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List of All Classes &
Their Availability
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Friday Classes
Morning Classes- Bountiful Sheep: Spinning Shetland – Judith MacKenzie
- Crisscrossing the Rainbow: Color Cables – Harry Wells
- Spinpossible – Mission Objective: Tweed Effects with Silk – Michael Kelson
- Navajo Style Spindling – Christine Thomas-Flitcroft
- The ABCs of Drop Spindling – Teresa Waldo
- Adventures in Drum Carding – Henry and Roy Clemes
- Beginning Rigid Heddle – Diane McKinnon
- Beginning Wheel Spinning – Linda Hansen
- Create Your Own Dye Recipe Book – Day 1 of 2 – Terry Mattison
- Demystifying Resists in Felt Making – Patti Barker
- Dragon Magic – Nancy Skakel
- Dye Your Own Fiber – Allison Harding
- Beginning Inkle Loom – Leslie Verts
- Ooops! Correcting Mistakes and Learning to "Read" Your Knitting – Harry Wells
- Spinpossible – Mission Objective: Boucle – Michael Kelson
- Supported Spindle Spinning – Teresa Waldo
- The Art of Plying – Judith MacKenzie
Saturday Classes
Morning Classes- Colorwork the Easy Way: Mosaic Knitting – Harry Wells
- Spinpossible – Mission Objective: Socks – Michael Kelson
- Viking Knit 4 Petal Bracelet – Teresa Waldo
- A Bag of Your Own – Nancy Skakel
- Advanced Pick-up Inkle Weaving – Leslie Verts
- Color Theory: Carding for Tints and Shades – Henry and Roy Clemes
- Create Your Own Dye Recipe Book – Day 2 of 2 – Terry Mattison
- Delightful Drafting – Ruth Northrop
- Dye Your Own Yarn – Allison Harding
- Felted Journal/Book Cover – Patti Barker
- Popular Wheel Mechanics – Judith MacKenzie
- Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving: Intermediate / Advanced Weaving Structures – Diane McKinnon
- Classic Afghan Stitch: Basic Tunisian Crochet with Cross Stitch Patterns – Harry Wells
- Spinpossible – Mission Objective: Lace – Michael Kelson
- Stranded Knitting with Portuguese Purling – Teresa Waldo
Sunday Classes
Morning Classes- All Things Valais Blacknose! – Marita Tauni
- Home Alone with a Fleece – Judith MacKenzie
- Felted Buttons of Many Colors – Loyce Ericson
- Intro to Blending Boards – Henry and Roy Clemes
- Learn to Spin Using a Cross-armed Spindle – Wanda Jenkins
- Sheep Breed Study – Lois Olund
- Short Steps to Long Draw – Ruth Northrop
- Cancelled - Spinning Silk Hankies without Tears – Barbara diJeannene
- Beyond Plain Weave – Hazel Spencer
- Nuno Felt Art Vest – Patti Barker
- One Pot Dye Wonder! – Diane McKinnon
- Tapestry Weaving Sampler – Teresa Waldo
- Water, Time, and Patience: Creating a Wet Felt Hat – Sara Gibson
- All-in-One Beginning Rug Hooking – Judy Taylor
- Beginning Tablet Weaving – Caroline Feyling
- Fabulous and Fun Locker Hooking – Roseanne Anderson
- Felted Sheep: Basic 3D Needle Felting – Miranda Rommel
- Intro to Circular Weaving – Rachael Grow
All Workshop Descriptions
FRIDAY, JUNE 23, MORNING CLASSES
Bountiful Sheep: Spinning Shetland
Judith MacKenzie 18 studentsFriday, June 23, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $20 – includes all fibers used in class
Class Description: Shetland sheep are an ancient breed that has been producing beautiful fiber for handspinners for centuries. These sheep have provided fleece for everything from incredibly fine lace shawls to strong and enduring sails for ships. Their beautiful fleeces come in an amazing range of colors. We will learn how to spin the whole variety of types of fibers, learn how to sort and how — and when — to de-hair. We’ll make a lace yarn, some warm and robust sweater yarns, and spin a bit of the hair coat for cords. Along the way, we will learn about where these sheep came from and the culture that produced them.
Skill Level Required: Students should have a good working rela-tionship with their wheel and be capable of spinning a consistent single.
Students Bring: Students should bring their wheel and all its parts— even the ones you don’t use, a ball winder and a swift if you have them, niddy-noddy, hand cards (cotton ones if you have them) and combs, if you have them.
Instructor’s Bio: Judith MacKenzie has spun, woven and knit for many years. Her love of textiles has led her to many places, including Peru and Turkey. She has taught throughout North America and Europe. Judith is a frequent contributor to Spin•Off, Handwoven, Piecework and Interweave Knits. She has 10 DVDs and has published three books on spinning: Teach Your Self Handspinning, The Intentional Spinner and The Practical Spinner’s Guide — Rare Luxury Fibers.
Crisscrossing the Rainbow: Color Cables
Harry Wells 20 studentsFriday, June 23, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $2 – includes printed materials
Class Description: One can spend a knitting lifetime exploring the various lovely twists and turns that make up regular cable combina-tions. Now add color to that mix! One color cable pattern against a different background color, different color cable strands meander-ing all over and among each other, striped cables, and bi-color rope cables are some of the combinations covered. You will be amazed at how the same cable pattern can produce very different visual experiences by changing which stitch columns receive color. And discover the fun of experimenting with color placement as you learn how to convert a cable chart into a color cable chart using graph paper and/or a charting program.
Skill Level Required: Advanced beginner to intermediate. Partici-pants must be able to accomplish basic long tail cast-on, and basic stitches such as knit, purl, K2tog, SSK, yo, and how to do a basic rope cable. Also knowledge of how to read knitting charts with cable symbols.
Students Bring: Four balls of worsted weight yarn (25 grams each) in 4 different colors, with at least 2 colors being medium or light colors. Wool or predominantly wool blended yarn is recommended. Needles in sizes you normally use for worsted weight yarn (usually needles sizes 6, 7, or 8). Stitch markers, locking stitch markers, cable needle, color pencils (at least 10 colors) and graph paper. Homework: none
Instructor’s Bio: Teaching and knitting are passions for Harry. In 2010, he retired from being a university professor to pursue his passion for knitting professionally, teaching a myriad of classes at knitting conferences and fiber festivals on the regional circuit. Harry’s extensive experience in classroom presentation and prepa-ration makes for an organized and engaging learning experience, whether virtually or in-person. He enjoys designing knitwear with an aesthetic that emphasizes texture and linear flow. Check out his designs and knitting blog at www.goodforaboy.com. He is Knitteryninja on Ravelry, @harrywellsknits on Instagram, and Good for a Boy on Facebook.
Navajo Style Spindling
Christine Thomas-Flitcroft 12 studentsFriday, June 23, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $15 – Wool top, Navajo Churro wool, other wool types and handouts
Class Description: This workshop will cover Navajo spinning techniques using a Navajo style spindle. We will discuss different types of Navajo spindles, Navajo spinning techniques and wool types traditionally used. We will focus on the Navajo technique of drafting and spinning wool two and three times. We will also cover the Navajo 3-ply techniques on the Navajo spindle.
Skill Level Required: Beginner – some spinning experience help-ful.
