Heritage Spinning & Weaving

Private Knitting Group
2025-09-15 09:30 - 15:00 (America/Detroit) | 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.

Social Rug Hooking, session 1 of 1
2025-09-14 12:00 - 16:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Day/Date/Time: Sunday, 9/14/2025, from Noon to 4:00 pm. This event meets once.
Description: Join other rug-hookers to socialize and share your summer rug hooking projects. This is an opportunity to gather with like-minded wool enthusiasts to share skills and devote time to our craft. Basic rug hooking skills are required. This is purely a social time; an instructor will not be available for help.
Required supplies/equipment/books: Bring your own projects and equipment.
Prerequisite: Basic rug hooking skills required.
Host: Candy Garbacz
Maximum: 10 participants
Fee: $25.00
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Introduction to Rigid Heddle, class 2 of 2
2025-09-13 09:00 - 15:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Day/Date/Time: Friday & Saturday, 9/12 & 9/13/2025 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm each day. This class meets for two days.
Description: This compact loom is perfect for dipping your toes into the weaving waters. In this class you will make a scarf using a lux yarn that feels and looks scrumptious. Using good yarn always makes your project shine! You will learn how to dress the loom, how to weave and a bit about planning a project. Three looms are available for in-store rental, however, please plan ahead as not all new weavers finish the project during class time and you may have to return to the shop during regular hours to complete it.
Required Supplies/Equipment/Books: Two skeins Malabrigo Dos Tierras – either two of one color way or one solid and one multicolored (wind into balls prior to class). Loom with at least 12″ weaving width; 8 dent heddle; threading hook or hooks, depending on the maker; sharp scissors, tape measure that can measure 100″; writing supplies; large tapestry needle; and 12” wide separating paper or sticks for warping.
Prerequisite: None
Pre-Class Prep: Wind yarn into balls.
Instructor: Joan Sheridan
Maximum: 6 students (only 3 looms are available to rent for this class)
Fee: $145.00; $160 with loom rental

Social Crafting
2025-09-12 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-09 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-09-05 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-09-02 18:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-29 18:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-26 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.

Introduction to Rigid Heddle, class 1 of 2
2025-09-12 09:00 - 15:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Day/Date/Time: Friday & Saturday, 9/12 & 9/13/2025 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm each day. This class meets for two days.
Description: This compact loom is perfect for dipping your toes into the weaving waters. In this class you will make a scarf using a lux yarn that feels and looks scrumptious. Using good yarn always makes your project shine! You will learn how to dress the loom, how to weave and a bit about planning a project. Three looms are available for in-store rental, however, please plan ahead as not all new weavers finish the project during class time and you may have to return to the shop during regular hours to complete it.
Required Supplies/Equipment/Books: Two skeins Malabrigo Dos Tierras – either two of one color way or one solid and one multicolored (wind into balls prior to class). Loom with at least 12″ weaving width; 8 dent heddle; threading hook or hooks, depending on the maker; sharp scissors, tape measure that can measure 100″; writing supplies; large tapestry needle; and 12” wide separating paper or sticks for warping.
Prerequisite: None
Pre-Class Prep: Wind yarn into balls.
Instructor: Joan Sheridan
Maximum: 6 students (only 3 looms are available to rent for this class)
Fee: $145.00; $160 with loom rental
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Knitting Help
2025-09-11 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-04 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-28 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.

Fair Isle for the First Time, class 1 of 1
2025-09-11 09:00 - 16:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Day/Date/Time: Thursday, 9/11/2025, from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, with a break for lunch. This class meets once.
Description: Join in the fun of stranded color knitting. This is an introductory course, but you should be at least an advanced beginner knitter and know how to knit in the round to benefit from the class. You will be introduced to the colors of Shetland – over 300 different colors of jumper weight yarn from the two biggest yarn companies in Shetland. This is the traditional sweater weight yarn of the islands. After a bit of practice in knitting with two colors and exploring colors, you will begin work on knitting your own Fair Isle cap using a pattern that Joan developed to teach this time-honored technique. You have the option of purchasing the my First Fair Isle hat kit and being able to come to class with the ribbing done OR you can select your own colors for the hat in class and make your hat truly one-of-a-kind. You choose! Class fee includes yarn for practicing.
Required Supplies/Equipment/Books: Either purchase the My First Fair Isle hat kit from Heritage in the shop or online, or purchase and print the pattern from our webstore or Ravelry. You will need US Size #1 and #3 needles to knit the hat, plus your standard knit kit, including scissors and stitch markers.
Prerequisite: Must be comfortable knitting with “small” needles in the round.
Pre-Class Prep: If you opt for the kit, speed things along by having the one-color ribbing knit before class. All instructions are in the pattern.
Instructor: Joan Sheridan
Maximum: 10 students
Class Fee: 100.00
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Knitting Help
2025-09-10 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-09-03 11:00 - 16:00, 2025-08-27 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.

