Direct Links to Classes:
Boot Camps & Focus Classes
Knitting Classes
Sock Knitting Classes
Weaving Classes
Spinning Classes
Ongoing Classes
Special and Recurring Events
Dyeing and Felting Classes
Miscellaneous Fiber Fun Classes
Calendar of Events
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Boot Camp and Focus Class Series
In our search to better serve the needs of fiberists, we have developed these two aproaches to intensive, in-depth learning that's both focused and fun. If you're at least an advanced beginner, Boot Camp in your chosen fiber area of knitting, spinning, or weaving will deepen and polish your skills. After that, if you're hungry for more knowledge of a particular aspect of your area, try the Focus classes for more depth.
Neither is for the faint-of-heart; they're a big committment of time and effort! But if you're really interested in exploring fiber in depth, without much of the trial-and-error that usually accompanies such exploration, give these classes a try!
Boot Camp Classes
Our Boot Camp classes are in-depth and intense, but also a rewarding and fun! These classes provide a well-rounded learning experience for knitters, spinners, and weavers. They are not for beginners and are not learn-to classes. They are for you if you consider yourself at least an advanced- to intermediate-level student in the area you are interested in. In class we'll consider yarn, color, and texture our playground. We learn through swatches and finished pieces. You'll work hard, but you'll learn a lot, and take your skills to the next level.
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Boot Camp Fliers |
Knitting Boot Camp
Tuesday evenings, September 2008 through April 2009
6:30 pm to 8:30 pm
September 23, October 14, November 11, December 9, January 20, February 10, March 10, April 14
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Saturday mornings, September 2008 through April 2009
8:30 am to 10:30 am (last session lasts until 11:30 am)
September 27, October 18, November 15, December 13, January 24, February 21, March 17, April 18
Cost: $195, materials not included
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Knitting
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Spinning Boot Camp
Spinning Boot Camp I: Please call to be added to the interest list. The next scheduled class will begin in the fall of 2009.
Cost: $250 plus $60 for materials, payable on first
day of class
Spinning Boot Camp II: Everything but Wool is scheduled and we are accepting paid reservations. This follow-up to our popular SBC I will provide opportunities to spin cellulose fibers like cotton and flax, rayon fibers such as bamboo and soy, exotics like qiviut and buffalo down, alpaca and other camelids, and of course silk in several forms. You will blend diverse fibers using the drum carder, and make a small project. Spinning Boot Camp I is highly recommended as a prerequisite.
Cost: $250, materials not included
Dates:Saturday afternoons, September 2008 through April 2009
12 pm to 2 pm except on 3/14 from 11 am to 5 pm
Septempber 20, October 18, November 15, December 13, January 24, February 21, March 14, and April 18
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Spinning I
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Weaving Boot Camp
Please call to be added to the interest list. The next scheduled class will begin in September of 2009.
Cost: $350, materials not included
There are also two optional classes for Weaving Boot Camp students who are interested. A Warping Class will be held Saturday, September 8, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, cost: $35, and Dyeing for Weavers will be held May 17, 2009, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm, $100 (all supplies
included, yarn for dyeing additional).
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Weaving
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Focus Classes
Focus classes do just that, focus on one aspect of a fiber craft. They require less time committment than Boot Camp, since the subject area is narrower, but still get into rewarding depth on the topic. It's strongly recommended that you take the relevant Boot Camp series before doing a Focus series.
We're in the process of adding the following Focus classes for knitting: Focus on Shetland Lace, and Focus on Fit. Focus on Socks and Focus on Fair Isle will start in fall 2008. Starting in January or February 2009 we will have Focus on Fit and Focus on Shetland Lace.
Dates will be posted here as classes are scheduled.
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Focus Fliers |
Focus On Socks
Dates (2008-2009): Fridays 7 pm to 9 pm, six sessions, September 26, October 10 and 24, November 14, December 12, and January 9
Explore the fit and function of socks - not to mention beginnings and endings when knitting from either direction. You'll learn lots of tips that will translate to all of your knitting, have at least one pair of great-fitting socks when you are done, and have a really great time exploring.
Instructor: Jae Koscierzynski, Cost: $120
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Focus On Socks flier (coming soon)
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Focus On Fair Isle
Dates (2008-2009): Saturday October 11, 8 am to 1 pm, Wednesdays 6 pm to 8 pm: October 22, November 5 and 19, December 3, January 7, March 4
Explore the history and techniques of Fair Isle knitting. Learn stranded knitting, how to work with yarn in each hand, modify patterns, steek (cut your knitting), design your own pattern and what a difference color placement makes. During class you’ll knit a hat and begin work on a sweater (from a pattern of your own design or a published pattern).
Instructor: Joan Hoover
Cost: $240, includes yarn for all swatches
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Focus On Fair Isle flier (coming soon)
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Focus On Lace
Would you like to be a lace knitter? Like to know more about what makes lace tick? This study
course is eight sessions long and covers history, knitting lace, fixing problems, reading and writing lace charts, garment construction, and design.
Cost: $160, materials not included
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Focus on Lace
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