We are back to in-person workshops for MAFA 2o23!

  • All workshops are offered as single, 2-1/2 day, intensive sessions. Students will choose ONE workshop.
  • Find details about all our classes in the list below. Use the filters in the sidebar to refine the class list.
  • Have questions about workshops? Visit the Workshops FAQs, or email the Education Chair at education@mafafiber.org.
  • For classes that fill quickly, there WILL be a waitlist.

Click here for the list of 2023 Instructors

Click here for the Workshops FAQs


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2023 Instructor Information and Links

Instructors for MAFA 2023, here is a compilation of information and links that have been sent out by email as we got to each milestone. We thought it might help […]

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Handweavers Guild of America

HGA is an international membership association created to encourage excellence, inspire creativity, and preserve fiber arts traditions through education and community.

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The YarnSmith

Hand dyed yarn in merino, BFL, alpaca, and cotton-linen. Project bags to fit every project.

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Stackpole Books

Stackpole Books offers books on weaving, spinning, knitting, crochet, and other fiber arts.

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Cottontail Farm

We offer handmade project bags and needle cases suited for every type of fiber artist.

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Naps & Nites Studio

Hand dyed silk Shibori scarves, ponchos, and many types of clothing, including kimonos, vests, ruanas and more.

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Instructor Travel Reimbursement Request

Fill out the form below completely for travel expenses you incurred for teaching at MAFA 2023. All expense fields are to be entered as dollar amounts except miles traveled which […]

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Claudia Hand Painted Yarn

Hand-dyed yarn for weaving and knitting.

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Allen B. Carr Works in Wood

Hand-crafted wood items for fiber artists – weaving, spinning, and knitting tools.

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Bauer Family Farm

Beautifully colored roving for spinning and felting, hand-crafted spinning tools.

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Cardinal Woodwork

Handmade tools for fiber artists.

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Flannel Cakes Fiber

Indie-dyed wool and wool blend combed top, dyed cellulose fibers, batts, rolags, handspun yarn, custom blended combed tops.

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Marling Originals

Marbled silk art garments.

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Mirrix Tapestry & Bead Looms – VIRTUAL

Tapestry and bead looms, loom accessories, yarn and yarn kits kits. VIRTUAL BOOTH!

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Serendipity Farm’s Studio

Looms, spinning wheels, fiber tools, yarn, and roving.

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Wheeler’s Chairs

Great Wheels, footstools, spinner’s chairs, rockers, tables, cutting boards and hand forged ironwork.

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MAFA 2023: Beta Tester Home Page

Beta testers, Thank you for helping review the draft 2023 Conference web pages! Please follow the links below from this page since not all are linked from the sidebar or […]

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MAFA 2023 Workshop Locations

Get acquainted with your workshop location and the Millersville University campus with this table and the campus map, which is here. (link coming in Spring 2023) Download the workshop locations […]

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Millersville University Campus Map 2023

Please note: this is the 2019 campus map, for information only. We will update this to the 2023 map when we have classroom buildings confirmed by MU. We will still […]

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Last Minute Information

Directions and Important Info for MAFA 2023 If you have questions after reading through the FAQ’s and links, email the Help Desk at help@mafafiber.org, or once we arrive at the […]

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Getting There

The MAFA 2023 conference will be held at Millersville University, Millersville, PA. This university campus is located in south-central Pennsylvania’s historic Lancaster County. Directions to Millersville University Download the directions […]

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Free Your Mind Interactive Exhibit

Our thanks to Touchstone Center for Crafts for their support of the Free Your Mind Exhibit   Free Your Mind – Public Textile Social Justice Art Project, an interactive exhibit […]

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MAFA 2023 Welcomes Day Trippers!

