WAFA Virtual FIBER FESTIVAL February 23, 24, 25
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 (craft-along), Mary Dillon, Katelyn Dunn, Jessica Holt Pack, Amy Olshewski Bowling
Wool and Fiber Arts Show Program Editor in Chief Graphic Design Ellen Zawada Tedi Jansen
Vendor Schedule Pages 4-9
Marketing Team - Raven Reynolds (social Media) Ellen Zawada, Tedi Jansen
Vendor Interview: Maureen Macedo Page 10-11
Inclusivity Team - Liza Q. Wirtz, Alaura Pittman, TeDi Jansen, Vidya Gopalakrishna Travis, Maddy McLendon
Colors From the Earth Page 20-21 & Page 36
Education Team TeDi Jansen, Alanna Wilcox
Palette of the Month Page 30-31 Vendor Guide Page 37-44
Wunderful Pines Farm
Palette of the Month
Fehrenbach Fiber
Photo by Rachel M Post Opalessence Fiber Studio
Carole Makes
Esthers Place
Wine & Wooly
WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
FIBER FESTIVAL s ' y a d i Fr le u d e h 23rd c S Vendor
Category
Location
10:00 am/7:00 am True Creations Woodturning
Toolmaker
New York
10:30 am/7:30 am Harvest Hill Acres
Farm - Romeldale
Minnesota
11:00 am/8:00 am Gritty Knits
Indie Dyer
Texas
11:30 am/8:30 am Zen Fiber Arts
Indie Dyer
Maryland
12:00 pm/9:00 am Sheepishly Made &MCS Livestock Farm - BFL
Michigan
12:30 pm/9:30 am GrilliantCreatives
Indie Dyer
Indiana
1:00 pm/10:00 am the Foldout Cat
Indie Dyer
Alabama
1:30 pm/10:30 am Jubilee Farms
Farm - multi
Illinois
2:00 pm/11:00 am Wine and Wooly Design
Indie Dyer
Washington
2:30 pm/11:30 am Cedar Hill Fiber Farm
Farm - multi
Kentucky
3:00 pm/12:00 pm CaroleMakes
Farm - angora
Indiana
3:30 pm/12:30 pm Nistock Farms
Farm - Cotswold
New York
EST/PST
4:00 pm/1:00 pm
Fairily Fiber Fun
Batts
Georgia
4:30 pm/ 1:30 pm
Opalessence Fiber Studio
Weaver
Pennsylvania
5:00 pm/2:00 pm
Wunderful Pines Farm
Farm - multi
Michigan
5:30 pm/2:30 pm
Aker Fiber Farm
Farm -Corriedale,
New Hampshire
6:00 pm/3:00 pm
YarnTravel
Batts, Tools
Florida
WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
FIBER FESTIVAL
's y a d i Fr le 23rd u d e h Sc EST/PST
Vendor
Category
Location
6:30 pm/3:30 pm
TLD Design Center & Gallery
Indie Dyer
Illinois
7:00 pm/4:00 pm
DancinWoods Alpaca FIbers
Farm - Alpaca
Iowa
7:30 pm/4:30 pm
Dunn Spunn
Batts, Tools
Tennessee
8:00 pm/5:00 pm
Knitspin
Indie Dyer
Illinois
8:30 pm/5:30 pm
2 B Ewe
Farm - Sheep
Colorado
9:00 pm 6:00 pm
SpinGlitz
Indie Dyer
California
9:30 pm/6:30 pm
Willow Oak Farm and Fiber
Farm - Angora
Louisiana
Rabbit
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WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
's FIBER FESTIVAL y a d r u t Sa edule 24th Sch Vendor
Category
Location
10:00 am/7:00 am 3L&S Farms
Farm - Romney
Michigan
10:30 am/7:30 am Forever Growing
Toolmaker
Tennessee
11:00 am/8:00 am Hens-N-Chicks-FiberArts
Batts
Michigan
11:30 am/8:30 am Wavellite Creative
Toolmaker
Wisconsin
12:00 pm/9:00 am A Lighter Touch of Wool
Batt Maker
Michigan
12:30 pm/9:30 am Katie's Fiber Connection
Indie Dyer
Michigan
1:00 pm/10:00 am Hidden Pastures Luxury Fiber
Farm - Multi
New Jersey
1:30 pm/10:30 am Create Yarnworks
Indie Dyer
Maryland
2:00 pm/11:00 am Curly Cewes
Indie Dyer
Oregon
2:30 pm/11:30 am Timber and Twine
