Heather CampbellHeather Campbell of Purly Shell Fiber Arts LLC has been in the fiber world since she was 15 when she purchased her first spinning wheel. Down the rabbit hole she went with a lifetime love of all things fiber arts. Seven years ago, she opened up a yarn shop in Ilwaco, WA. She’s an indie dyer, fiber producer herself (angora rabbits), and loves to learn. 2020 led her to be on the admin team of Wool and Fiber Arts, the first online Fiber Festival. She and her partner Danielle are active on social media with Purly Shell and have fostered a vibrant online community for learning and sharing.
Learn more about Heather at www.purlyshellyarn.com. Classes Heahter will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW: |
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Flóra Carlile-Kovác
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The award winner of several wearable art shows, Flóra Carlile-Kovács is a professional felt artist born in Szeged, Hungary, now living and working in Seattle WA. In her work, she incorporates two bodies of knowledge, the nomadic traditions and the urban, modern style of feltmaking. Coming from the European tradition of craftsmanship and quality, she is constantly experimenting with ways to improve not only the visual artistic aspect of her work, but also its physical integrity as a functional object appropriate for everyday use. Flora leads tours to her home country to explore amazing Hungarian traditional feltmaking.
Learn more about Flora’s art at www.florafelts.com and www.felttours.com and www.facebook.com/floranemez. Classes Flóra will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW: |
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Karen Chabinsky
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Karen Chabinsky has been a weaver, spinner and dyer for over 25 years. Spinning has always been to learn as much as possible and gain a greater understanding of the different fibers and she has learned and met the challenge of various types of fibers including Flax, Silk, Wool, Mohair, Exotic Fibers and yarn including Plied, Crepe, Cabled, Art Yarns and many others. Karen has taught many different types of spinning and weaving classes over the years, sharing her knowledge of fiber, and providing insight into fiber and process. Karen is also a Certified Judge through the NorthWest Regional Spinners Association.
Classes Karen will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW: |
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Lauralee DeLuca
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Lauralee DeLuca has been spinning, teaching and felting since the 80’s. After 32 years in rural Alaska, life brought her down to Washington a few years ago where she is reveling in the fiber arts scene. Visit Lauralee at PhoenixxFibers.etsy.com. Classes Lauralee will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW: |
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Lisa EllisLisa Ellis is a freelance knitwear designer, owner of a wholesale pattern line and traveling knitting instructor in the Pacific Northwest. Lisa has two publications with Leisure Arts and is also a contributing designer to more than a dozen other books and magazines. In addition to her designs, she has written numerous articles on “knitting techniques”. Her passion is taking knitters to the next level.
Lisa is a native of Washington state, currently living in Gig Harbor. Learn more about Lisa at LisaEllisDesigns.com. Classes Lisa will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW: |
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Gail Entwistle
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Gail first started needle felting over 9 years ago and from the moment she first handled fleece she was hooked. She has won awards for both her sculptural felting and her wool paintings. Currently she teaches, demonstrates and sells at local galleries, fairs and festivals.
In the years since she started, she has taken a fleece from start to end to understand the process. She has dyed her own fiber with food safe dyes. Through these processes she has learned about different breeds and the nature of their fiber. She learned that the processing of the fiber is not her strength so she has teamed with local Shepherdesses to obtain her processed wool. She continues to read about different breeds and to experiment with many types of fleece. Gail lives in the beautiful Kittitas valley with her husband and 2 cats. Visit Gail’s shop at: https://www.etsy.com/shop/EntwistleStudio Classes Gail will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW: |
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Lolly Golden
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Sewing, knitting and crocheting have been a part of my life since I can remember. Rug Hooking has been a recent part that I’ve grown to love. I became a certified teacher in 2014 from Amy Oxford. I now have begun spinning yarn for use in rug making. Join me to learn this wonderful use of yarn!! Lolly resides in western Washington. Learn more about Lolly at NeedlesintheNest.etsy.com. Classes Lolly will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW: |
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Kay Harradine
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Kay Harradine has been teaching basketry for over 30 years. With degrees in Forestry and Education from the University of Washington, she brings both ethno-botanical knowledge and strong teaching skills to the classroom. She has taught at basketry conferences, and for guilds across the US and in Canada.
Basket weaving blends many of my interests including textiles, handwork, and ethnobotany, never tiring of the variety and always discovering new techniques and skills to practice and master. I appreciate the lore, handed down orally and by patient demonstration. I marvel at the centuries of problem-solving, distilled into such elegant solutions, using such crude and simple materials. When I gather plant fibers in a responsible manner from forest, wetlands, desert and garden it ties me to the land and to the seasons. The preparation of materials is slow, but care taken is rewarded later when weaving begins. |
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The process of weaving is as important as the product, repetitive, soothing, meticulous; consciously building a beautiful fabric for constructive purpose. I am fortunate to have studied with many fine weavers, from the Pacific NW, across the country and beyond. From each I have learned skills, but I am equally interested in their relationship to their work. I am grateful for the knowledge they have shared, and I take pleasure in sharing what I have learned with others.
Classes Kay will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
Classes Kay will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
Michael KelsonMichael is the coordinator for the annual Men’s Fall Knitting Retreat and the Seattle Men Who Knit meet-up. By day he is a software professional, but on weekends he’s usually out and about with his miniSpinner in tow. Michael is a highly sought-after instructor at fiber festivals across the Pacific Northwest and is excited to be returning to his third year teaching at Fiber Fusion NW. Michael resides in Seattle, WA.