The Marketplace and Exhibits are open to the public, including for “Shop ’til You Drop” on Friday evening. In addition, you are welcome to attend the Open Studio Tour on […]

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Schedule & Events 2023

Spend the weekend—or spend a day—with fiber artists from around the world at MAFA 2023 MAFA 2023 is not only about the weekend-long workshops and shopping in the Marketplace. Other […]

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Workshop FAQs

Where will my workshop be located? Classroom locations will be posted on the website when they become available. Because classrooms are used by many groups at Millersville in the summer, […]

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Useful Information (FAQs)

You have questions. We have answers. MAFA has received lots of questions over the years, many of which are the same from conference to conference. This compilation is for those […]

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Housing and Dining Info

Housing and Dining Info: Housing Options Housing and Dining Questions Meal Questions and Costs for Day-trippers and Commuters What to Bring for the Dorm Room What housing options are available? […]

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Registration

What you need to know about registration for MAFA 2023 Registration Dates: Early Registration: February 4, 2023,  9 a.m. Eastern, for MAFA-affiliated Guild members and Associate members only. Open Registration: […]

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Towel Exchange 2023 – Project Info Form

Please fill out the Towel Exchange Project Info Form below to the best of your ability.  Info from this form helps us include your towel in the MAFA Sample Database. […]

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Kitchen Towel Exchange 2023 – Entry Form

Kitchen Towel Exchange Entry Rules, Requirements and Information: Show off your weaving and towel making skills by having a good old-fashioned kitchen towel exchange. Everyone who participates takes home a […]

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Kitchen Towel Exchange 2023

Our thanks to Long Thread Media for their support of the Towel Exchange. Show off your weaving and towel making skills by having a good old-fashioned kitchen towel exchange. Open […]

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Hat Exhibit – Entry Form

Hat Exhibit Entry Rules, Requirements and Information: MAFA conference attendees and members are invited to submit hats of all sorts, functional and artistic, appropriate to the theme Mad Hatter!  Entries to […]

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Hat Exhibit 2023 – Mad Hatters

*NEW* at the 2023 conference will be a Hat Exhibit featuring hats of all sorts, functional and artistic, appropriate to the theme Mad Hatter!  The Hat Exhibit is open to […]

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Fiber Art Exhibit – Entry Form

Fiber Art Exhibit Entry Rules, Requirements and Information: MAFA conference attendees and members are invited to submit non-wearable, artistic works with the theme Hands On: The Art of Making. Fiber […]

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Hands On: The Art of Making – Fiber Art Exhibit

Our thanks to Central Virginia Fiberarts Guild for their support of the Fiber Art Exhibit. Returning to the 2023 conference will be a Fiber Art Exhibit featuring non-wearable, artistic works […]

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Fashion Show & Exhibit – Entry Form

Fashion Entry Rules, Requirements and Information: MAFA conference attendees and members are invited to submit original wearables. Consider choosing an item related to the 2023 Conference theme: Hands On. We […]

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Spotlight on Fashion

Our thanks to Long Thread Media for their support of the Fashion Exhibit. The 2023 Fashion Exhibit will feature garments and accessories created by conference attendees, as well as MAFA […]

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Exhibits and Exchange

MAFA 2023 brings us back to Millersville for an in-person conference, and we have added the ability for those who can’t attend to participate in our exhibits! We are planning […]

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2023 Advertiser Form

Fill out the form below to submit an advertisement for the MAFA 2023 Conference.  We will follow up with you to confirm placement of your ad, and for logos or […]

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Advertise at the Conference

Advertising Opportunities for MAFA 2023 Who are we? MidAtlantic Fiber Association is a non-profit, all-volunteer fiber arts organization consisting of 50+ member guilds from Connecticut to North Carolina, with a […]

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2023 Virtual Vendor Application Form Submitted

Thank you! We have received your Vendor Application for the 2023 MAFA Conference. If you have any questions, email the Vendor Coordinator at vendors@mafafiber.org.

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2023 Vendor Payment Form

If you have been approved as a 2023 vendor, please use this form to make payment for the booth space or page for which you have been accepted. The SUBMIT […]

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2023 Vendor Application Form

GOOD NEWS! We have a few Vendor booth spaces still available, so we are accepting new applications for the vendor hall at our 2023 Conference to be held Thursday, June […]

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Marketplace 2023

The Marketplace has convenient access to yarns, fiber, tools, and equipment related to weaving, spinning, dyeing and related fiber arts including many workshop-related items. The vendor list is here! MAFA […]

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Red Stone Glen Fiber Arts Center

Fiber arts equipment, tools and supplies, including yarns, dyes and fiber for spinning; books and digital video support products.

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Introduction to Japanese Temari

Come and learn all the skills necessary to create temari, the ancient Japanese art of embroidery on a ball!

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Hand Sewn One Yard Shirt

Inspired by a friend’s tunic with simple straight lines, this is the perfect beginner project to learn basic hand sewing garment skills to create a lovely, drapey top. And as a bonus it is almost zero waste!

