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JoEl Levy LoGiudice is a full-time studio artist from Ashland City, Tennessee whose work is celebrated across the Southeast. She is also an experienced instructor, who makes every class a creative adventure. She has taught at the Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Tech, Arrowmont, the John C. Campbell Folk School, and SEFAA and is known for her expertise and infectious energy.

Romi Hill lives on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains in Northern Nevada, where the high desert nights are cool and the air is clear and crisp. A lifelong crafter and knitter, she is inspired by the natural surroundings in her corner of the world, and her designs have an organic flow.

Siobhan Boothe is a Natural Yarn Dyer from Southwestern Virginia. She lives on her family farm with her two daughters, husband, beef cows, beloved chickens, dog and cats. She's been dying yarn since 2015 and crocheting for over 15 years. She loves bringing her love of crochet and Tunisian Crochet to more stitchers!

Liza Q. Wirtz, better known as Q (aka the Chief Feline), runs multifaceted fiber-arts business The Foldout Cat from her home studio in Alabama with the frequent and welcome assistance of partners Fiber J and Maker J and the help of a fluctuating number of cats.

Anne Choi is a fiber artist raising a small flock of Shetland sheep in Bedminster, NJ. She teaches spinning, weaving and dyeing while exploring the relationship between craft and imagination. She is the founder of NJ Fibershed, an educational non-profit organization dedicated to promoting local fiber production and use.

Amy Ross Manko travels the country (and now the world) teaching, researching and writing about her favorite topic - Rare Breed Sheep! You may know her from her feature series in PLY Magazine too – “Sheep on the Edge” or her breed profiles in the U.K’s KnitNow magazine.

Varian Brandon started knitting at age eight. A trip to the islands of Great Britain rekindled a love of color and created an interest in the traditions of Fair Isle design and construction. She is currently designing stranded colorwork patterns for several yarn companies, as well as her own website.

Today, Folkwear is based in Asheville, NC, under the leadership of Molly Hamilton. Molly learned to sew at a very young age, taught by her grandmother, a talented seamstress. Molly took over Folkwear when her youngest child started school, embracing its vision of providing authentic, beautiful, and functional home sewing patterns for clothing from around the world and across…

Alesia started her fiber odyssey over two decades ago with a couple of sheep and a passion to learn more. The sheep patiently taught her much about life, farming and fiber! She now lives on a small farm in Youngsville, NC with her husband and son and together they shepherd a very eclectic flock of award-winning sheep.

Hi everyone I’m Lisa Lamb, This is my 2nd year teaching at SAFF. I’m a long time knitter who’s been teaching knitting on a 1 to 1 basis for oh 20+ years now, and branched out of my comfort zone almost 3 years ago when I was asked to teach at my guilds Knit Inn. I really enjoyed the experience and I look forward to our Knit Inn even more now.