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8th Annual
Middle Tennessee
Fiber Festival 2014
May 23 & 24, 2014
Dickson County Fairgrounds
Dickson, Tennessee
www.tnfiberfestival.com
[email protected]
Welcome to our 8th Annual Middle Fiber Festival. This catalog will help you locate
the festival, find booths and select workshops and activities.
Classes are held on Friday and Saturday. The vendors will have their booths open
from 12-6 pm on Friday May 23 and from 9 am -5 pm on Saturday May 24.
The vendor area will again include all three buildings. We will provide a festival site
map when you check in.
On Saturday we will have a sheep shearer shearing between 10 am and 3 pm, New
this year will be an Angora Rabbit Show
We hope you bring your family and friends and join us at the Dickson County
Fairgrounds.
Future Dates May 22 & 23, 2015
Schedule
Thursday, May 22
12 noon – 9 pm
Early Vendor Set-up
Friday, May 23
7 am-12 noon
Vendor Set-up
8:30 am -12 noon
workshops
12 Noon
Festival Booths Open
1-5 pm
workshops
6 pm
Festival Booths Close for the night
Saturday, May 24
7-9 am
Booths open to Vendors / Vendor set up
9 am
Festival Booths Open to Public
8:30 am -12 noon
workshops
10am - 3 pm
Sheep Shearing
1-4 pm
workshops
5 pm Festival Closes
Friday Morning workshops 8:30 am - 12 noon
Day
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Times
8:30-12:30
9 - 12
9 - 12
9 - 12
9 - 12
9 - 12
9 - 12
9 - 12
10:30-12
Workshop
Bumps and Holes: Adding Texture
Beginning Spinning on a Wheel
Beginning Tatting
Color Control: Spinning from the Fold
How to Train your Fiber- Part 1 Fiber Prep
Mixed Media Fiber Arts
Russian Lace
The Distaff: A simple tool
Knitting with Fiber
Instructor
Melissa Goodwin
Jules Cox
Roiana Buckmaster
Jennifer Adair
Roo Kline
Jen Lambert
Galyna Batewell
Kim Caulfield
Elizabeth Taylor
Friday Afternoon Workshops 1-5
Day
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Friday
Times
1-4
1-4
1-4
1-4
1-4
1-4
1-4
1-5
1-5
1 pm
4 pm
Workshop
Appalachian Hearth Broom
Beginning Fiber Prep
Indigo
Needle Felted Sheep
Triangle Loom Weaving
Viking Knitting
Wet Felted Flowers
Beginning Rigid Heddle Weaving
Understanding the Icelandic Fleece
Caring for your Angora Bunny
Spinning& Felting Angora Rabbit Wool
Saturday Morning workshops 8:30-12:30
Instructor
Robin Goaty
Jules Cox
Gina Levesque
Gayle Roberts
Jill Wood
Janelle Schultz
Kandys Bleil
Darlene Megli
Diana Arms Wallace
Brenda Morley
Brenda Morley
Day
Saturday
Times
8:30-12:30
Workshop
Card Weaving
Instructor
Melissa Goodwin
Saturday
9- 12
Rug Hooking-Flower Power
Lisanne Miller
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
9 - 12
9 -11
9 -12
9 -12
9 -12
Beginning Needle Felting
Spinning Mohair
Paint a Wild Roving
Rolags to Riches
Spindles of the World
Saturday Afternoon workshops 1-4
Day
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Saturday
Times
1-3
1-4
1-4
1-4
1-4
1-4
1-4
1-4
1-4
3 pm
Workshop
Spinning from Art Batts
Beginning Spinning on a Wheel
How to Train your Fiber- Part 2 Carding
Knitting an Alpaca Rug
Nature's Colors -Natural Dyeing
Shibori
Spin your ABC's and Y too!