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Draft and Sew Your Own Top or Tunic

Sewing your own clothes is satisfying and practical. Drafting your own patterns goes one step further and puts the entire design process in your hands.

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Evening Bags to Market Bags

Bags, purses, and totes – create a carrying vessel of any shape or size, using handwoven or stash fabric.

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Paper. Book. Art.

Using a fusion of Eastern and Western techniques, we will work with common garden plants to bring these fibers to their fullest expression as handmade paper.

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Pictures, Piles, Potpourri, and Perplexing Curiosities ~ FULL

Expand your knowledge and experience in weave structures you may have heard of, but may not have woven. It is a weaving adventure for intermediate-to-advanced weavers, and even adventure-seeking beginners.

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Warp it! Paint it! Weave it! ~ FULL

Explore on-loom and off-loom warp painting using fabric paints to apply color to yarn for functional or non-functional pieces.

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Start to Spin, and More! ~ FULL

Learn to spin–and so much more! Explore wheels, fiber prep, drafting techniques, and plying. Perfect for beginners or spinners looking for a refresher.

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Come Ply with Me

From basic plying to novelty yarns, this course will take you into the world of plying with lots of time for practice and experimentation.

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Downy Fibers and Silk—a Spinning Match Made in Heaven ~ FULL

Learn to spin downy undercoat fibers and take control of those expensive little bags of precious fibers you’ve bought.

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Spin The World!

Take a trip around the world making handspun yarns using fibers and materials from around the globe!

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Worsted, Woolen, Woven ~ FULL

Gain inspiration and skill at matching different fleeces for spinning different types of yarn for weaving, and sing about it!

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African Vegan Art

Explore dyeing techniques inspired by Bògòlanfini, Africa’s most unusual and unique traditional textile arts.

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A Natural-Dye Color Wheel

Learn how three primary colors of natural dyes, along with mordants and additives, can be used to dye a color wheel of yarns and fibers.

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Dye-licious: Colors to Feast On

Breath new life into yarns by creating unique colorways from inspirational images, and dyeing cellulose fibers for use in weaving, knitting, and crochet projects.

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Needle Felting: Finishing and Embellishing Textiles

Learn fun needle felting techniques and create pictorial panels to embellish and construct garments, accessories, and furnishings.

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Fabulous Felt and Nuno-felt Hats

During felt exploration, there will be ample time for experimentation, as well as inspiration, in the creation of fabulous felt and nuno-felt hats.

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Weaving for Felt

Suitable for RH or shaft looms, this class combines two of fiber arts’ best weaving and felting techniques to create new textures that no other method matches.

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Mixed Barks Pouch ~ CANCELED

Design a slim natural purse shape of willow and cedar barks to carry your phone, day book, or sketch pad.

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Takadai Braiding Demystified

Braid on a traditional Japanese takadai designed for making flat, double layered, and three-dimensional braids in simple to complex structures.

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Fabric Necklaces ~ CANCELED

Recycle clothing and fabric scraps to create one-of-a-kind necklaces and jewelry items that incorporate layers of fabric embellished with beads, buttons, and found objects.

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Paint, Drip, Dip: Kakishibu Persimmon Tannin & Thickened Dye

Patterning cellulose, silk, and paper using Kakishibu, natural dyes, and thickened fiber reactive dye–techniques suitable for quilts, collages, book making, and art textiles.

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This Doesn’t Look Like Plain Weave

An exploration of eight different weave structures or techniques with plain weave roots with a special focus on how they relate to plain weave.

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Mug Rugs, Miniatures, and More!

Working with the miniature patterns of Bertha Gray Hayes and Josephine Estes, study overshot–and end up with more than samples!

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Weaving with Linen

This workshop will provide how best to weave, work with, and store linen with focus on the basics of huck lace.

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Shifted Warp Ikat Scarf ~ FULL

Learn to design, wrap, dye, and begin weaving a single dye ikat scarf, learning the basic techniques of the warp ikat process.

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Huck and Friends

Learn the basics of huck, a versatile weave structure that produces lacey fabric. Weave examples of both spot huck and huck lace, and learn how to design using huck structure.

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Flote Work

Learn to read historical drafts with a focus on flote werk, an old name for a favorite weave structure that came to be called overshot in the early 20th century.