Farm - Multi
Colorado
3:00 pm/12:00 pm Natural Cycles Farm, LLC
Farm - Romeldale
Michigan
3:30 pm/12:30 pm Greenwood Fiberworks
Indie Dyer
Utah
EST/PST
4:00 pm/1:00 pm
Heritage Hollow
Farm - Longwool
Illinois
4:30 pm/ 1:30 pm
Fehrenbach Fiber
Farm - Llama
Michigan
5:00 pm/2:00 pm
Esther's Place
Indie Dyer
Illinois
5:30 pm/2:30 pm
Valley View Farm
Farm - Multi
Washington
6:00 pm/3:00 pm
Iron Wheel Farms LLC
Farm - Sheep
Michigan
WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
FIBER FESTIVAL
s ' y a d Satur ule 24th d Sche EST/PST
Vendor
Category
Location
6:30 pm/3:30 pm
Merino y Vino
Indie Dyer
Arizona
7:00 pm/4:00 pm
Ewe2me2u
Indie Dyer
Illinois
7:30 pm/4:30 pm
Spinaway Farm
Indie Dyer
Pennsylvania
8:00 pm/5:00 pm
Fresh Lotus Design
Indie Dyer
Michigan
8:30 pm/5:30 pm
Liongate Farm llc
Farm - BFL
Oregon
9:00 pm 6:00 pm
Alpaca Montana Mill
Fiber Mill
Montaba
9:30 pm/6:30 pm
Faith Hope Love Studio
Indie Dyer
Oregon
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WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
FIBER FESTIVAL s ' y a d n Su dule e 25th h c S EST/PST
Vendor
Category
Location
12:00 pm/9:00 am
AriBo Arts
Batts
Iowa
12:30 pm/9:30 am
Wool-E Farm
Farm -Sheep
Michigan
1:00 pm/10:00 am
Macedo's Mini Acre
Farm - Alpaca
California
1:30 pm/10:30 am
Leaf Livestock Wool Co
Farm - Sheep
Illinois
2:00 pm/11:00 am
KnitzAndPearls Fiberworks
Indie Dyer
Wisconsin
2:30 pm/11:30 am
Whirlwind Rnach Inc
Farm - Alpaca
Missouri
3:00 pm/12:00 pm
Cedar View Farm LLC
Farm - Multi
Virginia
3:30 pm/12:30 pm
Mulch and More Crafts
Indie Dyer
Michigan
4:00 pm/1:00 pm
Clear Sky Fiber Arts
Farm - Alpaca
Michigan
4:30 pm/ 1:30 pm
Susans Fiber Shop LLC
Local Yarn Store
Wisconsin
5:00 pm/2:00 pm
Stephino Stitches
Batts
Florida
5:30 pm/2:30 pm
Wild Hair Studio
Farm - Romeldale Tennessee
6:00 pm/3:00 pm
Annie Morton Designs
Project Bags
Tennessee
6:30 pm/3:30 pm
Prismatic Color Form
Indie Dyer
Ohio
7:00 pm/4:00 pm
Zephyr Creek Farm
Farm - Romeldale Michigan
7:30 pm/4:30 pm
Kostelaz Creations
Project Bags
California
WOOL AND FIBER ARTS
FIBER FESTIVAL
y's a d n Su le 25th u d e h Sc EST/PST
Vendor
Category
Location
8:00 pm/5:00 pm
AB Farm & Gardens
Farm - Mohair
Georgia
8:30 pm/5:30 pm
Windsor Farms Rabbitry
Farm - Angora
Oregon
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FEBRUARY VENDOR INTERVIEW
Macedo’s Mini Acre By TeDi Jansen
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HOW DID YOUR BUSINESS GET STARTED? 18 years, one of our daughters came home from working in the local yarn store and declared "I found the best yarn, its' soft and easy to work with, but we have to find a way to get it cheaper"
WHAT IS YOUR BUSINESS'S GOAL Our goal is to promote a local fiber/product. We are the recipients of carbon beneficial grants and strongly believe that growing and wearing locally produced garments helps the planet
HOW DID YOU LEARN YOUR CRAFT, WAS THERE SOMEONE WHO INSPIRED YOU IN YOUR FIBER ARTS JOURNEY? Hands on, plus working alongside other fiber artists. I have my great grandmother's carding combs (granted, we used them for sheep's wool) and I have had many opportunities to learn from others over the years.
