Tapestry Weaving​ Sampler

Instructor: ​​Teresa Waldo
Skill Level: Beginner
No experience necessary. ​
​Day: Sunday, October 1st, 2023
​Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm
Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $125
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
In this workshop you will learn the fundamentals of tapestry weaving including warping your loom, various weaving techniques and tips, weaving structures (stripes, meet and separate, hatching, soumak, dots, pick and pick, weft interlock, and building shapes), and finishing a tapestry piece. As you learn and practice these skills you will be creating mini tapestry pieces suitable as mug rugs. After completing this course, you will be well equipped to further your tapestry endeavors.
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​​Materials/Equipment needed: scraps of worsted weight wool yarn in at least 3 colors, scissors, several tapestry needles with eye large enough for worsted weight yarn to go through.

Mohair Lock Spinning Joy

Instructor: Kathy Martin
Skill Level: Intermediate
Must be able to spin yarn comfortably without assistance.
Date: Sunday October 1, 2023
Time: 1:30-4:30pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $95
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
Have you always wondered about spinning soft, curly kid mohair locks? My goal will be to open this spinning joy to you and show you how to let the locks guide your spinning rather than forcing them to submit to your will. The class will be fun and as free of stress as possible.
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​​Materials/Equipment needed: Spinning wheel with large orifice, lazy Kate & extra bobbins. Open mind optional, humor a must!

Finesse Your Knitting

Instructor: ​​Lisa Ellis
Skill Level: Intermediate
​Must know how to cast on, knit and purl.
Date: Sunday, October 1, 2023
Time: 1:30 - 4:30pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $60
​Material Fees are included in the class fee.
Have you been knitting for awhile but haven't been happy with the results? Are you a self taught knitter or did your grandmother teach you? Always wondered why your knitting isn't as pretty as others? Then this is the class for you! We'll learn how to do a prettier cast on with multiples uses, learn how to bind off with more elasticity and a pretty Russian graft, how to stripe seamlessly, how to shape shoulders without the bumps and ladders and how to create the perfect one row buttonhole that won't grow and a whole lot more! You’ll walk away with a ton of new knowledge and plenty of handouts and resources to take your knitting to an all new level. It's a great class for anyone wishing to hone in on.

Introduction to Colorwork Design

Instructor: Betsy Hagestedt​
Skill Level: Intermediate
Must know how to cast on, knit and purl.
Date: Sunday October 1, 2023
Time: 1:30 - 4:30pm  
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $65
​Material Fees are included in the class fee.
Have you ever seen something that you wished could be incorporated into your knitting? Flowers? Geometric designs? Why buy a pattern when you can design your own? In this class you will create your own colorwork motif using graph paper, adapt that motif to become a custom cowl pattern, and begin knitting you cowl. Class discussions will include color choice, scale, and adapting designs for gauge.

Great Beginnings and Endings

Instructor: Jolene Dalton Gailey​
Skill Level: Intermediate
Must know how to cast on, knit and purl.
Day: Sunday, October 1st, 2023
​Time: 1:30 - 4:30pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $50
​Material Fees are included in the class fee.
I will teach 5 methods for Casting on and Binding off! Cast on methods: 1. Long Tail Cast On 2. German Twist Cast On 3. Chinese Waitress Cast On 4. Crochet Cast On 5. Thumb cast on. Bind off methods: 1.Regular Bind Off 2.Icelandic Bind Off 3. Chinese Waitress Bind Off 3. I Cord Bind Off 4. Jenny’s Surprisingly 5.Stretchy Bind.

Materials/Equipment needed: Worsted weight yarn, circular Knitting Needles (whatever size works best for your yarn), size G or H crochet hook.

All-In-One Beginning Rug Hooking

Instructor: ​​Judy Taylor
Skill Level: Beginner
​No experience necessary. 
Date: Sunday, October 1, 2023
Time: 1:30 - 4:30pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $80
​Material Fees are included in the class fee.
In this action-packed class, students will learn the age-old craft of hooking rugs with yarn, T-shirt strips and wool fabric strips, to create heirloom quality rugs their grandchildren will fight over! Rug hooking has endured through the centuries because it is so practical, easy to learn, and endlessly creative. A great craft for using up your stash.

