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Opened Spot - Coiled Pine Needle Basket with Beads
$87.00
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Coiled Pine Needle Basket with Beads
Instructor: Gay Chapman and Trisha Speer
Day: Saturday all day
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Hours Required: 6 hours with 2 hr lunch break
Maximum Students: 12
Total Class Fee (Includes $30 material fee): $87
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: Starting with long leaf pine needles that have been soaked in glycerin we will make a small pine needle basket. Using a needle and waxed linen thread, we will coil around a round disc with a V stitch and decorate with beads. This is a small basket which will fit in the palm of your hand.
Student’s Required Skills: No experience necessary, but students must be able to thread a needle.
Student Should Bring to Class: Everything is provided.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Waxed thread, needles, beads, pine needles soaked in glycerin to coil, and directions.
CANCELED - Beginning Loom Weaving - CANCELED
$183.00
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Instructor: Liz Moncrief
Required Skills: None, beginners welcome
Description:
Students will have adequate time in this two-day class to weave a lovely, designer scarf and to learn finishing techniques including embellishments that they can apply afterwards.
This is the same class that I offer through Skagit Valley College. I supply a 4-shaft Table Loom to each student to use through the two days. The loom will come ‘dressed’ with a warp (the lengthwise threads) ready to begin weaving. This class will allow the student to learn about the basics of hand weaving, an introduction to yarns and their characteristics, the use of tools and accessories, and resources available to pursue their interest beyond the classroom.
Because weaving looms can be expensive (ranging from $300 - $5000 on average), those interested in weaving are rarely able to investigate the possibilities on their own. This course provides students a hands-on opportunity with no equipment investment, and the resources to continue if they care to.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class:
Come prepared to do a lot of standing and wear comfortable shoes. You might want to bring a stool which would allow you to sit higher than a typical chair. You might also bring a camera to record your progress.
Supplies Provided by Instructor:
Fully dressed 4-shaft table loom for each student, designer yarns already warped and ready to weave, shuttles, books, manuals, introduction to pattern drafting and designing, computer design tools to explore the craft.
Day: Saturday AND Sunday All Day
Time: 9:00 to 4:00 with 1-hour lunch
Cost:
$183 (includes $8 materials fee)
Saturday, June 4th - All day Class
Breed Study: Jacob
$79.00
Breed Study: Jacob
Instructor: Kimberly Beatty
Day: Friday
Time: 1:30 to 4:30 pm
Hours Required: 3 hours
Maximum Students: 10
Total Class Fee (Includes $15 material fee): $79
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: Jacob sheep produce a wonderful fleece for spinning. It’s a medium wool that scours and spins easily. We will briefly talk about the history of Jacob sheep before exploring the fleece. Working from clean fleece and prepared samples, we will spin directly from fleece, worsted, and woolen preparations.
Students will receive a breed study folder to hold their samples and notes on spinning this wonderful breed.
Required Skills: Students should be able to spin a continuous thread on their wheel.
Students Should Bring to Class: A spinning wheel or spindle that the student is comfortable with along with anything they need to create plied samples (3 bobbins, lazy kate, and a niddy noddy are recommended).
Optional: Students are welcome to bring hand cards, wool combs, or flick carders. There will be a limited number of tools available in the class for students who want to explore their use.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Wool and breed study folder will be provided.
Opened Spot - Natural Dyes – Onion Skins
$62.00
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Natural Dyes – Onion Skins
Instructor: Madeline Keller-King
Day: Sunday
Time: 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Hours Required: 3 hours
Maximum Students: 10
Total Class Fee (Includes $5 material fee): $62
Location: The Cabin (check in at the 4-H Building)
Class Description: Yes, onion skins. This humble kitchen scrap is also one powerhouse of a dye source, and the perfect place to start exploring natural dyes! In this class we will be introduced to the basics of natural dyeing, and using one dye to achieve a range of colors on cotton, wool, and silk. While the dye pots are simmering, we’ll have time for questions and exploration on the “whys” of how this works, giving students an understanding of the dye process and a jumping off point for future dye experiments.
Required Skills: None.
Student Should Bring to Class: Gloves and an apron or long sleeve shirt.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Yarn, onion skins, dye, and dye pots. Also, sample cards for students to keep track of their work.
Cedar – From Bark to Basket - Saturday
$140.00
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Instructor: Kay Harradine
Required Skills: No experience required.
Description:
Enjoy the fragrant and tactile experience of working with the inner bark of western red cedar to create a vessel. Start with a slab of cured bark and learn how to process it for weaving. Make a small basket with your cedar and other prepared NW plant fibers.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class:
Sharp scissors, towel.
Supplies Provided by Instructor:
Instructor will provide soaked cedar bark, raffia, sweetgrass and beargrass, needles and other tools, plus written instructions.
