Photos by Mildred Salas Photography
A community tradition
The Kings County Fiber Festival embraces both fiber artists and the resource providers that make their work possible. Hosted on the grounds of the Old Stone House of Brooklyn – originally built in 1699 as the Vechte family farm – the Kings County Fiber Festival includes crocheters, dyers, felters, knitters, quilters, spinners, and weavers, as well as artists creating design works that incorporate fiber as an integral material.
KCFF connects the large community of artisans and fiber enthusiasts in our area while offering an opportunity to showcase their work and share their passions with neighbors. Our goal is to raise awareness of both historic and contemporary approaches to the fiber arts. We invite people to join in, indulge their curiosity, and encourage an appreciation for the wide variety of fiber arts techniques, both historical and modern, that our artisans have perfected.
Our Sponsors
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Stitch Therapy
Maxcine DeGouttes is a fiber artist whose focus is on exploring the creativity within the yarn. For more than five decades she has been knitting, crocheting and teaching many generations of fiber enthusiast. Her approach of looking at the fiberarts as fashion is a perfect marriage between the fiber, the color and the stitch patterning. My teaching approach is to help you develop a design independence while you learn the technical aspects of the art of knitting.
Maxcine owned a local yarn shop in Brooklyn for ten years and is the co-founder of the Kings County Fiber Festival. Her fiber creations are enjoyed on many continents worldwide.
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The Old Stone House
A Historic House Trust of New York City site, commemorates the Vechte-Cortelyou House’s unique place in Brooklyn and American history. Through exhibits, programs and events, we preserve the House’s rich past while contributing to Brooklyn’s contemporary cultural community. www.theoldstonehouse.org