The Hudson Valley Fiber Arts Network is a listing directory, marketing & news resource to promote and celebrate the diversity & creativity of the fiber arts community of the greater Hudson Valley region - from New York City to the Canadian border, along the I-87 and Hudson River corridor and surrounding areas.
HUDSON VALLEY FIBER ARTS HAPPENINGS
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Lehigh Valley Fiber Festival. Contact persons: Hedge Becker & Allison Mackenzie, Fogelsville, PA. Festival held in September in Allentown, PA. Complete listing in CLASSES/EVENTS/FESTIVALS section.
Patchwork Pastures Farm, Hyde Park, NY. Corriedale sheep, fleece, yarn, and breeding stock. Gifts such as wool quilting and penny rugs. Instruction in how to use wool in creative ways. Complete listing in FIBER PRODUCERS section.
Rabbit Row Yarns & Haberdashery, An intentionally curated yarn & fiber shop, with products tailored for knitters, crocheters, weavers, dyers, spinners, felters and stitchers of all kinds. Offering minimally processed fiber products from US companies, farms, mills and dyers. www.rabbitrowyarns.com. Complete listing in SHOPS section.
Knit One Needlepoint Too, Monticello, NY, a full-service needlepoint shop. Complete listing in SHOPS section.
Alpacatrax, LLC, Elyse and Joshua Arnow, Pound Ridge, NY, (Farm located in southern Columbia County, NY). Soft, Luxurious farm-raised alpaca and sheep fleeces, yarns, roving, and finished products. www.alpacatrax.com; Complete listing in FIBER PRODUCERS/FARMERS section.
Courtney Salerno, a fiber artist specializing in weaving on handmade frame looms with a variety of fibers. Complete listing in INDIE MAKERS section.
Elmendorph Handspinners Guild, Red Hook, NY.
The Guild generally meets on the third Saturday of the month at the Elmendorph Inn in Red Hook, NY (with some occasional exceptions), 10 am to 3 pm. These workdays are open to the public.
Complete listing in GUILDS, LIBRARIES, ORGANIZATIONS section.
Woodstock Weavers Guild meet the second Tuesdays of the month 10 am in Port Ewen, NY.
Complete listing in GUILDS, LIBRARIES, ORGANIZATIONS section.
Ulster County Handspinners Guild. The guild meets the second Thursday of every month 7 pm usually in Kingston, NY.
Complete listing in GUILDS, LIBRARIES, ORGANIZATIONS section.
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The information in these listings are provided by those that are listed. While these listings are the latest information we have, things can change, and it's possible that some events may be cancelled or postponed. Please check with event organizers before setting out to attend any.
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Lehigh Valley Fiber Festival will be held Sept. 26, 10 am to 5 pm & Sept. 27, 2026, 10 am to 4 pm. Allentown Agri-Plex, 1998 Liberty St., Allentown, PA 18104. Admission: $5/day or $8 for the weekend. Free on-site parking. Over 70 vendors expected, fleece sale, demonstrations, and more.
Besides the numerous vendors the festival promises a host of activities:
Fleece sale, Saturday 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday 10 am to 2 pm. Fleeces will be categorized by the producers and the on-site juror will review and provide feedback for each fleece.
The Second Saturday Spinners, a local fiber arts group, will demonstrate the art of spinning with a mix of modern and older spinning wheels, in addition to some various types of fiber prep work and weaving. They expect to have an extra wheel on hand for adults to try out and can offer some advice on wheels brought in.
The Lehigh Valley Fiber Festival is noted for its community outreach. This year the Stash Bash is back. Visitors can bring extra yarn to the festival and drop it off at the entrance table. From there, it will be passed along to local organizations who will transform it into cozy hats, scarves, and blankets for homeless individuals, cancer patients, and foster children.
Another community-minded activity will be Make a Square, Make a Difference. Knit or crochet squares of any size (machine-washable fibers, please) and amazing volunteers will stitch them together into beautiful blankets for donation. Visitors can even stitch a square or just a few rows at the festival. Yarns, needles, and hooks will be available. Attendees cam also bring in finished winter hats, scarves, or mittens. This year's donations are slated for the Allentown Rescue Mission & Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley.
Rabbit Row Yarns & Haberdashery classes:
Workshop: Math for Knitters with Kate Atherley (In person and Virtual), Wed. Sept. 23, 6:30 to 8:30 pm EDT, $45. Learn how math fits into pattern reading, deciphering pattern jargon, yarn math magic, and demystifying gauge.
Rabbit Row Yarns & Haberdashery is offering a series of three beginner sewing classes. Beginner Sewing 1: Your Essential Introduction to the Sewing Machine - Make a Drawstring Bag, Sat. Oct. 17, 2026, 9 am to noon. Key techniques covered include, machine threading, basic stitches, fabric grain, seam allowances, simple seam finishes. Then these skills will be applied to making a drawstring bag. Single class: $80. 5% off for purchase of two sewing classes, or 10% off the purchase of three sewing classes in this series. All supplies included in class fee. Students need to bring their own sewing machine.
Rabbit Row Yarns & Haberdashery beginner sewing series, class 2 - Polished Finishes: Seams, Hems and Button Closures - Sew an Envelope Pillow with Buttons. Sat. Oct. 31, 2026, 9 am to noon. Techniques taught: hems, pressing & seam finishes, buttonholes, sewing buttons, reading simple measurements for a project. And the project is a sewn envelope-style pillow with a button enclosure. Single class: $80. 5% off for purchase of two sewing classes, or 10% off the purchase of three sewing classes in this series. All supplies included in class fee. Students need to bring their own sewing machine.