Day: Saturday all day
Time: 9:00 to 4:00 with 1-hour lunch
Cost:
$140 (includes $45 materials fee)
Saturday, June 4th - Morning Classes
Dyeing with Lichens
$85.00
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Instructor: Judith MacKenzie
Required Skills: None
Description:
Lichens are one of the most ancient life forms on our planet. Abundant in the Pacific Northwest, they have been used as a food, as medicine, as fiber and as a dye source for over ten thousand years. Come learn about this wonderful life form, learn to identify them, responsibly collect them and use them as dyes. In this class, we’ll learn how to do a hot water bath, an archil bath and how to use them in conjunction with other nature dyes to produce a wide range of colors. You’ll dye enough yarn to make a pair of warm and colorful hand warmers to keep your fingers warm and toasty as you walk through the woods with a new appreciation of these wonderful plants. Bring your knitting for the moments while the pots are cooking.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: Apron, old towel, plastic bag for wet yarn.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Lichens and yarn to dye.
Day: Saturday
Time: 9:00 am to 12:00
Cost:
$85 (includes $20 materials fee)
Flax Spinning
$95.00
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Description:
This class will show you how to spin wet spun line flax using a distaff. You will learn how to prepare the flax strick, prepare it for tying onto the distaff (if you don’t have a distaff you can bring a large towel to wrap it in but a distaff is more fun), and then learning to use water in your spinning and how to spin flax.
Required Skills:
Able to spin a skein of yarn, knowledgeable about your wheel with tension and ratio (flax is spun about the same as woolen yarn as it is very long).
Instructor:
Karen Chabinsky
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class:
Spinning wheel in good working order, one card/any size (dog cards will also work), distaff (see notes below), normal spinning accoutrements such as spare parts, scissors, string, towel for your lap, 2 ½ yards of your favorite color of ribbon so you can tie the strick onto the distaff, note paper/pen or pencil.
- DISTAFF: There are different types of distaff’s you can make if there is not one with your wheel. I like the coat trees that are taller and sit just behind your shoulder. This gives you more space to bring the fiber out and down to your wheel. Options include ordering a coat tree that comes in pieces and have the posts that screw in for hanging jackets on, which makes it easy to hang the strick from and more portable – I have purchased some from places like Amazon. You can also make a pole on a stand (broom?) or use a dowel (large diameter, about a yard and a half long) and putting it under your arm or through a belt on your waist. Anything that will be a pole which can be stood up by itself, which is taller than your head when sitting down. If that is not possible just bring a big towel and we will wrap the strick in that.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: TBA
Half a strick, water, water bowl and sponge, and handout.
Day: Saturday
Time: 10:00am -1:00pm
Cost:
$95 (includes $10 materials fee)
Marketing Your Fiber Arts Online-The New Frontier
$45.00
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Instructor: Heather Campbell
Required Skills: Basic computer and phone skills
Description:
As 2020 showed us, the online market is becoming increasingly important. But many farms and fiber producers get lost in the world of social media. What’s TikTok? What’s a reel? How do you handle negative press? Learn how a website can make or break your online presence, how to use Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook to connect with your customers where they live and how to make the most out of this rapidly growing area. Learn what to show, what to avoid, and how perception equals reality.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: An eagerness to learn!
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Class Notes
Day: Saturday
Time: 9:30 am to 12:30
Cost:
$45
Long Wool Sheep, Angora Goat, or Highland Cow (Needle Felted)
$86.00
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Long Wool Sheep, Angora Goat, or Highland Cow (Needle Felted)
Instructor: Anna Anderson
Day: Saturday
Time: 9:00 am – Noon
Hours Required: 3 hours
Maximum Students: 20
Total Class Fee: $86 (no materials fee)
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: Students will learn the basics of needle felting and complete an adorable fluffy sheep, Angora goat, or Highland cow in class. Finished project will be about 5x6 inches and is freestanding. Students will also take home a reusable foam pad, felting needles and finger guards.
Required Skills: none.
Students Should Bring to Class: Enthusiasm for learning fiber art.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: All materials to complete one project, a foam mat, felting needles, finger guards, wool and long wool locks.
SpinPossible: Drafting Techniques
$80.00
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Instructor: Michael Kelson
Required Skills:
Students should have a good working relationship with their wheel and be able to spin a stable, consistent single. (Note: This is NOT a beginning class.)
Description:
Break out of spinning your default yarn! As we learn to spin, we often fall into spinning our “default” yarn over and over. This class will help spinners build new skills by exploring different drafting techniques (e.g. worsted, semi-woolen, from the fold, longdraw) and will discuss how spinners might evaluate the best combinations of fiber and draft to get the perfect yarn for their project. We will discuss techniques for improving consistency and evaluating twist for singles and ply.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: Wheel in good working order. Extra bobbins. Lazy Kate.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: All fiber and samples will be provided.