Triangle Loom Weaving Jump Start

Instructor: Kathy Martin
Skill Level: Beginner
​No experience necessary. ​
Date: Sunday, October 1, 2023
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $85
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
This workshop for all levels of weavers and non-weavers will introduce you to the joys of weaving with a continuous ball of yarn. No WARPING! NO WEFTING! NO HIGHER MATH! In this basic class you will work with a 12” triangle loom and you will finish at least 1 triangle with provided yarns. You will be shown several projects for 1 to unlimited number of triangles. This is a light-hearted class which hopefully will open your mind to the many options awaiting your new weaving skill.

​​Materials/Equipment needed: Students need to bring crochet hook size F-5 (4mm) or G-6 (4.25mm), scissors, and a hand towel.

Punch Needle Rug Hooking

Instructor: Una Walker​
Skill Level: Beginner
No experience necessary
Day: Sunday October 1, 2023
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $160
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
Learn the basics of Punch Needle Rug hooking while completing two projects. First you will make a mug rug on Monk's cloth to learn the basic stitch lengths, don't worry there are only two! You will then go on to complete a project on a pre stretched linen frame that will be ready to hang when you are done!

Knitting 101

Instructor: Betsy Hagestedt​
Skill Level: Beginner
No experience necessary
Date: Sunday, October 1st, 2023
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $70
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
Want to give knitting a try, but have no idea where to start? This is the class for you! Beginning at the basics, this class will teach you how to cast on, knit, purl, and cast off at the end - everything you need to complete a scarf. During class you will make a gauge swatch to learn the stitches in a small format before casting on a larger project, ending with a knit sample of some of the ways to use the simple knit/purl combo! We will also talk about planning projects, including choosing needle size and yarn, as well as care for knitted items.

Japanese Inspired Boro

Instructor: ​Tina Campomizzi​​
Skill Level: Beginner
No experience necessary. ​
Date: Sunday, October 1st, 2023
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $105
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
Learn a technique inspired by antique Japanese Boro textiles.  This is a slow stitch, handwork class where you will create a piece to have as art, or to use to make a handbag, needle case, journal/book cover or your own inspired project.  The class materials include a kit of hand selected fabrics with many pieces that are antique and vintage Japanese, a couple are also French, needles, pins, basting thread, Sashiko thread, BUT NOT a thimble. I will have some to use but it is best to bring your own personal thimble (any kind you like to use).

Cables are Classy

Instructor: Jolene Dalton Gailey​
Skill Level: Intermediate
Must know how to cast on, knit and purl.
Day: Sunday, October 1st, 2023
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $50
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
I will teach a class on how to knit Cables. This class will provide instruction on knitting with different types of cable needles as well as knitting without a cable needle. I will provide a pattern for a wall hanging or pillow.

Materials/Equipment needed: 1 skein bulky weight yarn (if you want to make a wall hanging)
2 skeins bulky weight yarn (if you want to make a pillow.) Size 8 mm (US 11) needles -straight or circular will work, 1 cable needle, Size G or H crochet Hook, Markers​

Bavarian Twist

Instructor: ​​Lisa Ellis
Skill Level: Intermediate
​Must know how to cast on, knit and purl.
Date: Sunday, October 1, 2023
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $60
​Material Fees are included in the class fee.
Bavarian knitting, originating from the Bavarian Alps region of Europe comprises of traveling cables against twisted stitches. The twisted stitches create clean and well-defined stitches while the traveling cables have a nice design element and are usually 2 stitch cables that don't use cable needles at all. The pattern appearance and charts seem complicated, yet once you understand the chart symbols, it becomes easy to follow and addicting! It’s a classic design and looks great on men, women and children. We'll practice in class a 2-color cast on, reading a Bavarian chart, working cables without a cable needle along with 4 basic Bavarian cable sts.

Kumihimo on a Marudai

Instructor: ​Susan Kroll
Skill Level: Intermediate​
Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $60
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
We will explore the art of braiding on the maru dai discussing materials and techniques. We will make 4 different braids: round, square, flat, and hollow and explore ways to use them.

​​Materials/Equipment needed: a maru dai, 16 bobbins, counterweight (teacher may have extra maru dai for students).

