Don’t miss these fun fiber happenings!
Great Basin Fiber Arts Fair
Great Basin Fiber Arts Fair is our local festival. It happens once a year, usually in April or May.
This year it’s April 25-26 at the Western Sports Park. Fondle the fiber, take a class, make new connections, and volunteer!
Wool Trek to Notlwonk Springs
Take a walk around the farm and see the new little lambies, then stop by the hsop and pick up some fiber in processed or raw form.
Dye Exchange
Every year the guild holds a dye exchange for members. The theme is different every year. This year the dye exchange will be on May 20th, 2025. Please dye about 1.5 pounds of fiber, then divide it into 1 oz portions. Label it with your name, the dye method and color. At the meeting we share our experience and how we dyed the fiber. Then we go around the circle and get a bundle of fiber from the other participants. It feels like trick or treating for adults!
The dye theme this year is Flora.
Washing Wool in Your Backyard Clinic
Jo will be putting on this clinic from 9 am- noon on May 17, rain or shine. She will teach the 3 bin washing system used for scouring wool without a washer. Cost is $15 pp and coffee/tea/water, snacks will be available.
Spinning Retreat
Every year the Wasatch Woolpack Handspinners hold a retreat where we spin, make friends, connect with friends we haven’t seen for a while, eat good food, get prizes, relax and spin some more. This year’s retreat is June 12-15, 2025 (setup on 11th). Start saving those coins, planning ahead, and finishing projects! June will be here before you know it. It will cost about $100 (like the past few years) for members of the guild (join here). Anyon planning to attend and has a truck and take up supplies on the 11th, please let Lisa Light and Jo Cosby know. More details to come.
Intermountain Weaver’s Conference June 17-21, 2025
Past Events
Utah State Fair Demonstrations
The Wasatch Woolpack will be demonstrating at this year’s State Fair. We demonstrate in the Zion Building every day the fair is open – Sept 5th to Sept 14th.
Atwater Weaver’s Guild Show
The Mary Atwater Weaving Guild has set the date for our biannual guild show for September 7 through October 18, 2023 at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. The theme of the exhibit is “The Threads that Bind Us: A Celebration of Textile Arts.” The exhibit is open to all fiber artists throughout Utah. The opening reception will be held on September 7, with awards presented that evening. The exhibit will be judged by Rebecca Winter
Lamb and Wool Festival
We have been asked to demonstrate for the Lamb & Wool Festival at Thanksgiving Point again on April 15th from 10am to 2pm. We have participated in this event for a number of years now and it’s always fun. We will be demoing at the Farm inside their barn. You are welcome to demonstrate any technique using fiber.