WHAT FIBER ANIMALS DO YOU HAVE? DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE? DO YOU HAVE OTHER FARM ANIMALS? Alpaca and llama. Can’t name a favorite, I'll be in trouble. Yes, chickens, bees, farm cats & spoiled dogs
WHAT ELSE MAKES YOUR BUSINESS SPECIAL? It's a family thing - husband mainly runs the mill and does the tractor work, we have grandson help/work summers and vacations
DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE BASE/ BLEND/ FIBER? WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT IT? Alpaca! Eco friendly, soft, blends well with other fibers, antimicrobial, no lanolin to scour out
WHAT MAKES WAFA SPECIAL FOR YOU? A sense of community, fiber folks working together
ary 24 2:30p u r b e F east ay d r ern u t a S
Join the Timber and Twine gals for a celebration of plant colors and fibers. Come for the fiber, stay for the fun!
FAIRILY FIBER FUN LET FAIRILY FIBER FUN BE YOUR GUIDE TO A WORLD OF MAGICAL COLOR AND TEXTURE. OUR PREMIUM SELECTION FEATURES CAREFULLY CURATED PRODUCTS TO INSPIRE YOUR CREATIVITY AND MAKE YOUR SPINNING AND FELTING PROJECTS TRULY ONE-OF-A-KIND. WITH OUR HAND DYED TOPS AND ROVING, FUN BATTS AND FELTING KITS, YOU'LL DISCOVER ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES TO EXPLORE YOUR PASSION FOR FIBER ART. JOIN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY AND EXPERIENCE THE BEAUTY OF FUNTASTIC FIBERS AND THE JOY OF CREATING WITH YOUR OWN HANDS.
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Friday 4:00 pm Eastern
Happy Sheep make lots of wool which makes Happy Customers! Join us this month for our raw wool sale, lots of freshly shorn fleeces to choose from. We are a small family owned ranch located in Southern Colorado whose primary goal is turning sunlight into food and fiber.
Friday 8:30 pm Eastern
HARVEST HILL ACRES MINNESOTA
ROMELDALE CVM
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
LIVE Streaming Friday 10:30 am eastern
Knitspin is a family-owned business that sells high-quality hand-dyed fibers, homespun yarn, hand dyed Yarns, Angelina Fibers. 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. Come and visit us through the following links: www.knitspin.com, www.knitspin.etsy.com.
LIVE Friday 8:00 pm eastern
www.foldoutcat.com
www.nistockfarms.com
www.SpinGlitz.com
WINDSOR FARMS RABBITRY
MY HUSBAND AND I STARTED WINDSOR FARMS RABBITRY AND YARNS IN THE 1980’S IN WINDSOR, MAINE. IN 1998 WE MOVED THE WHOLE FAMILY AND ALL OUR CRITTERS FROM COAST TO COAST AND LANDED IN OREGON. FIRST CAME SPINNING, THEN KNITTING, DYEING, BLENDING WITH OTHER FIBERS, MAKING YARNS FOR SALE, AND HAVING FINISHED GOODS READY TO WEAR. I ENJOY THE FACT THAT I CAN WEAR AN ANGORA HAT AND SCARF TO THE BARN AND THE ANIMAL THAT PRODUCED THE FIBER TO MAKE THEM IS JUMPING AROUND WANTING TO BE FED.
Sunday at 8:30 pm eastern
Colors from the Earth by TeDi Jansen
The Adventure is Yours
When I started botanical dyeing my mentor told me that dyeing with plants and bugs was like brewing a lovely cup of tea. I thought that meant it was going to be easy but I was wrong. The perfect cup of tea is steeped for the correct range of time and temp for the specific leaves you are using. Botanical dyeing and growing dye plants is the same - there is a science to it and also an art. To that end, experimentation is encouraged! Botanical dyeing Is a personal experience, not only because the plants and bugs connect us to the land but because every dyers experience is different. Colors and shades may vary from region to region based on the water that is available. How fibers are scoured, mordanted and tannined affects the outcome. Plants that grow wild in the ditches in one place are not only not available but could be considered invasive in another. Regional variations in how the plant or fiber is grown, what the animal ate or the soil the plant was grown in can affect the fiber and how It accepts the dye. All this to say that the adventure is yours to have. Your experiences will teach you as much as your research. Go fast and try lots of things, go slow and dedicate a year to a specific dye (I did this). Grow something in your garden and (with safety precautions) harvest it and throw it in the pot! Look for teachers who invite you along on their journey and share their experiences. Take a few notes along the way because, love It or hate It, you might want to remember what you did.
