Heritage Spinning & Weaving

Rug Hooking Help, class 1 of 1
2025-10-12 12:00 - 16:00 (America/Detroit) | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Day/Date/Time: Sunday, 10/12/2025 from noon to 4:00 pm. This class meets once.
Description: Join us for fun and hooking. Whether you want to start a new pattern or need to refresh an older project we can help. There will be plenty of wools and other supplies available to get motivated, and instruction to get past the tough questions. We can easily solve a problem with a pattern by using color and/or value, or ways to finish your rug. No rug should go unfinished.
Keith Kemmer will help with just about every hooking quandary. He has over 25 years of experience creating wonderful primitive rugs, both large and small.
Required Supplies/Equipment/Books: Please bring your project, hook, frame and wools. A cutter will be available during class.
Pre-Class Prep: none
Instructor: Keith Kemmer
Maximum: 8 students
Fee: $40.00
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Beginning Spinning, class 1 of 1
2025-10-11 09:00 - 15:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Day/Date/Time: Saturday, 10/11/2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with a break for lunch. This class meets once.
Description: Learn the basics starting with how the yarn moves through your hands before it is twisted on the drop spindle and graduate to the spinning wheel. You will learn how to make usable yarn, what makes a good yarn, how to ply, a little about different types of spinning fibers, and basic wheel maintenance.
Required supplies/equipment/books: Recommended book: Spinning 101 by Tom Knisely. Start Spinning, by Maggie Casey is also a great resource. Please bring scissors, pen, and paper. Fee includes spinning fiber and drop spindle to take home. If you already have a spinning wheel in good working order, bring it for the second half of the class. If you have a used wheel that needs maintenance, you must bring it in to the shop prior to the class. $15.00 fee for tune up; repair charge may apply. Please call ahead.
Prerequisite: No previous experience required
Pre-Class Prep: None
Instructor: Summer Swanwick
Maximum: 6 students
Fee: $75.00
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Social Crafting
2025-10-10 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-10-07 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-10-03 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-30 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-26 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-23 18:00 - 20:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Come to Heritage with your current project to knit, crochet, spin, etc., with us. This is purely a social time, no instructor will be available for help.

Knitting Help
2025-10-09 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-02 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-25 11:00 - 16:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Knitting Help – Thursdays, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. No reservations are needed.

Whether you are new to knitting, returning to knitting, or are working on a pattern using a technique new to you, we are here to help you. One visit is $10 for one hour. Purchase a card of six one-hour sessions for $50 and save. We look forward to helping you along. If you have questions about color or Fair Isle/stranded knitting, we highly recommend you book a private lesson with our guru, Joan. Visit our web store for details.
$10 per hour • $50 for 6 hours with a Knitting Help Card, which can be purchased in the web store or in person.
Almost anytime before 5 pm for 15 minutes (pending staff availability – calling ahead is a good idea)
Special and Private Lessons:
One-on-One: $45 per hour, plus $25 for each additional hour, if used at the same time as the first hour of the lesson.
Semi-Private Lessons: If you select semi-private lessons, you must purchase a session for each participant in one cart, and you must list all participants along with their emails in the “order notes” section of the checkout page.
$30/hour each for two students
$20/hour each for three+ students
The fee for each additional hour is $15 per person, if used with the first hour of the lesson.

Knitting Help
2025-10-08 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-10-01 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-24 11:00 - 16:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Knitting Help – Wednesdays, 11:00 pm to 4:00 pm. No reservations are needed.
Whether you are new to knitting, returning to knitting, or are working on a pattern using a technique new to you, we are here to help you. One visit is $10 for one hour. Purchase a card of six one-hour sessions for $50 and save. We look forward to helping you along. If you have questions about color or Fair Isle/stranded knitting, we highly recommend you book a private lesson with our guru, Joan. Visit our web store for details.
$10 per hour • $50 for 6 hours with a Knitting Help Card, which can be purchased in the web store or in person.
Almost anytime before 5 pm for 15 minutes (pending staff availability – calling ahead is a good idea)
Special and Private Lessons:
One-on-One: $45 per hour, plus $25 for each additional hour, if used at the same time as the first hour of the lesson.
Semi-Private Lessons: If you select semi-private lessons, you must purchase a session for each participant in one cart, and you must list all participants along with their emails in the “order notes” section of the checkout page.
$30/hour each for two students
$20/hour each for three+ students
The fee for each additional hour is $15 per person, if used with the first hour of the lesson.

