List of All Classes &
Their Availability
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Color Key:
- Class Filled
- Class & Wait List Filled
- Class Cancelled
Friday Classes
Morning Classes- Beginning Inkle Loom Weaving – Leslie Verts
- Learn to Spin Using a Turkish Style Spindle – Amelia Garripoli
- Ooops! Correcting Mistakes and Learning to “Read” Your Knitting – Harry Wells
- Spinning Tweed – Judith MacKenzie
- Woolen Watercolors – Tammy Jordan
- Beginning Rigid Heddle – Diane McKinnon
- Beginning Wheel Spinning – Linda Hansen
- Dye Your Own Gradient Yarn - Terry Mattison
- Exploring the Drum Carder – Henry and Roy Clemes
- Spinpossible – Mission Objective: Spinning 201 – Next Steps – Michael Kelson
- Water, Time and Patience: Creating a Wet Felt Hat – Sara Gibson
- Lovely Twists and Turns – Harry Wells
- Needle Felted Sheep or Goat – Anna Anderson
- Perfect Pairs – Blending Wool with Exotic Fibers – Judith MacKenzie
- Pine Needle Basket – Jaqui Eicher
- Upgrade Your Power Spinning – Amelia Garripoli
Saturday Classes
Morning Classes- Basic Core Spinning – Charan Sachar
- Short Row Magic – Harry Wells
- Spinning the Orenburg Way – Galina Khmeleva
- Spinning Your Dream Yarn – Judith MacKenzie
- Spinpossible – Mission Objective: Doing More with Less – Michael Kelson
- The ABCs of Drop Spindling – Teresa Waldo
- Advanced Pick-up Inkle Weaving – Leslie Verts
- Adventures in Drum Carding – Henry and Roy Clemes
- Design and Dye Your Own Warp – Terry Mattison
- Fiber Prep 101 – Tammy Jordan
- One Pot Dye Wonder! – Diane McKinnon
- Colorwork the Easy Way: Mosaic Knitting – Harry Wells
- Fundamental Elements and Pattern Design for Orenburg Lace Knitting – Galina Khmeleva
- Short Steps to Long Draw – Ruth Northrop
- Spinpossible – Mission Objective: Spinning for Sweaters – Michael Kelson
- Supported Spindle Spinning – Teresa Waldo
- The Art of Plying – Judith MacKenzie
Sunday Classes
Morning Classes- 2-D Needle-Felted Sheep Faced Tote Bag or Pillow – Anna Anderson
- Amigurumi Antics! – Teresa Waldo
- Artsy Nuno Scarf – Lauralee DeLuca
- Defining Sustainability in Apparel and Textiles to Harness It as a Marketing Tool for Your Fiber or Farm Business – Allen Mesick
- Exploring Fiber from Foreign Breeds – Lois Olund
- Intro to Blending Boards – Henry and Roy Clemes
- Intro to Mushroom Dyeing – Sara Gibson
- Russian Style Continental Knitting – Galina Khmeleva
- Spinning Cabled Yarns – Judith MacKenzie
- Advanced Inkle Weaving 2 – Leslie Verts
- Delightful Drafting – Ruth Northrop
- Grafting with a Russian Twist – Galina Khmeleva
- Kumi-What?! Kumihimo – Diane McKinnon
- Make a Pine Needle Basket – Jaqui Eicher
- Spinning Silk Hankies without Tears – Barbara diJeannene
- Spinning the Long Wools – Lauralee DeLuca
- Stranded Knitting with Portuguese Purling – Teresa Waldo
- Turkish Spindle Productivity – Amelia Garripoli
Workshop Registration Information for 2024
Workshop Registration Opens April 1, 9:00am
All registrations will be on-line.
Once again the Black Sheep Gathering is excited to offer an inspiring array of workshops for fiber enthusiasts, taught by some of the best fiber artist and animal husbandry instructors from the Northwest and beyond. Workshops will be held in various buildings on the grounds of the Linn County Fair and Expo Center and adjacent hotels. Workshops are held during all three days of the Gathering — Friday, June 28, Saturday, June 29, and Sunday, June 30, 2024.
Registration Closes the morning of June 14, 2024. After this date we will not give refunds for workshop cancellations unless another person fills the canceled space from the waiting list. If your space is filled, cancellation fees will apply (see section on cancellation). In-person registration will be available at the start of the Friday morning check-in on June 28, 2024.
Contact Us: You may email us at reg.blacksheep@gmail.com.
Check-in: Morning and all day workshops begin at 9am and afternoon workshops begin at 1:30pm. Check-in times are 8:15-9am and 12:45pm-1:30pm respectively. Students need to check in at the convention center unless otherwise advised.
Workshop Registration During the Black Sheep Gathering:
We will register people for workshops that have openings during the Black Sheep Gathering on a first-come first-served basis.
Registration Confirmation:
You will receive confirmation of your registration by e-mail. The confirmation notice will provide you with: The names and times of your workshops, as well materials required. There will also be a link to your registration record. If you do not receive your confirmation e-mail in your inbox, please check your junk/spam filters. If you do not find it there, please let us know and we will get it to you.
Waiting Lists:
We will keep a waiting list of up to 5 people for each workshop. Names will be placed on waiting lists in the order that requests are received. If someone cancels out of a workshop prior to the Black Sheep Gathering, we will contact the first person on the list and offer them the space. You will have 2 days to respond, after which we will move to the next person in line.
If you do not make it on to the waiting list, we will let you know. You cannot be enrolled in a workshop and be on the waiting list for another workshop that is occurring at the same time.
Breaks:
All-day classes include a 1½-hour break from 12-1:30pm to allow ample time for lunch and shopping.
Fees and Cancellation Policy
Workshop Fees and Materials Fees: The workshop fee and materials fee are listed in the workshop descriptions. When you register, the materials fee is included in the overall fee that you are charged. We collect the materials fees and give them to the instructors.Cancellation and Refund Policy:
The following fees apply to cancellations/workshop changes:- Cancellation fee: An $8.00 fee will apply to each workshop that is cancelled or changed.
- If you create more than one registration for yourself, your registration files will be consolidated into a single record. An $8.00 change fee will be assessed for each time this needs to be done.
Please note:
Unless extreme medical/life-threatening circumstances apply, we cannot waive these fees. These fees are to cover the costs that RegOnline charges us and help us to maintain the Black Sheep Gathering from year to year.
