Southeast Ohio Fibershed

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1. Logistics
   1. Event Info
   2. Parking
2. Speaker Schedule
3. Food and Drink
4. Fundraising
5. Demonstrations
6. Vendors
7. Sheep!

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Logistics

Event Info

Saturday May 30th, 2026

2:00pm to 5:00pm

Hocking Hills Garment Center

17645 Bank St, Nelsonville, OH 45764

Parking

Parking will be available on-site for $2 per vehicle or no cost across the street from the converted church. If you need parking for accessibility, please let the parking attendant know.

Speaker Schedule

• 2:00 pm Welcome! Betsy Franjola, Founder of HHGC
• 2:15 pm Southeast Ohio Fibershed Update: Lisa Heinz, Founder
• 2:30 pm Guest Speaker: Rust Belt Fibershed Founder, Sarah Pottle
• 3:00 pm Guest speaker Kelly Powers, Powers Acres Fiber Mill
• 4:00 pm HHGC tour (15-20 minutes)

Food and Drink

• Snacks provided by Shagbark, Crumbs Bakery, and Casa Nueva
• Lemonade provided by HHGC
• Please bring your own water if you prefer that
• Zero Waste dishes borrowed from Rural Action

Fundraising

We hope our visitors will consider a membership with the Southeast Ohio Fibershed! Funds raised through membership help us keep our website running, enable us to submit our 501(c)(3) application, and pay for outreach materials.

Demonstrations

• Southeast Ohio Fiberworks, Lisa Heinz — spinning wool (ongoing at booth throughout the afternoon)
• Moose Knuckle Productions — Acid Mine Runoff Pigment Dyeing; visitors are encouraged to upcycle an old cotton t-shirt or other fabric to dye at the booth
• Austin Cannon of Woody Acres: How to Make Homemade Tree Bark Rope — presentation at booth
• Louise Goebel of Renaissance Farms: Botanical Dyeing Q&A — presentation at booth

Vendors

• HHGC Factory Sale
• Southeast Ohio Fiberworks — Hand-dyed local and mass market yarn, embroidery floss
• Kathy Davis , “Save Everything” — small quilts, aprons, and tote bags
• Renaissance Farms — Eco dyed garments and accessories
• The Salty Otter — crocheted plushies, amigurumi, household goods
• Contemporary Hand, Aubrey Jo Blue — mending and textile repair service
• Soulshine Earth — Mushroom Growers
• Hocking College Fashion Design and Retail Merchandising Program – Educational
• Woody Acres — Educational
• Moose Knuckle Productions — upcycled garments dyed with pigments recovered from acid mine drainage

Sheep!

Janice Bailey-Magill of Small Potatoes Farm in New Marshfield, Ohio will bring a few of her sheep that love to be pet. Talk with Janice about meat production and why shearing is important for her.

The team at Akron-based Altitude Shearing are planning to visit for a meet and greet (maybe shearing?). If you know someone who might consider shearing as a vocation, this is a fantastic opportunity to ask questions about this important work and the industry in general.