ALPENA — The Northern Michigan Fiber Festival is bringing together artists and enthusiasts at Thunder Bay Arts Gallery this fall to showcase the region’s diverse fiber arts.

The public can meet the artists during a reception from 5-6:30 p.m. Sept. 19 at Thunder Bay Arts Gallery, 127 W Chisholm St. in Alpena.

The annual festival, held the last full weekend of September, highlights fiber artists who create through spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting, bobbin lace, felting and rug hooking. Many begin their work with raw sheep fleece, which is skirted, washed, carded and sometimes dyed using commercial or natural dyes.

Through September and October, the festival’s artists are featured at the gallery, displaying one-of-a-kind works made from yarn and fiber.

Pieces include sweaters, shawl

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