Woven Beaded Wrap Bracelets
Zoom Loom
Use of the Nostepinne
Judy Crouch
Jules Cox
Jan Quarles
Jen Lambert
Robin Goaty
Instructor
Gail White
Jules Cox
Roo Kline
Elizabeth Taylor
Jill Wood
Gina Levesque
Nancy Barnett
Kandys Bleil
Janelle Schultz
Robin Goaty
Vendors
Three Creeks Farm Greer 15 &16 Charlotte, TN- Three Creeks Farm is hosting the fiber festival and
will also have a booth. We sell Kromski spinning wheels and products, Interweave Press Books, Earthues
Natural Dyes, Greener Shades Dye, Ashford books and felting supplies & fiber. We also sell fleeces and
roving from our flock of Shetland sheep, hand crafted iron art and needle felted creations. Visit our web site
or contact us by phone or email. 615-789-5943 [email protected] http://www.3creeksfarm.com/
Across Generations Greer Greer 9
Waggoner, OK- Natural Dyes, hand-dyed wool fabric and
yarns, Inkle looms, books, Lavender sachets, gift items, rug hooking kits and supplies.
[email protected] 405-880-1196 etsy shop
Alpaca Fiber Solutions Armory 1 &2
Luxury alpaca batts, washed and dyed fibers, $10 alpaca grab
bags, painted rovings and tops (specializing in BAMBOO and MILK PROTEIN FIBER), raw alpaca fleeces,
sparkle, add-ins, silks including hankies, super long suri locks, handspun novelty yarns, dyed yarns, woven
shawlettes and shawl pins, tri-looms, drum carders, unicorn power scour, and other fibery curiosities
including the full product lines from MOONWOOD FARM and SPOTTED CIRCUS. A spinner's and felter's
delight! http://www.alpacafibersolutions.com 256-542-8695 info@alpaca fiber solutions.com
[email protected]
Amish Country Fibers
Chandler 12 Lawrenceburg, TN- Home of the largest Old Order Amish
Community in the world. Come and visit our Amish Farm, where we have our bi-yearly "Sheep to Shawl"
seminars. We have a selection of hand spun yarns, Shetland, Alpaca, Angora and Mohair fibers, and a few
Amish made baskets and the only Tennessee dealer of Spin-O-Lution Spinning wheels and products.
[email protected]
Angora Acres and Rare Earth Dyeworks Armory 6 & 10 Billingsley, AL-Hand dyed hand spun
yarn, needle felting kits, handmade fiber dolls, hand dyed batts, Mohair locks and felted scarves.
www.angoraacres.com [email protected] www.rareearthdyeworks.com
Barakel Farm Armory 5 Alton, MO - Border & Blue Face Leicester and Shetland Fleece and rovings,
French and English Angora rabbits and Angora rabbit and their fiber. Sheep, Alpaca, and bunny hand made
buttons. Hand crafted fiber tools. [email protected] Barakel Farm Website
Bon Aqua Cabin
Chandler 15 Bon Aqua, TN -Soaps and Bath & Body products- All natural and
hand-crafted. [email protected]
Buerer’s Sheep Farm
Chandler 3 & 5 Irvington, KY–Various types of processed fibers and Shetland
and Coopworth raw fleeces. [email protected]
Buckmaster Family Farm
Greer 15
Mt. Pleasant, TN
Tatting Supplies and classes. [email protected]
Icelandic sheep, fleeces and roving.
