Upcoming Dates for UK Yarn and Fibre Festivals
January 2022
Waltham Abbey Wool Show
16 January 2022
Marriott Hotel, Old Shire Lane, Waltham Abbey, EN9 3LX
Website: Waltham Abbey Wool Show.
Virtual Yorkshire Yarn Festival
29 January 2022
Online event - Instagram @yorkshireyarnfest
Website: Yorkshire Yarn Festival.
February 2022
Unravel
11–13 February 2022
Farnham Maltings, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7QR, England
Website: Unravel.
Textiles East Fair
18–19 February 2022
Swavesey Village College, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4RS, England
Website: Textiles East Fair.
Virtual Yorkshire Yarn Festival
27 February 2022
Online event
Website: Yorkshire Yarn Festival.
March 2022
The Stitch Festival
3-6 March 2022
The Business Design Centre, London, N1 0QH, England
Website: The Stitch Festival.
The East Anglia Yarn Festival
26–27 March 2022
Holiday Inn, Cromer Road, Norwich, NR6 6JA, England
Website: The East Anglia Yarn Festival.
Virtual Yorkshire Yarn Festival
27 March 2022
Online event
Website: Yorkshire Yarn Festival.
Edinburgh Yarn Festival
2022 - date to be confirmed
Edinburgh Corn Exchange, 11 New Market Road, Edinburgh, EH14 1RJ, Scotland
Website: Edinburgh Yarn Festival.
April 2022
St Abbs Wool Festival
2022 - date to be confirmed
Eyemouth Community Centre, Eyemouth, Berwickshire, TD14 5DE, Scotland
Website: St Abbs Wool Festival.
Spring into Wool
9–10 April 2022
The Grammar School at Leeds, Alwoodley Gates, Harrogate Road, Leeds, LS17 8GS, England
Website: Spring into Wool.
Wonderwool Wales
23–24 April 2022
Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells, Powys, LD2 3SY, Wales
Website: Wonderwool Wales.
Blog post: Wonderful Wonderwool.
May 2022
Wool @ J13
14–15 May 2022
Lower Drayton Farm, Penkridge, Staffordshire, ST19 5RE, England
Website: Wool @ Junction 13.
Buxton Wool Gathering
2022 dates to be confirmed
Buxton Pavilion Gardens, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6BE, England
Website: Buxton Wool Gathering.
Cornish Fibre Festival
2022 dates to be confirmed
Royal Cornwall Showground Exhibition Centre, Whitecross, Wadebridge, PL27 7JE, England
Website: Cornish Fibre Festival.
Wild About Wool pop-up yarn market
2022 - dates to be confirmed
The WaterShed, Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, HD7 5JN
Website: Wild About Wool.
Woolly Weekend and Shipston Wool Fair
No longer taking place
Sheep Street, Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4AB, England
Website: Shipston Wool Fair.
Yorkshire Yarn Festival
28 May 2022
York Auction Centre, Murton, York YO19 5GF, England
Website: Yorkshire Yarn Festival.
Festiwool at Hertfordshire County Show
28 - 29 May 2022
Herts Show Ground, Redbourn, Hertfordshire, AL3 7PT, England
Website: Festiwool pop-up.
June 2022
Leeds Wool Festival
2022 dates to be confirmed
Leeds Industrial Museum, Armley Mills, Canal Road, Armley, Leeds, LS12 2QF, England
Website: Leeds Wool Festival.
Fibre Rocks
11 – 12 June 2022
Bexhill-on-Sea, England
Website: Fibre Rocks.
Woolly Weekend
11 – 12 June 2022
The Weavers’ Workshop, Dilham, Norfolk, NR28 9PT.
Website: Woolly Weekend.
The Wool Monty
18–19 June 2022
Will now be online
Website: The Wool Monty.
Woolfest
25–26 June 2022
Will now be online
Website: Woolfest.
July 2022
Yarningham
10–11 July 2022
Uffculme Centre, Queensbridge Road, Birmingham, B13 8QY, England
Website: Yarningham.
