2021 Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival

Sep 24 5:00 pm - Sep 26 4:00 pm (6 events)
(GMT-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada) 890 West Main Street, Berryville, Virginia 22611, United States

Hosted by Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival

Dates

Sep 24 5:00 pm - Sep 26 4:00 pm
(GMT-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Location

890 West Main Street, Berryville, Virginia 22611, United States

Come celebrate the many facets of fiber the last full weekend of September. The festival is filled with opportunities and events focusing on all aspects of fiber and more! Classes on many different ways to use fiber will be offered. We will also have demonstrations, competitions, festival memorabilia, fleeces for sale, and more. Our vendors offer yarns, various raw and finished fibers, the animals they come from, buttons to spinning and weaving equipment, rugs and purses to hats and sweaters, jewelry, art, pottery, and many other lovely items!

Instructor Highlight - Anja Caldwell

Welcome to your Happy Place! My name is Anja Caldwell. I grew up in Germany, where I got introduced to the wonderful world of handwork in elementary school. My maternal grandfather was a gentlemen's tailor and owned a clothing store in Northern Germany, my paternal grandmother was a master seamstress, my sister is a textile engineer. I first lived in the US in 1990 as a Fulbright... + More

Instructor Highlight - Cindie Bennett

Cindie Bennett is primarily a crochet instructor and designer. She has taught at many fiber festivals along the east coast. Cindie is a Certified Crochet Instructor through Craft Yarn Council. She has published multiple crochet designs into popular crochet magazines. You may follow Cindie at www.instagram.com/cindiebennettcrochet and www.facebook.com/cindiebennettcrochet

Instructor Highlight - Dixie Faries

Dixie Faries lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, Efrain, two spoiled cats and four squawking birds. She has been as been knitting and crocheting for more than 50 years. The real turning point in her skills came about once she discovered knitting conferences, taking classes at every opportunity both in the U.S. and overseas. This broadened both her understanding of the craft and her... + More

Instructor Highlight - Jean Elizabeth Glass

Jean Elizabeth Glass has been playing with beads and fiber in one way or another for 30 years. She was brought to knitting by friends who told her that she could knit with beads thus marrying two wonderful crafts and making her smile. She loves to share her passion with anyone who is interested and has generously shared her knowledge during demonstrations and teaching classes at DFW, Vogue... + More

Instructor Highlight - M Theressa Brown

M Theresa Brown is a professional portrait artist, printmaker and fiber artist whose long career embraces many areas of the Arts. Her years of printmaking and color work led her to explore the fiber arts. Using many similar skills and accumulated knowledge, she has evolved as a hand painter and ecoprinter on natural fibers. She uses natural dyes and low impact synthetic dyes and merges them... + More

Instructor Highlight - Mary Gildersleeve

A native San Franciscan, Mary Gildersleeve began designing shortly after teaching herself to knit at the age of 8. Knitting and designing were her constant activities throughout undergrad (BA Journalism), grad school (MBA Marketing) and family life until, in 1997, she went “professional” and established By Hand, With Heart…traditional hand-knit designs with a modern twist. ... + More

Instructor Highlight - Patty Williams

Patty Williams is the owner of Aker Fiber Farm. She began working with fiber arts as a young girl with her aunt and mom. She learned how to crochet, wash fleeces, and card wool along with tying her shoes. She began Aker Fiber Farm part time after leaving the Army with her husband in Virginia. They then purchased the flock that had been supplying their fleeced and moved everyone to New... + More

Instructor Highlight - Peggy Doerwaldt

Peggy grew up outside of San Francisco, CA and learned the art of knitting and crochet from her grandmother. She relocated to the East coast and now Peggy lives in NVA with her husband and children. She knits daily and works with other creative fiber avenues. After getting her Masters at Austin Peay in Tennesse, she taught in the classroom in the late 90s but family/work life balance took... + More

Instructor Highlight - Q

Liza Q. Wirtz, better known as Q, teaches freespirited weaving, art-batt carding, and exploratory spinning on her herd of wheels through her fiber-arts business, the Foldout Cat, based at her home studio in the Huntsville, Alabama area. Q has been weaving and sewing in the SAORI tradition for several years, and she dyes, spins, and cards with the same philosophy in mind: create from your heart... + More

Tickets

Price: $55-130

Flax Seed to Linen Yarn, with Patty Williams, Saturday 1-4pm

$55.00 / each

+$3.78 FEES

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Non-refundable

This three-hour class will be packed with information as I demonstrate the entire flax seed to linen yarn process. We will cover terminology, where to find equipment and materials, how to use... + More

Tapestry Weaving for Kids, with Anja Caldwell, Sunday 9-11am

$59.00 / each

+$4.03 FEES

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Non-refundable

Weaving is the most basic of all fabric making. This small but mighty wall hanging teaches the basic basketweave.