Day: Saturday
Time: 9:30 am to 12:30
Cost:
$80 (includes $15 materials fee)
Beginning Embroidery
$116.00
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Beginning Embroidery
Instructor: Rosanne Anderson
Day: Friday
Time: 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Hours Required: 3 hours
Maximum Students: 7
Total Class Fee (Includes $30 material fee): $116
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: Embellishing our wardrobe is becoming a real trend in our fashion world. From huge flowers to other creative designs, it seems the sky's the limit to adding a motif to our knitted, woven, or crocheted items. This class will cover approximately 10 basic embroidery stitches that you can use on garments or even on the basic embroidery material to keep in the hoop as a wall decoration. These stitches
will get you on the road to what seems like zillions of old and new stitches alike. All so beautiful, and with practice – so doable! We will be using a stiffer fabric in our hoops to get grounded in the basic stitches, making it easier to learn, handle, and practice with before venturing forward. Come and see what embroidery can do for you! I'll also prepare a handout of great conferences/events/ useful contacts, and any other
information that will make your embroidery journey amazingly fun. So come and join us!!
Required Skills: None – just the ability to follow step-by-step instructions & a bit of patience in the beginning.
Students Should Bring to Class: Pen/pencil, paper, scissors.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Students will receive abundant instruction materials as well as a selection of yarns, threads, needles, base material, a hoop, and other handouts.
Dye Your Own Rainbow Fiber
$133.00
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Dye Your Own Rainbow Fiber
Instructor: Sarah Kain
Day: Saturday
Time: 9:30 am – 1:30 pm
Hours Required: 4 hours
Maximum Students: 12
Total Class Fee (Includes $40 material fee): $133
Location: The Cabin (check in at the 4-H Building)
Class Description: Enter the world of color with dyeing your own fiber in a rainbow of colors. Join Sarah Kain of Teton Yarn Company in exploring the world of color. Learn about gradient, random, and hand painted dye methods from start to finish. Students will be provided 4 50 gram samples of spinning fiber to dye in class.
Required Skills: Come ready to learn a new skill or advance your dyeing skills.
Students Should Bring to Class: Students should wear old clothes, apron and comfortable shoes with good soles. If you have nitrile allergies, please bring your own waterproof gloves such as dishwashing gloves.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Wool based spinning fibers, Acid Dyes, Dye bottles, Reclosable bag, Plastic Wrap, Steamer Tables, Labeling materials, and Handouts.
Beginning Crochet with Teresa
$87.00
Beginning Crochet with Teresa
Instructor: Teresa Waldo
Day: Saturday
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Hours Required: 3 hours
Maximum Students: 20
Total Class Fee (Includes $8 material fee): $87
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: So you want to learn to crochet? Well, this class will have you HOOKED! You will learn how to do a beginning chain, all the basic crochet stitches (slip stitch, single crochet, double crochet, half double crochet, and treble crochet), how to turn your work for working in rows, and changing colors. As we learn we
will be creating a cotton dishcloth. You can go home with the skills to make many more cloths, scarves, and rectangular shawls. Learn to read patterns and you’ll be well on your way to conquer any crochet project that comes your way!
Required Skills: None.
Students Should Bring to Class: Please bring approximately 200 yards of worsted weight cotton yarn, size H crochet hook, scissors, several crochet stitch markers, and large eyed yarn needle.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Detailed instructional handouts.
Great Yarn Comes from Great Preparation!
$107.00
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Great Yarn Comes from Great Preparation!
Learn to use fiber preparation tools to get the best results
Instructor: Wendy Clark
Day: Saturday
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Hours Required: 4 hours
Maximum Students: 8
Total Class Fee: $107 (no materials fee)
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: One of the keys for successful spinning is good fiber preparation. There are many fiber types, lengths, and crimp structures. What do you do with longer fibers? How do you prepare short fibers? How about blending fibers like wool and alpaca or adding silk? What is the preparation if I wanted to blend a shorter fiber with a longer one? What is the best preparation for worsted vs woolen spinning? Or perhaps you purchased a braid of fiber years ago, but the color does not excite you anymore, how can you change it? These are the questions we will explore while learning best practices with drum carders, hand carders, flick carders, combs, and blending boards. Whether you are preparing your fibers after washing your own fleece or want to change the structure of a braid for spinning, this class will help you look at fibers in a new way and the best tools to create that yarn you are looking for!
Required Skills: Some basic spinning experience helpful.
Students Should Bring to Class: Ready to learn, practice and improve your skills.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: 6 sets of hand carders, 4 comb sets, 2 Ashford blending boards, and one Ashford manual/one Big Tom electric drum carder.
Bavarian Twisted Knitting
$50.00
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Bavarian Twisted Knitting
Instructor: Lisa Ellis
Day: Saturday
Time: 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Hours Required: 3 hours
Maximum Students: 10
Total Class Fee: $50 (no materials fee)
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: Bavarian knitting, originating from the Bavarian Alps region of Europe comprises traveling cables against twisted stitches. The twisted stitches create clean and well-defined stitches while the traveling cables have a nice design element and are usually 2 stitch cables that don't use cable needles at all. The
pattern appearance and charts seem complicated, yet once you understand the chart symbols, it becomes easy to follow and addicting! It’s a classic design and looks great on men, women and children. We'll practice in class with a 2-color cast on, reading a Bavarian chart, working cables without a cable needle along with 4 basic Bavarian cable stitches.