Cedar Bark Spinning Wheel Pouch

Instructor: ​Lisa Edinger and Cathy MacGregor
Skill Level: Beginner
No experience necessary. ​​
Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time: 9:00am - 4:30pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $80
Material Fees are included in the class fee.

Students will be introduced to Red Cedar Bark weaving using locally sourced materials and yarn. This pouch is often used to hang from a spinning wheel to keep tools, etc. close at hand.  The design can often be adapted to fit a cell phone (depending on size).  All materials are provided for this class.

​​Materials/Equipment needed: Are you a spinner with favorite leftover odds and ends of bulky plied yarn? If you choose to use your own yarn, plan to bring 6-1/2 to 7 yards to weave this project.

The ABC's of Drop Spindling

Instructor: ​​Teresa Waldo
Skill Level: Beginner
No experience necessary. ​
​Day: Saturday, September 30, 2023
​Time: 1:30 - 4:30pm
Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $70
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
If you have always been intrigued by spinners demonstrating their craft, have been curious about yarn construction, and/or have always wanted to learn to spin yourself, then this class is for you. We will begin with some background knowledge on drop spindles (history, types, anatomy, weights and mechanics, and supplemental tools). Then we will get down to business learning the steps to spinning a single on a spindle (choosing a spindle and fiber, starting with and without a leader thread, drafting techniques, winding on and building a secure cop). After spinning for a while and fine tuning our technique we will explore winding off options, plying options, and how to finish your yarn. And yes, you will go home a spinner! This class is also great for wheel spinners who want to master the spindle!

Stitch a Fabric Landscape

Instructor: Melissa Galbraith​
Skill Level: Beginner
No experience necessary. ​
Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time: 1:30 - 4:30pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $65
​Material Fees are included in the class fee.
Let’s create collage landscapes with fabric! Learn how to create your own fabric landscape using applique embroidery with fiber artist Melissa Galbraith of MCreativeJ. This hands-on workshop will cover how to pair fabrics to create your own unique landscapes, basic applique and beginner-friendly embroidery stitches like the running stitch, satin stitch, chain stitch, and fly stitch. Each participant will receive a full class kit that includes an embroidery hoop, cotton fabrics, full skeins of embroidery thread, embroidery needle, sewing pins, backing materials, and printed instructions.

Portuguese Knitting

Instructor: ​​Lisa Ellis
Skill Level: Intermediate
​Must know how to cast on, knit and purl.

Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time: 1:30 - 4:30pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $60
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
Portuguese knitting, also known as Turkish Knitting and Andean Knitting is a smooth, easy and fast technique involving only a flick of the thumb. With minimal hand movement, this style of knitting is ergonomically gentle on your hands and wrists. Portuguese knitting is also an ideal method when working in color. We start with a new way to hold our yarn, a simple Portuguese cast on and then practice both knitting and purling our project inside out! We'll also practice working in color (optional) which will have you addicted in no time as it minimizes the chance of puckering.

Artsy Nuno Scarves

Instructor: ​Lauralee DeLuca
Skill Level: Beginner
No experience necessary. ​
Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time: 1:30-4:30pm
Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $100
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
This is a fun and popular class and fills every time I teach it! Been teaching felting classes for 14 years now. Students must be able to stand and vigorously felt to take the class.

​​Materials/Equipment needed: students need to bring a bath towel and hand towel. 

Viking Kniting

Instructor: ​​Teresa Waldo
Skill Level: Beginner
​No experience necessary. 
Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $70
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
Come learn the age-old technique of Viking knitting and walk away with your own finished charm bracelet. Viking knitting is done by looping wire around a dowel and then pulling the wire tube created through a draw plate to condense the tube down to the desired thinness. The finished piece resembles the look of knitting. In this class we will explore a brief history of the craft, the tools needed, and the many possibilities of creating beautiful jewelry with this fun technique. Then we will get down to business making a single knit bracelet with a charm attached.
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​​Materials/Equipment needed: needle nosed pliers, round nose pliers, and wire cutters.

