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Join fellow fiber enthusiasts for a day of fiber fun! Attendees can shop the fiber-focused market with over 30 vendors offering yarns, crocheting and knitting notions, dyes, clothing, jewelry, and more. Visitors of all ages will learn about the fiber arts from weavers, spinners, basket makers, felters, and other artists through demonstrations and hands-on workshops and activities. Pre-registration is recommended for workshops that include ice-dyeing, beginning drop spindle, needle felting trinket bowls (Saturday only), turning crocheted granny squares into a small chicken, and learning decorative cast-on and bind-off knitting techniques (Saturday only). There are also many fun make and take activities, like creating a mug rug on a rigid heddle loom, bobbin lace making, Cherokee-style basket construction (Sunday only), and more. Workshops range from $30 to $40 and most make and take activities are $5.
2025 VENDOR REGISTRATION IS CLOSED
REGISTER FOR 2026 BEFORE 01 JANUARY 2026
AND RECEIVE A $10 DISCOUNT
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PURCHASE EVENT TICKETS NOW
Admission $10/day
Children under 14 free.
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MINI-WORKSHOP REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
ADMISSION IS FREE WITH PRE-REGISTRATION
Fiber Arts Fiesta Workshop Registration 2025
Ice Dyeing with Maura White
10:30-11:30 Saturday and Sunday at the Zuest Family Spinners' Cottage Porch
1 hour plus 30 min after ice melts
$40, includes materials
Enjoy a quick introduction to Ice Dyeing and walk away with a hand dyed scarf that you will receive as part of your class fee. Maura will lead you in using ice and dye to create a one of a kind scarf. Enjoy your fiber shopping and other events as the ice melts. You will be notified when the scarf is ready to be collected.
Introduction to the Drop Spindle.
1-3:00 PM Saturday and Sunday on Make and Take Row
$30, includes a drop spindle and wool roving
Have you wanted to create your own yarn? Members of the San Diego and Greater Los Angeles Spinning Guilds will lead you through the basic techniques to successfully spin wool with a top whorl spindle. Take your first steps and learn an incredibly relaxing skill that you can take anywhere or as a first step toward spinning with a wheel.
Needle Felted Trinket Bowls with Barb Thomas and/or Karen Wooton
10:30-12:00 AM, Saturday and Sunday, Zuest Family Spinners' Cottage Dye Workroom
$30, includes materials
Join the thousands of fiber art enthusiasts who are addicted to the art of needle felting. Learn to safely stab your wool into submission to create a small bowl. You will mold your wool around a ball then add decorative elements of your choice giving you the confidence to make additional needle felted objects at home.
Create a Small Chicken from Crocheted Granny Squares with Michelle Burke
1-3:00 PM Saturday and 10:30 AM-12:30 PM Sunday on Make and Take Row
$40, includes a project kit with all the materials needed to make the chicken
Basic crochet knowledge (starting a chain, single and double crochet) required
Do you need gift ideas that can be crocheted with your remnants? Join Michelle Burke of The Weave and Wander Yarn Shop in Seal Beach, CA to make a small chicken ideal for gift giving. (Everyone needs a pocket support chicken, right?) Michelle will guid you in creating two Granny Squares that will be joined, stuffed and embellished to create your chicken.
Decorative Cast-On and Bind-Off Techniques For Knitting
Saturday only on Make and Take Row
$30, includes materials
Explore interesting and innovative methods to cast-on and bind-off your knitting to create unique and decorative edges. This class will review basic cast-on techniques as well as less common cast-on methods. Learn decorative and embellished cast-on and bind-off techniques including beads, flowers and more!
GET READY TO TRY OUT A NEW SKILL WITH OUR
MAKE AND TAKE OPPORTUNITIES
Saturday and Sunday
10:30-11:30, 11:30-12:30, 1:30-2:30, 2:30-3:30
Purchase a $5 ticket for each Make and Take Experience on the day of your visit.
No pre-registration. Sign up for a slot on Make and Take Row or walk in as space is available.
Each activity will take approximately one hour to complete and you will leave with a finished product. (Exception: The inkle made bookmark will be mailed to you after the event.)
Weave a Mug Rug on a Rigid Heddle Loom (1 ticket)
Use an Inkle Loom to Make a Woven Bookmark (1 ticket, bookmark will be mailed to you)
Try Your Hand at Bobbin Lace and store your sample in a Keychain (1 ticket)
Channel Your Inner Viking to Create a Braid with a Lucet (1 ticket)
Visit the Paa'ila Basket Weavers and weave a small Cherokee style basket (2 tickets)
See How Cloth Remnants can become an Easy to Sew Bag (Vendor, CA Originals)
EXPERIENCE WOOL PROCESSING FIRST HAND
Sheep Shearing Demonstrations
Saturday and Sunday
11:00 Am and 2:00 PM
This is a quick process so don't be late!
Wool Processing
Zuest Family Spinners' Cottage
Saturday and Sunday
Help Shake and Pick Wool
Ongoing Demonstrations:
Washing
Picking
Carding/Combing
Spinning
Children's Activities Sponsored by the San Diego Creative Weavers Guild
Live Music
Food
Drink
Train and Tractor Wagon Rides
Please note: The Fiber Arts Fiesta takes place outdoors. Most of the booths will be set up on a lawn that is uneven in places. We suggest you wear shoes suitable for walking and perhaps plan to wear a hat.
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