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2023 CLASSES
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Friday, September 22, 2023
Advanced Beginner
Playing With Twills
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
APlex Lower Conference Room
$55.00
Materials Needed:
Nothing – all materials provided
Class Size:
3-10
Descripion:
Students will learn all about twill weaving. Start with a mold and wool base. Then learn how many spokes you need to add to get the perfect pattern. You will go straight up with the design or learn to make a correction and get a zigzag pattern. Many color choices will be available.
Beginner
Intro to Spinning: Spindles and Wheels
11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
APlex Lower Conference Room
$105.00
Materials Needed:
Wheel and spindles
Class Size:
3-15
Descripion:
Students who desire to learn how to spin yarn by hand. Class will go over using a spindle (drop and supported) and a spinning wheel. You will focus on the technique of spinning fiber into singles, 2-ply and 3-ply yarn.
Saturday, September 23, 2023
MORNING
Beginner
Basic Broom Making
Nancy Binkowski
8:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
APlex Lower Conference Room
None: cost includes all materials
Materials Needed:
$70.00
2-6
Class Size:
Description
Students will be making brooms – a round scrubber, a small whisk broom, and a short-handled (hearth) broom.
Beginner to Intermediate
Naalbinding: Past and Present
Kal and Karen VanderWeele
8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Upper level mezzanine – elevator or stair accessible
None: cost includes naal binding needle, yarn, small water bowl
Materials Needed:
$85.00
5-10
Class Size:
Description
Naalbinding is an ancient technique for constructing hats, socks, and mittens. Minimal tools, a needle, and short pieces of yarn. It is a weaving technique that uses your thumb for tension. Construction can be compared to crochet to increase or decrease. A small bag to carry your supplies will be made.
Beginner
Make A Twill Waste Basket
Kathy McMinn
9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Upper level mezzanine – elevator or stair accessible
None – all materials included
Materials Needed:
$50.00
3-10
Class Size:
Description
Make a lovely basket that will work as a small waste basket or storage basket. It has a twill bottom so nothing will fall out. The twill sides are fun to do. Many color choices will be available to choose from.
Beginner
Cotton Spinning Made Easy
Julie Drogsvold
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Upper level mezzanine – elevator or stair accessible
Spinning wheel, carders (cotton preferred), Izzy kzte, 3 empty bobbins, niddy noddy. Optional – ball winder, far spinning chair
Materials Needed:
$100.00
3-20
Class Size:
Description
Learn how to adjust your wheel for short staple fibers and how the long draw works best for spinning cotton. You will spin cotton from the seed end prepared sliver. Students will card ginned cotton into punis and spin the results. Pling, color blending, and best care tips will also be covered.
Beginner
Introduction to Wool Dyeing
Stephanie Carrico and Pegg Thomas
9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Front Hallway Kitchen
None, special note: please wear dark clothing or bring an overshirt/apron to prevent getting dye stains on your clothing
Materials Needed:
$35.00
3-20
Class Size:
Description
Who doesn’t drool over skeins of hand-dyed wool? Take your fiber artistry to the next level by learning how to custom dye wool (or silk) at home. Basics of safety and requirements for in-home dyeing will be shared while you practice dyeing 4 mini skeins of hand-dyed wool to take home.
Beginner
Making a Cord with a Lucet
Kal and Karen Vander Weele
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Upper level mezzanine – elevator or stair accessible
None
Materials Needed:
$55.00
5-10
Class Size:
Description
Students will use a wooden medieval tool called a lucet to make a four-sided cord used for clothing decoration, shoelaces, pull cords, and things that need to be secured with a strong cord. Lucet and yarn will be provided.
Saturday, September 23, 2023
AFTERNOON
Intermediate
Entrelac Scarf and Knitting Backwards
Pegg Thomas
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
APlex Lower Conference Room
$25.00
Class Size:
2-6
Materials Needed:
Crochet hook, stitch markers, and needles sizes 6, 7, or 8 – knitters preference. Also bring 8 oz or enough to finish a scarf of at least 2 colors of worsted weight yarn or self-striping/color-changing yarn. Can use as many colors as you like, great way to use up scraps if you don’t mind weaving in a lot of ends. If you like the scrappy look without weaving in ends then buy a self-striping/color changing yarn.