Rabbit Row Yarns & Haberdashery beginner sewing series, class 3 - Intro to Patterns and Zipper Installation - Sew a Zippered Pouch. Sat. Nov. 21, 2026, 9 am to noon. Key skills taught include reading a simple pattern, pattern layout on grain, zipper installation, assembling a lined project. The project is a lined zippered pouch. Single class: $80. 5% off for purchase of two sewing classes, or 10% off the purchase of three sewing classes in this series. All supplies included in class fee. Students need to bring their own sewing machine.
Rabbit Row Yarns & Haberdashery ongoing meetings. Meetings are held in the store, 24 E. Market St, Corning, NY, unless otherwise noted.
#StitchCorning happens every Sunday, 1 to 4 pm, where folks bring their projects, enjoy the rocking chairs at the rear of the shop, and become a part of a welcoming community.
Mending Circle, Thursday evenings, 6:30 to 8 pm.
Bring a love-worn item and one's creativity to delve into the visible mending trend, and collaborate on the best way to address a torn/holey/worn area. Some tools are available to use or try in shop. Even if someone has nothing to mend, they are welcome to bring a project with them. Many of the group use the time and place to knit or crochet.
Knit One Needlepoint Too: Summer Trunk Shows - 20 to 40% off, Madeleine Elizabeth, Alice Peterson and 3K Designs.
GUILD NEWS:
Woodstock Weavers Guild meeting, Tues. Aug. 11, 2026, 10 am. Location: Reformed Church of Port Ewen, 160 Salem St., Port Ewen, NY 12466.
Ulster County Handspinners Guild meeting Thurs. Aug. 13, 2026, 7 pm. Location: Russell Brott Senior Center in Lake Katrine (1 Town Hall Rd, Lake Katrine, NY 12449.)
Elmendorph Handspinners Guild workshop day, open to the public, Elmendorph Inn, 7562 N. Broadway. Red Hook, NY 12571. Sat. Aug. 22, 2026, 10 am to 3 pm.
Woodstock Weavers Guild meeting, Tues. Sept. 8, 2026, 10 am. Location: Reformed Church of Port Ewen, 160 Salem St., Port Ewen, NY 12466.
Ulster County Handspinners Guild meeting Thurs. Sept. 10, 2026, 7 pm. Location: Russell Brott Senior Center in Lake Katrine (1 Town Hall Rd, Lake Katrine, NY 12449.)
Elmendorph Handspinners Guild workshop day, open to the public, Elmendorph Inn, 7562 N. Broadway. Red Hook, NY 12571. Sat. Sept. 19, 2026, 10 am to 3 pm.
Ulster County Handspinners Guild meeting Thurs. Oct. 8, 2026, 7 pm. Location: Russell Brott Senior Center in Lake Katrine (1 Town Hall Rd, Lake Katrine, NY 12449.)
Woodstock Weavers Guild meeting, Tues. Oct. 13, 2026, 10 am. Location: Reformed Church of Port Ewen, 160 Salem St., Port Ewen, NY 12466.
Other Happenings of Note:
Ulster County Fair Wool Room activities:
Tues., Aug. 4, 202, 4 pm. All Hands on Deck Fiber Workshop. Visitors can try their hand at wool spinning, carding, and weaving in a hands-on introduction to the fundamentals of fiber craft.
Wed. Aug. 5, 11 am. A special cross-continental collaboration: the Ulster County and Chernivtsi, Ukraine Sister-Communities Weaving Project. A live Zoom exchange with the School of Bukovinian Taistra Weaving in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, followed by a hands-on weaving demonstration at the Wool Room of a traditional tapestry technique used to create taistra bags.
Thurs. Aug 6, 11 am. Flax Day. Presentation on the history of flax in the United States, along with how it's grown, prepared, and spun into textile-ready fiber. Following the presentation will be a Flax Spinning Competition for ages 11 and up. There will bea limited number of spinning wheels available to borrow.
Fri. Aug. 7, 3 pm. Community Natural Dye Pot, using plants including those grown in the Wool Room Dye Garden. The public is welcome to bring wool, silk, or cotton items to dip into the shared community pot. Also a demo of bundle dyeing, a botanical printing technique.
Sat. Aug. 8, 10 am to 2 pm. Fleece to Shawl Competition. Skilled teams of five each, race the clock, carding, spinning, and weaving a complete shawl in four hours. This year's theme is Spring.
Sun. Aug. 9. 11 am. All Things Angora Rabbit, a discussion of angora care and judging, the many uses of angora fiber, and the gentle art of shearing.
Inside the wool room - a display of fiber arts competition entries - spinning, knitting, crochet. weaving, feltmaking and more.
Wool Room activities are free with admission to the Fair. Free fair admission for senior citizens (ages 62 and older) on Wednesday and Thursday, 10 am to 4 pm. The Wool Room is across from the Sheep Barn in back of Ulster County Fair, 249 Libertyville Rd., New Paltz, NY 12561.
Metropolitan Museum of Art:
Art of Native American, new rotation, ongoing.
Tapestries and woven rugs in Medieval Art and Art of the Arab Lands galleries. Other textiles throughout the museum.
Wedding Attire: Three Cultures, One Celebration, ongoing.
Please note that some of the listed events may have admission, registration or other fees, and may require advanced registration or may already be sold out or cancelled.
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