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MEET THE TEAM

Withoutourteam,noneofthis wouldbepossible!

FounderEllen Zawada; OwnerofWoolandFiberArtsLLC

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, 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 TeamTeDi Jansen, Alanna Wilcox

Wool and Fiber Arts Show Program

Editor in Chief

Graphic Design

Ellen Zawada

Tedi Jansen

Vendor Schedule Pages 4-6

Vendor Interview with Claudia Gross Page 8-9

WAFA Book Club Page 16

Vendor Guide

Page 23-28

Palette of the Month

Photo by Jean Layton Rozas

Wild Reid Ranch

Hidden Pastures Luxury Fiber

Schedule Friday's 25th 25th

FIBER FESTIVAL

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12:00 pm/9:00 am

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8:00 pm/5:00 pm

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Vendor

True Creations Woodturning

Forget me Knot Fibers

Melissa's Yarn Barn

Wool-E Farm

A Lighter Touch of Wool

Zen Fiber Arts

Ewe2me2u

Natural Cycles Farm, LLC

Greenwood Fiberworks

Three Birches Homestead

TLD DESIGN CENTER & GALLERY

Hidden Pastures Luxury Fiber

Rusty Spur Ranch and Creations

Create Yarnworks

Dunn Spunn

Mitten State Sheep & Wool

Knitspin

Curly C'ewes

FIBER FESTIVAL

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12:00 pm/9:00 am

12:30 pm/9:30 am

1:00 pm/10:00 am

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2:00 pm/11:00 am

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3:30 pm/12:30 pm

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7:30 pm/4:30 pm

8:00 pm/5:00 pm

8:30 pm/5:30 pm

Vendor

Fairily Fiber Fun

Jubilee Farms

Rachel M Post

Triple F Hobby Farm LLC

Susans Fiber Shop LLC

Cedar Hill Fiber Farm

Wine and Wooly Design

Spindle and Spoon Homestead

YarnTravel, LLC

Clear Sky Fiber Arts

AJem Fiber Arts

Wild Reid Ranch

Marie Feathers Fiber Crafts

Kostelaz Creations

Crafted by Locals

Liongate Farm llc

Fresh Lotus Design

FIBER FESTIVAL

EST/PST

12:00 pm/9:00 am

12:30 pm/9:30 am

1:00 pm/10:00 am

1:30 pm/10:30 am

2:00 pm/11:00 am

2:30 pm/11:30 am

3:00 pm/12:00 pm

3:30 pm/12:30 pm

4:00 pm/1:00 pm

4:30 pm/ 1:30 pm

5:00 pm/2:00 pm

5:30 pm/2:30 pm

6:00 pm/3:00 pm

6:30 pm/3:30 pm

7:00 pm/4:00 pm

7:30 pm/4:30 pm

Vendor

Walnut Springs Family Farm

Hens-N-Chicks-FiberArts

Atomic Fiber Studio

Wunderful Pines Farm

Fat Lady’s Song

Illinois Wool & Fiber Mill

Katie's Fiber Connection

Little Flock on the Prairie

JessieJavete Fiber Arts

Timber and Twine

Lair of the Llama

Zephyr Creek Farm

The Knitting Centipede

alk&me fiber art studio

SpinGlitz

Leaf Livestock Wool Co

withClaudiaGross April Vendor Interview

ofCedarHillFiberFarm

by TeDi Jansen

HOWDIDYOURBUSINESS GETSTARTED?

I acquired my first spinning wheel when I was 14 years old and quickly realized I wanted to be able to grow my own fiber. After 2 years of research I brought home Timothy and Posy, two bottlefed Angora goats, and so Cedar Hill Fiber Farm was born. I was continually sold out of their fiber, and so added more goats, Giant Angorarabbits,andsheepovertheyears as I finished up high school and college Our farm is 9 years old now and still continuing with the goal of providing soft andluxuriousspinningfiber.