Upcycle Your Clothing with Hand Embroidery

Instructor: Melissa Galbraith​
Skill Level: Beginner
No experience necessary. ​
Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $65
​Material Fees are included in the class fee.
Cover up stains and small holes in your clothing with hand embroidery. Join fiber artist and author Melissa Galbraith of MCreativeJ for a hands-on workshop. Simply bring a garment to embroider and we’ll provide you with playful nature-inspired sample designs to stitch. This class will cover helpful dos and don’ts of embroidering garments as well as stitches best suited for your individual garment and pattern. Each attendee will also receive an embroidery hoop, thread, needle, and stabilizer to get started. This workshop is beginner-friendly and no prior embroidery experience is required.

Introduction to Fair Isle colorworks

Instructor: ​​Lisa Ellis
Skill Level: Intermediate
​Must know how to cast on, knit and purl.

Date: Saturday, September 30, 2023
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $60
​Material Fees are included in the class fee.
Fair Isle is a form of colorworks that uses 2 colors per round and uses small motifs of 5 sts or less. For those scared of puckers, charts and Fair Isle terminology (trapping floats, color dominance), this is the ideal class for you. We’ll break everything down, practicing each snippet of this awesome world of color. This class will take the fear out of color knitting and you'll never look back!

Nerdy Knitting

Instructor: Betsy Hagestedt​
Skill Level: Intermediate
Must know how to cast on, knit and purl.
Day: Saturday September 30, 2023
Time: 9:00 - 10:30am
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $25
​Material Fees are included in the class fee.
This workshop will help you to embrace your inner nerd and capture your inspirations in your knitting practice. We will talk about replicating knits from pop culture, finding nerdy knitting patterns, and how to incorporate nerdy themes into your knitting more generally!

Putting on the Dog

Instructor: ​Lauralee DeLuca
Skill Level: Intermediate
Must be able to spin yarn comfortably without assistance.
Date: Friday, September 29, 2023
Time: 1:30-4:30pm
Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $70
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
In this class we will learn all the ins and outs of spinning dog-or cat-fur. Dig out that stash you have been saving, start brushing your dog, or simply show up with a spinning wheel and learn how a professional dog fur yarn spinner does it. We will cover all the basics, dog fur included if you don't have your own.
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​​Materials/Equipment needed: Spinning wheel or e-spinner, extra bobbins. Also, a set of hand carders will be helpful.

Mosaic Zippered Clutch

Instructor: ​​Teresa Waldo
Skill Level: Beginner
No experience necessary. ​
​Day: Friday September 29, 2023
​Time: 1:30 - 4:30pm
Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $80
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
In this workshop we will be making little clutches with stunning mosaic crochet patterns that are ideal for gifts. To create these little gems, we’ll first learn how to embroider around a zipper. Then we will pick up and crochet into the embroidered stitches and begin mosaic crocheting in the round. Along the way you will learn the overlay mosaic crochet method and how to read a mosaic chart. We will also discuss how to line our little clutches.

Handpainting & Speckling Yarns

Instructor: Kathy Martin
Skill Level: Beginner
No experience necessary. ​.
Date: Friday, September 29, 2023
Time: 1:30- 4:30pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $110
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
Remember finger painting in kindergarten? This class will be almost as much fun and with few restraints. I will give an introduction to handpainting wool yarn with acid dyes and citric acid. The class members will give up their color wheels for some adventurous play. The steam setting will be done with plastic wrap or bag and a microwave or steamer iron. Three 100 yd. wool skeins can be dyed and taken home to dry. This will be sufficient yardage to finish 3 small projects or 1 larger project.

​​​Materials/Equipment needed: students need to bring gloves, apron and/or old clothes, mask for speckling with powder, extra yarns (animal fibers) if time allows.

Sample Some of Our Pacific Northwest Wools

Instructor: ​Lauralee DeLuca
Skill Level: Intermediate
Must be able to spin yarn comfortably without assistance.
Date: Friday, September 29, 2023
Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $70
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
These is a wonderful variety of sheep being raised in the Pacific Northwest. How many of them have you tried spinning? Each breed has individual characteristics, do you know them? Come join Lauralee for a chance to spin and learn about of some of the wonderful breeds that lurk in our area.
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​​Materials/Equipment needed: Spinning wheel or e-spinner, extra bobbins. Also, a set of hand carders will be helpful.

