Demos and Fiber Circle
Join the Fiber Circle! Bring your portable projects and hang out in the Fiber Circle and enjoy the warm and welcoming sense of community. If you are curious or have questions, this is the place to meet and talk to other fiber enthusiasts. The Fiber Circle is sponsored by Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners Guild https://hhsguild.org/.
The Spinning Contest is at noon on Sunday in the Fiber Circle. Spinners, bring your wheels or spindles to participate. We provide wool for you to spin.
Free Demos all weekend long!* Learn a new skill and have fun.
2025 Demonstration Schedule (2026 coming soon!)
Many thanks to our vendors for sharing their skills!
Saturday September 6th
11 am
Kumihimo braiding - Carolyn Jones
Alpaca show & tell - Blackberry Fields Alpacas - Molly Quinones
Visible mending with patches with Speedweve looms - Kira K Designs - Kira Dulaney
Noon
Dehairing double coated fiber with Viking Combs - Love Spun Homespun - Barbara Fiorica
Spindle Spinning- Schaer Place Textiles - Lois Schaer
1 pm
Furoshiki - Eureka Fabrics - Rima Greer
Inkle Weaving - Humboldt Handweavers & Spinners Guild - Linda Hartshorn
Rug Hooking- Arcata Historical Society - Karole Ely
2 pm
Alpaca show & tell - Blackberry Fields Alpacas - Molly Quinones
Portuguese Knitting - Russell Ranch Fibers - Cindy Russell
How to break in a wool dish sponge- Full Circle Wool- Marie Hoff
Quilting- Redwood Empire Quilting Guild- Claire Voigtlander
3pm
"T-spin or E-spin, that is the question" - Ace in the Hole - Ace Vandenack
Felting over a bar of soap - Hope Springs Botanicals - Hope Rose Wright
Switching cast ons and bind offs - Yarn - Sunni Scrivner
Rock wraps- techniques to decorate and personalize flat stones - Ridgewood Fine Woolies- Betsy Neal
Sunday September 7th
11 am
Alpaca show & tell - Blackberry Fields Alpacas - Molly Quinones
Needle Tatting - Eureka Fabrics - Rima Greer
Felted beads - Arbuckle Fiber Co. - Elizabeth Eaton
Noon
Spinning Contests in the HHSG Fiber Circle
1 pm
Rope making - Carolyn Jones
Wool pellets - Integrity Alpacas & Fiber - Charlene Schmid
Peg loom rug making - Macedo's Mini Acres - Maureen Macedo
2 pm
Locker hooking with roving - Westwynd Fiber - Joleen Nielson
Embellish an Eco Print - Fran Ecolab - Francine Fischl
Quart jar microwave dyeing - The Loom Room - Gabrielle Menn
3 pm
Alpaca show & tell - Blackberry Fields Alpacas - Molly Quinones
Choosing the right dye - Carpool- Lisa Mendez
Different ways of spinning a 2 oz art batt - Red Creek Farms- Peggy Agnew
*A few hands-on demos may have small materials fees or kits available.
The demonstrations and locations will be announced during the fair