Our 2026 Booth Theme
All Things Chickens!
Cumberland Fair is an extremely important event for LKGM. We always have such a great response to our knitting demonstration booth each year- attracting new members and lots of appreciation for our work. Just as important, the event is our major fundraiser for the year.
After much excited discussion from members and in keeping with Cumberland Fair's theme this year of "The Wonderful Board of Poultry", the Board is excited to announce our plans for our demonstration booth this year will focus on All Things Chickens!
Building on our "Down on the Farm" theme from last year, we want to really focus on knitted items and stuffies that feature hens, roosters, baby chicks, even eggs! Now is the time to begin thinking about what you might like to create. A chicken hat? Rooster themed socks? A trio of baby chick stuffies? There are loads of ideas! To help spark your thinking, Jenny T has created a chicken themed pattern bundle that she has found on Ravelry, which you can visit on our Ravelry page. We also have a chicken thread on our Ravelry page to give you more ideas. For more general help, the Cumby Fair page on our website is available. Jen T will be coordinating this project, so if you have questions or want to volunteer to help, you can contact HERE.
Just a few points to keep in mind:
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You can make as many chicken themed items as you like, but all items will need to be completed and delivered by our meeting on September 5th. This will give our booth set up team enough time to plan for final display needs.
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Be sure to tag your items to be sure you will receive your items back after the fair.
LKGM Members! Come Volunteer with us at the Fair!
WHEN SIGN UP OPENS - To Sign up for a shift (or more!) Click on the big green button above to go to our LKGM Members Only signup sheet to choose your shift day and time.
Our Guild Demonstration Booth
The Cumberland Fair is both a terrific educational event we use to share our love of knitting with our local community, and it's a marvelous fundraiser for the Guild. In fact, it is our only fundraiser. Because we volunteer to demonstrate knitting in the Exhibition Hall, the Fair makes a donation to our Guild. We don't sell anything, but LKGM Members have a booth area that we decorate with our knitting projects and then we sit and knit and talk with interested Fair attendees about the skill and art of knitting (how cool is that?!). We like to have two members in the booth for each shift (our exception is Monday morning at the Fair, which is Ag Day, bringing in lots of eager to learn children, so we strive for four members for that morning).
READY TO VOLUNTEER?
It REALLY is a lot of fun and you will be so appreciated!
LKGM Members - WHEN SIGN UP OPENS click on the big green button above to go to our signup sheet to choose your shift day and time.
The Exhibition Hall is open from 9am to 9pm daily. Each day is divided up into three 4-hour shifts; from 9am-1pm, 1pm-5pm and 5pm-9pm. There are 21 shifts for a total of 44 slots which includes the extra people on Monday morning. So really, it's seven days of fun and opportunities for everyone to be involved! Remember, the more shifts we can cover, the larger the donation to the Guild will be. You will get a free pass into the Fair for each shift that you cover. If you sign up for three shifts, you will get a free weekly pass. The deadline for signing up is September 1 This will give us time to get the passes and have them available to hand out at our Guild September meeting.
Thank you for volunteering with us at the Fair!
Need Directions to the Fair?
Click on the Map Link below
Many of our members submitted projects in the various knitting categories last year and won several ribbons! Now is the time to start planning your entry - the link to the Fair's exhibition book can be found by clicking on the brown button below.