Fiberworld 2020

August 1, 2020

I suppose this is all the more appropriate to share after yesterday’s post; in the wake of so many cancellations of fiber festivals and knitting events, there is a new event happening virtually August 19-23: Fiberworld 2020.

This festival is a child of the pandemic; it was conceived after so many events were cancelled in March and it was designed to be forever virtual.

The creative mind behind the whole thing is Kel over at A Hundred Ravens, who, it turns out, in addition to owning a yarn business is also a professor of video game design. From the marriage of these two disparate interests has been born a fiber and lifestyle festival that aims to more closely replicate the experience of being there in person.

Each vendor’s booth will have its own embedded video channel so they can help you shop or host special events and demos. The vendors’ pages have the feel of being in a show booth. There’s even a virtual map of the “show floor.”

There will be demos, and a scavenger hunt, and lots of social events and general hanging-out in the video rooms. There are going to be talks by Franklin Habit, Nacinimod Deodee, and Mary Ann Mohanraj. There will probably be mischief of some sort or another, because whenever knitters gather, there seems to be mischief of the most engaging sort. (Just to be clear: I am not in charge of the mischief. Others whose creativity exceeds my own in this arena will, I am convinced, do what is necessary.)

There will be classes on knitting, crochet, beading, spinning, needlepoint, and more. Kate Atherley will be teaching, and so will I.

These are the classes I’ll be teaching; you can register here.

  • Basic Knit Fixes
  • Planning Your Sock Project
  • Sock Skills 1: Casting On for Toe-Up Socks
  • Sock Skills 2: Afterthought Heels
  • Sock Skills 3: Binding Off
  • The Magic of Mosaic
  • Secrets of Splicing: Up Your Ends Game
  • Tips and Tricks for Next-Level Knitting

And some of my favorite yarn producers are offering special discounts for my students. Upon registration, you’ll receive discount codes for 15% off sock yarn, free winding and free shipping from Sassy Black Yarns; the Louisiana Yarn Guys are offering 25% off yarn (or 20% off Treme Sock yarn split and pre-wound into two 50g balls for working socks two-at-a-time); and Morehouse Farm is offering my students 20% off in-stock knitting needles.