Full Day Classes - Thursday, June 8
Check-In Begins: 8:00am
Class: 9:00am-12:00pm
Lunch: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Class: 1:00pm-4:00pm
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The online registration deadline is May 25, 2023
Class: 9:00am-12:00pm
Lunch: 12:00pm-1:00pm
Class: 1:00pm-4:00pm
(Back to Workshop Home Page)
The online registration deadline is May 25, 2023
Spinning all the Camelids - Llama, Alpaca, Camel, Paco-Vicuna, and Suri
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INSTRUCTOR: Chris Switzer
SKILL LEVEL: Advanced PREREQUISITE: Familiar with their wheel MATERIALS: $10.00 Fee Collected by the Instructor at the Workshop. STUDENTS TO BRING: Bring hand carders (a must) plus spinning wheel you're familiar with, notebook plus scotch tape for fiber samples. For Show & Tell, bring a handspun skein plus project. We will be sharing and experimenting. Everyone gets my book. (free) Hands - on class. DESCRIPTION: Participants will spin all five of the Camelid's fleece. How to choose a good fleece will be covered. Blending with sil or mohair or angora rabbit has many possibilities. Plying with another yarn can be interesting. INSTRUCTOR BIO: Chris & Phil were on the founding committee of the Wool Market, over 30 years ago, representing alpacas and later, paco-vicunas. Chris is a master weaver, using handspun alpaca to accent her scarves. She founded the Art Center, with 20 artists 35 years ago. She is featured artist at the Art Center plus invited artist, Robin Wilton, and now the FACE show is up. Contact Instructor |
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Woven Wall Hangings - An Introduction to Frame Weaving
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INSTRUCTOR: Shatzie Wardall
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner PREREQUISITE: None MATERIALS: $40.00 Fee Collected by the Instructor at the Workshop. Will include a canvas stretcher and a few basic weaving tools. STUDENTS TO BRING: Worsted and bulky yarns in various colors and textures, Roving, white cotton crochet thread. DESCRIPTION: In this class you will learn everything you need to know, in order to complete a simple woven wall hanging. You will learn how to construct a loom from a simple canvas stretcher, and how to use basic household items for your weaving tools. Skills that will be taught include how to warp your loom, different weaving patterns, such as plain weave, soumak braids, and basket weave, along with how to add fringe to your wall hanging. By the end of the day, you will have an amazing woven wall hanging to adorn your walls! INSTRUCTOR BIO: Shatzie Wardall learned to knit when her youngest son was born 10 years ago. Since then she has dived even deeper into the fiber world by learning how to spin, crochet, and recently exploring weaving. She lives in Deer Trail with her family and enjoys gardening along with her fiber crafts. Contact Instructor |
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Introduction to Botanical Dyeing
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INSTRUCTOR: TeDi Jansen
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner PREREQUISITE: None MATERIALS: $25.00 Fee Collected by the Instructor at the Workshop. STUDENTS TO BRING: Note taking materials. DESCRIPTION: Join me for a colorful day of dyeing with plants and bugs.! We’ll cover preparing the fiber, mordanting for good color, preparing the dye baths and finally dyeing yarn samples with four different dyestuffs. Be sure to wear old clothes because dyeing sometimes gets messy. We’ll cover a lot in our day and there will be plenty of time for question and answer along the way. If botanical dyeing feels intimidating, this is the class for you. INSTRUCTOR BIO: TeDi Jansen is a shepherdess, spinner, dyer, and weaver. After a midlife career change she turned to her sheep for inspiration. They whispered to her about creative yarns, woven goods, and teaching fiber skills to others, so that is what she did. TeDi lives with her partner, kids, and animal menagerie in Fort Collins, Colorado. She teaches locally and on her farm. Contact Instructor |
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Exploring the Drum Carder
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INSTRUCTOR: Henry Clemes
SKILL LEVEL: Beginner PREREQUISITE: None MATERIALS: $40.00 Fee Collected by the Instructor at the Workshop. STUDENTS TO BRING: N/A DESCRIPTION: Drum carders are a mystery to the average fiber artist: fiber is fed into the carder, ends up on the big drum, and something magical happens in between. In our ‘Exploring the Drum Carder’ class, students begin the day by learning the history of drum carders, how they work, and why they function the way they do. The fun goes hands-on for the rest of the day as we delve into the differences of woolen and worsted carding, explore the many tools that make drum carding more efficient, and crank out four different batts. The first batt will be hand cranked before switching over to Electric Drive for the duration of class. All materials, carders, and tools will be provided by the instructors. INSTRUCTOR BIO: A lifelong woodworker and small business owner, Henry has been building fiber art equipment for almost 50 years and drum carders for over 40 years. Roy grew up working in his family’s woodshop and is the president of Lambtown Festival, the largest sheep and wool show in California. Together they have introduced many innovations to the fiber arts community and their equipment is known for being not only thoughtfully engineered but visually pleasing and durable as well. They regularly consult and instruct spinners, felters, fiber growers, and professional fiber artists in the use of drum carders for fiber prep. Contact Instructor |