Experience level: Beginner Intermediate and above. Must be able to work in the round.
Student Should Bring to Class: No homework, 100 yds Bulky weight yarn in a light color, US size 10 ½ or 11, 16-inch circular needles, St markers.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Hat, cowl pattern and class syllabus.
Coiled Pine Needle Basket with Beads
$87.00
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Coiled Pine Needle Basket with Beads
Instructor: Gay Chapman and Trisha Speer
Day: Saturday all day
Time: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Hours Required: 6 hours with 2 hr lunch break
Maximum Students: 12
Total Class Fee (Includes $30 material fee): $87
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: Starting with long leaf pine needles that have been soaked in glycerin we will make a small pine needle basket. Using a needle and waxed linen thread, we will coil around a round disc with a V stitch and decorate with beads. This is a small basket which will fit in the palm of your hand.
Student’s Required Skills: No experience necessary, but students must be able to thread a needle.
Student Should Bring to Class: Everything is provided.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Waxed thread, needles, beads, pine needles soaked in glycerin to coil, and directions.
Opened Spot - The Magic of Spinning with a Wooden Spindle
$82.00
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The Magic of Spinning with a Wooden Spindle
Instructor: Karen Chabinsky & Barbara Seeler
Day: Saturday
Time: 3:00 – 5:00 pm
Hours Required: 2 hours
Maximum Students: 15
Total Class Fee (Includes $25 material fee): $82
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: Have you wanted to learn how to spin but find buying a wheel too expensive? The spindle is a very affordable option and this class will teach you the in’s and out’s of spinning on a spindle. Plus, you get to take the fiber and spindle home! There is something magical about spinning your own yarn and turning it into a knitted shawl, a crocheted hat, or other handcrafted item. Using a well-balanced wood spindle, we will talk about fiber choices, show you how to prepare fiber to spin, and how to start spinning. You will learn the differences between fibers such as wool, alpaca, and cotton, best practices, and differences of spinning clockwise or counterclockwise. We will briefly discuss plying, how to finish up your yarn by washing it, along with options such as dyeing. Come and join the fun of spinning. There will be vendors available in the Vendor Marketplace that have additional fiber you can purchase in a variety of fiber types and colors.
Required Skills: No experience needed.
Students Should Bring to Class: Excitement and enthusiasm!
Supplies Provided by Instructor: A wooden spindle and 2 oz. of fiber to spin for you to keep.
Saturday, June 4th - Afternoon Classes
After You Bring that Precious Fleece Home...
$75.00
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Instructor: Judith MacKenzie
Required Skills: None
Description:
So, there you are. You bid on that exquisite fleece and won! Now what? No matter how that fleece got in the trunk of your car, it can’t stay there. In this class we’ll look at what to do when you bring it home. We’ll look at a variety of ways of storing it safely and tidily. You will learn how to skirt and sort and wash a fleece so it is ready for you when you are ready to spin. Along the way, we’ll look at how fleeces differ and what each type does best. You may bring one of your own fleeces for examination as well.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: Note-taking supplies. Bring your own fleece as well if you like but please limit to just one.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Sample fleeces for examination and sharing.
Day: Saturday
Time: 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Cost:
$75 (includes $10 materials fee)
Artsy Nuno Felted Scarf
$85.00
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Instructor: Lauralee DeLuca
Required Skills:
Wet felting experience helpful, but not necessary. Must be able to stand for a while and physically be able to roll the scarves many times.
Description:
We will create a beautiful Nuno Felted Scarf using a blend of fibers on a silk scarf. Then we add from a selection of artsy additions such as silk, bamboo, flax, pre-felts, sparkly fibers, yarns plus locks from sheep and Angora goats. Each scarf will be a totally unique piece reflecting the individual’s choices. We will be wet felting using bubble wrap and pool noodles. Students often wear their scarves out of class!
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: A small tea towel and a full size towel. Wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Silk scarf, fibers, wet felting equipment.
Day: Saturday
Time: 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Cost:
$85 (includes $20 materials fee)
Braiding with Backbone-Kumihimo with Wire
$85.00
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Instructor: Marilyn Romatka
Required Skills: None - Beginners welcome!
Description:
What a twist! Kumihimo is an ancient Japanese braiding technique, normally used with silk strands. But in this class, we use the wooden Marudai braiding stand to coax out this open-work helix – as if by magic – into a 3-D necklace. No previous braiding experience necessary. Students will most likely finish their project in class.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: Wire snips (or come with a friend who has these.)
Supplies Provided by Instructor: All other materials provided by instructor, including the closure findings.
Day: Saturday
Time: 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Cost:
$95 (includes $20 materials fee)
Mitered by Design
$40.00
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Instructor: Lisa Ellis
Experience Level:
All knitting levels welcome. Must be able to long tail cast on, knit and purl and have completed a simple project.
