{"id":85610,"date":"2026-08-05T08:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=85610"},"modified":"2026-08-05T08:16:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T12:16:03","slug":"algoma-fibre-to-fabric-festival-returns-for-4th-year-celebrating-local-fibre-heritage-creativity-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/05\/algoma-fibre-to-fabric-festival-returns-for-4th-year-celebrating-local-fibre-heritage-creativity-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Algoma Fibre to Fabric Festival Returns for 4th Year Celebrating Local Fibre Heritage, Creativity, &#038; Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-05-at-08.01.28.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-85611\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-05-at-08.01.28-400x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-05-at-08.01.28-400x600.png 400w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-05-at-08.01.28-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-05-at-08.01.28-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Screenshot-2026-08-05-at-08.01.28.png 916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Algoma Fibre to Fabric Festival is back for its 4th year, with more vendors, new workshops, live demonstrations, and activities for all ages. This community event is open to all and takes place on Saturday, August 8, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Johnson Township Community Centre in Desbarats, Ontario, right next to the Johnson Farmers&#8217; Market.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Festival entry is by donation at the door.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Event Highlights Include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Fibre Festival Market featuring vendors from across Ontario, including local farmers, fibre producers, dyers, crafters, and artists.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Interested in joining one of the workshops? Register online now for Yarn Dyeing, Pine Needle Basket Weaving, Handspinning on a Drop Spindle, Filet Crochet, Handsewing Elbow Patches, and English Paper\u00a0 Piecing.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Free all-day drop-in \u201cCommuni-Bee\u201d with Thinking Rock Community Arts.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Live demonstrations throughout the market including our Natural Dye booth, Algoma Weaver\u2019s Guild, basket weaving, handspinning, knitting machines, crochet demos and more.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">A Kids&#8217; Zone with free hands-on fibre crafts to learn about fibre and take home a keepsake.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">An Open Crafting Circle where visitors are encouraged to bring their own projects and connect with fellow makers, or use materials supplied to work on a scarf (pattern provided!).<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Live animals on site, including alpacas from Meadowview Alpaca Farm and sheep from Birchgrove Farms.<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">Door prizes donated by participating vendors \u2013 each visitor receives a ballot upon entry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWhether you&#8217;re a longtime fibre enthusiast, or just looking for something interesting to do this Saturday, this event offers something for everyone of all experience levels!. Visitors can explore hands-on demonstrations, discover traditional and modern fibre arts, connect with local makers, and be inspired by the incredible fibre-to-fabric community here in Algoma,\u201d says Ashleigh Sauv\u00e9 of Shabby Motley Handcraft.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This year\u2019s festival is brought to you by organizing partners Birchgrove Farms, AlpacaSocks.ca, Johnson Farmers\u2019 Market, and Shabby Motley Handcraft, and proudly supported by Gold Sponsors: The Creative Basket, Northern Skies Resort, Jeff Dixon Visual Artist, Decks Out Back, and The Copper Bean.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Event Details:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Date: Saturday, August 8, 2026<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Time: 9:00 a.m. \u2013 2:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Location: Johnson Township Community Centre, 1 Cameron Ave, Desbarats, ON<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Admission: By donation<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">More info &amp; workshop registration: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.algomafibretofabricfestival.ca\">www.algomafibretofabricfestival.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Algoma Fibre to Fabric Festival is back for its 4th year, with more vendors, new workshops, live demonstrations, and activities for all ages. This community event is open to all and takes place on Saturday, August 8, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Johnson Township Community Centre in Desbarats, Ontario, right next &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":85613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-01 00:55:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85612,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85610\/revisions\/85612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}