Calendar
Knitting Events in 2006
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Items marked * are not yet confirmed for 2006.
On this page:
January | February | March | April | May | June | July
August | September |October | November |December
| 21-23 | San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA | National NeedleArts Association Trade Show |
| 16-19 | Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA | Stitches West |
| 16-19 | Seaview Marriott Resort and Spa, Galloway, NJ | Needlearts and Decorative Sewing Show |
| 9-12 | Sheraton Tacoma Hotel, Tacoma, WA | Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat |
| 18-19 | Doubletree Hotel, Portland, ME | Spa Knit & Spin IV |
| 9-12 | Highland Lodge, Greensboro, VT | Mindful Knitting Retreat with Tara Jon Manning |
| 9-12 | Hunt Valley Marriott, Hunt Valley, MD | Needle Arts and Decorative Sewing Show |
| 10-12 | Abigail's Inn, Camden, ME | Knit INN |
| 10-12 | Clarion Hotel, Bloomington, IL | Bloomie Fest, A Gathering of Knitters & Other Fiber Lovers |
| 11-12 | Virginia Horse Center, Lexington, VA | Virginia Classic Llama & Alpaca Show |
| 30-Apr 2 | Hilton Garden Inn, Virginia Beach, VA | Knittapalooza |
| 31-Apr 1 | Tradex, Abbotsford, BC, Canada | Fibrefest International |
| 31-Apr 1 | Parado EXPO and Convention Center, Scottsdale, AZ | Scottsdale Arizona Knitting Show |
| 1-2 | Western Washington Fairgrounds, Puyallup | Alpacapalooza |
| 1-2 | Avon Old Farms Hotel, Avon, CT | 13th Ewephoric Knitter's Weekend |
| 7-8 | Putnam County Fairgrounds, Greencastle, IN | Fleece Fair |
| 8 | Manchester, CT | Seams Like Old Times: A Northeast Connecticut Textile Heritage Tour |
| 8 | Sedalia Center, Bedford County, VA | Sedalia Spring Fiber Festival |
| 11-13 | Halcyon Yarn, Bath, ME | Workshop: Dyeing as if the Earth Mattered |
| 13-30 | New Zeland | Journey to New Zealand with Interweave |
| 15 | Clermont State Historic Site, Germantown, NY | Chancellor's Sheep & Wool Showcase |
| 15 | Denmark, ME | 12th Annual Denmark Sheep Fest (small & sincere!) |
| 20-23 | Oakland Marriot City Center, Oakland, CA | Knit and Crochet Show |
| 20-23 | Taradale, Hawks Bay, New Zealand | Creative Fibre Festival 2006: Art Deco |
| 21-23 | Phillipsburg, KS | Central Plains Fiber Festival |
| 21-23 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | Countryside Artisans Fiber Farm Tours |
| 21-22 | Colville, WA | Fuzzy Bunz Fiberfest |
| 21-May 12 | Peru | Puchka Peru: Textiles, Folk Art, Market Tours |
| 22 | Jane Addams Community Center, Cedarville, IL | Stephenson County Fibre Arts Fair |
| 22 | Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, Kobayashi Hall, Toronto, Canada | Downtown Knit Collective Knitter's Frolic |
| 28-30 | Addison Conference Center, Addison TX | Dallas/Fort Worth Fiber Fest |
| 28-30 | Seattle Marriott at SeaTac Airport, SeaTac, WA | Seattle Knitting & Fiber Arts Expo |
| 28-30 | International Centre, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada | Creative Sewing and Needlework Festival |
| 29-30 | Radisson Hotel, Lenexa, Kansas | Knitting in the Heartland, sponsored by Sunflower Knitters Guild |
| 29 | Tolland Agricultural Center, Vernon, CT | Connecticut Sheep Wool & Fiber Festival |
| 5-7 | Ohio Exposition Center, Columbus, OH | Buckeye Alpaca Show |
| 5-13 | Sequim, WA | Sequim Irrigation Festival |
| 6-7 | Howard County Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD | Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 6-7 | Tehama District Fairground, Red Bluff, CA | Fiber on the Foot: Celebrating Alpacas, tel. 530-529-3298 |
| 13-14 | Washington County Fairgrounds, Lake Elmo, MN | Minnesota Shepherd's Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 13-14 | Hopkinton State Fairgrounds, Contoocook, NH | New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 19-21 | YMCA Trout Lodge, Camp Lakewood in the Missouri Ozarks | Knitter's Retreat Weekend |
| 20-21 | College of DuPage, Elen Ellyn, IL | Interknit Machine Knitting Club: Iris Bishop Workshop |