Cajun Lagniappe
Chandler 18 & 19
Louisiana- Angora goats & mohair, Marsh Romney,
Brecknock Hill Cheviot fiber batts, roving & yarn (both hand processed and mill processed) dyes, hand
knitted, crocheted and woven finished goods, some weaving and bobbin lace tools, braided leads and goat's
milk soap. [email protected] 337-328-7600
Classic Spinner
Chandler 14 Ethridge, TN -Hand spun yarn, knitted and crocheted items, shawls,
hats, mittens, gloves and scarves [email protected] Etsy Shop
The Color Wheel
Greer 7
Meridianville, AL-Hand dyed yarn in self stripping, variegated and
tonal colorways. 256-701-7732 [email protected] Etsy Shop
Creekview Crafts Armory 7
Maynard, AR- Fine Hand-wovens & dyed yarns; Ashford wheels and
products; Ashland Bay fiber, Jacquard dyes, Alpaca & llama roving and raw fiber. [email protected]
Daily Fibers Greer 13
Murfreesboro, TN- Hand-painted merino, BFL and blended fiber, handpainted sock yarns, locks and art batts. Eco dyed silk scarves. 615-890-9025 [email protected]
Dancing Goat Studio
Greer 18
Sandoval, IL-Hand made fiber tools and custom kits for the
artisan. [email protected] thedancinggoats.com Etsy shop
Deer Trace Farm
Chandler 9, 11, 13
Fayetteville, TN- Exotic, blended and hand dyed fibers,
cards, combs, spinning wheels drop and support spindles. [email protected] www.deertracefarm.net
931-433-0936
Easy Knits
Chandler 8
Black Mountain, NC-Easy Knits has Sock Monkeys, and socks made with an
old Sock knitting machine , soap, one of a kind patterns, weaver's stool, bark baskets & awesome hand
painted yarns. www.easyknits.com
Far Out Farm & Weathervane Wools Greer 1-3 Cornersville, TN- Prime hand spinning fleeces from
out flock of Cotswold,Romney and Shetland sheep. Dyed wool and roving processed by us. Dyed fiber from
Chasing Rainbows. Luxury Roving from Peace of Yarn. Raw and washed Mohair, Power Scour and a few
spindles. Thorvin Kelp, Garlic barrier and Sheep minerals available by pre-order. [email protected]
931-293-4466
Fiber Delights By Gail White
Greer 6
Durant, OK- From fleece to yarn and everything in
between. Gail and Jim have closed Ozark Carding Mill and will be doing retail only from now on, as Fiber
Delights by Gail White [email protected]
Fiber Dreams
Greer 5
Arlington, TN- Art batts, Art yarn, handmade soap, polymer sheep,
buttons and greeting cards. 901-4386856 [email protected]
FibersBeJeweled
Chandler 1
Old Hickory, TN-FibersBeJeweled, specializing in hand painted and
kettle dyed wool and alpaca fibers. Art Batts, rovings, and yarns are all hand processed with attention to
detail and producing color combinations sure to please. [email protected] Phone: 615-4970681
Friends & Fiberworks Greer 8, 10 Candler, NC-Knitting needles, crochet hooks, knitting supplies,
patterns and yarn. www.friendsandfiberworks.com [email protected] 828-633-2500
Fringe 'n' Fleece Armory 6 Boonville, MO Hand-dyed roving, batts, and yarns; woven wrap bracelets,
looms, and beading supplies; hand-spun yarn, art batts, patterns, hand-made spindles, felted flowers;
finished items including hats, scarves, neck-warmers, legwarmers, and hand-spun yarn cowls. 660-8822501 [email protected]
Green Hills Fiber Farm
Chandler 17 Seymour, IN- Angora Goats and mohair fiber and mohair
fiber products. 812-569-4640 [email protected]
HAHA Farm Greer 24
Petersburg, TN- Breeder of llamas and alpacas for fiber, show and guard.
Fiber, roving, yarn, plus finished alpaca products, needle felting supplies and drop spindles. Instruction in
wet felting and needle felting. [email protected] www.hahafarm.com/ 931-680-0423
Haus of Yarn –Mobile Yarn Bus
Outside Greer Building
Nashville, TN- Haus of Yarn mobile
Yarn bus, a LYS on wheels. It is like a gourmet food truck, only instead of food, this truck has scrumptious
fibers! 615-354-1007 www.hausofyarn.com
Indigo Kiwi Armory 5
Dickson, TN-Bio-Fiber Soak (BFS) information and materials. Batts, knitting
patterns and drop spindles. www.JenniferAdair.com [email protected](615) 351-9831
John D’s Wood Things
Greer 4
Bartlett, TN- Wood tools for the fiber arts: crochet hooks,
knitting needles, Navajo spindles, drop spindles, shuttles, battens, niddy noddies, looms, inkle looms and
much more. 901-377-2085 [email protected]
Longhollow Suri Alpacas/ New Era Fiber Greer 19 & 20
Gallatin, TN- Alpaca and Alpaca blend
fiber, roving and yarn. www.longollowalpacas.com [email protected] (615)4527852
Looms By Denise
Chandler 16 Nashville, TN- Handcrafted wood looms in 2 sizes, hand-dyed cotton
loops and Cotton hand-woven hand dyed potholders and trivets, handmade rugs and woven earrings.