Description
Learn how to set up and knit an entrelac scarf and how to knot backwards (instead of purl) to make it easier.
Beginner
Felted Peas and Carrots
Tina Etter
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Upper level mezzanine – elevator or stair accessible
$50.00
Class Size:
2-8
Materials Needed:
Sharp Scissors
Description
Whether you have a green thumb or not, here’s a fun way to create your own award-winning farmers market fresh vegetables. You will explore 3d needle felting, growing and harvesting 8” carrot(s) and 5” pea pod(s) with felted peas. Go home with vegetables all ready to look at during Saturday dinner. Additional supplies will be available for purchase in my booth. Note: Needle felting needles are sharp and needle felting is a repetitive action. Children under 12 need to be experienced.
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Morning
All levels
Crazy Chickens (Felted)
Tina Etter
8 a.m. - 11 a.m.
APlex Lower Conference Room
$50.00
Class Size:
2-8
Materials Needed:
Sharp Scissors. All other material is included.
Description
Start your own flock without any complaints from your neighbors! Design a short or tall chicken from 8” – 12” tall. You will use a 3d needle felting technique around a weighted base. It’s fun and no limit to the variety of Crazy Chicken you may end up with. Note: Needle felting needles are sharp and needle felting is a repetitive action. Children under 12 need to be experienced.
Beginner
Sewing Basket
Kathy McMinn
8 a.m. - noon
APlex Lower Conference Room
$45.00
Class Size:
3-10
Materials Needed:
Nothing – all materials provided
Description
You will make a basket to hold all of your sewing tools in one place. It can hold a couple of spools of thread, a pincushion, and scissors. The bottom is filled in so nothing will fall out.
Beginner
Build and Use Your Own Blending Board
Julie Drogsvold
9 a.m. - noon
Upper level mezzanine – elevator or stair accessible
$155.00
Class Size:
3-20
Materials Needed:
Nothing – all materials are provided
Description
You will be provided with all the tools and materials needed to build your own blending board. The workshop will show you how to utilize the new board to make your own beautiful rolag and bright, textured batts.
Beginner
Wool Dyeing 201 or Beyond the Basics
Stephanie Carrico and Pegg Thomas
9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
Front Hallway Kitchen
$35.00
Class Size:
3-20
Materials Needed:
None – all materials will be provided. Special note - please wear dark clothing or bring an overshirt/apron to prevent getting dye stains on your clothing
Description
Go beyond the basic one skein color and explore 4 techniques for adding multiple colors to a skein of yarn. Basics of safety and requirements for in-home dyeing will be shared while you practice dyeing 4 mini skeins of hand-dyed wool to take home.
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Afternoon
Beginner
Rug Hooking with Yarn
Stephanie Carrico
Noon - 3:00 p.m.
APlex Lower Conference Room
$60.00
Class Size:
3-15
Materials Needed:
10” embroidery hoop and small sharp scissors. All other materials are included
Description
Rug hooking is an excellent way to use small bits of handspun and commercial yarns to be ‘painting with wool’. You will work through all the steps to be independent in future projects from transferring your design to the actual hooking with the kit provided by the instructor. Directions will be provided to turn your piece into either a trivet or a wall hanging.
Advanced
Shawl Knitting Without A Safety Net
Pegg Thomas
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
APlex Lower Conference Room
$25.00
Class Size:
2-6
Materials Needed:
3 skeins of yarn (can be partial or leftover balls), 3 knitting needles (circular are best) that complement the yarn, stitch markers, crochet hook
Description
Students will learn the basic construction of a triangle, asymmetrical, and crescent shawl, as well as different techniques for beginning, increasing and binding off, and how to incorporate different stitch patterns within a shawl. NOTE: students will not finish a shawl – this is a technique class.
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