Attention, all spinners, weavers, felters, and knitters! Plans are underway for a new event in Central New York that will be of great interest to all textile artists, as well as to families, animal lovers and anyone interested in supporting local agriculture and art. The group behind the event is the newly-formed CNY Fiber Artists and Producers, Inc. Their first “Annual Showcase – From Animals to Art” will be held on June 11th and 12th at Butternut Hill Campground in Bouckville. Butternut Hill, on Route 20 in Bouckville, has been home to antique shows for many years and offers a beautiful rural setting for a weekend festival.
The new event will be patterned after fiber festivals such as the annual NYS Sheep & Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, NY. Fiber animals, including sheep, alpaca, llamas, cashmere goats, Angora goats, and Angora rabbits, will be on display. There will be educational exhibits, and spinners, felters, and weavers will be available for demonstrations. A wide array of vendors will offer raw fleece, skeins of yarn, pelts and hand-spun, hand-knitted, and hand-felted products, along with other locally-produced farm products. Children will have a tent full of activities to explore, and there will be workshops for both beginning and experienced crafters.
CNY Fiber Artists and Producers, Inc. is actively recruiting participants for the showcase.
Animal exhibitors, textile craft exhibitors, vendors, and workshop leaders are all welcome. Do you know anyone who does tatting or rug-hooking? Do you have a collection of antique spinning wheels or looms for display or sale? Do you sell supplies for knitters or spinners? Anyone with an interest in the event can contact the group through Pamela.Haendle@bnymellon.com .More information will soon be available on the group’s new website, www.cnyfiber.org and you can look for them on Facebook as well. Spinning, weaving, or knitting guilds are welcome to participate as a group, as are 4-H clubs.
Although this is the first year for an independent event celebrating the fiber arts and fiber animals, many of the festival organizers participated in an exhibition called “Focus on Fiber” at the Madison County Fair in 2008 and 2009. The “fair within the Fair” included many of the attractions planned for the new festival and was very well received by fairgoers.
The new event will be patterned after fiber festivals such as the annual NYS Sheep & Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, NY. Fiber animals, including sheep, alpaca, llamas, cashmere goats, Angora goats, and Angora rabbits, will be on display. There will be educational exhibits, and spinners, felters, and weavers will be available for demonstrations. A wide array of vendors will offer raw fleece, skeins of yarn, pelts and hand-spun, hand-knitted, and hand-felted products, along with other locally-produced farm products. Children will have a tent full of activities to explore, and there will be workshops for both beginning and experienced crafters.
CNY Fiber Artists and Producers, Inc. is actively recruiting participants for the showcase.
Animal exhibitors, textile craft exhibitors, vendors, and workshop leaders are all welcome. Do you know anyone who does tatting or rug-hooking? Do you have a collection of antique spinning wheels or looms for display or sale? Do you sell supplies for knitters or spinners? Anyone with an interest in the event can contact the group through Pamela.Haendle@bnymellon.com .More information will soon be available on the group’s new website, www.cnyfiber.org and you can look for them on Facebook as well. Spinning, weaving, or knitting guilds are welcome to participate as a group, as are 4-H clubs.
Although this is the first year for an independent event celebrating the fiber arts and fiber animals, many of the festival organizers participated in an exhibition called “Focus on Fiber” at the Madison County Fair in 2008 and 2009. The “fair within the Fair” included many of the attractions planned for the new festival and was very well received by fairgoers.
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