2022 Soulful Knitting Retreat
Vendor Fair
Saturday, October 22, 2022 6-8 PM
at the Crowne Plaza, Kitchener, ON
Songbird Fibres
Stratford, ON
Songbird Yarn and Fibres is a fledgling indie dyer who mixes her two passions; birds and yarn! Each colourway includes some fun facts about the specific bird featured.
Birds Canada receives $2 for every full skein purchased.
Nith Valley Organics
Plattsville, ON
Nith Valley Organics is a traditional mixed farm (crops and livestock) with a modern twist. They grow a wide range of vegetables (certified organic), have a small laying flock (organic brown eggs), pastured sheep, and pastured broiler chickens (organic, not certified).
coriand3r knits
Waterloo, ON
coriand3r knits is and indie dyer and crafty nerd. She is drawn to bold colours, and experiments a lot with different dye techniques. Her long-colour change gradient yarns are one of a kind by their nature, but she often returns to similar colour combinations such as red to black, rainbows, and generally saturated colours.
Dragon Strings
Dragon Strings is a indie dye studio that focuses on fantastic one of a kind colourways and smooshy-smooth yarn bases. Inspiration is taken from photos, nature, geek culture and literary sources. You never know what's going to come out of the pot this week!
Annika will share her expertise in colour theory and dying yarn as in instructor for lectures and workshops for this retreat.
Angora Springs
Dundas, ON
Angora Springs is a small family run farm in the Dundas Valley. We raise our animals in an loving, ethical and organic manner. Our wool comes only from our small flock of fibre sheep, raised, shorn and milled in Ontario. We blend our yarns with a small amount of mohair from our angora goats to give it both a beautiful sheen and strength. Rovings, yarn, felting supplies, and and occasionally organic lambs are available.
Come visit our farm!!
The Spinning Spider
Cambridge, ON
The spinning spider is a goth indie yarn designer. She does freeform crochet, hand dyed fibers, handspun yarn, felting and more!
Stitch Noir
Hamiton, ON
Stitch Noir specializes in small batch hand-dyed yarns with a strong focus on gradient sets and brightly variegated colours. She keeps colourways quirky and fun; approaching each project as a work of art. Her artistic experimentation shines through in the range of unique colour combinations.
Rosehaven Yarn Shop
Picton, ON
Rosehaven yarn shop is a small-town yarn store with an extensive collection of knitting & crocheting yarns, spinning & felting materials plus embroidery & needlework materials.
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Lesley will share her felting expertise with us in workshops for this retreat.
Leo & Roxy
St. Thomas, ON
Leo & Roxy Yarn Co. is a Canadian based indie-dyer of luxury yarns for the fibre enthusiast.
Knitters, crocheters, spinners and weavers enjoy the vibrant colours and quality bases found at Leo & Roxy yarn co