[email protected] www.facebook.com/LoomsByDenise
LunabudKnits
Armory 19 &20
Nicholasville, KY-Hand dyed & hand spun yarns and fibers
for the yarn snob in all of us. We also carry Strauch carders, Louet wheels, books, & notions.
www.lunabudknits.com [email protected] 859-608-5419
P is for Primitive
Greer 22 & 23 Canton, MS-Rug hooking wool, hooks, patterns, frames and more.
Plus yarn, Oxford punch supplies, Russian Punch supplies and unique fiber gifts. your "sheep" stop.
www.pisforprimitive.com [email protected] 601-859-4252
Painted Alpaca Farm, LLC Armory 9
Columbia, TN - “From Field to Fashion” We do it all at our
family owned alpaca farm, From raw alpaca fleece we wash, pick, card and blend, dye and spin to finish
product. Have hand crocheted rugs of alpaca covered cording, dyed alpaca felted silk scarves. Woven
shawls and scarves using 3’ and 4’ wooden tri-looms which we make. Handmade cedar crochet hooks,
woven scarves using a table loom. Knitted and crocheted scarves, hats and cowls. Dyed alpaca yarn, roving,
batts and raw fleece. www.paintedalpacafarm.com [email protected].
Pawsitive Plantation Pygoras
Armory 18 Summerville, Ga-Pawsitive Plantation is all about
luxurious, natural fibers handspun into yarns to create beautiful, soft handknit, woven, or felted items for
your pleasure. Pygora, camel, silk, mohair, angora, alpaca, llama, cheingora and wool are a few of the fine
fibers you will see here. 706-734-0948 www.pawsitiveplantation.com
[email protected]
Praise Song Farm
Chandler 20 College Grove, TN- Shetland sheep, French Angora rabbits,
Cashmere Goats, fleeces, roving, cashmere, shawls, purses and other hand-crafted items, felted fleeces and
fine artwork. http://www.praisesongfarm.com/ [email protected]
Purdy Thangz Armory 17 Holly Springs, GA-Shawl pins, shawl and scarf slides, drop spindles, rolags,
hand painted roving, buttons, crochet hooks, orifice hooks, yarn caddies, stitch markers, & other knitting
related items. www.purdythangz.com 954-849-4139 [email protected] and now on Etsy at:
http://etsy.com/shop/purdythangz
Rain's Obsessive Stitchery Greer 21
Nashville, TN- Hand dyed yarn & fiber, fiber themed mugs,
fiber themed embroidered items (totes and T shirts). www.rainsews.com [email protected]
Roan Creek Weaving and Farm
Chandler 10 Lobelville, TN– I make and sell weaving supplies,
spindles, distaffs, Jacob wool, my own Sari Bunny Blend yarns and Batts and finished handwoven items and
weaving kits. [email protected] http://roancreekweavingandfarm.blogspot.com/
Rose Creek Baskets
meant to be used.
