FIBER ARTS CLASSES
SPRING, SUMMER & FALL 2025
Knitting Skills Building Class
Instructor: Lucie Sinkler
Thursdays, June 5, 12, 19, 26, 2025
10:00 am- 12:00 pm
Tuition: $40.00 per session
You may sign up for any number of sessions. Yarn and knitting needles will be available for purchase from the instructor. We are offering a flexible set of knitting classes. Sign up for one session or all of them. We will work on different skills each week making a knitted square. Squares can be assembled into a pillow or a blanket.
Week 1: Domino Knitting. Week 2: lace pattern. Week 3: Cable pattern. Week 4: finishing and seaming.
An Introduction to Shibori and Dyeing with Natural Indigo
Instructor: Sara Goodman
Friday, June 13, and Saturday, June 14, 2025
9:00 am- 4:00 pm
Min # 6 Max #8
Tuition: $125.00 Materials Fee: $30.00
This two-day class is a wonderful introduction to the magical experience of working with indigo — a dye unlike all the others. On Day 1 we will make an indigo vat using indigo extract powder, ferrous sulfate, and slaked lime (calcium hydroxide.)
Skills + Techniques:
Learn how to make an indigo iron vat with powdered indigo extract, ferrous sulfate, and slaked lime
Learn how to use and maintain the vat over time.
Learn some basic shibori techniques: stitched and fold & clamp.
Dye 3 cotton bandanas
Over-dye one piece of natural fiber clothing brought from home.
Learn how to finish and wash the dyed cloth.
Beginning Rug Braiding
Instructor: Donna Dunn
Monday and Tuesday, June 23 and 24,2025
9:00-1:00pm
A second session will be offered on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 19 and 20,2025, for beginners or for students in the first session who would like to advance their skills to the next level.
Tuition: $90.00 (Min. 4/Max 8) Materials Fee: $45.00
Braided rugs were a staple in homes for years. Learn the fundamentals of creating beautiful wool rugs. This class will include instructions on rug braiding equipment and supplies. Participants will learn techniques to create a braided wool project from start to finish. Learn how to straight braid, increase to create curves, and lace and finish a simple round braided project.
Introduction to Spinning Yarns
Instructor: Cathy Crooker
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
9:00 am- 3:30 pm
Min #4, Max #8
Tuition: $50.00 Materials Fee: $15.00
Throughout most of human history, we relied on the skills of a handful of talented spinners to make every thread for every piece of clothing, every flour sack, and every sail on every ship. Spinning fibers into thread or yarn is one of the oldest human skills.Today, we practice hand spinning for the joy it brings us through creating something beautiful and valuable, through the fun of playing with various textures and colors. By the end of the day, you will go home with your first handspun yarn and be on your way to years of spinning enjoyment! By the end of the day, you will have learned how to set up and manage your wheel, learned the basics of fiber prep and selection, learned how to spin a single yarn, learned how to ply two singles to make a finished yarn, and practiced fiber blending on a drum carder.
Japanese Termari Balls
Instructor: Wendy Shambaugh
Monday, July 7, 2025
1:00 PM- 4:00 PM
Tuition: $30.00 Materials Fee: $15.00
Japanese Tamari Balls are traditional decorative balls. They started out as toys for children but are now special gifts you give to family or close friends. Colorful cotton thread is wrapped around a covered ball to create a beautiful, colorful ball.
Let’s Weave Some Baskets
Instructor: Ralph Watson
Sunday, July 13, 20,27, 2025
9:00 am- 4:00 pm
Min #3 Max #8
Tuition per session: $50.00 Materials Fee: $20.00 per basket
In this three-session class, students will learn three different weaving styles and create three different Baskets: potato baskets in week one, Herb Gathering Baskets in week two, and Woven Snowflakes in week three. Students may sign up for all three sessions or just one or two—you decide.
Students may sign up for one, two, or all three sessions. Sign up for all three and save $25.00
Weave a Log Cabin Table Runner on a Rigid Heddle Loom
Instructor: Ralph Watson
Monday and Tuesday, August 11 and 12, 2025
9:00 am- 3:30 pm
Tuition: 75.00 Materials Fee: Cost of yarn. You may bring your yarn or purchase it from the instructor.
This class is for beginners and those with experience weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom. We will use two contrasting colors and work step by step to load the loom and begin to weave, creating a log cabin pattern in the weave. On day two, we will finish our runner and learn how to take it off the loom with suggestions for finishing.
Needle Felting a Florentine Bird
Instructor: Neysa Russo
Saturday, August 23, 2025
9:00 am- 3:00 pm
Min# 5 Max# 12
Tuition: $75.00 Materials Fee: $30.00
We will all begin by needling the tree, bending its way to the top of the canvas. You will learn how to needle felt fanciful and elaborate flowers, simplistic singing birds, ferns, vines, and leaves. Though we will all be working on the same theme, each tapestry will exhibit the unique and personal characteristics of the artist within you. Along the way, you will build your needling skills, gain design experience and experiment with color. Simple design shapes combine to create beautifully unique and personal folk art. You will also gain insight into the basic principles of wetfelting in a way that is straightforwar and accessible.
Weave a Herring Bone Scarf on a Rigid Heddle Loom
Instructor: Ralph Watson
Thursday and Friday, September 4 and 5, 2025
9:00 am- 3:30 pm
Tuition: 75.00 Materials Fee: Cost of yarn. You may bring your yarn or purchase it from the instructor.
Learn to weave a herringbone scarf just in time for the colder weather. Students will select two colors, learn how to load the loom, and start to weave to create a herringbone stitch in their weave. This class is for beginners and those with experience who want to learn a new pattern for their weaving.
Introduction to Batik
Instructor: Alison Parsons
Saturday, September 13, 2025
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Tuition: $50.00 Materials Fee: $20.00
Batik is a wax and dye process for decorating fabric. It is identified by the crackle effect created
when the wax cracks and allows the dye to penetrate. Students will learn Batik’s basic steps, including sketching your design, applying wax, dying in a cold water dye bath, and removing wax.
Fall Weaving Workshop—5 Warps in 5 Days
Instructor: Sara Goodman
Tuesday- Saturday, October 14-18, 2025
9 AM—4 PM
Tuition: $400 Materials: $5 plus cost of yarn
This intensive weaving class meets the needs of all weaving levels, from beginners to those with extensive experience. Beginners will learn to put on and weave off a new warp each day. More experienced weavers can refresh themselves, learn new skills, or spend the five days working on one project with support from the instructor.