Boston Fiber Festival
Our second ever Boston Fiber Festival is happening on Sunday September 8th, 2024 from 11am-4pm!
Join our more than 20 vendors on from the northeast and as far away as Denmark on Thayer Street and as pop-ups inside Boston Fiber Company. Shop, craft, and join the fiber community for a day of fun! Don't forget to also check out the weekly SoWa farmer and artists market where you can enjoy food, farm stands, and check out non-fiber artists.
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Vendors
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Cornucopia Threads
Learn moreCornucopia Threads is a collection of one-of-a-kind textile decor handcrafted by queer local artist, Javi Garcia. Javi specializes in tufted accent rugs, wall decor, and tufted mirrors. The inviting textures and vivid palettes in the pieces are inspired by the vibrancy of the natural world. Each piece is a unique reflection of her vision and an invitation to infuse your space with handcrafted charm.
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Very Eclectic
Learn moreShawl pins, buttons, yarn, knitting and crochet patterns hand-made by Lisa for you.
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Blue Bird Makery
Learn moreBlue Bird Makery specializes in thoughtfully designed fiber arts tools including stitch markers, magnetic notions dishes, needle gauges and more. We also feature original button designs that are perfect for handmade garments all responsibly produced with 3D printed bioplastics.
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Cessium Yarn
Learn moreCesium Yarn is a wife-and-wife team of scientists turned indie dyers dedicated to using the fiber arts as a powerful force for good in the world. They bring the fiber to you in their traveling yarn truck named Ellie! Packed with yarn, spinning fiber, and notions, Cat and Penny travel around the country attending fiber shows and visiting local yarn shops. Their community, whether in person or online, is full of fat-positive, pro-queer crafters who love gorgeous fiber. At Cesium yarn, dyeing the fiber is the first part of a cascade of goodness that each person who uses it carries forward.
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Dyeing Wishes Yarn Co.
Learn moreI hand dye yarn in bright and saturated colors, inspired by all things beautiful, emotional, and nostalgic.
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East Coast Yarn Company
Learn moreAt East Coast Yarn we love playing with color and taking inspiration from the world around us. We have a wide variety of colorways ranging from neutral to bold and bright colors. We dye all of our yarn by hand in small batches of 2-4 skeins to ensure quality and uniqueness. All of our yarn is carefully sourced and tested to ensure it's up to our standards.
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Fibercat Yarns
Learn moreNatural doesn't have to mean drab and dull! The vibrant beauty of nature can be translated in full right onto the fibers we spin, the yarns we knit with, and the textiles we wear. All yarns are unique and dyed by hand with love in Cat's little kitchen.
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Heirloom Felt Designs
Learn moreHandcrafted pincushions for the discerning sewist and ornaments for holidays and everyday. Modern heirlooms, each uniquely designed and hand stitched from wool or wool blend felt. One of a kind. One at a time. Handmade in Boston.
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Herd Supply Co
Learn moreStarting with a family farm and a one-sheep-at-a-time milking parlor, Herd Supply Co. creates mindful skincare and home goods. Featuring sheep milk soap, lanolin salves, and wool for everything from pillows to garden pellets, Herd Supply Co. finds sustainable solutions for your home from our favorite animal: the sheep.
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Juliette Pécaut Designs
Learn moreJuliette Pécaut Designs focuses on modern knitwear and naturally dyed yarn made by hand in small batches in Massachusetts with sustainability and slow living in mind. My accessories are made with natural fibers including merino wool, silk, alpaca, and mohair. My yarns are naturally dyed with botanicals and foraged materials. My beginner knitting kits encourage new crafters to learn to knit themselves, and my advanced kits and patterns help knitters improve their skills and learn to create their own unique, intentional wardrobe.
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keira wiggins
Learn morekeira wiggins is a jersey city-based textile designer specializing in yarn dyes and color development. Her studio offers handspun yarn, spinning fiber, fabric and found objects, carefully crafted and curated, from her hands to yours
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Knitten Word
Learn moreKnitten Word hand dyes yarn based on the written word for you to write your own stories in fiber!
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Leaf Pile Studios
Learn moreHi! I’m Emma and I make fine art by stabbing ethically sourced wool thousands of times, and you can too! I’m a fiber artist specializing in 2D needle felting, and I sell my own work as wall hangings, pillows and earrings, and I also sell kits and teach workshops so you can learn how to needle felt too!
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Rhapsody Fiber Arts
Learn moreRhapsody Fiber Arts specializes in hand-dyed and hand-spun yarn. Many of our products are locally sourced from New England! We also have project bags, homemade jewelry and soap, hand-made beanies, and visual arts. There's something for everyone!
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Sassy Black Yarns
Learn moreAt Sassy Black Yarns, we hand-dye vibrant and unique skeins of yarn that bring a burst of color and creativity to every project. Owned and operated by Lakisher Hurst in Manchester, CT, we are passionate about empowering crafters with high-quality, beautifully dyed yarns that add personality and sass to your creations. Whether you're a knitter, crocheter, or fiber artist, our yarns are designed to inspire and elevate your craft.
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Sysleriget
Learn more'Sysleriget' brings hand-dyed yarn from Denmark. The woman behind, Malene, loves all colors - everything from vibrant bold colors to neutral Nordic tones. Sysleriget comes all the way from Aarhus, Denmark and is excited to meet all American yarn lovers.
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The Felted Bee
Learn moreThe Felted Bee specializes in two and three dimensional works of art from wool. Using the techniques of needle and wet felting, artist Jennifer McCarthy uses wool to create a variety of soft sculptures from cute animals to highly stylized three dimensional sculpted works. The Felted Bee prides itself on creating high quality, beautiful, one of a kind works of art, diy kits and high quality wool products.
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Toil & Trouble
Learn moreToil and Trouble is a small hand dyed yarn company based out of Salem, Massachusetts. We carry a range of yarn weights, hand-dyed in a unique array of witchy and geeky inspired colorways.
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Wild Violet Fibers
Learn moreWild Violet Fibers is a woman-owned hand-dyed yarn business based in Holliston, MA. My colorways are inspired by the seasons, nature, the place I live, and places I’ve traveled. Each skein of ethically-sourced yarn is hand dyed by me in small batches using professional acid dyes. My fiber journey has led to me dyeing yarn and designing knitwear patterns and my goal is to create yarns that spark joy and inspire creativity in the fiber adventures of others.
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Honey & Quill Fiber Co.
Learn moreHoney & Quill Fiber Co. is a woman-owned business based in Newton, Massachusetts! Originally from the Mountain West, McKenna started Honey & Quill in 2019 as a space to share her creative work across different mediums. As she jumped headfirst into the world of fiber arts, she grew to love yarn dyeing and turned her creative “hive” into a hand-dyed yarn business in 2022. McKenna finds inspiration in nature, literature, music and art. Honey & Quill features a wide variety of yarns, handmade project bags, original vinyl stickers and more.
Things to Know
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Parking
SoWa offers $10 parking in all lots on market days. We recommend the lot at 365 Albany Street, which is closest to the shop. There is also free street parking on sundays.
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Public Transportation
Take the Red Line to Broadway, the Silver Line to Washington and East Berkley, or the Orange Line to Tufts Medical.
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Accessibility
Boston Fiber Festival and the SoWa artists market are outdoor events with ramps and elevators when needed. Boston Fiber Company is accessible by ramp and stairs.
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Bathrooms
Bathrooms are located on every floor of 450 Harrison and accessible by elevator. A single bathroom is also available in Boston Fiber Company.
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Food
Food vendors, trucks, and farm stands are located in the parking lot at 500 Harrison and available 11am-4pm.