Description:
Mitered knitting is a simple combination of double decreases, picking up stitches, casting on stitches and choosing your direction. What you do with this mindless yet creative knitting is limitless! This is an ideal class for those wishing to master the basics. Students will dive into creating a one-of-a-kind throw blanket, pillow, scarf or table runner. Grab your partial skeins of stash yarn and we’ll have a ball simply knitting.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: No Homework. Worsted weight (must keep with same yarn weight for this project) – at least 6 partial skeins, variegated and solids (thick and thin or boucle not recommended for this technique) US size 6-8 (worsted), straight, circular or DPN’s – based on the chosen yarn, St Markers, Scissors, and a Tapestry needle.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Class Syllabus, class sample project
Day: Saturday
Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Cost:
$40 (no materials fee)
Plying for Texture on a Wheel
$95.00
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Instructor: Sari Peterson
Required Skills: Must be able to spin a continuous thread.
Description:
Are you longing to spin something more than singles and 2-ply yarn? Join us for this class that will take your finished yarns to the next level! Over the course we will explore Plying with Thread, Plying for Spirals & Beehives, and Inclusions. Jump in and explore a world beyond the basics of your grandmother’s yarn!
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class:
A working wheel with at least 3 bobbins. Please Note: One of these wheels should already have a single ply yarn on it.
Supplies Provided by Instructor:
All materials will be provided, but feel free to bring
anything you want to play with – beads, feathers, thread – whatever you enjoy.
Day: Saturday
Time: 1:30 pm to 5:30 pm
Cost:
$95 (includes $20 materials fee)
Note: This class requires proof of vaccination for entry.
SpinPossible: Fiber Exploration
$80.00
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Instructor: Michael Kelson
Required Skills:
Students should have a good working relationship with their wheel and be able to spin a stable, consistent single. (Note: This is NOT a beginning class.)
Description:
How can we, as spinners, start with our end project in mind and choose the fiber that best suits our needs? How does staple length, fiber content, worsted or woolen preparation, and the intended usage of the yarn influence how we might choose to spin it? How much singles twist does that fiber need? What ply structures would be most appropriate? How should the yarn be finished? This class will help spinners take the next steps on their spinning journeys by exploring a sampling-based approach to fibers and fiber blends and discussing criteria for evaluating their yarn at each step along the way.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: Wheel in good working order. Extra bobbins. Lazy Kate.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: All fiber and samples will be provided
Day: Saturday
Time: 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Cost:
$80 (includes $15 materials fee)
Sunday, June 5th - All Day Classes
Card Weaving-Threaded-In Design
$120.00
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Instructor: Marilyn Romatka
Required Skills: None - Beginners welcome!
Description:
Weave with only threads and a deck of CARDS for a loom? Yes! This ingenious technique, though ancient, produces beautifully patterned bands which provide a contemporary adornment to belts, clothing, and jewelry. No previous weaving experience required and all materials are provided. Students go home with their cards for continued weaving. This is a technique-class, not a project-class per se, but students will go home with bookmarks — as well as the new skill! Once you start down the Tablet Weaving Yellow Brick Road, there is no end to the delight and challenge this technique can offer you if you choose to follow it!
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: Sharp sewing snips, 2X large plastic pop bottle filled with water.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: All other materials provided by instructor
Day: Sunday
Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm with 1-hour lunch
Cost:
$100 (includes $20 materials fee)
Cedar – From Bark to Basket - Sunday
$140.00
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Instructor: Kay Harradine
Required Skills: No experience required.
Description:
Enjoy the fragrant and tactile experience of working with the inner bark of western red cedar to create a vessel. Start with a slab of cured bark and learn how to process it for weaving. Make a small basket with your cedar and other prepared NW plant fibers.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class:
Sharp scissors, towel.
Supplies Provided by Instructor:
Instructor will provide soaked cedar bark, raffia, sweetgrass and beargrass, needles and other tools, plus written instructions.
Day: Sunday all day
Time: 9:00 to 4:00 with 1-hour lunch
Cost:
$140 (includes $45 materials fee)
Felted Jewelry with Embedded Beads
$105.00
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Instructor: Flora Carlile-Kovacs
Required Skills: Basic understanding of feltmaking required.
Description:
In this class, I will guide you to create various shapes of beddings for glass/stone/metal/ceramic beads. You will learn how to connect the segments seamlessly, make the cord for the necklace and a number of options for felted closures. We’ll discuss after-felting embellishment possibilities, such as bead-work or embroidery that can be added to the piece at home.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class:
● Notebook, pen/pencil for notes
● 2 hand towels
● Glass/stone/metal/ceramic beads size 1” to 1.5” with holes of approx. 2 mm.
● 2’x2’ rubber rug mat (small holes)
● 2’x2’ cotton sheet (old cloth)
● Sprinkler (spray bottle) if you have one, to wet the felt
● 1 olive oil/coconut/goat milk soap bar in a container
● 1 quart bowl for water
● Sharp and pointy scissors
● (Waterproof) apron if needed
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Prefelt, wool, and soap.