Students Bring: Students should bring a Navajo spindle and hand cards if you have them. Some spindles will be available for use in class. Homework: none
Instructor’s Bio: Christine Thomas-Flitcroft has been spinning and weaving for forty years. She studied weaving at the University of Idaho and wool and sheep production at both the University of Idaho and Montana State University. Chris is the owner of Aurora Colony Fiber Arts. She maintains a small flock of Border Leicester sheep on her family farm in Aurora, Oregon. Chris specializes in selling a multitude of fibers for spinning, felting and related fiber arts. She also is interested in antique spinning wheels and often rescues them for restoration and resale. Chris teaches spinning workshops, and her current interest is tapestry weaving Navajo style, using the handspun yarns spun on Navajo spindles and wheels along with commercial yarns.
Spinpossible – Mission Objective: Tweed Effects with Silk
Michael Kelson 16 studentsFriday, June 23, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $15 – includes all fiber and samples used in class
Class Description: Tweed yarns are great fun to spin! Tweed yarns typically have inclusions which add color or textural elements to a plied yarn, and a great way to add a tweedy effect to your yarn is to add silk! This class will explore getting tweed-like effects using various preparations of silk, including silk top, silk hankies, and silk noil in both preparation and ply. The skills you will learn to achieve a tweedy effect include working with silk hankies to add a tweedy effect to your plied yarns, “frosting” your singles using silk tops, using hand cards to card silk inclusions into your fiber prep. Inclusions we will explore will include sari silk, sari silk thread, and silk noil.
Skill Level Required: Students must already have a good working relationship with your wheel. Be able to spin a consistent single and have some experience plying and finishing yarn.
Students Bring: A spinning wheel in good working condition with extra bobbins, lazy kate (if you have one). Bring any tools you might like to use (hand cards, mini-combs, etc.) and any fiber you would like to practice with.
Instructor’s Bio: Michael Kelson (he/him/his) is the coordinator of the annual “Men’s Fall Knitting Retreat” and “The Seattle Men Who Knit” meet-up groups. He is passionate about sharing his love for spinning with beginning students. By day Michael is a software professional, but on weekends he’s usually out and about with his e-Spinner in tow.
The ABCs of Drop Spindling
Teresa Waldo 20 studentsFriday, June 23, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee $12 – includes fiber and printed materials
Class Description: If you have always been intrigued by spinners demonstrating their craft, have been curious about yarn construc-tion, and/or have always wanted to learn to spin yourself, then this class is for you. We will begin with some background knowledge on drop spindles (history, types, anatomy, weights and mechanics, and supplemental tools). Then we will get down to the business of learning the steps to spinning a single on a spindle (choosing a spindle and fiber, starting with or without a leader thread, drafting techniques, winding on and building a secure cop). After spinning for a while and fine tuning our techniques, we will explore winding off options, plying options, and how to finish your yarn. And yes, you will go home a spinner! This class is also great for wheel spinners who want to master a spindle!
Skill Level Required: none
Students Bring: Bring a drop spindle, instructor will have some for use in class if you do not own one of your own.
Instructor’s Bio: Teresa Waldo combines her passion for teaching with her passion for crafting. She is a retired elementary teacher and has taught adult crafting classes for ten plus years. Teresa has been knitting since age five and has fallen down other fiber related rabbit holes (spinning, weaving, crocheting) in the last 20 years. Teresa loves sharing her excitement for anything fiber related with others and has keen ability to break a skill down into manageable steps. She makes sure all her students are successful and that they leave with a new skill. Teresa has taught various knitting, spinning, little loom weaving, and crocheting classes in shops around the Pacific North-west and at regional conferences. She resides in Auburn Washington and is a member of NwSFA, Arachne Guild, Moonspinners’ Guild, Yarning for Community and Covington Knitworms.
FRIDAY, JUNE 23, ALL-DAY CLASSES
Adventures in Drum Carding
Henry and Roy Clemes 16 studentsFriday, June 23, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: $50 includes use of a carder; all fiber carded during class and use of blending boards and other equipment
Class Description: This workshop is the companion class to Ex-ploring the Drum Carder. In this class, we continue to demystify the drum carder. Batts will be prepared both semi-worsted and woolen. Students will learn different techniques to create an art batt, prepare batts for spinning sock yarn, and learn to add silk or bamboo intowoolen batts. Students will also learn to remove fiber as rolags and pencil-sized sliver through a diz. An ambitious goal of five batts produced during class means students will have ample fiber for spinning samples and small projects after class. All carding and blending will be done on our Elite Series Drum Carders with each student using their own electric carder. All materials, carders, and tools will be provided for use by the instructors.
Skill Level Required: Having taken our “Exploring the Drum Carder” or “Intro to Drum Carding.” Hands-on drum carding expe-rience is a must. Class is preferred.
Students Bring: None — but students should bring an attitude for learning. All tools and materials will be provided by instructors.
Instructor’s Bio: This class will be taught by a tag team of Henry and Roy. A lifelong woodworker and small business owner, Henry has been building fiber equipment for almost 50 years and drum carders for over 40 years. Roy grew up working in his family’s woodshop and is president of Lambtown Festival, the largest sheep and wool show in California. Together they have introduced many innovations to the fiber community and their equipment is known for being not only thoughtfully engineered but visually pleasing and durable as well. They regularly consult and instruct spinners, felters, fiber growers and professional fiber artists in the use of drum carders for fiber prep.
Beginning Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving
Diane McKinnon 12 studentsFriday, June 23, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: $15 includes all yarns for class project, use of extra weaving equipment and tools during class, and detailed handout.
Class Description: Learn how to make the most of the Rigid Heddle Loom! These wonderful looms make it easy to weave just about anywhere and anytime. They are a relatively inexpensive way to get into weaving and are lightweight, portable and practical. They can be used to make everything from everyday useful things such as hand towels to luxurious shawls for that evening at the opera. This class is designed to teach the soup-to-nuts of weaving on a Rigid Heddle loom. We’ll cover how to select yarns and plan a project, how to prepare and calculate a warp, how to thread the loom, and how to weave the project. You will leave the class with a completed purse and the ability to use your Rigid Heddle Loom on your own to weave a variety of handwoven projects.
Skill Level Required: all levels from beginning to advanced
Students Bring: Rigid Heddle loom that is ASSEMBLED and ready to weave on. If you have any questions, please contact me to discuss it. All extra equipment that came with the loom, shuttle (instructor will bring extras), scissors, tape measure, pen/pencil. NO Harrisville Easy Weaver looms please (I’ve had some unassembled as well as really poor to completely unusable looms show up in class).
Instructor’s Bio: Diane McKinnon is an avid weaver and spinner who especially enjoys seeing her students discover their own poten-tial as they have fun with fibers. Her first loom was a rigid heddle loom. She has a long history of weaving study. She teaches at BSG, NwRSA’s annual conference, Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival and holds regular fiber classes at her home studio — The Thistle Patch Fiber Studio. She was selected as an Invitational Artist for 2012 at Oregon Flock and Fiber. Diane is an enthusiastic spinner, and she uses her collection of looms to weave her special yarns into unique hand-woven items. She especially enjoys sharing the wonders of weaving with beginning weavers.
Beginning Wheel Spinning
Linda Hansen 10 studentsFriday, June 23, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: $45 includes all fiber and handouts
Class Description: Have you been wanting to learn to spin? This class will get you started spinning on a wheel. From first steps to making your own yarn, we’ll also touch on basic wheel mechanics and maintenance as well as primer information on fibers. We’ll be using prepared wool to learn the magic of spinning and plying yarn.