Jane Stafford On-Line Guild Study Group 2025 via Zoom, class 7 of 9
2025-10-07 19:00 - 21:00 | MI
Day/Date/Time: Tuesdays, 7:00 – 9:00 pm: 3/4, 4/1, 5/6, 6/3, (No July), 8/5, 9/2, 10/7, 11/4 and 12/2/2025. Nine sessions via Zoom.
Description: Sharing learning expands knowledge exponentially. We will meet nine times between January and December 2025 to discuss each lesson in this year’s On-Line Guild offering. Videos will be watched at home and weaving will be done on your own. It is your responsibility to watch the video prior to class so you can engage in the conversation. This group provides you with the discipline to make the most of your JST Weaving School membership. This is the ninth year of approaching the video lessons from a group perspective. Those that have participated agree that it adds value to the experience. An email with instructions and Zoom link will be sent about a week prior to the first class.
Required: You must show proof of payment to the On-Line Guild to participate.
Prerequisite: All skill levels welcome.
Pre-Class Prep: Prior to the first meeting, forward photos of your recent projects. Prior to each Zoom class students are responsible to email photos of their projects — both finished and those on the loom — and be prepared to tell their story.
Facilitator: Joan Sheridan
Maximum: 20 participants
Fee: $30.00
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Charting a Fair Isle Sweater Using Excel via Zoom, class 2 of 4
2025-10-07 18:00 - 19:00 | MI
Day/Date/Time: Tuesdays, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14 and 10/21/2025, from 6:00-7:00pm ET via Zoom. This class meets 4 times.
Description: Fair Isle sweaters have such complex designs and details to get right, that it helps to have a chart of the full sweater. This four-session class will teach you to use Excel to create that chart. Participants will learn to set up the grid, efficiently copy and paste repeating patterns, color the design, check for pleasing connections at the shoulders and sleeves, and print to specific scale. Participants will need a tablet or phone for Zoom and a computer for working on Excel. Although the principles of this class can be applied to other spread sheets such as Numbers or Google Sheets, in the interest of time, instruction will be limited to Excel. Each session will have homework.
Required Supplies/Equipment/Books: A computer with Excel installed for working on the chart and a phone or tablet to participate in the Zoom class. An Excel file and the ZOOM link will be sent to participants in the week before class.
Prerequisite: The ability to save and find files on a computer. Some experience with Excel or other Microsoft Office products, as well as with Zoom, are helpful.
Pre-Class Prep: Download the files below. Print “The Keyboard Guide to Symbols” and “Using the StitchMastery Font Collection.”

StitchMastery Knitting Font Dot https://stitchmastery.com/fonts/?_ga=2.1030065.1010721024.1752775566-948359013.1752775566&doing_wp_cron=1752775917.4340879917144775390625
The Keyboard Guide to Symbols. https://www.stitchmastery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/StitchMasteryDot.pdf?_ga=2.79535892.1010721024.1752775566-948359013.1752775566
Using the StitchMastry Font Collection. https://www.stitchmastery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Using_the_StitchMastery_Fonts.pdf?_ga=2.102013697.1010721024.1752775566-948359013.1752775566

Instructor: Cherie Cornick
Maximum: 11 students
Class fee: $100.00

Crochet Help
2025-10-07 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-30 15:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-23 15:00 - 16:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Crochet Help – Tuesdays, 3:00 to 4:00 pm. No reservations are needed.
Whether you are new to crochet, returning to crochet, or are working on a pattern using a technique new to you, our staff is here to help you. Granny squares, amigurumi, filet crochet, tapestry crochet, and Tunisian crochet are all within your reach, we will help you! Just want a coach at your elbow as you work? Feel free to be a “regular.”
$10 per hour • $50 for 6 hours with a Knitting Help Card, which can be purchased in the web store or in person.
Special and Private Lessons:
One-on-One: $45 per hour, plus $25 for each additional hour, if used at the same time as the first hour of the lesson.
Semi-Private Lessons: If you select semi-private lessons, you must purchase a session for each participant in one cart, and you must list all participants along with their emails in the “order notes” section of the checkout page.
$30/hour each for two students
$20/hour each for three+ students
The fee for each additional hour is $15 per person, if used with the first hour of the lesson.

Knitting Help
2025-10-07 11:00 - 14:00, 2025-09-30 11:00 - 14:00, 2025-09-23 11:00 - 14:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Knitting Help – Tuesdays, 11:00 pm to 4:00 pm. No reservations are needed.
Whether you are new to knitting, returning to knitting, or are working on a pattern using a technique new to you, we are here to help you. One visit is $10 for one hour. Purchase a card of six one-hour sessions for $50 and save. We look forward to helping you along. If you have questions about color or Fair Isle/stranded knitting, we highly recommend you book a private lesson with our guru, Joan. Visit our web store for details.
$10 per hour • $50 for 6 hours with a Knitting Help Card, which can be purchased in the web store or in person.
Almost anytime before 5 pm for 15 minutes (pending staff availability – calling ahead is a good idea)
Special and Private Lessons:
One-on-One: $45 per hour, plus $25 for each additional hour, if used at the same time as the first hour of the lesson.
Semi-Private Lessons: If you select semi-private lessons, you must purchase a session for each participant in one cart, and you must list all participants along with their emails in the “order notes” section of the checkout page.
$30/hour each for two students
$20/hour each for three+ students
The fee for each additional hour is $15 per person, if used with the first hour of the lesson.

