Come try your hand at a new craft or learn from an expert demonstrator. In 2026 you’ll find these crafts to Explore and Experience:
Bobbin Lace Brazilian Embroidery Crazy Quilting Crochet Embroidery on a Community Cloth English Paper Piecing Gold Work Embroidery Knitting Kumihimo Braiding Machine Embroidery Needle Felting 2D / 3D Pine Needle Baskets Pompoms Rug Tufting Tassels Weaving
Other Group Demonstrations: Northern Prairie Fiber Artists of the Northern Prairie Fiber Arts Guild North Dakota Art Council – Apprentice Program Building Community of Practice in Scandinavian Folk Arts
The Fiber Arts Festival was created to provide an event for gathering the fiber community, education about the fiber arts, and a marketplace for all things fiber related. Here are just a few things you can do at the Festival to be part of that!
Libraries at the Festival
We have invited area public libraries to come to the Fiber Arts Festival! Last year, the Fargo Public Library offered library cards and a fun activity. Other non-profits may also request a free booth, if they have some connection to fiber arts. To request a free non-profit booth, please email info@fiberartsfest.com
At the Festival you can also:
Try a new fiber technique
EmroideryWeavingNeedle feltingBobbin lace making
Want to help make the fun happen? The Festival is looking for volunteers. If you know how to sew, knit, crochet, needle felt, or even just tie a knot we need you! We are always in need of demonstrators to help with the hands-on activities, and with a range of difficulties in the activities anyone can help out, and we will even teach you how.
Don’t want to demonstrate? We also need help with behind the scenes coordination, greeting attendees, taking pictures, and other general tasks.
Volunteer for as little as an hour or two and be part of our community of wonderful fiber enthusiasts!
Activities
Explore and Experience 2026
Come try your hand at a new craft or learn from an expert demonstrator. In 2026 you’ll find these crafts to Explore and Experience:
Bobbin Lace
Brazilian Embroidery
Crazy Quilting
Crochet
Embroidery on a Community Cloth
English Paper Piecing
Gold Work Embroidery
Knitting
Kumihimo Braiding
Machine Embroidery
Needle Felting 2D / 3D
Pine Needle Baskets
Pompoms
Rug Tufting
Tassels
Weaving
Other Group Demonstrations:
Northern Prairie Fiber Artists of the Northern Prairie Fiber Arts Guild
North Dakota Art Council – Apprentice Program Building Community of Practice in Scandinavian Folk Arts
The Fiber Arts Festival was created to provide an event for gathering the fiber community, education about the fiber arts, and a marketplace for all things fiber related. Here are just a few things you can do at the Festival to be part of that!
Libraries at the Festival
We have invited area public libraries to come to the Fiber Arts Festival! Last year, the Fargo Public Library offered library cards and a fun activity. Other non-profits may also request a free booth, if they have some connection to fiber arts. To request a free non-profit booth, please email info@fiberartsfest.com
At the Festival you can also:
Try a new fiber technique
Want to help make the fun happen? The Festival is looking for volunteers. If you know how to sew, knit, crochet, needle felt, or even just tie a knot we need you! We are always in need of demonstrators to help with the hands-on activities, and with a range of difficulties in the activities anyone can help out, and we will even teach you how.
Don’t want to demonstrate? We also need help with behind the scenes coordination, greeting attendees, taking pictures, and other general tasks.
Volunteer for as little as an hour or two and be part of our community of wonderful fiber enthusiasts!
Do some shopping
Watch demonstrations
Take Classes