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Arizona Fiber Arts Festival 2026

JULY 2025 VISIT TO WAKONDA & WINFRED, SOUTH DAKOTA HEMP FIELDS

WHAT A GREAT EVENT THIS PAST WEEKEND April 10-11-12, 2026

Looking forward the 2028 when AZ Federation will sponsor another great Fiber Festival. This year’s committee did a great job making everything run smoothly‍ and they vow to make it bigger and better in 2028. ‍

Karll Lecher-Me-John Peterson

Beautiful Raffle Baskets

Fiber Guilds & Vendors Booths

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Joan taught two classes this year at AZ Fed Festival

‍ ‍ Spinning Cotton off the Takli Spindle

and Spinning Hemp Fiber

Ken Meyer - Me in Winfred, SD

SEE MY HEMP SECTION FOR MORE DETAILS

Spring 2025 marked another exciting chapter for me as my daughter Judy, and I traveled to Ireland to connect with spinning guilds and share expertise in cotton and hemp spinning education. This visit brought together centuries-old traditions and modern fiber knowledge across several regions of Ireland. What a beautiful country and such friendly and warm people.

This February 2026 I was teaching and having fun with the Green Valley Spinners Lots of cotton spinning and of course an introduction to hemp fiber.

Go to www.azfed.org

Student Michele perfecting her cotton long draw off the takli spindle.

MAY 2025 VISITING AND TEACHING IN IRELAND

On going Demonstrations

Display of Handspun Cotton by both Joan and some of her students.

These two away classes are the last group classes she will be teaching. Joan will be retiring to only local classes and private classes taught in her home. Age catches up with all of us!! She will continue demonstrations and doing Zoom lectures.

CHECK OUT JOAN’S ZOOM LECTURES ON COTTON OR HEMP OR ADVENTURES INTO IRELAND, NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALA. FOR INFORMATION GO TO RESOURCES.