Chandler 10 Selmer, TN - all kinds of baskets that are not only beautiful but
Russ Peterson
Armory 16 Hand-made knitting needles, crochet hooks and other hand-made
wooden items. [email protected]
Sam's Icelandic Farm Armory 12 MO-Icelandic fleeces and roving, Mohair fleece & roving, Angora and
wool & roving, combs, hackles, Turkish spindles, handspun yarns, HPKY yarn and knits. 417-217-2222
[email protected] www.ozarkicelandicsheep.com/
Sandy' Palette
Greer 12 & 14
Mineral Point, WI-Hand Dyed yarn and fiber including
exotics (camel, etc.), fiber for spinning & felting, Jewelry and buttons. www.sandyspalette.com
[email protected] 608-987-1347
Southern Delight Alpacas
Chandler 7
Taft, TN- We have alpaca and Romney fleeces. I hand wash,
kettle and hand dye the wool, hand pick and card the fiber into batts. I hand spin the batts into yarn. I also
hand and space dye roving. We have fleeces, roving, wool batts, yarn and finished items and much more for
sale. 931-625-4732 email Southern Delight Alpacas
Spinners End Studio Armory 5
Lebanon, TN-Alpaca roving, alpaca yarn, handspun yarns, batts for
spinning, art yarns, art batts, wooden tools for knitters, spinners and weavers, drop spindles, knitted
accessories and wooden toys. www.spinnersendfarm.com [email protected] 859-481-5760
Springrock Jacobs
Pavillion
Westmoreland, TN- Breeders of Registered Jacob Sheep. Breeding
stock, raw fleeces, natural roving, sheep skins, and horn products: buttons, earrings and pendants. 615666-4207 [email protected] www.springrockfarm.com
Stony Hill Fiber Arts
Greer 11
Tyron, NC-Organic cotton knitting yarns-Grown, spun and
plied with pride in the USA! Painless patterns, kits and notions. 828-817-3096
www.stonyhillfiberarts.com [email protected]
Susan's Fiber Shop Armory 13-15
Columbus, WI -Carrying fiber artists into a changing future.
Ashford, Schacht, Lendrum, Louet and Kromski Product. Northern lights fiber and more.
www.susansfibershop.com [email protected] 920-623-4237
A Twist in Time Armory 3&4
Aurora, MO- Fibers, spinning wheels, looms, and accessories.
Classes and finished fiber arts. Hand spun hand dyed yarns and Beads for
embellishments. [email protected] 417-849-3563 (Judy) 417-207-0022 (Darlene)
Wild Hair Studio
Greer 17
Crossville, TN-Purebred Romeldale/CVM wool, roving, batts and
fleeces. Handmade items. Wild Hair Studio website [email protected]
Instructors
Jennifer Adair
Indigo Kiwi [email protected]
www.JenniferAdair.com
615-351-9831 Jennifer Adair has been playing with
fiber for over fifty years. She recently had an article published in the Winter 2013 SpinOff on BioFiberSoak, a method she developed to clean raw fleece without hot water or
detergent. She has accumulated almost a pound of Blue Heeler undercoat from Zeke,
whose favorite words are “Ready to get carded?”
[email protected]
Diana Armes-Wallace
Sam’s Icelandics
(H) 417-778-9990, (C) 417-217-2222 Diana's former life consisted of lots of
computer technical workings, but what she dreamed of was owning a farm with fiber
animals. After 'retiring' from computers, moving halfway across the country, the
opportunity came about to buy a farm, load it with Icelandic Sheep and a wild, enjoying
ride has ensued. Now raising Icelandic Sheep, Angora Goats, Angora Rabbits and a few
mix-breed wether boys, Diana enjoys using Old World processing tools and dyes.
Viking Combs and Hackles are a mainstay in her life of fiber processing.
[email protected] 573-238Nancy Barnett
Barakel Farm
5961 Nancy Barnett lives in the Missouri Ozarks and has been spinning and raising
sheep for 28 years and Angora Rabbits for 25 years. Nancy raises Shetland, Border
Leicester, and Blue Face Leicester Sheep and French, English, Satin and German Angora
Rabbits and sells breeding stock and processed rovings. She is a popular teacher at
several Missouri fiber events throughout the year and has taught at The Fiber Event in
Greencastle, IN, Middle Tennessee Fiber Fair, Dickson, TN, Southern Indiana FiberArts
Festival, Corydon, IN, Shepherd’s Harvest, Lake Elmo, MN, Fiber Christmas, Kellyville,
OK, Michigan Fiber Fest, Allegan, MI and Wisconsin Sheep and Wool, Jefferson, WI. She
is the winner of two Sustainable Agriculture Grants, one of which is for her
Angora/Wool socks. She lives with her husband, Bill, in a l935 rock schoolhouse
constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps and is a licensed Missouri Real
Estate Agent.