Introduction to Landscaping Embroidery 

Instructor: ​​Rosanna Diggs
Skill Level: Beginner
​No experience necessary.
Date: Friday, September 29, 2023
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $65
​Material Fees are included in the class fee.
Learn the basics of embroidery in this gentle, three-hour workshop featuring the Orcas in the Sound Embroidery Kit. We will be stitching this beginner landscape based on the majestic creatures who frequent Puget Sound. All materials are covered in the class cost. You will learn how to transfer a pattern, four useful stitches (plus a few extra if we have time), and how to finish the project in the hoop. Most students will get about half of their project done in class. Stitches We Will Learn: Straight stitch, satin stitch, split stitch, and seed stitch. You don’t need to bring anything to class. No experience necessary.  

Beginning Crochet

Instructor: ​​Teresa Waldo
Skill Level: Beginner
No experience necessary. ​
​Day: Friday September 29, 2023
​Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $60
Material Fees are included in the class fee.
So you want to learn to crochet? Well this class will have you HOOKED! You will learn how to do a beginning chain, all the basic crochet stitches (slip stitch, single crochet, double crochet, half double crochet, and treble crochet), how to turn your work for working in rows, and changing colors. As we learn we will be creating a cotton dishcloth. You can go home with the skills to make many more cloths, scarves, and rectangular shawls.
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FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOPS
9:00am -12:00pm

Adventures In Silk Spinning

Instructor: ​Karen Chabinsky
Skill Level: Intermediate
​Ability to spin a consistent single and be able to ply.
Date: Sunday, October 2nd
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $125 (includes $20 material fee)
Curious about silk but think it sounds intimidating? Have you tried to spin silk and found it too difficult? Fear no more! In this class we will have samples of a wide variety of silk in various forms. We will start with silk hankies, move on to sample Mulberry/Bombax, Eri, Taser and Muga silks, work with silk noil punis, along with silk clouds, laps/oblongs, throwster, hankies and a few other interesting silk products. Along the way, we will talk about appropriate spinning methods, uses and options. As we travel along the silk road you will learn a bit about the different silkworms, work with silk you may never heard of, and see how silk can lead to some wonderful surprises in yarn.
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​​Materials/Equipment needed: Spinning wheel in good working order, threading hook, pen and paper, normal accoutrements to support wheel issues: oil, replacement drive band, etc., extra thread for figure-eight ties, 3-5 bobbins, niddy noddy, lazy kate, scissors, hand cream, lap cloth and hand cards if you have them.
Karen Chabinsky
Workshop Karen is Teaching
Adventures In Silk Spinning​
Karen has been a passionate weaver, spinner, and dyer for over 25 years, working to gain a greater understanding of different fibers. She loves to spin different types of yarn versus the same 2 or 3 ply all the time. In learning the challenges and understanding the construction and components of each type of yarn Karen hopes to give her students another view of why yarn is so interesting to make. Her classes are structured so that you understand what the fiber and yarn construction require, how the fiber needs to be handled and best ways to achieve that. She also strives to impart to students the fun of being able to spin something different. Karen's experience includes being a Certified Fiber Judge - judging at numerous fairs, raising sheep, teaching weaving and spinning classes, being active in several guilds, and has received numerous awards for weaving and spinning.

Kumihimo Beaded Bracelet

Instructor: ​​Teresa Waldo
Skill Level: Beginner
​No experience necessary.
Date: Sunday, October 2nd
Time: 1:00 - 400pm
​Location: Will be available at check-in
Class Fee: $60 (includes $17 material fee)
Come create a lovely beaded bracelet with Kumihimo, the ancient Japanese art of braiding. In this class we will use a circular Kumihimo disk with eight strands of thread that we have strung beads on. We will follow a repetitive pattern to braid the threads together to create spirals of two different colors and sizes of beads. We will then attach end caps and findings to finish our stunning bracelets.
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​​Materials/Equipment needed: Bring a quantity of 160 size 6 seed beads in a color of choice that will go with the silver beads provided by the instructor. Also bring needle nose pliers, round nose pliers, wire cutters, and scissors if you have them. Instructor will have some to share too. 
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