Dyeing the Rainbow This list is not exhaustive. Some plants give more than one color
Red Cochineal Lac Madder* Quebracho Sappanwood Orange Sulfur Cosmos* Yellow Annatto Chamomile* Chestnut Fustic Goldenrod* Himalayan Rhubarb Kamala Marigold* Myrobalen Osage Orange Pomegranate Rabbitbrush Safflower* Weld* Yellow onion skin* Dyers Coreopsis*
Blue Japanese Indigo* Woad* Purple Alkanet Logwood Hopi Black-Dye-Sunflower Brown Cutch Sequoia Walnut Grey Black Knight Scabiosa* Black Holllyhock* Acorn (black with iron) Pink Sumac
Green Red onion skin*
*Dye garden plants
RE SOURCES
A sampling of the world of botanical dye books Natural Dyes: Sources, Tradition, Technology and Science by Dominique Cardon The Art and Science of Natural Dyes by Joy Boutrup and Catherine Ellis Indigo, Madder and Marigold: A Portfolio of Colors from Natural Dyes by Trudy Van Stralen I love this book! It was the first one I came across that had recipes for mixing dye colors. A Handbook of Indigo Dyeing by Vivien Prideaux Wild Color by Jenny Dean Singing the Blues by John Marshall This is the book that has information about dyeing with fresh indigo The Modern Natural Dyer by Kristine Vejar Journeys in Natural Dyeing by Kristine Vejar and Adrienne Rodeiguez Nature’s Colorways Long Thread Media. The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes by Sasha Duerr The Wild Dyer by Abigail Booth
Seed Sources Anna Carolyn Meier Bedhead Fiber Botanical Colors Farm and Folk Grand Prismatic Seed Southern Exposure Seed Exchange
3L&S
FARMS M I C H I G A N
R O M N E Y
LIVE Saturday at 10:00 am eastern
www.3lsfarms.com
February WAFA Sale Saturday, February 24th at 3:30 pm EST
https://Greenwoodfiberworks.com
https://www.faithhopelovestudio.com/
Saturday February 24 at 5:30 est This month we are going to have farm fresh roving and yarn, as well as hand dyed braids and art batts. I cant wait to share roving from Eliza who is super curious and wants to be in my pocket every time I go out to the barn!
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FEHRENBACH FARMS Fehrenbach Yarn & Fibers is the place to go to purchase beautiful hand dyed, hand spun, and home grown fiber and products.
LIVE Saturday at 4:30 pm eastern
www.liongate.org www.liongate.etsy.com
LIVE Saturday at 4:00 pm eastern
Welcome to the Mercantile of Heritage Hollow an Experiential Farm farm stay in Northwestern Illinois.
LIVE Saturday at 6:00 pm eastern
Annie Morton
Iron Wheel Farm
Curly C’Ewes
AriBo Arts
Opalessence Fiber Studio
Merino Y Vino
Annie Morton
Sheepishly Made
Wavelite
Iron Wheel Farm
Knitz & Pearls
Lighter Touch
Fairily Fiber Fun Liongate Farm
Leaf Livestock
Macedo’s
MINI ACRES
WWW.MACEDOSMINIACRES.COM
International year of the Camelids - Celebrate with us as we share our alpaca fiber with you. Rovings, core spun rug yarn, yarn and other items created from our herd of Huacaya and Suri alpacas.
LIVE Sunday at 1:00 pm eastern
Susans Fiber
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.
www.susansfiber.com
LIVE Streaming Sunday 4:30 pm eastern
Items This Month: US Rambouillet Top US Falkland Type Top US Cheviot Top
AriBo Arts
LIVE Sunday at 12:00 pm eastern
Plant Power
Natural Cycles Farm
Small Acre Farm
TLD Design
Willow Oak Farm
TLD Design
Mulch & More
Zen Fiber Arts
Liongate Farm
Small Acre Farm
Willow Oak Farm
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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.