Fiber Art Studio Tour

The Fiber Art Studio Tour (FAST) is a group of fiber artists and farmers creating colorful yarns, rovings and many fibery finished goods. FAST artists are located in Maryland, but each artist is at their own locale and open their studios, farms & shops in unison once monthly - on Saturdays. (Withers Wool and Farm is open every Wednesday thru Saturday 10 to 4.) The Fiber Art Studio Tour (FAST) in 2025 will be held every other month, not every month as it was done in 2024. The planned dates for FAST in 2025 are 18 January, 15 March, 17 May, 19 July, 6 September and 29 November. FAST will also look to have an activity for each date. The plan for January is to offer a “yarn tasting” at each stop. Basically we will have a yarn for which one or more swatches will be made that can be handed out as well as provide the yarn so anyone coming to the shop with their own needle/hook can also make a swatch. More info on this will be coming out. The FAST Group Facebook link is: Fiber Art Studio Tour Group. The link to the map of all the participating studios is:  https://www.fiberartstudiotour.com/map

External Fiber Shows in 2025:

The first external show I will be at in 2025 is the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival which will take place on 3-4 May at the Howard County Fairgrounds. BTW, the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival has an online event in January called WinterFest in which one can register and take online classes/seminars on Friday, January 24, Saturday, January 25, and Sunday, January 26, 2025. Information about this can be found at their website.

Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival is on 27 and 28 May in Berryville, VA.

The (fall) Frederick Fiber Fest is on 25 October at the Frederick Fairgrounds.

The Maryland Fleece and Alpaca Festival is on 8 and 9 November at the Howard County Fairgrounds.