Woolly Fest

Art Equals, a non-profit organization that empowers everyone to be an artist by providing community-driven accessible opportunities for creative growth and healing, is bringing the local fiber community together to celebrate Woolly Fest. Whether you are a knitter, goat raiser, wool dyer, spinner, or lover of all things fluffy, then Woolly Fest is for you. Woolly Fest will host local individuals, groups, and businesses who will share their fiber knowledge and products with the community. 

Woolly Fest was created by Charlotte Reed of Art Equals who, as an art therapist with a visual impairment, quickly realized the importance of being open to different crafting mediums versus the traditional pen or paint. Early in her career, Charlotte was felting and weaving, coming into art and creativity through fiber. Fiber is utilized every day, whether it's your favorite sweater or a cozy blanket and ties us back to our ancestors who weaved branches, twigs, and fibers to create threads for building homes, baskets, clothes, and other necessary items. Fiber represents "comfort" to us today and Charlotte's vision for Woolly Fest is to extend that comfort to the Greater Cincinnati community and reinforce that knitters, crocheters, weavers and any else who works with fiber is not just a crafter, but a creative artist.  

Charlotte Reed, Founder and Chief Executive of Art Equals commented, "Woolly Fest is about creating a community around our love of fiber.  While a majority of us live in the urban areas of Cincinnati, we tend to forget that a few miles in all directions around the Cincinnati metropolitan area are rich agriculture areas. Woolly Fest is about bringing these suppliers together with our local community to build connections and create a fiber community."

The following local fiber makers and farmers will be "taking over" the Hellman Creative Center in Covington on November 13th to share their knowledge and products at Woolly Fest: 
. Goats and Cloves
. Beelicious Honey 
. Laughing Cat Fibers
. Homemade 
. 2 Point Farm Alpacas
. In my Felts
. The Roost Latonia
. Tasteeteas 
. Weft School Ltd
. All Wrapped Up LLC 

Come join the fun and meet your local fiber enthusiasts! Shop beautiful handmade gifts, talk with vendors about their work, and even learn something new with live demonstrations. Bring your knitting and enjoy a cup of tea or show off your latest fiber creation yourself! Whatever you do, bring a friend and come be part of the local fiber community!. 
 

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