Private Class 9am - Noon
2025-10-06 09:00 - 12:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Private Class 9am – Noon

Wool Painting, class 1 of 1
2025-10-05 09:00 - 15:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Day/Date/Time: Sunday, 10/5/2025, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, with a one-hour break for lunch. You can bring your lunch or enjoy a stroll through town and experience one if our many restaurants. This class meets once.
Description: Use colored wool roving and several felting techniques to create a summer garden you can enjoy all year long. We will manipulate materials to create a wet felted “canvas’ to use as a base for your needle felted garden. You will then develop several needle felting techniques to form blooms, leaves and buds. You may get a little wet!
Required Supplies/Equipment/Books: Please bring a large bath towel and two hand towels. Heritage will have tools and equipment that you can use for the day. All wool will be supplied. If you wish you may bring your own felting kit. Optional: bring photos of flowering plants.
Prerequisite: No experience necessary
Pre-Class Prep: None
Instructor: Candy Garbacz
Maximum: 8 students
Fee: $70.00
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Charting a Fair Isle Sweater Using Excel via Zoom, class 1 of 4
2025-09-30 18:00 - 19:00 | MI
Day/Date/Time: Tuesdays, 9/30, 10/7, 10/14 and 10/21/2025, from 6:00-7:00pm ET via Zoom. This class meets 4 times.
Description: Fair Isle sweaters have such complex designs and details to get right, that it helps to have a chart of the full sweater. This four-session class will teach you to use Excel to create that chart. Participants will learn to set up the grid, efficiently copy and paste repeating patterns, color the design, check for pleasing connections at the shoulders and sleeves, and print to specific scale. Participants will need a tablet or phone for Zoom and a computer for working on Excel. Although the principles of this class can be applied to other spread sheets such as Numbers or Google Sheets, in the interest of time, instruction will be limited to Excel. Each session will have homework.
Required Supplies/Equipment/Books: A computer with Excel installed for working on the chart and a phone or tablet to participate in the Zoom class. An Excel file and the ZOOM link will be sent to participants in the week before class.
Prerequisite: The ability to save and find files on a computer. Some experience with Excel or other Microsoft Office products, as well as with Zoom, are helpful.
Pre-Class Prep: Download the files below. Print “The Keyboard Guide to Symbols” and “Using the StitchMastery Font Collection.”

StitchMastery Knitting Font Dot https://stitchmastery.com/fonts/?_ga=2.1030065.1010721024.1752775566-948359013.1752775566&doing_wp_cron=1752775917.4340879917144775390625
The Keyboard Guide to Symbols. https://www.stitchmastery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/StitchMasteryDot.pdf?_ga=2.79535892.1010721024.1752775566-948359013.1752775566
Using the StitchMastry Font Collection. https://www.stitchmastery.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Using_the_StitchMastery_Fonts.pdf?_ga=2.102013697.1010721024.1752775566-948359013.1752775566

Instructor: Cherie Cornick
Maximum: 11 students
Class fee: $100.00
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Barnstable Shawl KAL - knitting and help
2025-09-30 16:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-23 16:00 - 17:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Barnstable Shawl KAL knitting and help is available every Tuesday afternoon from 4 to 5 through September at no charge. Feel free to stay after to join in Tuesday evening social knitting (from 6 to 8). Treat yourself to dinner out or order in, the shop will remain open between 5 and 6.

Private Knitting Group
2025-09-29 09:30 - 16:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Private Knitting Group meets today from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm.

Color and Weave Towels on the Rigid Heddle, class 1 of 1
2025-09-28 09:00 - 16:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Day/Date/Time: Sunday, 9/28/2025, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, with a break for lunch. This class meets once.
Description: Plain weave doesn’t have to be plain. When you mix in color in a certain way, all kinds of exciting things can happen. Learn how to warp your loom to extract the magic in the colors. We will also discuss how to weave tidy selvedges and how to read a weaving pattern. In class you will warp for a set of towels using color and weave. At the end of class your loom will be warped, you will have begun weaving and you will understand how to finish the pieces at home.
Required Supplies/Equipment/Books: A loom at least 18” wide with a 12 or 12.5 rigid heddle. Spools of 8/4 cotton in three different colors. Optional: spool of 16/2 for weaving thinner hems. You will also need threading and sleying hooks, warp separating materials, three stick shuttles at least 18” wide or three boat shuttles with bobbins, scissors, and tape measure.
Prerequisite: Must be able to warp and weave on a rigid heddle loom independently.
Pre-Class Prep: none
Instructor: Joan Sheridan
Maximum: 6 students
Class Fee: $90.00
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Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 25th Anniversary Celebration
2025-09-27 11:00 - 17:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Join us on Saturday, September 27 from 11 to 5. Spend the day or just stop in for cake and a few words at 2:00.
Don’t miss the ongoing slide show of Heritage over the years. It will be running all day. We’ve already had some good laughs while putting it together!
Please join us to knit, spin or do other fiber crafts throughout the day. We are hoping for good weather so that we can also use the benches around town and in the Downtown Alleyway.
As special projects we will have teachers on hand during the day to assist you in making crowns. Yes. You heard us. Crowns! Doesn’t every celebration need a little something extra? There are many free patterns available on Ravelry and we have received permission to have some printed out for you. Here are two that we have selected — one KNIT and one CROCHET. If you are a lace knitter, consider using an edging pattern to make your own custom pattern. All guests wearing a hand knit or crocheted crown will receive 15% off regularly priced yarn for the entire day.