Skill Level Required: beginner
Students Bring: a well-functioning spinning wheel
Instructor’s Bio: Besides managing her small sheep farm, Linda is a partner with The Bellwether Wool Company. Linda brings her teaching skills and experience as a livestock and wool judge to sharing her passion for the fiber arts. Linda has taught spinning and music privately and in workshops.
Create Your Own Dye Recipe Book — Day 1 of 2
Terry Mattison 12 studentsFriday, June 23, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: $50 – includes dye, dye chemicals, cardstock for samples, and flagging for labeling, wool yarn, color blending cups, Ziplock® bags and notebook
Class Description: Build a dye book you can take home with you. Take the mystery out of the color wheel and free yourself to dye the color you want by learning a simple system of color blending! Using acid dyes and wool yarns, students will create over 100 samples for their own personal dye book (the more students, the more samples!). Along with a wonderful set of samples, each student will have the recipes and know how to recreate each color on their own.
Skill Level Required: beginner
Students Bring: Apron, gloves, regular Sharpie® pen (no fat or skinny ones), two (2) one-gallon buckets for soaking yarn and washing samples, and scissors
Instructor’s Bio: Terry Mattison is an award-winning spinner and weaver who claims dyeing is her first love! She has over 30 years as an industry professional, matching color for clients nationwide. She works with both synthetic and natural dyes creating her own unique designs in her studio in Washington state.
Demystifying Resists in Felt Making
Patti Barker 16 studentsFriday, June 23, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: $50 – five mini project kits and written instructions
Class Description: Sculptural felting and garment making begin with resists. How do you make a flat shape into three dimensional felt? How do you create a felted garment that’s seamless? Learn the answer to these questions and much more in this class. We’ll explore open, closed, layered, embedded and donut resists with a discussion on book resists and basic pattern making for all types of projects
Skill Level Required: no experience required
Students Bring: Bring bubble wrap as a rolling mat (minimum of 12" wide by minimum of 8' long), pool noodle (cut one a minimum of 14" long); wetting mechanism (suggest a one-gallon garden sprayer OR a ball brause with a bucket); small amount of liquid soap (dish soap is fine); at least one old towel you don’t mind staining; a plastic grocery bag to take home wet towels in; a pair of sharp, full-sized scissors; 4 table leg risers (optional – to save your back); wear comfy shoes. And be aware that felting requires physical stamina and the ability to stand for long periods of time.
Instructor’s Bio: Felt making has spoken to me from my very first experience. It is satisfying to begin with loose fibers and sculpt them into art with nothing but soapy water and my hands. I’m a graduate of WWU where I began with felting all types of simulated skins. Techniques used in my work include dyeing, wet and dry felting, stitching and beading, each of which enhances the stories behind my wearable art. I have been felting for over a dozen years and have won many awards. The last six years find me focusing on wearable art designed for the stage. I enjoy sharing the magic of felt making by teaching techniques and projects across the US.
Dragon Magic
Nancy Skakel 10 studentsFriday, June 23, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: $45 – includes 3oz Corriedale wool roving, 1 oz embellishment fiber, armature wire
Class Description: You will create a needle felted dragon with armature, form, materials and ideas to make your own unique dragon sculpture.
Skill Level Required: Students should have some needle felting experience.
Students Bring: all materials provided by instructor
Instructor’s Bio: Nancy Skakel of Soft Heart Creations — inspira-tion comes from the pleasure of fiber in my hands and connecting with people throughout history who have created useful and beau-tiful things with fiber. It has been a wonderful privilege and inspira-tion to learn from several world-renowned felt artists including Pat Spark, Fiona Duthie, Katia Mokeyeva, Flora Carlisle-Kova, and Nicola Brown. From these master felters I have learned many techniques and different ways to develop my skills and ideas into my creations. The marvelous capacity of wool to take from silk, linen, and so many other fibers is a continual wonder for me.
Dye Your Own Fiber
Allison Harding 10 studentsFriday, June 23, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: $35 – includes 12 oz plus more of high quality wool/wool blend fibers and more, dyes and use of equipment and detailed handouts. Additional fibers will be available for purchase at time of class. Students may bring some of your own CLEAN undyed fiber to dye if time and space is available.
Class Description: Design and dye three different fibers plus 1 oz samples of things like nylon sparkle for spinning or felting! Learn about random, gradient, painted, and palindrome versus continuous color repeats. Dye fibers differently or dye to coordinate for a bigger project. Allison will take you through each step from preparing your fibers to finishing the set dye with a little color theory for good measure!
Skill Level Required: a love of color and yarn/fiber
Students Bring: Old clothes or bring an apron, color inspiration photos, waterproof gloves, (instructor will provide powder free vinyl gloves, please bring your own if you have allergies).
Instructor’s Bio: Allison Harding (aka Fleebers) still remembers the pattern for her first knitting project at age 7, an orange acrylic scarf, which launched her into a lifetime love of all fibers. While working as the in-house costume designer for Studio East School for Performing Arts, Allison fell in love with teaching. She is now a published and an award-winning fiber artist who strives to explain not only the how, but the why of everything she does in fun and innovative ways. Allison loves ALL the colors and playing with pointy sticks.
FRIDAY, JUNE 23, AFTERNOON CLASSES
Beginning Inkle Loom
Leslie Verts 15 studentsFriday, June 23, 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee $10 – handouts
Class Description: Students will learn to warp their looms and begin weaving a band. This is an easy and fun way to make bookmarks and belts.
Skill Level Required: beginner
Students Bring: Need a functioning inkle loom and shuttle; need 2 colors (white with a dark color) of 5/2 or 3/2 cotton thread.
Instructor’s Bio: Leslie has been inkle weaving since 2003 and is the leader of the Eugene Weaving Guild Inkle Group.
Ooops! Correcting Mistakes and Learning to “Read” Your Knitting
Harry Wells 20 studentsFriday, June 23, 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee $1– printed materials
Class Description: This class is specifically designed for less experienced knitters and is all about knitting literacy, being able to “read your knitting.” You will leave class a more competent, informed knitter. Ever look at your knitting and say, “What hap-pened there?” Or picked up your knitting project and wondered “Where am I in this pattern?” “How many decreases/increases have I worked, what row was I on?” Etc. And, “Why did this end up too big / small?” Ever panicked as a dropped stitch ran down your knitting not knowing what to do? Take this class! Divided into two sections, “Knowing Where You Are” and “Identifying and Correct-ing Mistakes,” this class teaches how to “read” your knitting — to recognize what you are looking at, where you are, and what to do next, whether that be correcting a problem or moving ahead!
Skill Level Required: Beginner — students must be proficient at casting on with basic long tail cast-on without assistance and be able to knit and purl.
Students Bring: Worsted weight wool or wool blend yarn in light color (no dark colors), size 7 straight or 16" circular needles, stitch markers, locking stitch markers or knitter’s pins, Knitter’s repair hook or a crochet hook (size F or G is best), ruler, tape measure or Knit-chek (recommended), tapestry needle, scissors, perle cotton or fingering weight waste yarn. Homework: Two swatches using worsted weight yarn in light or medium color and size 7 needle: cast-on 20 stitches for each swatch. Work each swatch for 4". Make one stockinette stitch swatch (knit a row, purl a row, repeat both rows) and one garter stitch swatch (knit every row). Bind off and block the swatches.
