Customize Your Own Workshop

 

Our workshops can be customized to fit a weekend retreat on your farm! 

 

Tapestry Weaving – create a sampler using a variety of tapestry techniques on an 8 x 10 tapestry frame loom.  Discover the unique results of incorporating and blending various fibers.  1 or 2 days

 

Fun with Fiber & Felt – this 2-session workshop offers the basics of creating felted items.  Part 1 will be learning the properties of wet and needle felting.  Part 2 will be designing with fibers and creating finished products. 1 or 2 days.

 

How to Skirt an Alpaca Fleece – discover the unique properties of alpaca fiber and learn how to properly skirt an alpaca fleece for your own use or mill preparation.  ½ day.

 

Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom – this full day workshop teaches how to direct warp this easy to use   2-harness loom.  There will be time to weave and complete a small project. 1 or 2 days

 

More Weaving Techniques on the Rigid Heddle Loom – expands on the uses of this versatile loom.  Learn how to create the same projects designed for a 4-harness loom without the warping headaches.  This class also covers reading drafts and how to gauge yardage needed. 1or 2 days

 

Continuous Weaving on Square & Triangle Looms – learn the art of weaving with one continuous strand of yarn.  Discover how to incorporate small shapes into big designs.  Small looms allow a project to be completed in one day.        1 or 2 days.

 

Make It Take It – this workshop is designed to provide attendees with new skills in fiber arts on a small scale.  Attendees have access to tools not normally provided at other workshops. 2 Full Days

 

Talk the Talk – in this class, you will learn how to communicate with the 5 most common fiber art industries.  This class teaches the buzz words and the fundamentals of each industry.  If you want to talk the talk, market your yarns or just learn more about the knitting, crochet, spinning, felting and weaving industry, then this class is for you. ½ day.

 

Carding – discover the basics of carding in this full day workshop.  Plus, you will learn how to blend fibers and colors for dramatic results.  A must for every spinner or felt maker enthusiast. ½ - 1 day.

 

Spinning – learn how to spin your own fleece into yarn.  1or 2 days

 

Dyeing – learn how to dye your own fibers, roving or yarn.  Various techniques produce dramatic results.

 

Marketing – how to define, develop and market to your target audience.