Try your hand a this ancient craft that’s still relevant today. All students will have a drop spindle to use and a large supply of wool to make mistakes with.

Learn the art of wet felting with Roycroft Artist, Suzanne O’Brien. Suzanne will guide you through a step by step process of how to create a beautiful felted flower with just wool fibers, soap, water and a little agitation!

Learn the essential building blocks of weaving, such as warping and materials selection, setting up a loom and best practices. Beginners will gain an understanding of fundamental tapestry weaving basics and how to break with traditional weaving to “sculpt” with weft under the guidance of Tami Fuller, our keynote speaker.

This is a great little tray with many uses. It is lovely as a breadbasket, fruit basket, or project basket. I use mine as a hold-all as I work on felting projects. The tray is easy to make, the rim is glued, so it makes a good intro to weaving baskets.

Explore the art of creating naturally dyed speckled wool yarn. Be it wildly colored or a few speckles here and there, learn to harness the beauty of plants and flowers to imprint natural colors onto yarn.

Longwool, short staple, woolen, worsted, carded, combed, hand, roving vs top, from the fold, in the grease – what is a diz? Do I really need a flick carder? What are neps? Silk, bamboo, wool and artificials versus natural…There is so much that goes into working with wool! Learn the basics of fiber prep and have common questions answered, like when you should card and when you should comb, how to handle each process and the tools and best practices associated with each prep and why woolen versus worsted matters.

Create an image of landscape suitable for framing using naturally dyed wool as your “paint”. Students will learn the basics of needle felting as we blend colors, layer directly on to a flat surface or create a pre-felted piece to transfer to the canvas.  All materials are provided including a piece of handcrafted felt as “canvas”, natural dyed wool for felting, felting needles, and felting base. Ideas and inspiration will also be provided if needed.

Enjoy a unique spin on traditional circular weaving by using two hoops. We’ll learn how to warp this circle-within-a-circle then walk through a few basic weaving stitches to make it your own. Perfect for beginners and anyone who wants to give this unique twist a whirl! Yarn and roving in a variety of colors will be provided.