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Judith MacKenzie
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Judith MacKenzie is the ultimate textile artist and teacher. She has an in-depth understanding of every aspect of spinning, weaving, knitting, and dyeing. Her teaching career spans the globe from such fascinating places as above the Arctic Circle all the way to Turkey. Judith is the author of Teach Yourself Visually: Handspinning and The Intentional Spinner. She often writes for Ply, Spin-Off, Knits, and Handwoven.
She resides in western Washington. Visit Judith on her website at https://judithmackenzie.com. Classes Judith will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW: |
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Kathy MartinKathy put in her time in the non-fiber related rat race and now fills her days with caretaking her Angora goats and playing with natural fibers. Kathy has wheel spun, dyed, knitted, crocheted, and woven with triangle looms since the beginning of time. Wynham Farms and gotmygoat are recognizable from her workshops, online ventures, and fiber festivals. Kathy, with her daughter and Great Danes, lives outside Sequim, WA. Learn more about Kathy and her farm at gotmygoat.com. Classes Kathy will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW: |
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Sari Peterson
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Sari’s fiber journey began at the age of 4 when she first learned to crochet. Knitting and then sewing followed soon after. As an adult, Sari wanted to complete the circle and learn the beginnings of her textiles. After raising a family, she set off to pursue that interest. Learning to spin felt like coming home and she knew that this was what she had been looking for. As is generally the case, one thing followed another and she eventually learned to weave in order to use the miles of handspun yarn she was accumulating! Next came the antique wheels. An avid collector, Sari loves finding and restoring these grand dames, so they can perform as they once did. Researching the history of her wheels and the craft in general is a great part of the fun. Sitting down at one of her historical treasures and sliding her foot into the worn-in dip of a treadle created by all the spinners who came before her gives her a feeling of connection that she finds in few other places. |
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Along the way, Sari found that spindle spinning, both supported and suspended, was portable, practical, and had an even longer history. Once again, the history grabbed hold of her, leading her to places far away and times long ago. The pride of her spindle collection is a group of supported spindles that date back to pre-Columbian Peru.
As her interests and knowledge grew, she found that sharing that knowledge with others, so that they could also appreciate and enjoy this ancient craft was one of her great passions. Teaching others and witnessing their “Aha!” moments is one of her favorite things.
Sari’s husband, Ron, after looking at the spindles at fiber shows – and all the ones coming into the house! - and went out to his lathe to try his hand at turning a few. The end result was Twists & Turnings. Today, they repair and restore antique wheels while Ron creates a line of stunning, one-of-a-kind spindles and other fiber tools. Sari, in the meantime, continues to twist yarn while sharing and teaching her craft to as many as she can.
Sari resides in Portland, OR.
Visit Sari's website twistsandturnings.com
or FB at facebook.com/TwistsandTurnings
Classes Sari will be teaching at Fiber Fusion:
As her interests and knowledge grew, she found that sharing that knowledge with others, so that they could also appreciate and enjoy this ancient craft was one of her great passions. Teaching others and witnessing their “Aha!” moments is one of her favorite things.
Sari’s husband, Ron, after looking at the spindles at fiber shows – and all the ones coming into the house! - and went out to his lathe to try his hand at turning a few. The end result was Twists & Turnings. Today, they repair and restore antique wheels while Ron creates a line of stunning, one-of-a-kind spindles and other fiber tools. Sari, in the meantime, continues to twist yarn while sharing and teaching her craft to as many as she can.
Sari resides in Portland, OR.
Visit Sari's website twistsandturnings.com
or FB at facebook.com/TwistsandTurnings
Classes Sari will be teaching at Fiber Fusion:
Marilyn Romatka
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My focus is living folk art crafts. I teach a wide variety, from painting techniques to weaving, the common thread being the techniques are all deep-rooted in a culture from around the world. You might say the techniques I teach have all survived the ‘test of time’. I have the best job in the world; I travel to various countries gathering folk art techniques, then return to the US to teach enthusiastic students! Marilyn is an instructor with Taproot Folkarts. Visit taprootfolkarts.com for more information. Classes Marilyn will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW: |
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Sue Smith
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Fiber has been part of Sue’s life since she first started delving into dyeing and knitting as a teenager in rural Yorkshire, England. Her fiber obsession exploded, however, when she started her Heritage Sheep Breed flock 15 years ago. She is a keen member of the Livestock Conservancy Save ‘Em to Save ‘Em program and is constantly working on her skills in fiber preparation, spinning and knitting, to bring out the best in the fleece of her “at risk” sheep breeds. A deep dive into Traditional Fair Isle knitting and the more modern Stranded Color Work was a natural choice for the exploration of her Icelandic and Shetland yarns and her love of color and dyeing.
She spends her days at Blackberry Hill Farm, in the Cascades, caring for her fiber flock (with the help of her amazing livestock guardian dogs, Merlin and Tristan, and farm dogs, Finn and Daisy May), carding, spinning, dyeing and knitting one-of-a-kind creations. She loves sharing her craft through teaching at fiber festivals and events. Contact Sue and keep up with her flock and her fiber projects on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/blackberryheritagefibers/ Classes Sue will be teaching at Fiber Fusion: |
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