2023 Festival Schedule and Map

See below for the full schedule of our 2023 Fall Fiber Festival events! We are excited to include several book signings this year on the schedule. See below the schedule for more information on authors and their publications.

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Saturday, October 7th

TimeDescriptionTent
All DayVBCA Sheep Dog Trials Begin, Starting with the Open Class and Closing with the Novice Class.Dog Demonstration Area
All DayFiber Animal ExhibitsAnimals Tent & Llama Tent
9 am - NoonAdult Workshop: Introduction to Drop Spindle
Adult Workshop Tent, Register Online
9 am - NoonAdult Workshop: Create a Felted Pumpkin Adult Workshop Tent, Register Online
10 am - NoonKids Workshop: Felt a HatChildren's Tent. Register by emailing [email protected]
10 am - NoonBook Signing: Pat Brodowski, author of Gardening & Foraging Natural DyesDemos Tent
10 am - NoonBook Signing: Dr. Melinda McCall will be signing copies of her new book Driving Home Naked: And Other Misadventures of a Country VeterinarianAnimal Exhibit Tent
10 am - 1pmVarious Fiber Craft Demonstrations: Knitting, Spinning, Weaving, Fiber Prep, and More! Featured Demo: Triangle Loom WeavingDemos Tent
11 amSheep ShearingAnimal Exhibit Tent
1 pm - 4 pmAdult Workshop: Introduction to Wheel SpinningAdult Workshop Tent, Register Online
1 pm - 4 pmAdult Workshop: Create Felted Dryer BallsAdult Workshop Tent, Register Online
2 pmSheep ShearingAnimal Exhibit Tent
1pm – 5pmVarious Fiber Craft Demonstrations: Knitting, Spinning, Weaving, Fiber Prep, and More!Demos Tent

Sunday, October 8th

TimeDescriptionTent
All DayVBCA Sheep Dog Trials Begin, Starting with the Open ClassDog Demonstration Area
All DayFiber Animal ExhibitsAnimals Tent & Llama Tent
9 am - NoonAdult Workshop: Introduction to Wheel SpinningAdult Workshop Tent, Register Online
9 am - NoonAdult Workshop: Learn Rug WeavingAdult Workshop Tent, Register Online
10 am - NoonBook Signing: Pat Brodowski, author of Gardening & Foraging Natural DyesDemos Tent
10 am - 1pmVarious Fiber Craft Demonstrations: Knitting, Spinning, Weaving, Fiber Prep, and More! Featured Demo: From Seed to Garment with Cotton and Flax/LinenDemos Tent
11 am-NoonKids Workshop: Needle-Felt a Sheep OrnamentChildren's Tent. Register by emailing [email protected]
NoonSheep ShearingAnimal Exhibit Tent
1 pm - 4 pmBook Signing: Cindy Conner, author of Homegrown Flax and Cotton: DIY Guide to Growing, Processing, Spinning & Weaving Fiber to ClothDemos Tent
1 pm - 4 pmVarious Fiber Craft Demonstrations: Knitting, Spinning, Weaving, Fiber Prep, and More! Demos Tent
1 pm - 4 pmAdult Workshop: Wheel Spinning Next StepsAdult Workshop Tent, Register Online
1 pm - 4 pmAdult Workshop: Learn Basket WeavingAdult Workshop Tent, Register Online
2 pmSheep ShearingAnimal Exhibit Tent


​Book Signing with Pat Brodowski

Pat Brodowski, well-known as the Vegetable Gardener at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello in Charlottesville, grows and finds dye plants within view of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.  She has offered natural dye workshops at museums and fiber arts guilds in the Mid-Atlantic region for two decades.  Check out her classes on Friday, October 6th!
​Pat will also sign copies of her new book, Gardening & Foraging Natural Dyes from 10am to noon on Saturday, October 7th and Sunday, October 8th in the Demonstrations Tent.

​Book Signing and Demonstration by Cindy Conner

Cindy Conner will demonstrate flax processing and answer your questions about two homegrown products: flax-to-linen and cotton, from planting the seeds to constructing a
garment. She will also be signing her new book Homegrown Flax and Cotton: DIY Guide to Growing, Processing, Spinning & Weaving Fiber to Cloth! Cindy’s demonstration and book signing are featured on Sunday, October 8 th from 11am to 4pm at the Demonstrations Tent.

Book Signing by Melinda McCall

Have you ever driven home from work wearing nothing but a pair of rubber boots? For Dr. Melinda McCall, a large animal veterinarian in rural Virginia, this is living the
dream. Dr. Melinda will be signing copies of her new book Driving Home Naked: And Other Misadventures of a Country Veterinarian at the Animal Exhibit Tent from 10am to noon on Saturday.