Looking for cool fiber art “stuff” in New Mexico? These folks have you covered. Note that there are plenty more fiber folks in NM; these are just the folks I’ve come across in some way in my travels and conversations. I hope to keep adding to this list.
Please check websites to make sure all info is current.
- Adobe Wool Arts Guild (New Mexico’s only rug hooking guild)
- Albuquerque BioPark Botanic Garden (provides a beautiful location for fiber arts demonstrations all through each month)
- Albuquerque Fiber Arts Council and (biennial) Fiesta (info and events sponsored by Council and its co-sponsoring guilds, lots of guilds; also has a great monthly newsletter))
- Albuquerque Rail Yards Market (great place to find/vend local produce, food, artwork, and music)
- Audacity by Angelic (very unique handmade bags)
- Crownpoint Navajo Rug Auction (monthly rug auction)
- Donna Loraine Contractor (tapestry weaver extraordinaire)
- El Rancho de las Golondrinas (living history museum dedicated to the history, heritage and culture of 18th and 19th century New Mexico – including Spanish colonial fiber arts)
- Española Valley Fiber Arts Center (supplies, finished goods, classes, etc.)
- Judith Roderick (love her art quilts!)
- Mama’s Minerals (beads, fossils, rocks, and more!)
Just a cow chewing her cud. One of the many, many quilts at Albuquerque’s Fiber Arts Fiesta 2017. - Natachu Ink (Zuni artisans)
- New Mexico Fiber Arts Trails (where to find some of New Mexico’s best fiber arts)
- Ortega’s Weaving Shop (“…nine generations of inventive weaving perfected.”)
- Robin Pascal Fiber Artist (buttons, yarn, knobs, and handwovens)
- Rod Daniel Fiber Artist (great art quilts)
- Sacramento Mountain Weavers (lots of handwovens, yarns)
- Santa Fe International Folk Art Market (Annual market featuring artisans from all over the world)
- Socorro Fiber Arts Guild (Fiber Arts of all sorts are our focus: quilting, knitting, crochet, spinning, weaving, dying,embellishing, embroidery and beading…)
- Taos Wool Festival (held in the fall)
- Tapestry Gallery (Madrid, NM; all kinds of handwovens and fiber art articles available in this fun shop)
- Two Tabby Studio (a wonderful weaver)
- Weaving Southwest and Rio Grande Weavers Supply (hand-dyed yarns to weave, hook, or do anything with, classes, gallery)
- Yarn Shop at Knob Hill (Buy yarn and learn how to use it here!)
- Zia Woolz (fabulous hand-dyed yarns from a fellow guild member)
Melinda and a young rug hooking disciple. The Adobe Wool Arts Guild does demonstrations at the BioPark’s Botanic Garden the 1st and 4th Tuesdays of each month.