About CNY Fiber Artists and Producers

CNY Fiber Artists and Producers, Inc. was organized in 2010 to support the efforts of individual fiber farmers and artists in Central New York.  The founding members came together with a desire to form a different sort of fiber guild - one that would include artists active in all of the fiber crafts as well as people just raising fiber animals.  We saw a need for a group with an educational orientation and a group dedicated to fostering participation in and appreciation of the fiber arts. We also recognized a need for increased visibility and marketing opportunities for CNY fiber farmers and artists.  One way to meet that need was to organize a new fiber event in upstate New York that would provide a venue for the exhibition of fiber animals, fiber products, and finished goods made from natural fibers.    

The members of CNY Fiber Artists and Producers are spinners, weavers, felters and knitters. They raise sheep, goats, alpacas, llamas, and Angora rabbits.  Some teach classes in the fiber arts or run fiber mills.     The first annual fiber festival sponsored by CNY Fiber Artists & Producers, Inc. was held in June of 2011.  It included workshops, exhibits, demonstrations, and a children’s tent full of activities related to fiber and activities just for fun. Despite rainstorms on both days, the event was very well received, and all of the vendors participating expressed a desire to return at the end of the weekend. Plans are now underway for the 2012 festival, to be held June 9th and 10th at Butternut Hills Campground in Bouckville, NY. Read more about it on our Event page, and look for a “yarn splash” along Route 20 in Bouckville to celebrate the event as June approaches.

 

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