Galyna Lucy Batewell Classic Spinner
[email protected]
Galyna Lusy Batewell has been knitting &
crocheting since she was 6 years old. She started spinning in 2006 & now she is a
beginner weaver. She opened an ETSY shop in 2009
http://www.etsy.com/shop/Lusy. She was teacher in the former USSR (Ukraine) before immigrating to
USA and is now a proud US citizen.
Troy Berggren-Lacey Berggren Fibers www.berggrenfibers.com
[email protected] Troy Berggren Lacey has studied and created textile artwork for
numerous years.Troy¹s fiber artwork has been displayed at many galleries and
boutiques around TN. She is currently exhibiting at the Shimai Gallery.(Loveless Café).
Kandys Bleil Fringe n’ Fleece
[email protected] 660882-2501 Kandys has been involved with fiber arts most of her
life. She learned to knit at the age of 8 and has been knitting on and off all her adult life.
She learned to spin in 2008 - and shortly thereafter began exploring dyeing, carding,
weaving and felting with a passion. She retired from her real-world job as a licensed
counselor in 2010 which has expanded her opportunities to practice her craft and to
teach others to do the same. Her felted flowers have been one of her most popular
creations, and she receives frequent requests to teach the techniques she uses.
Roiana Buckmaster Buckmaster Family Farm [email protected]
Roiana Buckmaster currently lives in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee, where she is
working with her husband Mike and youngest son Nick to build a flock of
Icelandic and other heritage sheep breeds. Roiana learned the art of tatting from
Grandma Irene Buckmaster 27 years ago, and promised to teach others in
return.
Jules Cox
Lazy Pi Farm [email protected] Jules Cox is an author
and fiber farmer near Dallas, Texas. Her flock includes Shetland and Jacob sheep, crosses thereof, and
Angora goats. She writes trashy romance novels, enjoys science fiction and fantasy, has 2 wonderful sons
with her husband and occasionally attempts gardening. Her website is www.lazypifarm.com
[email protected] 417-498-6948
Judy Crouch A Twist in Time
Retired paramedic with a desire to continue helping people. This time helping them to
learn new fiber arts such as spinning, weaving, felting and dying. Have been working
with fiber arts for over 20 years and have learned from some amazing teachers. Would
like to be one myself.
Kim Caulfield Far Out Farm [email protected] I’ve been spinning for over 35
years. Somebody showed me a drop spindle at a summer camp when I was 8 and I was
hooked. I started taking weaving lessons, as well, and I took a loom and wheel with me
to High School and college. I’ve worked with sheep most of my life, and my mother and
I have had our own flock for 25 years. We sell most of wool to hand spinners, some as
raw fleece, and lots that is washed and dyed. I have a cottage industry mill, so I
can control the quality of the roving we sell. I’ve shown sheep and fleeces, and
organized shows. I run the Fleece Show for the TN State Fair. For many years, I’ve
been teaching workshops on wool, spinning, and related topics.
Robin Goaty Dancing Goat Studio [email protected]
Robin Goatey: Maker and Guide in Traditional Folkways. Student of
Folklore. Teaching traditional skills for 'The World Made by Hand'.
TheDancingGoats.com has been in business since 1987 and online since
2000. We make tools for Folkways Artisans and provide Northern Folkschool participatory style instruction.
Melissa Goodwin
Roan Creek Weaving and Farm
[email protected]
(C, best) 615-945-4347, (H) 931-593-2249
I learned weaving and spinning as a young newlywed and while my children were
growing up. As they learned history, so did I, becoming fascinated with textiles
throughout history. I doubt if I will ever feel like I have mastered any one aspect, but I
love sharing what I have learned about the crafts I love so much!
Roo Kline
Alpaca Fiber Solutions
[email protected] A graphic artist by trade, Roo Kline
became involved with alpacas in 2006 and shortly after purchasing
her own herd in early 2007, the 'Moonwood Farm' fiber studio was
launched, gathering a following of spinners and fiber artists who fell in
love with her luxuriously handcrafted spinning fibers and supplies.
