ALPENA — There are numerous fiber artists throughout our community — enough so that it warrants several small groups of people with like interests coming together the last full weekend in September each year to hold a festival. Thus, the Northern Michigan Fiber Festival in Alpena was born.

In September and October, the Northern Michigan Fiber Festival’s many artists are featured at Thunder Bay Arts Gallery. Being a collection of fiber artists, the works of art displayed are from all kinds of yarn and or fiber, using various techniques to create pleasing works of visual art and/or functional art, e.g. art that can be worn. As with most art pieces, the pieces you see are one-of-a-kind.

There are sweaters, shawls, hats, mittens, socks, scarves, purses, towels, blankets, slippers and a wall

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