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This edition includes a range of different types of news: a yarn festival, panel talk, crowdfunding campaign, yarn show appearances and a refreshed website.

🧙🏾 The Fiber Witch Festival is a knitting festival celebrating the intersection of fiber craft and witchcraft! Shop with makers of indie dyed yarn, fiber craft notions, witchy art, witchcraft supplies, candles, and witchy handcraft goods. The team includes Ana Campos, owner of Circle of Stitches.
Salem, MA, USA | 24-26 April

 

🛍️ Nia Smith will be selling some hand knits, woven fabrics, and yarns as an Emerging Artist during the 2026 Spring Tennessee Craft Fair. There will be some limited edition products only available in Nashville, as well as her hand spun local yarns collection.
Centennial Park, Nashville, TN, USA | 1-3 May

 

🎤 Natalie Thomas, also known as Detroit Knots will be a panelist on h+h americas’ 2026 State of the Industry Panel. Together, the panelists will break down the key challenges craft businesses are facing right now, explain where new growth opportunities are emerging, and share practical, experience-based strategies.
h+h americas, Rosemont, IL, USA | 6 May 8:30am

📚 Edinburgh, Scotland-based independent crochet magazine, Moorit, will be at h+h americas, the premier wholesale trade show for the soft crafts industry. Come to the Book Pavilion (Booth 1414) to browse back issues, speak to founder and publisher Alyson Chu, and see a few of the crochet samples in-person!

 

🚚 Support the Big Up Box Yarn Truck Go Fund Me campaign! The Big Up Box is a quarterly yarn subscription that uplifts underrepresented fibre artists and now creator Tian Connaughton wants to take Big Up Box on the road! Every donation is a shout-out to creative excellence and a step toward a more inclusive fiber world. 

 

🔗 Knitwear designer Jimenez Joseph has a new look website! Check out the JimiKnits website to browse her extensive collection of knit patterns.

 

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1. Weku Yarns new yarn line: Bukom DK

2. Loop, Hook, Loom by Sophia Cai

3. Tiana Esparon at Greenwich Market