Since 2010 Roo has been teaching her personal techniques and style to
students, especially those who love and/or raise alpacas. She is the co-founder of Alpaca Fiber Solutions
and teaches at Magical Farms, fiber festivals and alpaca shows, local yarn shops, has been featured on
several episodes of The Knit Girllls videocasts, has proudly provided her fiber creations for the students of
art yarn teacher Jacey Boggs, writes how-to articles for American Livestock Magazine, and is featured in the
'Mail-Order Dyers' article in the Spring 2013 issue of Spin-Off Magazine.
Jen Lambert Angora Acres [email protected] Jen Lambert is a local fiber
farmer. She raises Angora goats, Angora rabbits, Shetland and Icelandic sheep, Broad
Breasted Bronze turkeys, ducks, and 8 different breeds of chickens. She shears and
processes the fiber from her goats and sheep, then dyes and cards them into luxurious
batts and rovings used by spinners and felters. She also utilizes the feathers from her
flocks for jewelry and mixed media pieces.
Gina Crowder Levesque
Across Generations
[email protected] 405-880-1196 Artist Gina Levesque has been
working in traditional fiber arts since a young girl. Although primarily self
taught, she has also attended numerous workshops and classes. Her fiber art
business, Across Generations, provides supplies and beginning projects to
those interested in rug hooking, penny rugs, and natural dyeing. Gina holds
memberships in The Tulsa Rug Hooking Guild, The Tulsa Handweavers Guild,
Murrell Home Fiber Arts Guild, and Natural Dyes International.
Darlene Megli A Twist in Time [email protected] 417-207-0022
I live on a farm in southwest Missouri, raise sheep, and do and teach many fiber related
activities. My best friend Judy Crouch and I own A Twist In Time, and travel around the
country to shows.
Lisanne Miller P is for Primitive [email protected] 601-859-4252
Lisanne first held a hook at the age of fourteen as part of the Bi-Centennial Celebration of America—
hooking a simple chair pad from some of her mother’s old wool suits. The hook, wool, extra burlap and
chair pad traveled with her in her mother’s cedar chest until a dear friend one day revealed that she had a
new interest she just loved—primitive rug hooking. She loaned Lisanne one of her
reference books in 1993, gave her an old frame and a hook! Lisanne has never
looked back or put her hook down since creating whimsical and wonderful pieces
of modern day folk art.
Lisanne is the owner of P is for Primitive as well as Director of Regions for ATHA,
President of The Magnolia Wool Dust Society, ATHA Chapter #114, a juried member
of the Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi, as well as a teacher with John C Campbell Folk Art School and
Alison Wells School of Arts & Crafts. Lisanne was awarded "Top 40 Artists" in Mississippi in 2012 and her
rugs have appeared in many rug hooking publications as well as the most recent book by Jessie Turbayne.
[email protected]
Brenda Morley
Praise Song Farm
www.praisesongfarm.com Brenda started raising and showing angora rabbits 24
years ago. She also started spinning their wool and it has become a habit she
enjoys. Later, she acquired cashmere goats and Shetland sheep and uses their fiber
along with angora for her yarns, rovings, felting, and shawls. Brenda is also an
artist who paints oil and pastel paintings. She is very much interested in color and
her painting and her fiber experience have both taught her much about color.
Jan Quarles Daily Fiber [email protected] (h) 615-890-9025, (w)
615-898-5482 A professor of communications some of the time, with the favorite
hours in my daily life I've been spinning and playing with color since the 1970s.
Now I channel my love of color into Daily Fibers, my small business. I've learned a
lot from Lynne Vogel and other teachers I have studied with, and I love to share that
knowledge (it kinda comes naturally!)
Gayle Roberts
[email protected] 931-788-6814
Wild hair Studios
Gayle Roberts of Wild Hair Studio has been an artist for over 25 years. She is a
Pricilla Hauser Accredited Decorative Painting Teacher and an accomplished
artist in several mediums. She has years of teaching experience and has offered
classes and workshops in a variety of different media, including painting, basket
weaving, and felting. Currently, her focus is on fiber arts, primarily needle
felting. The fiber she uses is raised on the family farm. Wild Hair Studio carries
wool from their flock of purebred Romeldale/CVM sheep, consisting of a
selection of rovings and fleeces.
