The public is invited to come and enjoy the 58th Annual Conference of Northern California Handweavers at the Santa Clara Convention Center on April 9-11, 2010. This event is open to everyone to learn more about textile arts. A visit to the conference will give people an opportunity to learn how fabric is made by weaving; dyeing of yarns and fiber before it becomes yarn or fabric, spinning fiber to make yarn to make fabric, felting, basketry, etc.
Daily Admissions are $10 and give one access to over 110 booths of vendors, gallery exhibits showing finished yardage, the Fashion Show garments, woven items of all types, a spinners challenge of what people did with some pre-dyed fiber, a spinning wheel testing area, even a visit from live alpacas!
Our fabulous vendors will have all kinds of equipment, tools, fibers from all over the world, yarns (hand-dyed skeins and cone yarns), sewing and felting machines, jewelry, and a great gathering of fiber-related books!
The CNCH Boutique gives you an opportunity to purchase finished items from our fiber artists in the fiber community – some fabulous, one-of-a-kind items will be there!
Hours for the exhibit halls are:
Friday, April 9th from 1:00-6:00 PM
Saturday, April 10th from 10:00-6:00 PM
Sunday, April 11th from 10:00-4:00 PM
Tickets will be available in the lobby. Parking is also free at the Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA.
We look forward to having you come and see what the fiber community in Northern California is doing. See you soon!