Workshops Beginning Sunday, June 24
Supply lists (if applicable) for Fibre Arts courses are compiled in one document in the same order as in the brochure. Click on the title above and look for your course name to determine what you are required to bring to class.
Materials Fees (if any) are payable at time of registration.
Beginnings, Endings, Edges and Joins
Learn varied cast ons and cast offs - from tentative to the three needle - and what to do at the edges from slipping to icord, and joining pieces together including grafting, picking up and mattress stitch Come away with one good buttonhole and other samples that will help you for years.
Instructor: Jani Meyers
Sun Jun 24
$149
Comprehending Colour Mixing
Use fibre dyes as if they were watercolours and learn to mix them. Play through creative development exercises to understand how primary colours combine to make more complex colours. Sit with paintbrush, paper and liquid color to learn how colours evolve.
Instructor: Kristine Brooks
Sun Jun 24, 9am-Noon
$89 Materials $5
Diameter by Design
When using our handspun to make an object from a published pattern, how do we know our yarn will be the right gauge? Using measurement systems from industry, we can design exactly the yarn we want for every project, without endlessly sampling. Twists per inch, Count systems, and twist angles, will come together to give intermediate to experienced spinners the tools they need to calculate the diameter of yarns before they begin spinning. You should know how to spin a continuous thread on a spinning wheel or spindle. Intermediate to experienced spinners would get the most out of this class.
Instructor: Michelle Boyd
Sun Jun 24
$149 Materials $15
Heart Like a wheel
Combine your love of spinning and fibre arts with a simple, personalized meditation practice. The class will to lead you into meditation, with the added bonus of improving your spinning skills. No meditation experience necessary. Prerequisite: basic skills in hand spinning on spindles or wheels, some knowledge of knitting or crocheting or be willing to go with the flow.
Instructor: Deborah Behm
Sun Jun 24
$149
Lithuanian Beaded Wrist Warmers
Using basic knitting skills, you can easily create colorful designs with beads. Using a garter stitch and working from beading charts, you will make beautiful, jeweled wrist warmer cuffs. Learn beautiful crochet trim stitches - with and without beads to finish your piece. Beginners welcome! If you can do the knit stitch, you can make these beaded wrist warmers.
Instructor: Donna Druchunas
Sun Jun 24, 1-4pm
$89
Purchasing Fleeces
Learn how to evaluate a fleece, including the technical aspects of telling whether it's one you'll want to spend your time on and the etiquette involved in doing your assessment. Sponsored by CNASF
Instructor: Deborah Robson
Sun Jun 24, 9am-Noon
$89 Materials $10
Wool Judging Level 2
Gain experience in an actual wool judging scenario with both white and coloured fleeces. Prerequisite: Wool Judging
Instructor: Linda Wendelboe
Sun Jun 24
$149 Materials $10
Interpreting Nature in Felt
Explore forms, textures and color found in nature and interpret these in felted compositions. Bring close up photographs of fungus, tree bark, leaves, shells, insect wings, and other nature imagery. Distill the essence of these images into two and three dimensional felt studies. Learn a range of methods for creating varied surface and textural effects and sculptural forms.
Instructor: Sharon Costello
Sun Jun 24- Mon Jun 25
$249 Materials: $30
These Boots Were Made for Walking
Create your own stylish, hand-molded, felted wool boots, thicker to wear in winter or lighter for use as slippers. Choose from a variety of colored wools and let your imagination soar. These one-of-a-kind boots will be ready to wear at the end of the class.
Instructor: Tracey Kuffner
Sun Jun 24- Tue Jun 26
$299 Materials: $35