Day: Sunday
Time: 9:00am to 4:00pm with 1-hour lunch
Cost:
$105 (includes $10 materials fee)
Amigurumi Antics
$94.00
Amigurumi Antics
Instructor: Teresa Waldo
Day: Saturday
Time: 1:30 – 4:30 pm
Hours Required: 3 hours
Maximum Students: 20
Total Class Fee (Includes $15 material fee): $94
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: Join the Amigurumi Antics! Amigurumi is the extremely popular art of crocheting or knitting small, stuffed yarn creatures and things. The term comes from two Japanese words “ami” meaning crocheted or knitted, and “nuigurumi” which means stuffed doll. Antics was added to the title of this class because it is so fun to crochet cute little 3D creatures that come alive right before your eyes. In this class we
will be creating a little sheep while we learn, discuss, and practice the following skills/techniques of crocheting Amigurumi: basic stitches and tension, getting started options including magic ring, crocheting in the round and in spirals, increasing and decreasing stitches, adding new yarn/color, and finishing techniques. Once you
have crocheted this little guy you will be prepared to join the millions of other crocheters that have fallen down the Amigurumi rabbit hole!
Required Skills: Can single crochet.
Student Should Bring to Class: Please bring approximately 100 yards of yarn for the main body (sheep color), 50 yards for the face (contrasting sheep color), and 25 yards of black for the feet, size G & H crochet hooks, scissors, several crochet stitch markers, and large eyed yarn needle.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Handouts, pattern, eyes, embroidery floss, and stuffing material.
Sunday, June 5th - Morning Classes
Beginning Punch Needle Rug Hooking
$115.00
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Instructor: Lolly Golden
Required Skills: None.
Description:
This class will explain with hands on, how to make rugs with an Oxford Punch Needle and beautiful hand dyed yarn. In the class, the student will learn the different stitches used, types of yarn, and frames to use! Each person will be given enough yarn to finish their project at home. We will also cover some color theory in choosing yarn color: I will be giving lots of tips and tricks for using many types of yarn and using accent yarns from your own stashes. Color is my favorite thing!
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: Snipping Scissors preferably slightly bent.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Backing cloth, frame for punching, #10 Oxford needle, and all the Yarn to finish the project. I also will provide a pattern and information for finishing your project.
Day: Sunday
Time: 9:00am to 12:00
Cost:
$115 (includes $50 materials fee)
Fair Isle & Stranded Colorwork (Techniques for starting and improving your colorwork projects)
$50.00
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Instructor: Sue Smith
Required Skills:
Advanced beginning knitter (must have knit/purl, 2 tail cast-on, cast-off, familiarity with following basic knitting patterns) to intermediate colorwork knitter.
Description:
Have you looked longingly at those incredibly intricate traditional Fair Isle patterns and felt too intimidated even to start? Or maybe you’ve tried some stranded color work and struggled with handling more than one yarn, ended up with the tension all wrong or ugly, “finger-nail catching” loops on the back? This class will take you through the skills you’ll need to tackle Fair Isle and Stranded Colorwork with confidence. You’ll learn about choices for needles (DPNs, Magic Loop and Mini Circulars); options for handling 2 yarns; maintaining the correct tension; reading color charts; catching floats; choosing the right type of yarn; basics of color choices and swatching; plus other tips and tricks for improving the quality of your colorwork projects!
Students Should be to Class:
At least 3 colors of yarn (about 30-50 yards of each) with suitably sized 16” circular, plus same size of 4 DPNs (e.g. fingering weight yarns, with size 2.75 – 3.0 mm, US 2 needles; DK/Light Worsted weight yarns, with 4 mm US 6 needles); a crochet hook; stitch markers; scissors; tapestry needle; 9” circular needles, if you have them, but not essential.
Supplies Provided by Instructor:
Class syllabus (with links for technique and pattern resources), chart for class project.
Materials Fee:
None, but yarn and yarn guides will be available for purchase.
Day: Sunday
Time: 9:30 am to 12:30
Cost:
$50 (includes $0 materials fee)
Fleece in Your Hands: Shetland and Icelandic
$75.00
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Instructor: Judith MacKenzie
Required Skills: None.
Description:
In this class, we’ll look at these wonderful sheep breeds that come from the northern areas of the world. We’ll have a look at how their fleeces are similar and how they are different. We’ll learn how each fleece developed in response to both climate and human needs. See the changes that have occurred as these breeds were brought to the New World. Discover how to choose, sort and prepare each type of fleece for spinning. Learn a variety of spinning methods suitable for the different fleeces. We’ll spin a variety of yarns that will make beautiful cloth, either knit or woven.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: Spinning wheel or spindle.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Fleece samples for sharing.
Day: Sunday
Time: 9:00am to 12:00
Cost:
$75 (includes $10 materials fee)
Sampling Pacific NW Wools
$85.00
Sampling Pacific NW Wools
Instructor: Lauralee DeLuca
Day: Saturday
Time: 2:00 - 6:00 pm
Hours Required: 4 hours
Maximum Students: 12
Total Class Fee (Includes $25 material fee): $85
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: The variety of sheep found in the Pacific Northwest is amazing! How many have you spun? Here is a chance to spin breeds as diverse as Gotland, Shetland, Romeldale, Icelandic and more; all locally raised. Do you know them all? Come and join us for a chance to learn about some of the wonderful and diverse breeds lurking in our area.
