Lehigh Valley Fiber Festival

The ninth annual Lehigh Valley Fiber Festival takes place at the Allentown Agri-Plex in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Attendees can explore a wide range of fiber-related products, including hand-dyed yarns, finished fiber work, upcycled fiber pieces, and various tools and accessories like glass buttons, wood-turned tools, stitch markers, and shawl pins. The festival also offers fiber-inspired watercolors and jewelry from various handcrafted artisan vendors.

A returning feature is the Fleece Sale, which provides raw fleeces for personal processing, each telling the story of its animal. The festival encourages community engagement by inviting attendees to donate unwanted yarn, inherited stashes, or ready-made hats, scarves, and squares. These donations are utilized by volunteers to create warm items for community members in need, distributed to organizations such as the Allentown Rescue Mission and Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley.

Admission to the festival is $5 per day or $8 for a weekend pass. Specific vendors mentioned include Bitsy’s Knits, Create Yarn Works, Cape May Fiber, Northeast Wood Workz, Quilter Emily, and Shakespeare’s Peddler.