Farm to Fabric: Montana Fibershed's Fall Gathering
Sat, Sep 26
|Saturday Location: Bon Ton Mill
A gathering of folks to learn, socialize and celebrate local fiber.
Time & Location
Sep 26, 2026, 9:00 AM – Sep 27, 2026, 1:00 PM
Saturday Location: Bon Ton Mill, 521 E Peach St, Bozeman, MT 59715, USA
About the event
Join us in Bozeman for some in-depth, hands-on learning of fiber processing. Develop and practice specific skills on the path to creating your own locally-grown fiber piece! Let's strengthen friendships, share knowledge, and continue to build our fibershed community. We welcome you to join us on Saturday regardless of whether you attended a workshop. Shop for fiber-related items at our Market, and stop by for a demonstration!
Sunday offers two spinning workshops for advanced beginners and up - note that Sunday workshops will be at a different location near Bozeman.
Saturday Schedule at 521 East Peach Street:
8:30am - Workshop attendees begin to gather
9am to 4pm - Pre-register (tickets below) for one of three workshops: Flax Processing (all day), Wool Fiber Preparation (all day). All Saturday workshops are for ALL SKILL LEVELS.
9am to 4pm Marketplace and Fiber Demonstration - free & open to the public
Tickets
Flax Processing (Saturday)
Sale ends
Sep 25, 1:00 PM
Karen Griffing will share her extensive knowledge of processing flax fiber to prep for spinning. You may bring flax that you've grown and retted yourself, or work with provided flax, as she teaches about rippling & retting, breaking & scutching, hackling & spinning. Not only will you connect with fiber processes extending beyond recorded history, you'll learn lots of cool vocabulary & have loads of fun! Location 521 East Peach St, Bozeman. Cost: $100 + materials fee of $15.
$115.00
+$2.88 ticket service fee
Wool Fiber Prep (Saturday)
Sale ends
Sep 25, 1:00 PM
Instructor: Sylvia Smith. This full-day participatory overview will demonstrate and discuss the steps to prep raw wool for spinning or felting. Steps include skirting & scouring a wool fleece, and processing techniques of carding on hand carders and a drum carder, and combing. No prior experience is required. Location 521 East Peach St, Bozeman. Cost: $100 + materials fee of $15.
$115.00
+$2.88 ticket service fee
Spin Long Draw (Sunday)
Sale ends
Sep 25, 1:00 PM
Instructor: Sylvia Smith In this class, participants will learn the differences between worsted and woolen spun yarns. Then we'll learn to seamlessly transition from short backward draw into long draw. We’ll practice long draw spinning on a couple of different preparations of wool, and we may even play with some cotton or yak! Learning this spinning technique opens the door to infinite choices of fibers, come expand your horizons! Location Near Bozeman. Cost: $50 + $15 materials fee
$65.00
+$1.63 ticket service fee
Spin Flax on a Wheel (Sunday)
Instructor: Karen Griffing In this class you will learn how to spin the different forms of flax, using both wet- and dry-spinning techniques and trying out spinning from the fold, from rolags, and from a towel. Please bring your spinning wheel and empty bobbins. Location: Near Bozeman. Cost: $50 + $15 materials fee
$65.00
+$1.63 ticket service fee
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