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Last weekend, July 30-31, 2021, was the Fiber Christmas in July festival’s FIFTEENTH year!
I first visited the festival in 2019, so I’m still a bit of a baby Christmas in July attendee, but they’ve already moved into a new, bigger building since my first visit and even used the old building for classes this year!
Classes included spinning, weaving, felting, and dyeing, so you’re sure to find an educational fiber fix if you’re not just attending to shop.
(And now that you know it’s educational, you can plan next year’s visit guilt-free!)
On their Facebook page, Fiber Christmas calls their vendors “Fiber Enablers,” and I’m happy to support my favorites and find new enablers each year at their festival. It’s less than an hour’s drive from Tulsa out to their Creek County Fairground location, so it makes a great Fiber Friends trip.
Fiber Christmas’s Fiber Enabler Vendors came from across Oklahoma and neighboring states–Kansas, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, and there was even a vendor from Mexico!
I highly recommend browsing their vendor list and visiting each vendor’s site. The skill and creativity of each artist never fail to amaze and inspire me.
I started out taking pictures of booths (with permission) but quickly lost myself in the wonderful textures and colors each vendor offered.
OK, fun fiber words aside, full disclosure, I got overexcited and completely forgot I wanted to write a post about the festival. I was having so much fun petting and choosing yarns and roving that I just plain forgot to take care of business! Shame on me!
I promise to do better for next year’s Fiber Christmas in July write-up, so hold me to it.
As an apology for skimping on the booth pics and write-ups, here’s my Fiber Christmas 2021 project.
Just don’t ask about 2020’s project. It’s still stuck on the needles…
Have you ever attended a fiber festival before?
What festivals are in your region?
Are you planning your trip to Fiber Christmas 2022 yet?
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