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3rd Annual Fibre Arts Festival

Sat, October 21, 2023


Join us in celebrating the colourful world of Fibre Arts. 

Our heritage buildings will be filled with vendors from throughout the Maritime region. Come to shop, learn, and be inspired. There will be an area set aside in the Clam Factory to work on your projects and meet up with fellow makers so bring your projects, questions, and curiosity!

Details: 

Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Location: Memory Lane Heritage Village
Admission: $7
 

Cookhouse Lunch Menu ($14)
Select the lunch option from the dropdown menu in the Online Shop listing when you purchase your ticket.

Sweet potato, apple, & lentil soup
Baked Beans
House-made brown bread
Fruit crisp with butterscotch sauce
*all meals include tea, coffee, water, or lemonade


Tickets

Reserve Your Tickets >

If you would like to include a Cookhouse lunch with your ticket, please select the lunch option from the dropdown menu in the Online Shop listing. 


 

2023 Fibre Vendors

Please note: the vendor line-up is subject to change.
 

Botanical Fibres
Natural yarns hand dyed with natural fibres in Nova Scotia.
Website ~ Facebook ~ Instagram

Lynn's Quilting Studio
Fabric, kits, notions, door prizes, patterns, wool roving, thread, stablizers, scan N cut.
 

Me A' The Cat (Rug Hooking)
Rug Hooking - products - hand dyed dorr wool (spot dyed, swatches, varigated, etc) also hand dyed mini skeins of yarn, kits, patterns, hooks
 

Moosehill Woodworks
Wooden tools snd appliances for knitters, spinners and fibre atrists.
Website
 

Nerds With Needles
Melding the flexibility of fibre with the beauty of all things mythical, fantastical, and nerdy. Imagine all the vibrance, influence, and magic of Disney, Sci-Fi and Comic-Con colliding with colour and texture to tell the stories you love through yarn! The nerd-inspired colourways turn anything you make into a wearable piece of fan art.
Website ~ Facebook ~ Instagram
 

The Opulent Alpaca
The Opulent Alpaca is an ethical and sustainable alpaca farm, mini mill and retail yarn and fibre producer located in Inverness, NS. We're known for our luxurious, high quality alpaca yarns as well as knitting and felting kits.
Website ~ Facebook ~ Instagram
 

Punch Needle Rug Hooking
Basic Supplier of Rug Hooking and Punch Needle Hooking Supplies. Backings/Foundations, Wools & Yarns, Hand Dyed Products, Punching Frames, Punch Needles, Embroidery Punches & Traditional Hooks, Patterns, Etc.
Website
 

Shades of Ewe Fibreworks
Hand dyed wool top and hand blended art batts, as well as spinning and knitting accessories
Website ~ Facebook ~ Instagram
 

Silver Feathers Allevara
An angora rabbit farmette on the North Shore also specializing in high quality wet and needle felted wearables and art.
 

Sisterhood Fibres
Whether you are looking for a fibre festival, a workshop, a road trip, a spinning wheel, or a skein of hand spun and hand dyed yarn – you will find it at Sisterhood Fibres. We will be selling knitting, weaving, spinning, felting supplies.
Website ~ Facebook ~ Instagram ~ Ravelry