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The Subtle Beauty of Southern Counterpanes ~ FULL

Learn about and weave the structures used to weave fine cotton southern counterpanes – including honeycomb, dimity, spot, huck, and huckaback.

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Echo and Jin: Playing with Color Chords ~ FULL

An on-loom study of the color wheel and theories of color harmony, based on theories of 20th-century artists Johannes Itten and Josef Albers.

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Focus on the Warp: Controlling Creative Chaos ~ FULL

Students learn non-traditional techniques that allow them to work effectively and efficiently with multiple warp chains and diverse warp elements while designing at the loom.

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Weaving 101: Weave a Twills Scarf

This class includes getting to know a loom, how to prepare/dress a loom, understanding weaving terminology, and weaving a twill sample scarf on your own loom.

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Exploring Freestyle Weaving

Learn to weave freestyle and free-spirited on a highly approachable and easy-to-use two-shaft SAORI floor loom.

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Rigid Heddle Immersion ~ FULL

This is a step-by-step rigid heddle weaving class with no weaver left behind and suitable for all levels. Learn quick and easy warping and the basics of weaving.

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Weaving Two Ways on the Rigid Heddle Loom

Weave a bag and warp faced band for the strap on the rigid heddle loom, and learn various techniques to create texture and surface design.

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Western Sakiori

Make a sakiori scarf from silk fabric using the historical Japanese rag-weaving technique. Suitable for RH or shaft looms!

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Exploring Rep Weave and Its New Variations ~ FULL

Learn the many applications of rep weave – both classic and non-traditional methods, on 3 to 8 shafts. Many new rep weave structures are inspired by traditional block weaves such as shadow, honeycomb, krokbragd, warp/weft rep.

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Sashiko Ori

Learn to weave Sashiko Ori, the distinctive stitched sashiko patterns of Japan that use supplementary warp and weft techniques.

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Split-shed Weaving: One Threading, Multiple Structures

Break out of blocks with split-shed weaving and weave curves and blend colors using continuous wefts on a 4-shaft loom with no special equipment.

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Hachures in Contemporary Tapestry ~ FULL

Learn the design theory of why hachures work and the logic behind how to use different types of hachures in tapestry design.

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Creating Space and Manipulating Texture in Freeform Tapestry Weaving

Want to go beyond the standard “under-over” technique on your tapestry weavings? Let’s explore some advanced closed-shed methods of creating space and texture!

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Block Twills, Their Many Faces and Color Harmonies

Explore the many creative possibilities offered by the combination of block twills and color harmonies to weave a reference sampler.

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Volunteer at MAFA 2023

The MAFA Conference is an all-volunteer effort, with many opportunities to get involved both before and at the conference.   At the Conference Signups to volunteer at the conference are […]

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MAFA 2023 Workshop Proposal Form – Extended Deadline

Submit one complete form for each workshop proposed

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MAFA 2023 Workshop Proposal Form

Submit one complete form for each workshop proposed

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MAFA 2023 Workshop Proposals

The MAFA 2023 Conference will be held June 22 – 25, 2023, at Millersville University, Millersville, Pennsylvania (between Harrisburg and Lancaster). We are seeking proposals for workshops in weaving, spinning, […]

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MAFA 2023: June 22-25, 2023

MAFA 2023 – Back to In-person at Millersville University! Click here for the recording of the MAFA 2023 Opening Session (Note, these are completely un-edited, so you really get the […]

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Weaver House – VIRTUAL

Carefully curated specialty yarns and fibers sourced from around the world, looms and weaving equipment. VIRTUAL BOOTH!

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The Weaver / Henceforth Yarns

Hand-dyed, handwoven silk jackets and scarves, and skeined silk to weave, crochet or knit.

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Button Babes

Antique and vintage buttons, buckles, trim, and sewing related antiques

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Opalessence Fiber Studio

Hand-dyed yarn weaving kits, weaving patterns, warping helpers, handwoven items for the home and body.

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Mary M Waite, Weaver & Dyer

Pre-wound, hand-dyed weaving warps and skeins, hand made buttons, scarf pins, and orifice hooks.

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Nistock Farms – VIRTUAL

Cotswold fleeces, roving, curls, batts, and yarn, wool quilt batting, silk, handcrafted fiber tools, Oxford and UltraPunch products. VIRTUAL BOOTH!

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