Instructor’s Bio: See Crisscrossing the Rainbow: Color Cables in Friday’s morning listing for bio.
Spinpossible – Mission Objective: Bouclé
Michael Kelson 16 studentsFriday, June 23, 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $55 plus Materials Fee: $15 – includes all fiber and samples used in class
Class Description: Bouclé yarns are great fun to spin but can be a little challenging. Traditional bouclé yarns are spun with 3 plies: the core, the wrap and the binder. This class will take you through all the steps to create a traditional bouclé yarn. We’ll explore handspun and commercial cores and binders, and we’ll spin our own wrap singles from a variety of different fibers including mohair, silk and a variety of longwools. We will also discuss techniques for creating textured yarns from blending different types of singles in the ply (i.e., different shrinkage bouclé). Finally, we’ll discuss using different fibers, cores, and binders to get different surfaces, loops, and textures in your bouclés.
Skill Level Required: Students will have a good working relation-ship with their spinning wheels. Be able to spin a consistent single and have some experience plying and finishing yarn. Note: bouclé is a ply-heavy technique, students should be comfortable with the basics of plying.
Students Bring: Spinning wheel in good working condition with extra bobbins, notebook, lazy kate (if you have one). Bring any tools you might like to use (handcards, mini combs, etc.) and any fiber you would like to practice with.
Instructor’s Bio: See Spinpossible – Mission Objective: Tweed Effects with Silk in Friday’s morning listing for bio.
Supported Spindle Spinning
Teresa Waldo 20 studentsFriday, June 23, 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee $15 – extensive handouts and fiber packet
Class Description: You spin to relax, right? Well come learn this ultimate relaxing way to spin — SUPPORT SPINDLING! You can do this with your feet up lying in bed, or even while driving (well, not anymore with the distracted driving laws). Did you know any fiber can be spun on a supported spindle? In this class the instructor will give you a wealth of information on supported spinning and will take you step by step through the process of spinning on a supported spindle. And yes, you will have the hang of it before our time is up. You will also have the chance to try different fibers, different spindles and spindle bowls.
Skill Level Required: Students must have some spinning experi-ence on either a wheel or spindle and be able to spin a continuous thread.
Students Bring: No advanced preparation required. Please bring a support spindle and bowl to class if you have them. Instructor will have some for use in class if you do not have them. Homework: none
Instructor’s Bio: See the ABCs of Drop Spindling in Friday’s morning listing for bio.
The Art of Plying
Judith MacKenzie 18 studentsFriday, June 23, 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $20 – includes all fibers used in class
Class Description: Plying is an art just like drafting a beautiful single. It is the basis of most novelty yarns as well as lovely classic yarns like Gansey. In this class we’ll learn not only how to ply but why to ply. We’ll learn how to choose the best type of ply for the fabric you’re designing whether it is knitted or woven. We’ll make a variety of plys — everything from a two-ply to a six-ply, plus several novelty plies. You’ll learn lots of tips and tricks plus ways to make your own equipment to help you ply successfully.
Skill Level Required: Students should have a good working rela-tionship with your wheel and be capable of spinning a consistent single.
Students Bring: Students should bring their wheel and all its parts— even the ones you don’t use, a ball winder and a swift if you have them, niddy-noddy, hand cards (cotton ones if you have them) and combs if you have them.
Instructor’s Bio: See Beautiful Sheep: Spinning Shetland in Friday’s morning listing for bio.
SATURDAY, JUNE 24, MORNING CLASSES
Colorwork the Easy Way: Mosaic Knitting
Harry Wells 20 studentsSaturday, June 24, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee $1 – includes printed materials
Class Description: Slip-stitch patterns can boast amazing colorwork without the hassle of stranding or working with multiple colors in a row! Stunning results such as intricate mosaic designs, textural colorwork like houndstooth, and more are in your future. Along with the basic mosaic knitting techniques for garter and stockinette, learn to predict when combinations of variegated and solid color yarn work together and when they will not, and how charts are written and read differently for mosaic knitting. Practical tips about navigating the technique and advice regarding the best uses for mosaic knitting are included. Also covered are examples of adding slip stitch to basic garter and progressively adding one, two and three colors to achieve stunning colorwork results with so little effort!
Skill Level Required: Advanced beginner, students must be profi- cient at casting on (basic long tail cast on is preferred), knitting, purling and basic increases and decreases, (K2tog, and SSK, etc.). Familiarity with reading basic knitting charts is helpful. Homework: After learning the technique on a swatch in class, you will have the option of working a different motif on a second swatch; starting a scarf (pattern will be provided in class) or working on a hat (pattern will be provided in class).
Instructor’s Bio: See Crisscrossing the Rainbow: Color Cables in Friday’s morning listing for bio.
Spinpossible – Mission Objective: Socks
Michael Kelson 16 studentsSaturday, June 24, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 plus Materials Fee: $15 – includes all fiber and samples used in class
Class Description: There’s nothing quite like the feel of socks knit from your very own handspun yarn, but you want to make sure your socks last longer than it takes to spin and knit them! This class will discuss yarn construction techniques that are appropriate for socks and examine various fibers and blends that will attain the perfect balance of strength, comfort and durability. We will spin with down fibers and down-like breeds (Cheviot, Dorset, Suffolk and South-down), and down blends for socks. We will also discuss ply structures you might choose for your sock yarns (3- ply, 4-ply, cabled yarns and opposing ply structures).
Skill Level Required: Should have a good working relationship with your wheel. Be able to spin a stable consistent single and have some experience plying and finishing yarn.
Students Bring: Spinning wheel in good working condition with extra bobbins, lazy-kate. Bring any tools you might like to use (handcards, mini combs, etc.) and any fiber you would like to practice with and note taking materials.
Instructor’s Bio: See Spinpossible – Mission Objective: Tweed Effects with Silk in Friday’s all-day listing for bio.
Viking Knit 4 Petal Bracelet
Teresa Waldo 20 studentsSaturday June 24, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials fee: $12 – Instructor will provide handouts with photos, dowel, silver plated wire, findings and charm.
Class Description: Come learn the age-old technique of Viking knitting and walk away with your own finished charm bracelet. Viking knitting is done by looping wire around a dowel and then pulling the wire tube that is created through a draw plate to condense the tube down to the desired thinness. The finished piece resembles the look of knitting. In this class we will explore a brief history of the craft, the tools needed, and the many possibilities of creating beautiful jewelry with this fun technique. Then we will get down to business making a single knit bracelet with a charm attached.
Skill Level Required: none
Students Bring: No advanced preparation required. Please bring wire cutters, round nosed pliers, and needle nosed pliers if you have them — instructor will have some to share during class.
Instructor’s Bio: See the ABCs of Drop Spindling in Friday’s morning listing for bio.
A Bag of Your Own
Nancy Skakel 12 studentsSaturday, June 24, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee $17 – includes 3 oz Corriedale roving, 1 oz of embellishment fiber, resist material, netting and a pool noodle
Class Description: Make your own wet felted bag. Learn about planning your design, layout, working with a resist and embellish-ing your creation. You will learn how to make a fold- over flap, a pocket and different options for straps and closures.
Skill Level Required: Some wet felting experience recommended but not required.
Students Bring: Instructor will provide all materials.
Instructor’s Bio: See Dragon Magic in Friday’s all-day listing for bio.
