Come to the first-ever Salem Fiber Witch Festival hosted by practicing witches in historic downtown Salem, Massachusetts, aka the Witch City!

Our Fiber Witch Market is hosted at Old Town Hall, which you may recognize from the beloved 90s movie, Hocus Pocus.

Schedule:

Friday, April 19, 2024

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM - Creative Journaling Workshop with Kemper Wray of Junkyarn

Ever lost your knitting mojo? Get stuck on a craft project because you feel like you’re not sure why you started it in the first place? Maybe you’ve always wanted to add journaling to your creative practice as a way to further explore your love of writing.

Kemper (Junkyarn), a life long writer and maker, will share how they incorporate journaling, personal essay, and other writing techniques into a daily practice to unlock and unblock creativity. This class will be part lecture and part workshop. We will discuss the things that get in the way of creative flow and how we can help heal our minds through the intersection of writing and craft.

Location: Toil & Trouble Studio, 58 Pulaski Street, Peabody, MA, 01960

6:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Magical Tea Time With Alicia Plummer

This is a ticketed event only guests who pre-purchased tickets will be able to attend!

A small, intimate evening at Circle of Stitches with our special guest, designer Alicia Plummer! Alicia has a portfolio of over 300 beautiful knitting patterns. Our special guest appearance is sponsored by: Dragon Hoard Yarn

Bring your project and come share tea and snacks with us and Alicia! You will receive a spell pouch with a unique tarot card and lesson, uniquely selected for each attendee. Alicia will be doing a brief presentation about her work as a designer, and then we get to hang out and stitch together!

Location: Circle of Stitches, 66 Wharf Street,Salem, MA, 01970

Saturday, April 20, 2024

9:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Get Bold with Color: Intro to Intarsia with Mieka John of Salt and Stone Knits

Intarsia brings freedom to colorwork, letting you splash bold panels of color and shape wherever you please. With as many mini-skeins as you have ideas, and a little planning, you’ll be filling your knitting world with color!

In this class, we'll go in depth laying out a systematic approach to creating bobbins, reading charts, and planning out your intarsia project while learning other handy tips and tricks along the way! While this class is mainly about intarsia, you’ll also learn duplicate stitch and a small amount of stranded knitting so that you’ll be able to dive into your intarsia project armed with a variety of techniques and the knowledge of when to apply them.

Location: Toil & Trouble Studio, 58 Pulaski Street,Peabody, MA, 01960

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Fiber Witch Festival Witches Market

The first-ever Salem Fiber Witch Festival! Join us for witchy vibes, indie yarn, and other witchy-inspired goods at Old Town Hall. We have over 30 amazing vendors to shop with! Tickets are free but we do request you sign up here so we can plan accordingly for crowd control. There will be a $5 suggested donation to HAWC at the door upon entry.

Location: Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA, 01970

11:00 AM - 5:00 PM - Knit The Rainbow Donation Drive

Knit the Rainbow will be accepting donations at the Fiber Witch Festival Market! Bring new knitted garments and accessories to donate to keep LGTBQ+ youth warm!

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM - Knit the Witch City Walking Tour

Grab your knitting (or other portable fiber project) and join Tom the Witch for a special walking and knitting tour of Salem! Get your stitches and steps in while you get to know our lovely historic seaside town, and make a stop at Circle of Stitches too. Tour departs from Old Town Hall at 2pm

Location: Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA, 01970

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM - Fiber Coven Podcast After Party

Join us at the Toil & Trouble Dye Studio for a Fiber Witch Festival After Party hosted by The Fiber Coven Podcast! We will be recording a mini episode (with special guest, YOU!), having some crafting and chatting time, plus a sealing/closing group ritual lead by Emily and Lauren of The Fiber Coven.

Location: Toil & Trouble Dye Studio (Building A, Suite 1, 58 Pulaski Street, Peabody, MA)

Sunday, April 21, 2024

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM - Knitted Stories & The Power of Voice with Alicia Plummer

The knitted fabric is a blank page full of potential where we get to write our stories. Come join us as Alicia shares how she transcribes life into stitches and discusses the importance of storytelling and listening. Learn the simple method she uses to quiet the noise of the outside world. Please print pen & paper.

Step outside of traditional storytelling to preserve a story, a song, an experience. Memories can be stitched into a piece with love and intention, rather than just told. Together, we will find our voices and tell our stories through a slow approach of appreciation and representation. You will become the designer, transcribing the metaphor of moment through texture and stitch. Your finished piece will be a story cowl full of symbolism and beauty.

Alicia Plummer is a lover of literature and storytelling in all forms. She transcribes metaphors and stories through texture and stitch, drawing inspiration from personal experiences, memories, and feelings. When she is not knitting, she is busy renovating her 1800s home in Midcoast Maine, spending time with her family exploring the outdoors, or reading. She also loves animals and hugs. You can find her on Instagram as Aliciaplums, & she is also the coauthor of Plum Dandi Knits.

Location: Toil & Trouble Dye Studio (Building A, Suite 1, 58 Pulaski Street, Peabody, MA)

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM - Beautiful Seams and Finishing Techniques with Alicia Plummer

Take the tension out of knitting and leave it in your swatch! Seaming doesn’t have to be stressful and in fact can be a calming, enjoyable part of your knitting. In this class you will learn why seams are so important on certain garments, how to work a variety of seams, (mattress, Kitchener, whipstitch, and a hybrid) multiple ways to weave in ends and how to determine if a seam type is right for your project!

Homework: Knit 4 swatches using smooth worsted weight yarn and US8 needles in the following manner: Cast on 40 stitches, and knit until your swatch is square.  Work in plain Stockinette. Do not add a selvedge.

Materials: Bring your 4 swatches, as well as a extra worsted weight yarn in a contrast color, US8 knitting needles, darning needle, scissors, pen and paper.

Location: Toil & Trouble Dye Studio (Building A, Suite 1, 58 Pulaski Street, Peabody, MA)

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM - Private Witch Hour Tour for Charity!

We have an exclusive tour of the famous Witch House for our fiber witches! The Witch House was the home of Judge Jonathan Corwin (1640-1718) and is one of the few structures you can visit in Salem with direct ties to the Witch Trials of 1692. This is a self-guided tour, with tour guides available to answer your questions. 

Location: The Witch House, 310 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970

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Date: April 19-21, 2024

Location: Various locations in Massachusetts

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