Miscellaneous Fiber Fun Classes

0404 Understanding Yarn and Fibers

Dates: Friday, April 17, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. 1 session

Have you struggled with trying to match a yarn to a project? This class will give you hands-on experience in making a fiber selection. We'll look at the properties of all of the common fibers and you will receive a knittable (or weavable on a Weavette) sample of many. In addition, we'll talk about fiber blends - what works and what doesn't, weights of yarn according to various systems, and spinning and plying styles. Not just a lecture - you will have a piece of yarn in your hands that you can look at and feel as its properties are discussed.

Required supplies and equipment: Bring all your knitting needles. If you do not knit, bring a small Weavette or prewarped rigid heddle with a narrow warp set at 10 or 12 epi with fingering weight wool or cotton.

Required Books: None

Prerequisite: None

Joan Hoover, $50 class fee, no materials fee

0499 Color Confidence

Date, 2008: Sunday, November 9

or 2009, Sunday, March 1, 12 pm to 3 pm

Learn how to make better color choices by using the color wheel, nature, and even catalogs or magazines as your guide. Diane will step you through some simple exercises that will increase your comfort with color exponentially. You'll learn what to look for when building your palette and how colors work together for knitters, spinners, and weavers.

Optional recommended book: Color Works by Deb Menz

Required supplies and equipment: TBD

Diane Lammers, $35 class fee, includes yarn for samples

0401 Learn to Tat

Class A: Thursday, March 19 and 26, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm, 2 sessions

Class B: Thursday, September 24 and October 1, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm, 2 sessions

Tatting is the art of making lace by tying well-placed knots. It isn't as hard as you'd think, but it is hard to teach yourself from a book. Enter Dorothy who is in love with all things tatting! She'll teach you the basics of tatting and how to read a pattern. We'll make a butterfly and picot edging. Yarn included.

Required supplies and equipment: Tatting shuttle and Cordennet crochet cotton (available in shop), scissors. Don't forget your reading glasses!

Required Books: none

Prerequisite: None

Dorothy Dusenbury, $50 class fee, no materials fee