232  Gail Hollinger-- Intermediate Soft Circuits: Light up Your Textiles with Conductive Thread and LED Lights: Twinkling Lights Experience:  Basic hand sewingWorkshop Description:  If you love bling, you are going to love Soft Circuits, lighting up your textiles and clothing...

233 Ellen Minard-- Hand Painting a Fiber AssortmentExperience:  BeginnerWorkshop Description:  In this class we'll start with a very brief introduction to hand painting techniques, and then move on to the dyeing. We will work to choose your colorway, and then...

300 M. Theresa Brown—Ecoprint on Silk and WoolExperience:  BeginnerWorkshop Description:  Learn how to eco-print on silk and wool!  Eco-printing (also known as botanical printing) is a natural, sustainable art form that involves collecting leaves, plants and flowers to imprint their...

301  Heidi Bukoski—Naalbinding MittensExperience:  BeginnerWorkshop Description:  Learn the ancient art of Naalbinding while making a useful and warm pair of mittens.  Naalbinding is the oldest form of looped garment construction.  It is done with a large needle.  Class participants will...

302  Nicole Gillies-- Felted Waist Pack Experience:  All levelsWorkshop Description:  Fanny packs are in again. Make your own unique waist pack with an organic twist. This bag will be large enough for a wallet, phone, keys and a few more...

303  Ruthanne Morningstar-- Tapestry WeavingExperience:  All LevelsWorkshop Description:  This workshop is focused on tapestry techniques including: warping your loom, color changes, interlocking, diagonal and vertical weaving. Instructor will share techniques, tips and tricks learned while working extensively with Master Navajo...

304 Esther Peregrine-- Intro to Silk ReelingExperience:  BeginnerWorkshop Description:  Follow in the footsteps of Empress Hsi Ling Shi, credited with the discovery of silk, and learn the ancient art of reeling silk cocoons!  Use traditional Japanese zakuri reels and learn...

305 Jana Rolston Intro to Art YarnExperience:  Intermediate to ExpertWorkshop Description: Beehives, coils and thick n’ thin!  Come and spin the art yarn of your dreams!  Create fun and functional art yarn with techniques for single-ply and variations on creative...

306  Joan Sheridan—Better Understanding Weaving DraftsExperience:  Students should have a rudimentary understanding of how a weaving draft works.Workshop Description:  Kick up your weaving a notch by spending a day working with weaving drafts, including making your own name draft.  Move...

307  Katja  Szarafinski-- Simple Dyeing from the Michigan Garden Experience:  Beginner Workshop Description:  Learn how to gather your garden splendor into fiber with simple nontoxic methods.  Achieve true blue with an ice water indigo dye bath; boil fresh dahlia flowers...

308 Megan Williams-- CyanotypeExperience:  Beginner to AdvancedWorkshop Description:  Explore the science and art of cyanotypes, a photographic printing process involving the use of chemicals and exposure to light to reveal stunning blue and white imagery.  We’ll explore producing cyanotypes on...

320 Kitty Bryan -- Knitting SilkExperience:  IntermediateWorkshop Description:  Learn to Knit Silk Successfully!  Have you ever been tempted to purchase a beautiful skein of silk, but wondered what you would knit; how you would care for it; why this fine,...

321  Teresa Goatey -- Fun Techniques in Rug HookingExperience:  For beginners and more experienced rug hookers alike. Workshop Description:  In this class we will practice basic rug hooking techniques, as well as some fun techniques such as proddy sunflower, sculpted hooking,...

322   Gail Hollinger-- PapermakingExperience:  BeginnerWorkshop Description: Let’s make our own paper by recycling scrap that would get tossed into a landfill otherwise!  You will leave this workshop with a stack of paper  for projects such as bookbinding or collage, along...

330  Kitty Bryan-- SteekingExperience:  Be able to cast on, cast off, two-color knitting, pick up stitches.Workshop Description:  Steek (n):  1. A knitting technique.   2. A planned opening in a knit item created by cutting the knitting.  3. An action that...

