Pick-Up on Four Shafter
For the month of April, weaving workshops will focus on pick-up techniques that can be used on three different weave structures: beiderwand, mock damask, and double weave. Pick-up is the […]
Wool Processing for Spinning
Crockett Fiber Arts Studio 1322 Pomona St, Crockett, CAIt’s Shearing Season! Don’t know what to do with a raw fleece? I can teach you that! In my Wool Processing for Spinning class, you’ll learn how to select […]
“Loved Clothes Last” Mending Bar
California College of the Arts SF 1111 8th St, San Francisco, CA, United StatesEach year the United States sends 12.8 million tons of textile waste to landfill. As style turnover has accelerated, so has our appetite for new, trendy clothing. Today we buy 4 […]
Duckworth Farm’s Annual Sheep Shearing
Duckworth Farm 3200 Canfield Road, Sebastopol, CAIt’s that time of year again! Please join us for our annual Sheep Shearing Day on Duckworth Family Farm. This year our shearer is John Sanchez, truly one of […]
Sewing Lab
O'Hanlon Center For the Arts 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA, United StatesSEWING LAB A love of adornment is one of our most basic tendencies. It exists in all cultures, telling stories about who we are and how we see ourselves. Come […]
Community Knitting
A Verb for Keeping Warm 6328 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA, United StatesConnect with your fellow Bay Area knitters! Need some pattern or yarn advice for your next project or just looking for a friendly group to chat with while getting some […]
Sewing Lab– Garment Construction
NorCal Sewing and Vacuum 909 D Street, San Rafael, CA, United StatesSewing Lab– Garment Construction—All levels—On-going class. A love of adornment is one of our most basic tendencies. It exists in all cultures, telling stories about who we are and how […]
Sewing Lab
O'Hanlon Center For the Arts 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA, United StatesSEWING LAB A love of adornment is one of our most basic tendencies. It exists in all cultures, telling stories about who we are and how we see ourselves. Come […]
Weave a Soft Twined Basket
We will begin small, twined baskets made with a diminutive relative of tule, known as “sweetgrass” among native weavers in the Pacific Northwest. As well as being fragrant, it is […]
Color and Hand Papermaking
The Studio Santa Rosa 3840 Finley Ave, Bldg 32, Studio 107, Santa Rosa, CACreate your own handmade paper with colored pulps using Western and Japanese techniques. Learn to use dyes and pigments to color pulp as well as natural dyes and the natural […]