| 20-21 | Clarke County Ruritan Fairgrounds, Berryville VA | Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival |
| 27-28 | Wayne County Fairgrounds, Wooster, OH | Great Lakes Fiber Show |
| 27-28 | Fairgrounds, Cummington, MA | Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair |
| 27-28 | Archuleta County Fairgrounds, Pagosa Springs, CO | Pagosa Fiber Festival |
| 1-4 | University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA | Northwest Regional Spinners Association Conference |
| 1-5 | Lake Junaluska Conference Center, Asheville, NC | Camp Stitches |
| 2-4 | Missouri State Fairgrounds, Nevada, MO | Heart of America Sheep Show and Fiber Fest |
| 2-4 | Sylvan Springs, Rome City, IN | IwannaKnit ReTreat |
| 3 | Johnson County Fairgrounds, Franklin, IN | Hoosier Hills Fiberarts Festival |
| 3-4 | Carodan Farm, Stanardsville, VA | SoXperience 2006 |
| 3-4 | The Textile Museum, Washington, DC | Celebration of Textiles |
| 3-10 | Cortona, Italy | Stitch 'n Bitch with Debbie Stoller |
| 8-11 | Institute of Texan Cultures, San Antonio, TX | Texas Folklife Festival |
| 10 | Apalachin, NY | Alpacalachin Farms' Harvest Festival |
| 10 | The Mannings, East Berlin, PA | The Mannings Annual Spinning Seminar |
| 10-11 | Windsor Fairgrounds, Windsor, ME | Maine Fiber Frolic |
| 10-11 | Dallas County Fairgrounds, Adel, IA | Iowa Summmer Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 17-18 | Stanley Park Fairgrounds, Estes Park, CO | Estes Park Wool Market & Workshops |
| 17-18 | Stone Mills Museum, Orleans, NY | Jefferson County Sheep and Wool Festival - tel. 315.482.9287 Tom Mitchell |
| 17-18 | Kirtland, OH | Fiberfest |
| 23-26 | Lewisburg, WV | Virginia Angora Goat & Mohair Association Show and Sale |
| 23-25 | Lane County Fairgrounds, Eugene, OR | Black Sheep Gathering |
| 27-Jul 1 | Southland Area, NZ | New Zealand Machine knitters' Festival |
| 25-Jul 1 | Grand Rapids, MI | Convergence: Handweavers Guild of America |
| 29-Jul 2 | Red Rooster Retreat, Crane Hill (2 hrs from Huntsville), AL | Spinning for Colorwork Knitting with Lynne Vogel |
| 30-Jul 4 | Witchetty's Alice Springs, Australia | Alice Springs Beanie Festival |
| 30-Jul 12 | Cockemouth, Cumbria, England | Woolfest 2006 |
| 30-Jul 8 | Alberta, Canada | Olds College Fibre Week |
| 14-16 | Cushing, ME | Going in Circles: Study with Katharine Cobey |
| 13-16 | Valley Forge Convention Center, King of Prussia, PA | Knit and Crochet Show |
| 15-16 | Gibson's Landing, BC, Canada | Fiber Arts Festival & Workshops |
| 18-22, 25-29 | Prince Edward Island | PEI Tapestry Retreat |
| 21-24 | Prince of Wales Showgrounds, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia | Australian Sheep & Wool Show |
| 28-30 | Cushing, ME | Investing in Diagonal Knitting: Study with Katharine Cobey |
| Jul 29- Aug 16 | Historic Abingdon, VA | Virginia Highlands Festival |
| 29 | May Fairgrounds, Dixon, CA | Lambtown Festival |
| 29-30 | Castel Farms, Charlevoix, MI | Fiber Arts Festival |
| 3-16 | Ireland | An Artful Journey: Knitting in Ireland with Donna Barnako |
| 7-13 | Medomak Retreat Center, Washington, ME | Knitter's Workshop |
| 10-13 | Rosemont, IL | Stitches Midwest |
| 15-20 | Monterey, CA | Monterey County Fair Wool Show |
| 16-20 | Hastings, MI | Michigan Fiber Festival |
| 18-20 | Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Santa Monica, CA | Fabulous Fiber Fest |
| 18-20 | Cushing, ME | De-Mystifying Double Knitting: Study with Katharine Cobey |
| 25-27 | Sofitel Hotel, Houston, TX | Houston Knit at Night Guild 10th Anniversary Celebration |
| 2-4 | Bethel, MO | World Sheep and Fiber Arts Festival |
| 8-10 | Jefferson County Fairgrounds, WI | Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival |
| 8-10 | Searsport, ME | Fiber College on Penobscot Bay |
| 9 | Newburgh Landing, NY | Hudson River Cruise: Cruising for Yarn & Literacy |
| 9-10 | Champlain Valley Expo, Essex Junction, VT | Vermont Sheep & Wool Festival |
