Chatham Fibers

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• How I Started

• Show Schedule

How I Started

I started spinning yarn in the autumn of 2013 at the North Carolina State Fair in the Village of Yesteryear. My wife had a booth at the Village for about 10 years before we met. The Village has an educational mission; people demonstrate crafts as they might have been done prior to 1920. She taught me to spin yarn on a drop spindle. My sole purpose was to be able to demonstrate spinning at the Village and entertain kids of all ages while helping with her booth.

In about 2017 I started dying roving and wool locks, and carding fibers to use in spinning. It was not long before I noticed my wife's stash of undyed yarn. I converted a bathroom to a dye room and started to dye a lot more. One sad and dismal day, it became clear that the undyed yarn stash was not infinite. I started buying my own undyed yarn. I sprung back and started using natural dyes. These were more difficult and less reliable. Through sheer perseverance I have gotten fairly good with them.

I have continued to help out at the Village every autumn. After 10 years of helping, the Village <s>insisted</s> politely suggested that I jury into the Village as a craftsman myself. I did, and am now a fully fledged Craftsman in the Village and continue to demonstrate and teach spinning to those who wander by our booth.

Show Schedule

OCTOBER

October 5 Friday 5-9pm

Hempsmith Slow Fashion fair

202 Lorax Lane, Pittsboro, NC

Oct 16th to 26th

NC State Fair-Village of Yesteryear

HOURS

Oct 31st 5:30-8:30pm

Last Fridays Makers Market

Orange County Historical Courthouse, 104 E King St, Hillsborough, NC 27278

NOVEMBER

Nov 1 Saturday 8:30am-12:30pm

The Durham Art Market

The intersection of Foster & Hunt streets

Durham, NC

Nov 8 Saturday Noon-5pm (tentative)

Freeman's Fall Festival

2020 Chapel Hill Rd., Suite 25

Durham, NC, 27707

Nov 15 Saturday 8:30am-12:30pm

The Durham Art Market

The intersection of Foster & Hunt streets

Durham, NC

Nov 21 Friday 5-8pm

Pittsboro Finally Fridays Arts Walk

Downtown Pittsboro

Nov 22 Saturday 11am-3pm (tentative)

Old Hillsborough Road Market

Bennet Place

4409 Bennet Memorial Rd, Durham NC 27705

Nov 29 Saturday 8:30am-12:30pm

The Durham Art Market

The intersection of Foster & Hunt streets

Durham, NC

DECEMBER

Dec 7 Sunday Noon-4pm

Pittsboro First Sunday Artisan Fair and Market

Downtown Pittsboro

Dec 14 Sunday 11am-5pm

Elf Market

The Arts Center in Carrboro

400 Roberson Street, Carrboro NC 27510

Dec 19 Friday 5-8pm

Pittsboro Finally Fridays Arts Walk

Downtown Pittsboro