimbfarm.com

Join us LIVE Friday at 11:30 am eastern

Join us LIVE Friday at 4:00 pm eastern

www.Macedo's Mini Acres.com

LIVE Friday at 5:00 pm eastern

Join us LIVE Saturday at 1:30 pm eastern

LIVE Saturday at 10:00 am eastern

Spinners Candy

Join us LIVE Friday at 1:00 pm eastern

Join us LIVE Saturday at 12:00 pm eastern

Sheepishly Made & MCS Livestock

Join us LIVE Saturday at 4:00 pm eastern

Join us LIVE Friday at 8:00 pm eastern

Fairily Fiber Fun Kim is proud to source rare breed wool from local Georgia farms and transforming it into gorgeous, magical rovings, batts, and needle felted landscapes and sheep

www.esthersplacefibers.com

Knitfelted ornaments, toppers and other decorative items by Jennifer Berger.

www.FlufftoStuffStudio.Etsy.com

Palette of the Month

Zen Fiber Arts

The Spinners Stash

AB Farm & Garden

Rovenkos Windy Acress

Gritty Knits

Dunn Spun

Compass Moon Creations

VENDOR GUIDE

fiber, garments, and jewelry

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Exquisite E Yarns

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Fresh Lotus

Jubilee Farms is a small farm located south of Clinton, IL

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Liongate Farm Blue Faced Leicester Sheep Where we create a great day everyday!

Marge Sundholm Designs

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White Fireweed Farm Creating handmade fiber art from the fibers humanely harvested from our animals.

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Wool-E Farm We raise Romney sheep for the beautiful wool fiber

Raising Romeldale/ CVM and Teeswater/BFL Sheep in the Thumb.