Barnstable Shawl KAL - knitting and help
2025-09-09 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.

Knitting Help
2025-09-09 11:00 - 14:00, 2025-09-02 11:00 - 14:00, 2025-08-26 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.

Crochet Help with Laurie
2025-09-09 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-02 11:00 - 13:00, 2025-08-26 11:00 - 13:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Crochet Help with Laurie – Tuesdays, 11:00 am to 1:00 pm and 3:00 to 5:00 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, Laurie is here to help you. Her guiding hand will make your hands more confident. Granny squares, amigurumi, filet crochet, tapestry crochet, and Tunisian crochet are all within your reach. Laurie 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.

Private Class 9am - Noon
2025-09-08 09:00 - 12:00, 2025-08-25 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
2025-09-07 09:00 - 15:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Day/Date/Time: Sunday, 9/7/2025, 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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Barnstable KAL - kick off
2025-09-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Day/Date/Time: Saturday, 9/6/2025 from 2:00 – 4:00 pm
Knit along with us and others around the world as we make the Barnstable Shawl from designer Lisa Hannes. Included in the KAL are weekly prizes from Malabrigo, on-line help on social media and in the store, plus the opportunity to knit with Seis Cabos, a truly luscious yarn. The pattern is appropriate for advanced beginning and beyond knitters. Even though the mosaic portion of the shawl looks complicated, it absolutely isn’t. Only one strand of yarn is ever used in each row. At Heritage we will kick off the KAL on Saturday, September 6 from 2 to 4, please come with your yarn wound into balls.
This eye-catching shawl combines mosaic colorwork and clean lines. You’ll need 2 skeins of Seis Cabos for your Main Color and 1 skein for the Contrast Color. Because the mosaic motif relies on color contrast to shine, we recommend pairing bold or high-contrast shades to really make the pattern pop. See Deanna’s yarn choice above — she said she didn’t want to be “quiet.”
To sign up, visit this link.
Pick your yarn on our website here or in-store. Want it wound? Please let us know at time of purchase.
In addition to the kick off 9/6, 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.

Jane Stafford On-Line Guild Study Group 2025 via Zoom, class 6 of 9
2025-09-02 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: $40.00
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Building a Spinner's Portfolio to Become a Better Spinner - class 6 of 9
2025-08-23 10:00 - 12:00 | Heritage Spinning & Weaving, 47 E. Flint ST, Lake Orion, MI, 48362, United States
Day/Date/Time: Saturdays, 3/15, 4/12, 5/17, 6/21, 7/19, 8/23, 9/20, 10/25, and 11/22/25, from 10:00 am to Noon. This class meets 9 times.
Description: A series of workshops and exercises designed to improve spinning skills and knowledge. The goal of this series is to fine tune your own spinning abilities and to be able to plan for and complete a project using your own handspun yarn. Throughout this series, you will be working on building a portfolio of skills through exercises designed to help you fine tune your skills and document your progress.
Most of the topics will be presented in lecture format with demonstration. You will be given assignments to be completed on your own time between classes, with support through a dedicated online Facebook forum between lectures. Lectures will be once per month. Previous assignments will be reviewed at each lecture and must be completed, as skills build on each other in this program. Expect to spend at least 1 hour/week on homework. Most days students will be able to stay and spin after class is over.
Topics Covered:

All About Your Spinning Wheel
Thick and Thin : Discovering the range of your wheel
Worsted spinning
Woolen spinning
Balanced plying
Measurement tools/ How to describe your yarn
Recreating a commercial yarn
Is it project worthy?
Bringing it All Together – Designing a project

Required supplies/equipment/books: Spinning Wheel (either traditional or e wheel) in good working order. 3-inch 3 ring binder or large penda flex folder for your portfolio. Optional: 3X5 notecards, hole punch, spiral notebook for your own notes.
*Class fee does not include material fees of $20.00 to $40.00 per session that will be payable to instructor at the beginning of each class. Materials include lecture notes and sample folders, as well as 2-4 oz of wool each month to complete monthly assignments.
Prerequisite: Students should be reasonably comfortable with using the wheel they have and able to spin a single and ply two singles together before taking the class.
Instructor: Summer Swanwick
Maximum: 6 students
*Fee: $400.00 (does not include materials fees – see required supplies for more information)