SATURDAY, JUNE 24, ALL-DAY CLASSES
Advanced Pick-up Inkle Weaving
Leslie Verts 15 studentsSaturday, June 24, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee $10 – handouts
Class Description: Students will learn the pick-up technique of pattern design in inkle weaving.
Skill Level Required: advanced
Students Bring: Need functioning inkle loom and shuttle; need 3 colors (white with a dark color {black, and dark brown, blue, red, or purple} and a bright contrast color) of 5/2 cotton thread; need 15 heddles.
Instructor’s Bio: Leslie has been inkle weaving since 2003 and is the leader of the Eugene Weaving Guild Inkle Group.
Color Theory: Carding for Tints and Shades
Henry and Roy Clemes 16 studentsSaturday, June 24, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials fee: $50 includes use of a carder; all fiber carded during class and use of blending boards and other equipment
Class Description: Have you ever blended fiber and realized the color wasn’t quite what you wanted? Have you wanted a subtle or dramatic shift in a color but weren’t quite sure how to go about doing that? In this class students will explore how colors can be changed by the addition of light or dark fiber. Each student will go home with a reference card that will help them to create predictable tints and shades of colors with greatly reduced trial and error. All carding and blending will be done on our Elite Series Drum Carders with each student using their own electric carder. All materials, carders and tools will be provided for use by the instructors.
Skill Level Required: Having taken our “Exploring the Drum Carder” or “Intro to Drum Carding.” Hands on drum carding experience is a must.
Students Bring: None — but students should bring an attitude for learning. All tools and materials will be provided by instructors.
Instructor’s Bio: See Adventures in Drum Carding on Cables in Friday’s all-day listing for bio.
Create Your Own Dye Recipe Book – Day 2 of 2
Terry Mattison 12 studentsSaturday, June 24, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: (see day 1) – includes dye, dye chemicals, cardstock for samples, and flagging for labeling, wool yarn, color blending cups, Ziplock® bags and notebook
Class Description: This is a continuation of Friday’s dye class on building a dye recipe book you can take home with you. Must have taken day 1. Take the mystery out of the color wheel and free yourself to dye the color you want by learning a simple system of color blending! Using acid dyes and wool yarns students will create over 100 samples for their own personal dye book (the more students, the more samples!). Along with a wonderful set of samples, each student will have the recipes and know how to recreate each color on their own.
Skill Level Required: beginner
Students Bring: Apron, gloves, regular Sharpie® pen (no fat or skinny ones), two (2) one-gallon buckets for soaking yarn and washing samples, scissors.
Instructor’s Bio: See Create Your Own Dye Recipe Book in Friday’s all-day listing for bio.
Delightful Drafting
Ruth Northrop 14 studentsSaturday, June 24, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: $30 includes all fiber to be used in class, handouts, and record keeping materials
Class Description: Different fibers lend themselves to some draft- ing methods better than others, and we spinners have preferences too. After a long-draw tutorial, we will explore three drafting methods and how they can be used with different fibers and prepa- rations, with some ergonomic tips as we go. Come learn which drafting style you prefer and for which fibers and preparations.
Skill Level Required: Must be able to spin a continuous single.
Students Bring: Spinning wheel in good working order and that you are comfortable with, 2-3 empty bobbins, a ball winder if you have one and a swift if you have one.
Instructor’s Bio: Ruth has been spinning for 20 years and her yarns have won several awards. She uses her experience as a first grade teacher to make spinning fun and easy to learn. Ruth has taught at past The Black Sheep Gathering, Taos Wool Festival and OFFF. Ruth lives in So California with a wonderful husband and a calico cat named Chloe, and not enough fiber!
Dye Your Own Yarn
Allison Harding 10 studentsSaturday, June 24, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: $35 – includes 3 skeins of 420 to 490 yds of high quality wool/wool blend yarn plus samples of other fiber types, dyes, use of equipment, and detailed handouts. Additional fibers will be available for purchase at time of class. Students may bring some of your own CLEAN undyed wool or wool blend yarn to dye if time and space is available.
Class Description: Design and dye 400 plus yard skeins of different wool/wool blend fingering weight yarn! Learn about random, gra- dient, painted, and palindrome versus continuous color repeats. Dye skeins differently or dye to coordinate for a bigger project. Allison will take you through each step from preparing your fibers to finishing the set dye with a little color theory for good measure!
Skill Level Required: A love of color and yarn/fiber.
Students Bring: Old clothes or bring an apron, color inspiration photos, waterproof gloves, (instructor will provide powder free vinyl gloves, please bring your own if you have allergies).
Instructor’s Bio: See Dye Your Own Fiber in Friday’s all-day listing for bio.
Felted Journal/Book Cover
Patti Barker 20 studentsSaturday, June 24, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: $20 – Pattern resist, written instructional handout, and an inexpensive notebook to cover.
Class Description: Felt a book cover to write your heart’s desires. Learn how to use resist and create a one-of-a kind art statement. We will decorate inside and out and make cording to fasten it closed. This is a beginner class, but be aware wet felting is a physical activity that requires standing and upper body strength. Students will come away with a finished book cover, sans the button for closure.
Skill Level Required: no experience required
Students Bring: Bring bubble wrap a minimum of 16" by 75" (small bubbles). A 2½-gallon bucket, two cotton or nylon ties (long strips), liquid soap, ball brause and bucket OR a one-gallon garden sprayer.
Instructor’s Bio: See Demystifying Resists in Felt Making in Friday’s all day listing for bio.
Popular Wheel Mechanics
Judith MacKenzie 18 studentsSaturday, June 24, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: $20 – includes all fibers used in class
Class Description: The spinning wheel is an amazing tool; it can help us make everything from the finest spider web yarn to durable sail cloth. In this class, we’ll learn about the wheel’s history and how modern wheels developed. We’ll learn how to use the wheel to make a wide variety of both yarn diameters and yarn styles. We’ll learn how to set the wheel to ply efficiently, and classic spinning tips and some tricks to get the most out of your wheel. And we’ll reward your wheel with treats like oil, a new drive band and a bit of polish.
Skill Level Required: Students should have a good working rela- tionship with your wheel and be capable of spinning a consistent single.
Students Bring: Students should bring their wheel and all its parts — even the ones you don’t use.
Instructor’s Bio: See Beautiful Sheep: Spinning Shetland in Friday’s morning listing for bio.
Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving: Intermediate / Advanced Weaving Structures
Diane McKinnon 8 studentsSaturday, June 24, 9am-12pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: $25 – includes all warp yarns and weft yarns, use of extra weaving equipment and tools during class, and a detailed handout.
Class Description: Take your Rigid Heddle loom to the next step. Now that you know how to warp your rigid heddle loom and weave a simple project such as a purse or scarf, you are ready to move forward and advance your weaving skills using this fun and portable loom. This class is designed to teach how to do more advanced weaving techniques on a Rigid Heddle loom. We will explore advanced weave structures while you weave a sampler that can be used as a purse or decorative throw pillow. You will leave the class with a completed sampler and the ability to use your Rigid Heddle loom on your own to weave a variety of advanced weave structures, such as twill, basket weave, Turkish or Rya knots, pick and pick, soumak, tapestry and lace.
Skill Level Required: All weavers from intermediate to advanced who have an interest in learning how to weave advanced, hand manipulated weave structures on a Rigid heddle loom.