Janelle Schultz
Rare Earth Dyeworks [email protected]
Janelle Schultz considers herself a "serial hobbyist". She has been knitting, crocheting,
weaving, spinning, beading (and so many other things) for many years. A digital
project manager at an ad agency by day, she can be found creating yarn or dyeing
fibers most evenings and thinking of the day when she can leave it all behind for the
fiber farm of her dreams!
Elizabeth Taylor
Alpaca Fiber Solutions
[email protected] Elizabeth purchased her alpacas
in 2011 after seeing alpacas at a farm open house. After taking dyeing and carding
classes she hit the ground running, and within the first year of operating her fiber
business easily paid for the purchase of her alpacas and their feed. From running
an online Etsy store, participating in the Phat Fiber Box, and vending at festivals
she has successfully gained a loyal following of Spotted Circus Alpaca’s products. Elizabeth is very
enthusiastic and passionate about sharing with people her love of the extremely soft and fine fiber that is
alpaca, and showing people across the US, that American alpacas provide a wonderful luxury good that can
be appreciated by all. Elizabeth is a co-founder of Alpaca Fiber Solutions.
Gail White [email protected] 580-745-9734, 660-221-9538
Gail White has been involved in fiber arts for over 20 years. Gail started
handspinning when her daughter's 4-H bunnies multiplied and she had
bags of bunny fuzz. From there she was hooked. A spinning wheel showed
up for a birthday present. She joined Snohomish Valley Spinners and
began learning about fibers. She's taken classes from Diane Varney, Judith
McKenzie-McQuin, and Lane Goldsmith, learning spinning and dyeing
techniques. She is a certified wool classer and has judged fleece shows in
MO, WI, TN, and NC. In 1995, she and her husband Jim opened Ozark Carding Mill, LLC, and continue to
process fiber and spin yarns for customers. They also carry a line of roving and yarns processed by the mill.
[email protected] Jill Wood
Jill Wood
Amish Country Fibers
of Amish Country Fibers has been teaching spinning and weaving seminars for 10
years. These seminars provide basic skills for the whole process of taking a fleece
and turning it into a shawl; starting with shearing a sheep, then skirting, sorting,
washing, picking, carding, spinning, dyeing, and weaving. She has been doing her own
wool processing, spinning and weaving for 16 years.
1st Annual Wool-a Rama
Judges will be Mrs. Stacy Easton-Martin and Mr. Joe Colucci
Please join us for our first annual Wool-A-Rama, angoras only DOUBLE open specialty show to be held
in conjunction with an event centered around what we do best- FIBER! This show is designed for
educational purposes, to promote and encourage the growth of wool breeds in rabbits and highlight
their beauty and purpose. Education will be centered around raising wool breeds, harvesting fiber, and
spinning angora rabbit wool. The ARBA show will promote the unique qualities of each breed, provide
an opportunity to earn legs of Grand Champion, and select an overall Best in Show winner of the 4
breeds. The UARC booth will include a raffle, talks, demonstrations, and a WOOL SKEIN AND
GARMENT CONTEST (see separate entry rules).
Saturday May 24, 2014 at 9:00 am
Middle Tennessee Fiber Festival Stage
Dickson Co. Fairgrounds, Dickson, TN
Three Creeks Farm
Charlotte, TN
[email protected]
www.3creeksfarm.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Three-Creeks-Farm/
Shetland Sheep, Angora Goats, Pygmy Goats
Kromski spinning wheels, natural dyes and mordants,
Needle felting Supplies, Fiber Arts Books
Spinning, Felting, Dyeing and Blacksmithing classes
Tennessee State Fair
September 5-14, 2014
Fleece Auction
Spinning Contest
Sheep to Shawl
Skein Contest
For more information:
[email protected]