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Common Threads

Common Threads is back after a year-long hiatus! Celebrate all things fiber at this collaboration between the Historical and Genealogical Society of Somerset County, Laurel Arts, the Somerset County Farm Bureau, and the Fiber Friends.

Common Threads features all things fiber! Make plans to attend and learn about fiber animals, processing of flax and wool, fiber artisans, children's activities, and much more!

There will also be a quilt made by Susan Wineke raffled off at the event! Tickets are $5.00 and are available now and the day of. Need not be present to win. License #6079-25

Exhibitors
FIber Friends
Susan Wineke
Trinity Farms Center for Healing
Lippencott Alpacas
Kari Roslund
Mackenroth's Walnut Ridge Farm
PA Farm Bureau
Women's Leadership Committee of the Somerset County Farm Bureau
PA Master Naturalist Susan Levy
Conservation District
4-H
Story Teller Ruth Hostetler

The Historical and Genealogical Society of Somerset County, Laurel Arts, and the Women’s Leadership Committee of the PA Farm Bureau invite you to participate in Common Threads 2026! We welcome makers, crafters, small businesses, artists, farmers, and growers, whose products are locally sourced, grown, hand-crafted or manufactured to apply. Promoting hand-crafted items and/or artisan fiber products is the sole purpose of the Common Threads Festival. Therefore, at this time, we are not accepting applications of any other nature or purpose (i.e. business advertising, youth activity promotions, political, religious, or civic groups, direct sales, or multi-level marketing etc.)