Meet our 2019 Instructors!
Anna AndersonAnna Anderson has been teaching and giving demonstrations on wet felting techniques for several years. She is a fiber artist living in St. Regis , Montana with my husband, two teen children, and a variety of fiber and farm animals.
Anna is a fiber addict by heart, and enjoys all things fiber related. Hobbies include spinning, felting (both wet and needle felting), raising and rescuing fiber animals. She enjoys sharing the different techniques that she has discovered to create fun one of a kind fiber creations. Classes Anna will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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Rosanne AndersonI raise my own small flock of non-lamb burger sheep, love to knit and spin, and am fortunate to have a willing husband who will build almost anything for my sheep and craft - usually - I once almost had him convinced that I wanted to raise silkworms! I enjoy all the prep work with my wool and am excited to see a year's worth of dirty growth turn into beautiful fluff - ready to be dyed, spun, and made into exciting products.
I attend various fiber conferences and fairs in order to keep current, look for new opportunities to learn, teach, sell, and especially to enjoy the ambiance of other artists. Classes Rosanne will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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Patti Barker
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Patti Barker is an award-winning felt-wear designer and enjoys teaching others her original designs. All of Patti's designs are produced with felted seams (no sewing). The fabric and the garment are created simultaneously, using wet felting techniques. What makes them unique is her hand-dying of elements used. She also hand-spins her embellishing art yarns and totally enjoys the playfulness they bring to the process. Patti earned a BA degree in studio art from Western Washington University, 2017. She was fortunate enough to participate in a travel abroad program with a month-long residency in Auvillar, France. Patti has exhibited in juried art shows for over eight years, her work has been published in major fiber art magazines, and she has been teaching felt making since 2012.
Patti lives in the San Juan Islands with her husband, Rex and their parrot, Baby Huey. To see more of her work, visit www.pattibarker.com Classes Patti will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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Heather Campbell
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Heather is the owner of Purly Shell Fiber Arts LLC, a full service yarn and fiber shop in Ilwaco, WA.
In addition, she has shown rabbits for over 25 years and is a founding member of the Northwest Angora Rabbit Association, the Lower Columbia Rabbit Breeders Association, and is a board member of National Angora Rabbit Breeders Club. Her rabbitry, Oceanside Angoras, is the top Satin Angora rabbitry in the nation, along with being highly ranked in English and French rabbits. Having angoras blends two passions together, the love of spinning and fiber and the love of rabbits. Visit Heather's websites - http://oceansideangoras.com - https://www.purlyshell.com Classes Heather will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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Karen Chabinsky
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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Janet Deutmeyer
Janet lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, 2 cats and dog. Her spinning life started 10 yrs ago when they had an Alpaca farm. She is an Olds Master Spinner graduate who loves sharing the love of fiber with people. She has taught at other fiber festivals and has been published in PLY magazine.
Classes Janet will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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Allison HardingAllison Harding (aka Fleebers) still remembers the pattern for her first knitting project at age 7; an orange acrylic scarf! Then her mom gave her a treadle sewing machine, which launched Allison into a lifetime love of all fibers. She is an award winning fiber artist who knits, crochets, weaves, felts, dyes, cards, spins, sews, and more. If it’s fiber related she’s either tried it or it’s on her bucket list.
While working as a costume designer for Studio East School for Performing Arts, Allison fell in love with teaching. Allison shares those skills and love of design in her knit and crochet patterns published by KnitPicks, Cascade Yarns, Skacel, Knit Circus and Loose Threads magazines and the book “Simple Hip Knit Scarves”. She 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. Visit Allison's website - Fleebers Farm.com Classes Allison will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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Kay HarradineKay Harradine has been weaving for over thirty years and has been a serious student of basketry during that time, pursuing both contemporary and indigenous forms of the craft. She specializes in working with plant fibers harvested responsibly from forest, wetlands and her garden. She has attended workshops with many local and nationally recognized master weavers and instructors. With degrees in Forestry and Education from the University of Washington, she benefits her basketry students with ethno-botanical knowledge and strong teaching skills. Kay has taught for Pacific Weave (The Basketry School) and through Washington state community education programs and for regional Basketry and Weaving Guilds and Conferences. She is an active member of several artists’ and basketry guilds, and regularly promotes the art of basketry by creating educational displays, demonstrating weaving, and volunteering for children’s programs.
Classes Kay will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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Tandy Imhoff
Tandy is an avid knitter and crocheter with over 15 years of experience. Her key philosophies are: if you enjoy what you are creating, then you are doing it just right and you are capable of working any pattern with patience and perhaps some extra help and guidance, which she loves to provide.
Tandy loves exploring new stitches in both knit and crochet and learning new techniques. Her unquenchable quest for knowledge keeps her always learning and trying new techniques, patterns and crafts. She is always eager to learn all she can about fiber related subjects and loves sharing the tidbits she learns with other crafters. This insatiable desire for knowledge and sharing, led her to begin teaching in 2013 on a wide range of knit and crochet techniques. Classes Tandy will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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Michael Kelson
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Michael Kelson of "SpinPossible Yarn" 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 teaches spinning classes at Weaving Works in Seattle and also teaches regularly at fiber festivals across the Pacific Northwest including Columbia Gorge Fiber Festival, Knot Another Fiber Festival, NWRSA Conference, and Black Sheep Gathering.