Toprovideluxuriousnaturalfibersformy own family and as many others as possible

TELLUSABOUTYOURANIMALS

We have Angora goats, Giant Angora rabbits, Finnsheep, CVMs, and CVM/Romney crosses, as well as one token Shetland sheep. I select breeds/species that provide a high quantity of soft, easy to process fiber, and prefer animals with gentle personalities.Withlimitedlandresources I am passionate about finding the perfectfiberanimaltousethespace…so much so that one of the key workshops I teach is about getting started fiber farming with a large focus on proper breedselection!

CedarHillFiberFarm

WASTHERESOMEONEWHO INSPIREDYOUINYOURFIBER ARTSJOURNEY?

So many people have been very influentialinstartingmyfiberartsjourney, but it all started with a pioneer spinning demonstration in 2004 I was completely enthralled with the spinning wheel, and the thought of making yarn from cute sheepinstantlybecamemydream.

HOWDIDYOULEARNYOUR CRAFT?

I taught myself to spin after buying my first spinning wheel, and then my goat mentor taught me to shear and process Mohair. After that it has been lord of trial and error to refine and develop my own techniques. Now I am passionate about gettingothersstartedinfiberarts.

WHATMAKESWAFASPECIAL FORYOU?

It’s hard enough to travel for fiber festivals with a farm to take care of, but now as a mother of littles it is next to impossible.IlovethatWAFAgivesmethe opportunity for a fiber community year roundandwithouttheneedfortravel!

Knitspin is a Indy Dyer, we handdyed by hand all of our Roving, Yarns, we love to dyed handmade fibers.

LIVE Friday at 8:00 pm eastern

Marie Feathers Fiber Crafts Leaf Livestock

Little Flock on the Praire

Triple F Hobby Farm

Atomic Fiber Studio

Wild Reid Ranch

Turning Sunlight Into Food and Fiber

BOOK Club

Book: Fiber Radical

Host: Jean Layton

Zoom Meeting

For centuries, fiber arts have influenced sciences as diverse as digital technology, mathematics, neuroscience, medicine and more Radical Fiber explores this relationship through contemporary art and historical artifacts that address five key themes: shape, machine, body, brain and community How did the accidental discovery of synthetic mauveine dye in 1856 pave the way for modern pharmaceuticals while also generating toxic waste? Why do we respond differently to a woven photograph than a printed one? These and other questions reframe the fiber/science intersection and ask how the medium can be used to improve our world for the future

Radical Fiber featuresa new artwork created by amateur and professional makers around the globe: the Saratoga Springs Satellite Reef, part of the Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and Margaret Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring Alongside numerous unidentified artists, additional artists and creators include: Lia Cook, Brock Craft, Veronica Dry, Anna Dumitriu, Ellis Developments, Hanne Kekkonen, Kintra Fibers, Elaine Krajenke Ellison, Karen Norberg, William Henry Perkin, Helen Remick, Dario Robleto, Daniela Rosner, Samantha Shorey, John Sims, Soft Monitor (Victoria Manganiello and Julian Goldman), Daina Taimina, Cecilia Vicuna and Carolyn Yackel

SundayApril274:30eastern

Illinois Wool & Fiber Mill is a family owned and operated full service fiber mill We raise Shetland and Scottish Blackface Sheep. Happy Birthday WAFA! We will be featuring natural colored Shetland roving and yarn Also Scottish Blackface batts and felted batts. We have dyed wool for needle felting. Mohair-Shetland blend roving for fun spinning.

LIVE Sunday at 2:30 pm eastern

I would love for everybody to enjoy the finest spinning fiber and yarn I am privileged to grow and use for creating. The physical and emotional rewards accompanying raising lovely sustainable wool go far beyond the beauty of the final product

We raise Merinos, Polypays, natural-colored Rambouillet / Columbia crosses, and finally, Targhees. Our lamb pen is a menagerie of sizes, colors, and patterns of beauty Pleaes join me to see my April creations!

LIVE Sunday at 7:30 pm eastern

VENDOR GUIDE

Wool-E Farm

We raise Romney sheep for the beautiful wool fiber

Raising Romeldale/ CVM and Teeswater/BFL

Sheep in the Thumb.

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