Student’s Required Skills: Confident beginner to advanced spinner.
Students Should Bring to Class: Bring a spinner that they are comfortable with, in good working order.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Generous fiber samples and info sheets on each breed.
Keep Your Sheep & Angora Goats Healthy: Nutrition, Fecals, FAMACHA, & more!
$43.00
Keep Your Sheep & Angora Goats Healthy:
Nutrition, Fecals, FAMACHA, & more!
Instructor: Al Schwider
Day: Sunday
Time: 10:00 - noon
Hours Required: 2 hours
Maximum Students: 20
Total Class Fee: $43 (no materials fee)
Location: Pavilion (Live Animal Area), meet in the alcove next to the bathrooms
- Check in at the 4-H Building prior to class
Class Description: Ever wonder how the experienced farmer keeps his flocks healthy? This class will cover several aspects of sheep and angora goat health and nutritional needs including: Water, Feeds, Minerals, The ruminant stomach and how it functions, Pasture evaluation and growth, Stocking rates, Feeder design, condition scoring, FAMACHA, Fecal testing at home, and more!
Student’s Required Skills: Open to all.
Student Should Bring to Class: Notebook, pen, and questions…and maybe a stool sample.
Spinning 102, Part 2 of Improving Your Spinning Skills
$81.00
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Spinning 102 - Part 2 of Improving your Spinning Skills
Instructors: Karen Chabinsky & Barbara Seeler
Day: Saturday
Time: 12:30 – 2:30 pm
Hours Required: 2 hours
Maximum Students: 10
Total Class Fee (Includes $10 material fee): $81
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: Solving the problems of lumpy, bumpy yarns, yarns that are never evenly spun, plying solutions and general issues you have at this stage are the goals of this class. We will do a review at the start of class to focus on areas of individual concern. We will also cover how to create an evenly spun yarn, understand the twist process, how to determine your wheel ratio, and breaking down the various spinning
methods like long draw, modified long draw, etc., and cover “hard to spin” fibers with sampling during class.
Required Skills: You do not have to have taken Spinning 101, Part 1. You should be able to spin on your wheel. Does not have to be perfect yarn. You should have an understanding of how your wheel works.
Students Should Bring to Class: Bring spinning wheel in working condition, several extra bobbins, extra drive band, oil, scissors, paper and pencil, and normal spinning accoutrements. Bring some sample yarns you have spun. If you have some fiber you have questions on or want to learn how to spin, bring it.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Fiber to sample during class.
CANCELLED - Mushroom Vignette Felting
$134.00
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Mushroom Vignette (Needle Felted)
Instructor: Gail Entwistle
Day: Saturday
Time: 1:30 – 5:30 pm
Hours Required: 4 hours
Maximum Students: 10
Total Class Fee (Includes $27 material fee): $134
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: Needle felt 3 mushrooms which we will attach it to a round wooden base. Curls will be provided to decorate the base.
Required Skills: Should know basic needle felting skills.
Student Should Bring to Class: Bring any woodland objects they would like to add.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: $27 material fee includes wood round, wool, a starter kit with needles, needle holder, finger cots, awl and felting pad and other incidentals.
Mohair Lock Spinning Joy
$85.00
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Instructor: Kathy Martin
Required Skills: Advanced beginner spinning level or comfortable spinning fairly even yarns with few breakages.
Description:
Want to spin lustrous, soft, curly mohair locks? My goal will be to share with you the joy of letting the locks guide your spinning rather than forcing them to submit to your will. I will also cover the technique of corespinning attaching the mohair locks over a core, with plying threads, to make a strong yarn. The class will be fun and as free of stress as possible.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: Working spinning wheel with LARGE orifice, extra bobbins, lazy kate, and hand towel.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: 6 oz kid mohair, 2 oz young adult mohair, core yarn, and plying threads.
Day: Sunday
Time: 9:00am to 12:00
Cost:
$85 (includes $25 materials fee)
Note: This class requires proof of vaccination for entry.
Twined Knitting - Tvaandsstickning (2-end knitting) - Sunday
$60.00
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Instructor: Lisa Ellis
Required Skills:
This class is a beginner intermediate class. Must be able to work in the round using double pointed needles and have completed a simple hat project.
Description:
Twined knitting or 2-end knitting is a traditional Scandinavian technique dating back to the 17th century in Sweden. Twined knitting uses both ends of the same ball of yarn, alternating between the two strands. This twist creates an additional layer of thickness, making it wind resistant, very durable and firm yet surprisingly elastic with an equally beautiful wrong side. A traditional 3-strand cast on is taught along with the numerous versions of crook, chain, braids, ropes and deep knitting/purling in 1 or 2 colors and using up to 3 strands. Twined knitting gives great texture with a classic style. Class project: a wristlet. (No Homework prior to class.)
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: US size 3 double pointed needles, 1 -US size 3 straight needle, and Knitting supplies (st markers, scissors etc.)
