Houston Fiber Fest is pleased to announce that headlining teacher Cat Bordhi will present a talk on one of her favorite subjects during this summer’s festival.

Bordhi has been traveling to Perú since 2013 on a series of journeys that she calls intimate and transformational. During these travels, Bordhi has spent time with Peruvian knitters whose textile traditions extend back in time for thousands of years. She says, “Peruvian culture is a kaleidoscope of sensuous colors, smells, music, food, flowers, animals, and the constant communion of human warmth.” Her talk aims to reveal something of the remarkable spatial intelligence that she’s discovered in Peruvian knitters of all ages, through the stories of the individuals she has knit with on her travels. But be warned, Bordhi adds that, “attending this talk may make you long to go to Perú.”

This special event takes place on Saturday evening of the festival, June 22, 2019, from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m., after the vendor hall and the classrooms have closed for the day. Tickets are just $10 per person and will go on sale at the same time as tickets for HFF 2019 classes.