| 10 | Pennsylvania Convention Center, 12-5pm | Philadelphia Knit-Out and Crochet |
| 15-16 | Central Pennsylvania College, Summerdale, PA | Knitter's Day Out |
| 15-17 | Radisson Barcelo, Orlando, FL | Florida Fiber-In |
| 16 | Rail Road Depot, Ontario, Oregon | Ladies of the Evening Group Spinning Fair, 541-889-6782 |
| 16-17 | Hemlock Fairgrounds, Hemlock, NY | Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival |
| 16-17 | Young's Jersey Dairy, Yellow Springs, OH | A Wool Gathering from the Midwest Festival of Fibers |
| 16-17 | Hunterdon County Fairgrounds, Ringoes NJ | Garden State Sheep & Fiber Festival |
| 17 | Union Square Park, New York, NY | New York Knit-Out and Crochet |
| 21-24 | Koinonia Retreat Center, South Haven, MN | Northwoods Fiber Retreat |
| 22-24 | Unity, ME | Fleece Show & Sale at Common Ground Country Fair |
| 22-24 | Clackamas County Fairgrounds, Canby, OR | Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival |
| 23-24 | Romeo, MI | Mt. Bruce Station Sheep & Wool Festival |
| 23-24 | Birch Run Expo Center, Birch Run, MI | Michigan International Alpaca Fest |
| 24 | Boston Common, Boston, MA | Boston Knit Out & Crochet |
| 27-Oct 1 | Bar Harbor, Mount Desert Island, Maine | Ravels & Revels, Extraordinary Knitting |
| 29-Oct 31 | Johnsonburg Conference Center, Johnsonburg, NJ | North Country Spinners' Biennial Fiber Fallout |
| 29-Oct 31 | Brighton Creek Conference Center, Yelm, WA | Northwest Artists and Crafters Weekend Retreat |
| 30 | Roanoke, VA | Roanoke NoSoKnit |
| 30-Oct 1 | Ogemaw County Fairgrounds, Lower Penninsula, West Branch, MI | Northern Michigan Lamb and Wool Festival |
| 30-Oct 1 | Holiday Inn - Neenah Riverwalk, Neenah, WI | Fall Midwest Master's Seminar |
| 30-Oct 1 | Faust Park Folk Festival, Chesterfield, MO | Greater St. Louis Knit-Out |
| 7-8 | Kit Carson Park, Taos, NM | Wool Festival at Taos |
| 7-8 | Montpelier Estate, VA | Fall Fiber Festival of Virginia |
| 12-15 | Highland Lodge, Greensboro, VT | Mindful Knitting Retreat |
| 12-15 | Harveyville, KS | Fleece-to-Finished Object Workshop |
| 13-15 | General Butler State Park, Carrollton, KY | Sophie's Knitting Retreat |
| 13-16 | Alexandra Palace, London, UK | The Knitting and Stitching Show |
| 13-Nov 3 | Peru | Puchka Peru: Textiles, Folk Art, Market Tours |
| 14 | Virginia Beach Farmers Market, Virginia Beach, VA | Knit Out & Crochet Day |
| 14-16 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | Countryside Artisans Fiber Farm Tours |
| 15 * | Memorial Park, Pasadena, CA | Pasadena Knit-Out and CrochetOut |
| 19-22 | Metro Toronto Convention Center, South Building, Toronto, Canada | Creative Sewing and Needlework Festival |
| 21-22 | Dutchess County Fairgrounds, Rhinebeck, NY | New York Sheep and Wool Festival |
| 20-22 | Camp Verdugo Oaks, Castaic, CA | Griffin Dyeworks & Fiber Arts Dye & Fiber Retreat |
| 27-29 | Western NC Ag Center, Asheville, NC | South Eastern Animal Fiber Fair |
| 29-Nov 5 | Granlibakken Resort & Conference Center, Tahoe City, CA | SOAR 2006: Spin-Off Autumn Retreat |
| 2-5 | Baltimore MD | Stitches East |
| 3-6 | RDS, Dublin, Ireland | The Knitting and Stitching Show |
| 4-5 | York Expo Center, York, PA | The Great American Alpaca Yarn & Fiber Festival |
| 5 | Torrance Cultural Arts Center, Torrance, CA | Southern California Handweavers' Guild Knitting and Stitching Show |
| 10-12 | Jeronimo's Resort & Conference Center, Walker Valley, NY | Knitter's Review Fall Retreat |
| 11-12 | McGee Park Convention Center and Fairgrounds, Farmington, NM | Best of the Southwest Fiber Arts Festival |
| 12-13 * | Adams Farm, Wilmington, VT | Vermont Fiber Retreat |
| 16-18 | Inn at Manchester, Manchester, VT | Fiber/Knitting Workshop Weekend: Felted Bags |
| 24-27 | International Halls, Harrogate, UK | The Knitting and Stitching Show |
| 1-3 | Delavan, WI | Heartland Knitting Retreat |
| 1-3 and 8-10 | Sugarloaf Mountain, MD | Countryside Artisans Fiber Farm Tours |