Summer Wool Festival
30-31 July 2022
Redborne School, Ampthill, Bedfordshire, MK45 2NU
Website: Summer Wool Festival.
Fibre East
2022 dates to be confirmed
Redborne Upper School and Community College, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2NU, England
Website: Fibre East.
August 2022
Virtual Yorkshire Yarn Fest
2022 date need to be confirmed
Online
Website: Yorkshire Yarn Fest
September 2022
Southern Wool Show
3–4 September 2022
Newbury Racecourse, Berkshire, RG14 7PN, England
Website: Southern Wool Show.
Sweater Weather
9–10 September 2022
Farnham Maltings, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 7QR, England
Website: Sweater Weather.
Perth Festival of Yarn
10–11 September 2022
Dewars Centre, Glover Street, Perth, PH2 0TH, Scotland
Website: Perth Festival of Yarn.
The Handmade Fair, Hampton Court
2022 dates to be confirmed
Battersea Park, London, SW8 4NW, England
Website: Handmade Fair, Hampton Court.
Llandovery Sheep Festival
17-18 September 2022
Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Website: Llandovery Sheep Festival.
Yarndale
24-25 September 2022
Skipton Auction Mart, Gargrave Road, Skipton, Yorkshire, BD23 1UD, England
Website: Yarndale.
Masham Sheep Fair
24–25 September 2022
Masham, North Yorkshire, HG4 4DZ, England
Website: Masham Sheep Fair.
Shetland Wool Week
2022 dates to be confirmed
various venues, Shetland, Scotland
Website: Shetland Wool Week.
October 2022
The Knitting and Stitching Show
6–9 October 2022
Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, London, N22 7AY, England
Website: Knitting and Stitching Show, Alexandra Palace.
The Big Textile Show
29–30 October 2022
The KUBE, Leicester Racecourse, Oadby, Leicester LE2 4AL, England
Website: The Big Textile Show.
The Kelly House Woolly Weekend
2022 dates to be confirmed
Kelly House, between Launceston and Tavistock, Devon, PL16 0HH, England
Website: Kelly House Woolly Weekend.
The West Wales Wool Show
2022 dates to be confirmed
The Queen’s Hall and Play Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth, Pembrokeshire, DE45 1AH, Wales
Website: West Wales Wool Show.
YarnFolk Wool Festival
2022 dates to be confirmed
Whitehead, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Website: YarnFolk Wool Festival.
The Bakewell Wool Gathering
2022 dates to be confirmed
Bakewell Agricultural Centre, Agricultural Way, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1AH, England
Website: Bakewell Wool Gathering.
The Kendal Wool Gathering
2022 dates to be confirmed
Kendal Leisure Centre, Burton Road, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 7HX, England
Website: Kendal Wool Gathering
Three Bags Full Wool Market
2022 dates to be confirmed
The Public Hall, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 6BW, England
Website: Three Bags Full Wool Market.
November 2022
The Knitting and Stitching Show
17–20 November 2022
Harrogate International Centre, Kings Road, Harrogate, HG1 5LA, England
Website: Knitting and Stitching Show, Harrogate.
Festiwool Festival
2022 dates to be confirmed
The Priory School, Hitchen, Hertfordshire, SG5 2UR, England
Website: Festiwool.
Nottingham Yarn Expo
2022 date to be confirmed
Nottingham Conference Centre, Burton St, Nottingham NG1 4BU, UK, England
Website: Nottingham Yarn Expo.
Stitch Fest South West
5–6 November 2022
Newton Abbot Racecourse, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 3AF, England
Website: Stitch Fest South West.
December 2022
The Knitting Hotel Learnaway: Festive Frolics ; Winter Festival Time
2022 dates to be confirmed
Iona House, 3 West Cliff, Dawlish, Devon EX7 9DN
Website: The Knitting Hotel
Virtual Yorkshire Yarn Fest
2022 dates to be confirmed
Online Event
Website: Yorkshire Yarn Fest
In Person Mini Yorkshire Craft Fest
2022 date to be confirmed
Sand Hutton Village Hall YO41 1LL York
Website: Yorkshire Yarn Fest