Students Bring: Rigid Heddle loom that is assembled and warped. Looms must be warped prior to class. To do more advanced weave structures, instructor will send warp material or student can select their own after consulting with instructor. Shuttles (minimum of 2), pick-up stick, scissors, tape measure and pen/pencil and paper.
Instructor’s Bio: See Beginning Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving in Friday’s all-day listing for bio.
SATURDAY, JUNE 24, AFTERNOON CLASSES
Classic Afghan Stitch: Basic Tunisian Crochet with Cross Stitch Designs
Harry Wells 20 studentsSaturday, June 24, 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee $6 – a Tunisian crochet hook and printed materials
Class Description: Learn the basic simple stitch of Tunisian cro- chet, also called the Afghan stitch because Victorian homes were graced with elaborate cross-stitched Afghans whose canvas base was created with this stitch. You will create a small canvas swatch in class and cross-stitch it for practice. Then you will be ready to design and create bigger pieces with whatever favorite cross-stitch pattern you desire. Hmmm … what will you create? A kid’s blanket with dinosaurs cross-stitched on it? A bathroom rug with a cross- stitch motif to match the décor? Or maybe a stunning wall hanging? You will find building the canvas relaxing and creating the cross- stitch design very satisfying.
Skill Level Required: Beginner — either beginning knitting or beginning crochet skills are helpful in that you will have experience in holding a tool and tensioning.
Students Bring: Bring 3 colors worsted weight yarn or wool blend yarn, 25 grams each and a medium tapestry needle. Homework: none
Instructor’s Bio: See Crisscrossing the Rainbow: Color Cables in Friday’s morning listing for bio.
Spinpossible – Mission Objective: Lace
Michael Kelson 16 studentsSaturday, June 24, 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $55 plus Materials Fee: $15 – includes all fiber and samples used in class
Class Description: Knitters and weavers are surrounded by lace — Estonian, Orenburg, Huck, Leno, Swedish, et al. Would you like to use your handspun with your next lace knitting project? With lace yarns, one size does NOT fit all. Lace can be tightly spun worsted, softly spun woolen, or anywhere in between, but with a little experimentation and thoughtfully choosing your fiber and prepara- tion, it’s possible to spin the perfect lace yarn for your projects. This class will explore techniques for successfully spinning lace yarns. We will discuss what properties that make a good lace yarn, such as micron count, staple length, crimp structures and fiber preparation might influence your spinning choices. We will learn about basic wheel adjustments, techniques for diameter control, and spinning consistent singles, evaluating the twist in your singles and tech- niques for plying and finishing. We also will discuss spinning lace from luxury fibers like cashmere and yak and practice with a variety of different fibers and preparations.
Skill Level Required: Should have a good working relationship with your wheel. Be able to spin a stable consistent single and have some experience plying and finishing yarn.
Students Bring: Spinning wheel in good working condition with extra bobbins, lazy kate. Bring any tools you might like to use (handcards, mini combs, etc.), and any fiber you would like to practice with, and note taking materials.
Instructor’s Bio: See Spinpossible – Mission Objective: Tweed Effects with Silk in Friday’s all-day listing for bio.
Stranded Knitting with Portuguese Purling
Teresa Waldo 20 studentsSaturday, June 24, 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials fee: $12 – Instructor will provide two patterns/handouts and two Portuguese hooks
Class Description: Do you get frustrated with your yarns when you knit with more than one strand? Does your carpal tunnel, arthritis, or joint pain flair up when you knit for long periods of time? Do your yarn floats come out too tight or too loose? The solution to these problems lies in an ancient form of knitting known as Incan, Turkish, Around the Neck or Portuguese knitting. Come learn a new way to do stranded knitting with just a flick of your thumb. You will be amazed at how ergonomically comfortable this method is, how even your stitches and floats are, and how easy it is to manage your two colors of yarn with no tangling. You may never again want to do stranded colorwork any other way. We will be knitting the two color Blossom Dreams Headband using the Portuguese purl stitch and working with the wrong side of our work facing us. Our yarns will be tensioned by two hooks attached to our shirts. The Blossom Dream Headband has picot edging and a floral stranded knitting pattern that was deigned specifically for this class.
Skill Level Required: Able to knit and purl.
Students Bring: Please bring 100 yards of worsted weight yarn for your background color (solid or semi-solid), 75 yards of contrasting yarn for the floral pattern (hand-painted or variegated, gradient, or semi-solid), size 7-16" circular knitting needles, tapestry needle, scissors, stitch markers. Homework: Prior to class you will need to complete the following: Using your background color, cast on 96 stitches using the long tail cast on. Join to work in the round, Purl 6 rounds.
Instructor’s Bio: See the ABCs of Drop Spindling in Friday’s morning listing for bio.
SUNDAY, JUNE 25, MORNING CLASSES
All Things Valais Blacknose!
Marita Tauni 30 studentsSunday, June 25, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $45 – includes fiber and handouts
Class Description: For those interested in breeding Valais Blacknose sheep this is a “not to be missed” opportunity. Traveling from Sweden to share her in-depth knowledge of the breed is Swiss certified judge, Marita Tauni. In Europe, strict standards exist for breeding Valais Blacknose sheep and Marita will help us understand the point based grading system used for evaluation. There will also be time to discuss management and breeding issues and explore uses for the fiber. Experience level: open to all
Students Bring: An interest in the breed.
Instructor’s Bio: Marita Tauni is a Swiss certified Valais Blacknose judge from Karlstad, Sweden. Marita has been instrumental in helping to train new Valais Blacknose judges outside of Switzerland and is generous with her knowledge with new breeders.
Home Alone with a Fleece
Judith MacKenzie 16 studentsSunday, June 25, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $15 – includes all fiber
Class Description: For those of us that spin, the rule is to never buy a fleece unless you know what you want to spin. But the truth is fleeces are simply irresistible and follow us home. In this class, we will learn what to do when you get home with a fleece or maybe three! You’ll learn how to identify what a fleece’s potential is and how it should be sorted, washed and stored. We’ll deal with protecting your fleece from damage by insects, mice and exposure to air. We’ll also look at making a fleece project notebook that helps you keep track of how your fleece was used and where it came from. Experience level: Must be able to spin a continuous thread and have a good relationship with their wheel.
Students Bring: Students should bring their wheel (or spindle) and all its parts — even the ones you don’t use.
Instructor’s Bio: See Beautiful Sheep: Spinning Shetland in Friday’s morning listing for bio.
Felted Buttons of Many Colors
Loyce Ericson 17 studentsSunday, June 25, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $20 – includes lots of wool and felting tools
Class Description: In this wet felting class students will learn to create unique buttons using a wide array of techniques. We will wrap wool around plastic buttons, sticks, beach glass or broken pottery. We will create colored layered wool logs then cut them to show off the different colors. We will create laminated fabric collages and install them on metal button bases.
Skill Level Required: Beginning to experienced felter.
Students Bring: Clothes that can get wet, a couple of old towels, a pair of sharp scissors and a plastic grocery bag to take home wet samples. Be aware that wet felting is a vigorous physical activity and requires upper body strength/health.
