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DON'T MISS our Friday night dinner at the YO OR the Vendor Fashion Show with dinner.
2023 Guest designer
Saturday Cast On Party - 1 PM Kick off!
Please welcome Martha Wissing as our special guest designer for the year 2023. This cast on party and class is a first for Texas Fleece and Fiber Festival. Students will be sent on an adventure to see the dyers choices. Samples will be on display at the vendor booths and then at class for discussion. Color is always as important as technique. Martha will walk you through the nuts and bolts of her pattern design. Make new old friends!
List of Vendors will be posted at the event.
Feature fibers: cotton and hemp
A Texas Native
Cotton and Hemp are as much a part of the Texas fabric as wool and mohair. We decided that this year we wanted to give these two fabulous fibers their due. Melanie Sanford of Conserving Threads will be vending and teaching. She has a passion for conservation as well. Conserving Threads has been providing textile conservation services to the Texas communities and surrounding areas since 2003. Dust off your doilies and polish up your drop spindles. Learn about spinning in Hemp and then explore the complex world of dying cotton and hemp.
NEW and improved!
Sheep and Wool Show
Farms and Ranches will now have their space in the Indoor Arena where you can reserve a table for presenting and selling your goods. In addition, we are offering up stalls for livestock sales and presentations. Friday, bring your best fleece to the table for a Fleece Show. Saturday, buyers will be able to bid on their favorite fleece! You will be able to meet your customers in person to talk about all that you love....farming, ranching, fiber livestock and more! ONLINE FORM FOR VENDING
A class For fiber raisers and enthusiasts!
Shearing -> Sorting -> Spinworthy!
So, you have a raw sheep fleece. What’s next?!
Monica is the founder of Gothfarm Yarn and has made her mark in the fiber art industry with her passion for the natural colors of heritage breed sheep. She has turned her passion into a business of grading, sorting and creating unique yarns.
The class will start with a live shearing demonstration from sheep shearer Chloe O’Rourke and her wooly assistants. Monica will then discuss the basics of wool evaluation, preparation, and commodification, working with the freshly shorn fleece in real time.
This class is for anyone who wants to know how to treat wool once it’s off the sheep and in your hands. This includes sheep raisers interested in getting more value out of their wool and crafters interested in working with quality fleeces.
Dinner out with Designer, martha wissing & Mystery writer, D
Mystery KAL and A Sheepishly Good Mystery to Solve!
Join us Friday night at the YO Ranch Hotel, Kerrville, TX (just 10 minutes from the festival) for a brisket buffet, murder mystery talk with David Cambrione and a sheepishly good murder mystery. We will enjoy the company of our feature designer Martha Wissing and her lovely journey to becoming a designer. Dinner is an all-you-can-eat Brisket buffet with salads, alternate proteins, desserts and water or tea.
Dinner, non-alcoholic beverage, tax and tip are included in the fee.
Festival Apron
$25.00
Cotton apron with three pockets. Design by Suzy Stewart.
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