How to Spin Flax from a Drop Spindle & Wheel, with Patty Williams, Sunday 9-11am

$60.00 / each

+$4.09 FEES

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Non-refundable

This class will specifically focus on how to spin flax line from a drop spindle and wheel. We will discuss materials traditionally used and what can be used today.

Freestyle Weaving On Your Favorite Loom, with Q Wirtz, Saturday 1-3pm *Online Only

$64.00 / each

+$4.34 FEES

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Non-refundable

Learn to weave freestyle in the comfort of your own home! Using any rigid-heddle, tapestry, tabletop, or floor loom you own (or can borrow 😊) and are comfortable using, play with color, texture,... + More

Muppets & Minis: Spinning New Life Into Your Fiber Stash, with Q Wirtz, Sunday 10-Noon *Online Only

$67.00 / each

+$4.53 FEES

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Non-refundable

If you’ve been spinning for any length of time, there’s a good chance your stash contains fibery treasures that just don’t suit who you’ve become. We’ve all got those... + More

Carding for Fun: Blending-Board Basics with Q Wirtz, Saturday 10am-Noon * Online Only

$74.00 / each

+$4.97 FEES

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Non-refundable

No drum carder? No problem! Fly outside the batt box: learn how to build art batts with simple, affordable, handheld tools in the privacy of your own home 😊. Combine fibers, textures, and colors... + More

Spinning Structures on a Wheel, with Patty Williams, Friday 9-11am

$75.00 / each

+$5.03 FEES

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Non-refundable

Have you been confused by woolen versus worsted? This class covers the four basic spinning structures; woolen, semi woolen, worsted, and semi worsted. We will discuss how to spin them and when to... + More

Make a Beaded Cuff Bracelet? Of Course You Can! with Jean Glass, Friday 1-4pm

$75.95 / each

+$5.09 FEES

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Non-refundable

You will learn to knit with beads and make a beautiful bracelet, too! In this class you will learn to knit with beads by pre-stringing the beads on some lovely hand-dyed yarn from A Hundred Ravens.... + More

Beautiful Beaded Bind-offs - a techniques class, with Jean Glass, Sunday 9am-Noon

$78.95 / each

+$5.28 FEES

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Non-refundable

Come learn a few different ways to add beads in your bind-off. Jean Elizabeth will demonstrate a number of ways to add beads to your bind-off then you will practice them with her there to help you... + More

Fiber with beads: an introduction, with Jean Glass, Friday 9am -Noon

$79.95 / each

+$5.34 FEES

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Non-refundable

Have you always wanted to learn to put beads in your projects? Now is your chance to learn! Jean Elizabeth will cover many ways to add beads to your pieces, and you will practice each way and find... + More

Fun Beaded Gloves, with Jean Glass, Saturday 9am-Noon

$79.95 / each

+$5.34 FEES

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Non-refundable

You will learn to knit with beads and make a beautiful Beaded Glove, too! The glove is knitted flat and then seamed. You will knit with beads by pre-stringing the beads on some lovely hand-dyed... + More

Beads in a Cast-on! 3 Techniques , with Jean Glass, Saturday 1-4

$79.99 / each

+$5.34 FEES

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Non-refundable

Intro to Macrame: Wall Art with Cindie Bennett Sunday 9am-Noon

$80.00 / each

+$5.35 FEES

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Non-refundable

With Macrame becoming more and more popular with wall decor, chairs, plant hangers, and many other fun items. Macrame will be your new obsession. You will be looking for new things to knot all the... + More

Intro to Macrame: Plant Hanger with Cindie Bennett, Saturday 9am-Noon

$80.00 / each

+$5.35 FEES

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Non-refundable

Ecoprint Naturally on Silk and Wool, with M Theressa Brown, Friday 9am-4pm

$125.00 / each

+$8.17 FEES

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Non-refundable

Learn how to ecoprint on silk and wool naturally! Ecoprinting (also known as botanical printing) involves collecting leaves, plants and flowers to imprint their images directly upon protein fibers... + More

Ecoprint in Color on Silk and Wool, with M Theresa Brown, Saturday 9am-4pm

$130.00 / each

+$8.48 FEES

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Non-refundable

Learn how to ecoprint on silk and wool and create a beautiful background in color! Ecoprinting (also known as botanical printing) involves collecting leaves, plants and flowers to imprint their... + More