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Market Basket Basics and Beyond
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INSTRUCTOR: Linda Lugenbill
SKILL LEVEL: All PREREQUISITE: None MATERIALS: $23.00 Fee Collected by the Instructor at the Workshop. STUDENTS TO BRING: Tools if you have them: craft scissors, pencil, ruler, 6 wooden spring-type clothespins, awl, old towel, soaking basin/bucket, apron (optional). Please wear suitable "work" clothes as basketry reed can snag. Instructor will also have tools for shared use. DESCRIPTION: This functional basketry project presents basic splint work construction techniques and features continuous weaving methods. Natural and dyed reed (numerous color choices available) create a striking twill design on basket wall. A compound lashed rim. completes the basket. Focus is also on shaping, tension and size control with tips on how to achieve these. Class discussion also covers how to design future projects and variations to consider. INSTRUCTOR BIO: For more than 35 years Linda has been acquiring her foundation of basketry skills. Her journey as a basketmaker has taken her around the country and to Europe where she encountered new techniques and materials. Many traditional basketmakers, masters of the trade, shared their knowledge with Linda, and it is her mission to pass those traditions on to others. Her classes are based upon the sound construction methods she wants participants to utilize in their work. Material handling and processing are also highlighted in her workshops. Linda's basketmaking journey has afforded her opportunities to teach, sell baskets, write, work on museum projects, and participate in exhibitions. She is currently focused on creating and incorporating natural dyed plant fibers in her basketry. Contact Instructor |
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Spinning to Weave
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INSTRUCTOR: Stephanie Flynn Sokolov
SKILL LEVEL: Intermediate PREREQUISITE: Must have a basic understanding of spinning terminology and have some experience plying. MATERIALS: $10.00 Fee Collected by the Instructor at the Workshop. STUDENTS TO BRING: Working spinning wheel including extra bobbins, lazy kate, additional whorls, orifice hook and any other spinning accessories. DESCRIPTION: Are you curious about using your handspun yarn in weaving? In this class we will explore the characteristics that contribute to a good weaving yarn. We will be spinning small quantities of yarn (some will be plied) and weave them into sample squares on the Schacht Zoom Loom. Use of looms will be provided. This class is organized to inspire you to use your handspun in weaving. You must have a working spinning wheel and lazy kate. INSTRUCTOR BIO: Stephanie Flynn Sokolov has a diverse expert background including spinning, weaving, knitting, felting, and dying. She instructs weaving on Craftsy.com and spinning on the Schacht School of Textile Arts. She co-authored Woven Scarves: 26 Inspired Designs for the Rigid Heddle Loom with Jane Patrick. Her other projects can be found in Spin-Off Magazine, The Weaver’s Idea book by Jane Patrick and on the Schacht Spindle website. All students are sure to find inspiration in any class she teaches. Contact Instructor |
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Using Nature to Create Surface Design for Weavers, Felters, and Quilters
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INSTRUCTOR: Carol Garnand
SKILL LEVEL: All PREREQUISITE: Interest in learning new techniques. Ability to stand for up to 10 min at a time. MATERIALS: $25.00 Fee Collected by the Instructor at the Workshop. STUDENTS TO BRING: Wear clothes that may get dirty or stained. Bring apron if desired. Wear supportive, close-toed shoes. DESCRIPTION: Do you love nature? Carol SILKS popular class is back. Learn to print using leaves, flowers, seed pods and other natural materials to create patterns on wool, silk, and cotton fabrics. This botanical printing evokes our Colorado outdoors. After learning the simple printing techniques on cotton, silk and wool samples, you will create a larger surface design on the fabric type of your choice. You could create a silk scarf, a cotton fat-quarter/apron or a wool square for felting. In addition to using natural materials, the class will also use natural dyes. Carol will provide all the materials. Feel free to bring botanical materials to try. Best are leaves that have turned color, then dry flat between paper (newspaper works great). All of the materials are non-toxic and sustainable. INSTRUCTOR BIO: Carol Garnand is a passionate fiber artist having taught and created for 20 years as Carol SILKS. She started as a silk painter and evolved into a dyer, felter, and garment creator. Learning from her seamstress/tailor mother and grandmother about sewing while growing up, she discovered her art form in fiber during in her 40s. Carol loves learning new techniques and teaching others. Her recent passion has been eco-printing and the world of natural dyes. Through her involvement with the Janice Ford Memorial Dye Garden, a collaboration with the Rocky Mountain Weavers Guild and the Denver Botanic Gardens-Chatfield, she has access to local dye plants, with indigo being a favorite. Contact Instructor |
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