Classes Michael will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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Judith MacKenzieJudith 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 SpinOff, Handwoven, Piecework and Interweave Knits magazines. She has 10 DVDs, and 3 books published on spinning: Teach Yourself Handspinning, The Intentional Spinner and Rare Luxury Fibers. She lives happily ever after on the wild northwest coast of America. Classes Judith will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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Liz MoncriefLiz Moncrief is a recent retiree from the US Forest Service in Colorado, and made the move to Washington in 2014.
During her career she also maintained a small business of spinning, weaving, dyeing and loom rehabilitation. She’s exhibited several woven art pieces in Colorado, Wyoming, and now Washington galleries. She’s offered workshops and retreats for the Estes Park Wool Fest, Scotts Bluff Fiber Festival, Pagosa Springs Fiber Fest, NWRSA, FiberFuison, Fibers&Beyond, and Utah State University and Colorado State University. She is currently an instructor for Skagit Valley College, Mt. Vernon and Oak Harbor campuses. She recently received an award from Complex Weavers Association for a woven art piece on exhibit at the Jansen Art Center, Lynden, WA. Her Weaving and Dye Studio can be found at www.aweaversway.com Her Weaving and Dye Studio can be found at www.aweaversway.com Classes Liz will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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Vicky Nickelson
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I belong to the Northwest Basket Weavers Guild and the National Basketry Organization. I am President of the Northwest Basket Weavers Guild. Being a part of the basketry community, I have sought out other natural fibers to include in baskets, like cedar bark, bull rush and reed. This past summer I ventured up to Seldovia, Alaska and took a salmon fish skin basket class with an Athabascan Native, Audrey Armstrong. However, my passion continues to be Pine Needle Baskets. My baskets have won many awards, including Grand Champion at the Western Washington State Fair and the Evergreen State Fair. I demonstrate the art of pine needle basketry for adult program at Libraries and fairs. I am the organizer of the “Coiling Convergence” in Kent, Washington and other events. At the request of many of my students, I am the author of: Nature’s Touch Basketry By Hand From Pine Needles and Gourds, which can be found on Amazon.
Classes Vicky will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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Sari PetersonA crocheter and knitter since childhood, it seems as though Sari has always had crafts and fiber in her life. Later, as a seamstress and costume designer, her love of textiles continued to grow. Learning to spin over 10 years ago was a natural extension of her love of craft and a desire to learn the beginnings of her fibers and fabrics. Once Sari sat down at a wheel there was no turning back. Recently she learned to weave in order to have a greater use for the miles of handspun yarn in her stash!
Loving fiber and spinning as she does, it was a given that she would want to share her passion with others. Six years ago, she started teaching others to spin, on wheels and spindles alike. Sari offers private lessons in her home, your home, or any place in between. She also teaches at local yarn stores in and around Portland, OR. Visit Sari's website: twistsandturnings.com Classes Sari will be teaching at Fiber Fusion:
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Laurinda Reddig
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Laurinda Reddig is the founder of ReCrochetion Crochet Retreats and Ficstitches Yarns Crochet Kit Club. She enjoys experimenting with unusual crochet techniques and uses over 30 years of crochet experience to develop new twists on standard techniques, break them down and teach them through her designs, books and classes. Her second book, Reversible Color Crochet: A New Technique, teaches the reversible intarsia technique she developed. Her innovative designs and articles have been published in various magazines, including Interweave Crochet, Crochet!, and Vogue Crochet. She is currently designing for Ficstitches Yarns Kits and a series of booklets inspired by the Unraveling historical fiber fiction series. When not crocheting, Laurinda is busy raising two children and sharing her love of arts and crafts with them.
Classes Laurinda will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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Barbara Seeler
Barbara learned to knit when she was 5 years old and has a life long love affair with fiber. In the early 90’s she started spinning and quickly realized the pairing of spinning with knitting allowed the exploration of fiber, color and texture.
As a workshop “junkie”she traveled the US and Canada studying with as many different mentors as she could. Her day job as a biochemist for 30 years gave her the chemistry background to explore dyeing. She taught with the Greater Los Angeles Spinning Guild while living in Southern California, Peachtree Spinners Guild and Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild while living in Georgia and was on the board of The Handweavers Guild of America. She is currently an active member of Valley Spinners Guild in Snohomish, The Snohomish Knitters Guild and Northwest Regional Spinning Association, teaches spinning at Country Yarns in Snohomish and other venues in the Northwest. Classes Barbara will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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Kirsten Smistad
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Kirsten Smistad spends her days teaching music and computers to elementary aged students. She also teaches instructional technology to school district staff members. She has taught workshops in using Ravelry at several fiber guilds. Kirsten learned to knit and crochet at her mother’s knee. Upon entering graduate school, she found that working with fiber at night allowed her to actually sleep, instead of roiling through classwork in her head. She is also an avid spinner and a beginning weaver. Kirsten has a PhD in Instructional Design for Online Learning and lives in Stanwood with her husband and a cat named Alexander Graham Bell, who is also interested in the fiber arts . . .
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Hazel Spencer
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Hazel Spencer is owner, with her husband Randy, of Hazel Rose Looms and they have been making small weaving looms since Oct of 2000 and have sold looms worldwide.
She taught art, including weaving & other fiber arts, to all grades at the local K-8 school for 17 years. She has been teaching weaving on the internet and at her booth at fiber fairs for many years. Making clothing & useful items for the home is her favorite use of her hand woven fabric. Classes Hazel will be teaching at Fiber Fusion NW:
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