Instructor’s Bio: Loyce worked for over 20 years in high tech as a mechanical designer and then she took a personal and professional turn to follow her passion of making felt and teaching her craft. She has been making felt since 1999 and began teaching in 2001. Loyce travels and teaches nationally as well as in her studio, teaching such places as SOAR, BSG and OFFF. Loyce is a product oriented teacher, preferring to teach felting techniques as students produce finished pieces in class. Loyce approaches her classes as a time for fun and open creative expression and teaches that here is never only one way to make felt. Her greatest delight is to see the smiles on her student’s faces as their projects come together.
Intro to Blending Boards
Henry and Roy Clemes 16 studentsSunday, June 25, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials fee: $25 – includes all fiber carded during class and use of blending boards and other equipment.
Class Description: In 2011 Gwen Powell approached Henry and Roy to create a new tool that eventually became the wildly popular Blending Board. In this class you will learn basic techniques and use of a blending board from one of its designers. The class will not only demonstrate the versatility of the blending board — blending fibers of various types, lengths, and colors — but also the strength of the blending board — quickly preparing fibers in rolags for woolen spinning. All carding and blending will be done on Clemes and Clemes Blending Boards with each student getting to use their own boards. All materials, boards and tools will be provided by instruc- tors.
Skill Level Required: Beginner — no blending board experience necessary.
Students Bring: None — but should bring an attitude for learning. All tools and materials will be provided by instructors.
Instructor’s Bio: See Adventures in Drum Carding on Cables in Friday’s all-day listing for bio.
Learn to Spin Using a Cross-armed Spindle
Wanda Jenkins 10 studentsSunday, June 25, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $10 – includes wool
Class Description: Beginning with the basics of learning about twist and its role in making yarn, we’ll explore the steps of what it takes to turn wool into yarn.
Skill Level Required: beginners
Students Bring: Spindles will be provided for use during class with the option to purchase.
Instructor’s Bio: Wanda has played with yarn and threads since childhood. She fell down the bottomless spinning hole when a cross- armed aka Turkish spindle was placed in her hands and enjoys sharing the joy of spinning.
Sheep Breed Study
Lois Olund 10 studentsSunday, June 25, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee $50 – twenty ½ oz samples of different breeds of sheep. Other samples will be available to purchase. The $50 material fee will be put toward your purchase of the breed study box if you decide to purchase the box.
Class Description: Sample some of the 131 fleeces collected from around the world assembled for the Sheep Breed Study box.
Skill Level Required: Intermediate spinner ready for a challenge.
Students Bring: A wheel in good working order that you are comfortable with, 3-4 empty bobbins, ball winder if you have one, hand cards if you have them.
Instructor’s Bio: Lois has been a spinner and sheep breeder in Oregon for over 40 years. She researched and created the Sheep Breed Study box and a 278 page workbook as her “pandemic project”.
Short Steps to Long Draw
Ruth Northrop 14 studentsSunday, June 25, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $25 includes all fiber to be used in class, handouts and record keeping tools
Class Description: Does your wool run away with you when you try to spin soft and fluffy yarn? While the long draw method of drafting is traditionally used to spin these types of yarn, it can be tricky. In this class we will break down the skill of long draw into simple steps that really are easy to learn. We’ll progress from one step to the next, until you can spin an airy yarn that won’t fall apart.
Skill Level Required: Must be competent at spinning singles.
Students Bring: A wheel in good working order that you are comfortable with, 3-4 empty bobbins, ball winder if you have one, hand cards if you have them
Instructor’s Bio: See Delightful Drafting in Saturday’s all-day listing for bio.
Cancelled - Spinning Silk Hankies without Tears
Barbara diJeannene 15 studentsSunday, June 25, 9am-12pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $10 includes silk hankies for spinning in class
Class Description: Do you have a pile of gorgeous dyed silk hankies sitting around? Have you tried that “poke a hole in the center and stretch them out” method only to end up with a tangled mess? Come to this class and learn to spin silk hankies without a lot of fuss. I teach this class using a spindle, but it can be done on a wheel also. Skills required: Students should be comfortable spinning a con- tinuous thread on which ever spinning method/device they bring to class.
Students Bring: Bring your favorite spindle (at least 1 oz in weight), or a wheel you are comfortable using and note-taking supplies.
Instructor’s Bio: Barbara started spinning in the early 80s and learned that handspun yarns stack up quickly. Weaving seemed to use a lot of yarn, so a loom appeared and then another! Spinning and weaving have been her passion ever since.
SUNDAY, JUNE 25, ALL-DAY CLASSES
Beyond Plain Weave
Hazel Spencer 10 studentsSunday, June 25, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Materials fee: $15 – I will bring worsted weight wool for class. I will have 10.5" looms for use in class. You may bring your own 7'’, 10.5", or 12" continuous looms if you wish.
Class Description: Plain weave does not mean boring weave! Plain one color, over-under weave have lots of uses in our projects, but there are times when we want and need something more. This class will be about finding the un-plain in continuous stand weaving. We will be looking at color weaving and textures and show you can even combine the two to expand possibilities to your projects. Skills Level Required: Must know how to do plain weave on a continuous strand weaving loom.
Students Bring: Bring scissors, yarn needle and pencil. You can bring worsted weight yarn if desired. Looms can be purchased at the vendor booth or online at: www.hazelroselooms.com, however your loom does not need to be one of ours for this class.
Instructor’s Bio: Hazel Spencer and her husband Randy are the owners of the Hazel Rose Looms and have been making small weaving looms since October 2000. Hazel taught art; including weaving, and other fiber arts to all grades at the local K-8 school for 17 years. She has been teaching weaving on the internet and in her booth at fiber fairs for many years, including OFFF and Lambtown festivals. Making clothing and other useful items for the home is Hazel’s favorite use of her hand woven fabrics.
Nuno Felt an Art Vest
Patti Barker 15 studentsSunday, June 25, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: $90 – includes yardage of silk, at least 4 ounces of merino wool, embellishments
Class Description: The perfect introduction to making nuno felt clothing. You’re the designer; choose from several fashion options and explore surface design options. Create the size you want as you learn where to place the sleeve openings. Choose your color palette of materials kit in either cool (blues/greens), warm (reds/oranges), or neutral (tan/black/brown) colors before class by contacting the instructor.
Skill Level Required: none
Students Bring: one 4' x 8' rubber rug mat (small holes), three or four 18" strips of old T-shirt material, a 2-gallon garden sprayer, a couple of old towels (you don’t mind staining), two sets of bed risers are recommended to raise your worktables, but not required.
Instructor’s Bio: See Demystifying Resists in Felt Making in Friday’s all-day listing for bio.
One Pot Dye Wonder!
Diane McKinnon 12 studentsSunday, June 25, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials Fee: $15 - includes all fiber used in class, use of all dye equipment such as pots, burners, spoons, measuring utensils, etc., during the class, and a detailed handout.
Class Description: Using the Kettle dyeing technique, you will dye 6 different fiber types simultaneously in one dye bath to achieve some surprising results. People will wonder, “How’d you do that!” In this class, we will cover the basic use of the color wheel, how to mix the three primary colors to achieve different secondary hues, and then dye six different fiber types at once to see the various results each fiber type produces. You will leave class with 6 unique samples of dyed fibers and the knowledge and ability to pursue more of these exciting results on your own.
Skill Level Required: All level students from beginners to ad- vanced who have an interest in learning how to dye natural protein fibers.
Students Bring: Apron or dyeable clothes, rubber gloves, pen/ pencil and a sense of adventure!
Instructor’s Bio: see Beginning Rigid Heddle Loom Weaving in Friday’s all-day listing for bio.