331  Teresa Goatey -- Spin and Ply with Tibetan SpindleExperience:  BeginnerWorkshop Description:  Learn to make a finished 2-ply yarn using a couple of simple tools.  We will spin a single ply yarn on the Tibetan spindle, wind the single into...

332   Gail Hollinger-- Woven Danish Cord Style Chair Seat Experience:  BeginnerWorkshop Description:  Wood chairs with woven seats were common a century ago, but the seats in most of them are long since worn out, though the chair itself may still be...

333 Patsy Zawistoski -- Thick and Quick, Stash Reducing, Sandwich SpinningExperience:  Able to spin and ply, ready to increase your yarn sizeWorkshop Description: Charming, thick, soft, textured yarns make quick projects.  Drop the idea that thick yarns are harder to...

400 M. Theresa Brown  Eco-printing in Color on Silk & Wool Experience:  Intermediate- student should already know the basics of eco-printingWorkshop Description:  An advanced class for intermediate to experienced Eco-printers. Students will learn how to add dyes to create color in...

401  Megan William – Greenery: A Natural Dye StudyExperience:  Beginner to AdvanceWorkshop Description:  We’ll be exploring the magic of achieving a natural green from flowers, fruits and roots.  Come prepared to learn how to set up natural dye pots, dye...

402  Patsy Zawistoski -- Twist & Grist: Worsted SpinningExperience: Can spin and ply, ready to take charge of your yarnWorkshop Description:  Twist and grist are two very important concepts when you want to be able to direct your spinning for...

420  Kitty Bryan—Knitting With Variegated YarnExperience:  Beginner to ExperiencedWorkshop Description:  Do you avoid variegated yarn because you do not know what to do with it?  Learn to amplify the beauty of hand-dyed yarn by choosing projects that flatter your skein. ...

421  Nicole Gillies—Dreaded Neck Warmer by Nicole Gillies: A Unique Felted CowlExperience:  All levelsWorkshop Description:  Make a gorgeous three-dimensional felted wool cowl that is truly a wearable work of art. Participants will learn how to make a custom cowl with...

422   Gail Hollinger-- Sprang Weaving - Market Bag, Saturday 9 am to noonExperience:  BeginnerWorkshop Description:  Sprang, an ancient weaving technique, is not well known.  A shame, because Sprang (pronounced “sprah-ingya”, meaning leap in Norwegian) is magical: you only have to...

423  Jana Rolston--Try Before You Buy-Fiber ToolsExperience:  Beginner to ExpertWorkshop Description: Have you ever been interesting in trying out some of those fancy fiber processing tools before you make the commitment to buy?  Students will have an opportunity to try...

430  Kitty Bryan—Knitting PlaidExperience:  Be able to do knitted cast on, garter stitch, cast offWorkshop Description:  Do you love plaid, but believe it’s a woven fabric?  Learn to make your own tartan without a loom.  This class has three components....

431  Nicole Gillies-- Felted Flower BouquetExperience:  All levelsWorkshop Description:  Felt flowers are a beautiful and versatile alternative to the real thing.  No watering necessary.  Participants will make 3-4 large felt flowers elegant enough to be a centerpiece in any home.Participants...

432 Bex Oliger-- 25 Things You Never Knew About KnittingeExperience:  Novice to Expert  Must be able to cast on and off, knit and purl.Workshop Description:  A must have class about YOUR knitting!  Topics covered include but are never limited to:...

433  Jana Rolston—Knitting with Locks: Knitted CollarExperience:  Beginner to Expert   Must know how to knit and purl.Workshop Description:  Have you ever found beautiful long locks, and then not known what to do with them?  Join us in making a simple...

500 Megan Williams -- Ultra Violet: A Natural Dye StudyExperience:  Beginner to AdvancedWorkshop Description:  We’ll be exploring the magic of achieving natural purples from barks, bugs and roots. Come prepared to learn how to set up natural dye pots, dye...