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Imported Swedish Z-plied wool yarn in 2 colors, class syllabus and 3 Twined hat patterns.
Day: Sunday
Time: 9:30 am to 11:30
Cost:
$60 (includes $20 materials fee)
Sunday, June 5th - Afternoon Classes
gNomees - Gnomes Styled for all Seasons
$75.00
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Instructor: Gail Entwistle
Required Skills: Basic needle felting.
Description:
The class will provide the students with a completed gNomee to take home. Students will learn to make basic shapes that when combined will be the gnome. The students will learn how to attach long curls for the beard and hair. Other decorations, such as flowers, feathers or felted pieces will be of the student’s choice.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: Band-Aid.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Starter kit to take home which will include the following: Felting pad, 3 needles, needle holder, awl, finger cot, needle case, a dowel, core wool, and dyed roving for use in the class.
Day: Sunday
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Cost:
$75 (includes $20 materials fee)
Intarsia in the Round
$40.00
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Instructor: Lisa Ellis
Required Skills:
Advanced Beginner - Must have previously completed at least one hat project
Description:
Intarsia by definition is “Picture knitting” in the flat. Intarsia was associated with Argyle socks which were knit in the flat and then seamed. Today, Intarsia can be worked in the round using some ingenious tricks. Class covers the pro’s and con’s to Intarsia and the various options utilized in Intarsia in the round.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class:
2 skeins of worsted weight yarn (each a different color), US size 6 in 16-inch circular needles and DPN’s, a crochet hook, open stitch markers, scissors, and tapestry needle.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Class syllabus, class sample project.
Day: Sunday
Time: 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Cost:
$40 (No materials fee)
CANCELLED - Momma and Baby Snails (Needle Felted)
$125.00
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Momma and Baby Snails (Needle Felted)
Instructor: Gail Entwistle
Day: Sunday
Time: 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Hours Required: 4 hours
Maximum Students: 10
Total Class Fee (Includes $25 material fee): $125
Location: 4-H Building
Class Description: We will needle felt 2 snails and a small display pad. Curls will be provided to decorate the small pad.
Required Skills: Should know basic needle felting skills.
Student Should Bring to Class: Bring with you a love of creating.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: It includes wool, along with a starter kit of mat, 2 finger cots, awl, 7 needles, needle holder and other incidentals.
Loops and Feathery Fiber: The Art Side of Lovely Long Wools
$75.00
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Instructor: Judith MacKenzie
Required Skills:
Basic familiarity with your wheel & the ability to spin a continuous yarn.
Description:
Silky, shiny and bright! Luster long wools are beautifully tempting but often, when spun, we lose the beautiful textures and curls that attracted us to them. In this class, we’ll learn a few different ways to maintain the distinctive character of these fleeces and how to make light and lovely yarns for knitting and weaving.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: Spinning wheel in good working order.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Long wool fiber for spinning.
Day: Sunday
Time: 1:30pm to 4:30pm
Cost:
$75 (includes $10 materials fee)
Spinning on a Wheel – Beginner’s Next Steps
$90.00
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Instructor: Sari Peterson
Required Skills: Basic familiarity with your wheel and how to run it.
Description:
Did you take a spinning wheel workshop only to find that you needed more help once you got home? Have you been trying to learn how to spin on your wheel via YouTube and wishing there was someone you could ask questions of in person? Here is your chance! In this class, Sari will be reviewing basic techniques, going over wheel mechanics, and answering your questions. Too much twist? Under or over plied? Yarn not winding onto the bobbin? Bring your questions and your wheel; Let’s put the fun (back) into spinning!
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class: Spinning wheel in good working order.
Supplies Provided by Instructor: Fiber and handouts.
Day: Sunday
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Cost:
$90 (includes $25 materials fee)
Note: This class requires proof of vaccination for entry.
Weaving 102
$75.00
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Instructor: Karen Chabinsky
Required Skills: Able to put on a warp and have woven several projects.
Description:
Have you been weaving for a year or two? Wondering what the next step is? How to improve your weaving? This class may be for you. We will cover how to improve your weaving by learning how to read your weft when starting a new pattern, best practices in managing draw-in, tension, broken threads, and discuss classic mistakes in weaving, understanding patterns, working with different types of weaving, along with other keys to improving your weaving.
Supplies Student Should Bring to Class:
- 4-harness table loom with a 2-yard wool or pearl cotton warp with enough yarn for the project with half in white and half in black that would be appropriate to your reed size and if you have it, bring several different types.
- 12 dent reed is recommended. Options exist for a 10 EPI dent or 15 EPI dent reed.
- Bring a couple of stick shuttles, if you have it – a boat shuttle, scissors, yarn, note paper and pens/pencils, and any other accoutrements that you might need such as weights for broken threads, etc.
- More instructions will be e-mailed to those signing up for the class.
Supplies Provided by Instructor:
- Handouts
Day: Sunday
Time: 1:00 - 5:00pm
Cost:
$75 (includes $0 materials fee)