Tapestry Weaving Sampler
Teresa Waldo 20 studentsSunday, June 25, 9am-12pm and 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials fee: $20 includes mini loom kit, cotton thread (warp and spacer), felt backing, sewing thread and extensive tutorial handout.
Class Description: In this workshop you will learn the fundamen- tals of tapestry weaving including warping the loom, various weav- ing techniques and tips, weaving (stripe, meet and separate, hatch- ing, soumak, dots, pick, weft interlock and building shapes), and your structures pick and finishing a tapestry piece. As you learn and practice these skills you will be creating mini tapestry pieces suitable as mug rugs. After completing this class, you will be well equipped to further your tapestry endeavors.
Skill Level Required: none
Students Bring: Please bring scraps of worsted weight yarns in at least three colors, scissors, several tapestry needles with eyes large enough for threading worsted yarn through. Homework: Prior to class you will need to complete the following: Using your background color, cast on 96 stitches using the long tail cast on. Join to work in the round, purl 6 rounds.
Instructor’s Bio: See the ABCs of Drop Spindling in Friday’s morning listing for bio.
Water, Time, and Patience: Creating a Wet Felted Hat
Sara Gibson 15 studentsSunday, June 25, 9am-12pm and 1:30pm-4:30pm
Cost: $100 Plus Materials fee: $15 includes soap, resist material, bubbles wrap, and approximately 3 oz of wool
Class Description: Wet felting is often a multi-step process of coaxing wet wool fibers into a consolidated fabric. It is a very hands- on form of fiber arts requiring water, soap, slow and patient attention to detail and finally vigorous agitation of the piece during the fulling process. This class will explore the process of using resist to create an artistic felted hat to keep you warm and fashionable. Participants can choose from project designs that can be practical, whimsical, or somewhere in between. You will get to take home a completed project.
Skill Level Required: none
Students Bring: All materials are provided by instructor.
Instructor’s Bio: Sara is a school garden coordinator for the Lincoln County School District by day and a fiber arts enthusiast night. She specializes in dyeing local fibers with fungi and lichens foraged around her home in Siletz, Oregon. She has been a knitter for over 30 years and loves the process of creating from raw fleece to end products. Sara has been teaching wet felting and needle felting classes at mycology camps for the last five years and loves every second of it!
SUNDAY, JUNE 25, AFTERNOON CLASSES
All-in-One Beginning Rug Hooking
Judy Taylor 22 studentsSunday, June 25, 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $50 – Includes kit and a hook.
Class Description: In this class students will learn the basics of rug hooking, including creating heirloom quality rugs with yarn, T-shirt strips and wool fabric strips. Also covered, care and cleaning of hand hooked rugs, what backing fabrics work the best, to frame or not to frame, and more!
Skill Level Required: No experience required.
Students Bring: Should wear long pants as you will be wrapping the burlap backing around your legs; scissors.
Instructor’s Bio: Judy Taylor has been hooking rugs and teaching hooking rugs for nigh onto 30 years. She has written articles for; Rug Hooking magazine, Spin•Off magazine, ATHA, and the Black Sheep Newsletter. Her rug hooking book series has won or been a finalist in Forward INDIES, eLit Book Awards, and Chanticleer Book Awards. Her video won the Gold Award from the International “TV and Video Awards.” When Judy’s not tending her flock of Jacob sheep, Cashmere goats, and Nigerian Dwarf goats, she’s hooking something new, or repairing a treasured heirloom rug that’s older than she is.
Beginning Tablet Weaving
Caroline Feyling 15 studentsSunday, June 25, 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $35 – includes a band weaving lock, 100 yards of Gotland wool, 24 tablet weaving cards and a netting shuttle.
Class Description: In this class students will learn the technique of tablet weaving and make your own bookmark. Students will learn to set up to tablet weave backstrap style. Each student will learn how to draft, warp, and weave a bookmark made of Swedish Gotland wool!
Skill Level Required: No experience necessary. This class is suitable for all skill levels.
Students Bring: Bring a sharp scissors, graph paper, and colored pencils.
Instructor’s Bio: Caroline Feyling is a textile artist living in Oregon. She received her BFA in Fiber and Material Studies from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2020. Following gradua- tion, she completed an intensive course of study at Vävstuga Swedish Weaving School in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts. Caroline’s current work consists of Scandinavian style weavings that serve to bridge the gap between the contemporary and tradition, as well as the distance between heritage and daily life.
Fabulous and Fun Locker Hooking
Roseanne Anderson 15studentsSunday, June 25, 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $45 – includes a locker hook, prepared canvas, roving, binder yarns, and a bound 28-page instruction book
Class Description: Locker hooking is a fantastic way to use up tons of stash. Artists can add to the basic instructions by incorporating strips of fabric, ribbons, or other materials to reflect their own imaginations. This fiber art goes quickly so one can get “instant gratification”, as students will see their progress as they are locker hooking — so come, relax and enjoy!
Skill Level Required: No experience necessary.
Instructor’s Bio: Roseanne has been locker hooking for many years after learning the technique at a fiber show in Montana where she saw a beautiful wall hanging worked with this craft. She raises a small flock of sheep and enjoys all fiber arts including all the prep work involved with processing her own wool.
Felted Sheep – Basic 3D Needle Felting
Miranda Rommel 14 studentsSunday, June 25, 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $20 – includes a handout, all wool to be used in class, 2 needles and felting foam per student to keep.
Class Description: This is The Black SHEEP Gathering — so let’s felt a sheep! This class is great for the beginning needle felter. Students will learn about different felting tools/materials and will learn hands on how to needle-felt a firm core, attach basic legs and head, work with color, and use different techniques for creating texture and pattern on your project: an adorable tiny sheep. This is a very fun class!
Skill Level Required: No experience necessary. This class is suitable for students with zero to beginning needle-felting experience.
Students Bring: Students may wish to bring their favorite felting tools or to bring a small amount of CLEAN wool / fiber from their own animals or stash.
Instructor’s Bio: Miranda Rommel is an artist and homesteader living in rural Kings Valley, Oregon. An illustrator by training and a hand spinner for recreation, Miranda took up needle felting in 2012. Soon after and thanks to inspiration by her Corgi Pocket — her business “Fiber Friday’sends” was born. Miranda now felts full time, creating beautiful pet sculptures for her clients all over the world and she loves teaching her craft to people of all levels.
Intro to Circular Weaving
Rachael Grow 15 studentsSunday, June 25, 1:30-4:30pm
Cost: $55 Plus Materials Fee: $25 – includes 7" metal ring, all warping cotton, needle, various handspun art yarns, one yard of Sari silk, and various beads, shells, and crystals for embel- lishments.
Class Description: This class will explore round or circular weav- ing. Students will learn different ways to warp the circular frame, and different weaving techniques for texture and design using handspun art yarns. You will go home with a completed project and the knowledge to weave more.
Skill Level Required: beginner
Instructor’s Bio: Rachael Grow is pleased to be an instructor and has been sharing her “how-to” tips with friends and family members for years. Her passion for fiber arts started when she was 6 years old, and her mother taught her to crochet. From the beginning it was love at first stitch and Rachael pursued learning as many different fiber arts as possible. She had a passion for art yarns and loves to create projects with handmade yarns. When Rachael isn’t frolicking with fiber she is playing with her family in Portland, Oregon.
