Join us for a new 2023 Fibershed Symposium community event that is free and runs concurrently with our ticketed annual symposium (“Relationships of Change”). The event will feature a range of hands-on educational activities and demonstrations for families and fiber enthusiasts, presented by Fibershed producers. A selection of locally-grown and made goods will be available for purchase. Educators and families are especially encouraged to attend and participate!

Activities & Demos

• Knitting with Gayle Ravenscroft
• Weaving on a loom with Robin Lynde
• Processing flax plants into fiber for linen with Sandy Fisher
• Eco-printed bandanas using dye plants with Elaine Hamblin
• Upcycling t-shirts by hand-sewing with Palesa Nicolini and Pia Anderson
• Band weaving with Emily Robinson
• Creative ways to card and blend fibers with Gynna Clemes
• Spinning on a spinning wheel with Marli de Swart

…plus make-and-take activities!

• Wooly adventures
• Lambtown festival
• Board weaving
• Sheep craft
• Coloring/painting with natural pigments

Participating Fibershed Producers

• Braehurst Fiber & Dye
• Gynna Made and Clemes & Clemes, Inc.
• Chico Flax
• Pacific Knitting Retreats
• KOSA
• Meridian Jacobs
• Marlie de Swat
• Palesa Nicolini & Pia Anderson

Details
Friday November 10, 2023
9am-2pm
FREE and open to the public
Dance Palace Chapel, 503 B St., Point Reyes Station