Alternatives Now Training Series: Language & Equitable Storytelling
VirtualShaping Alternative Futures Now: connecting the dots of intersectional justice is a Zoom-based Training Series facilitated by Teju Adisa-Farrar, who is currently working with Fibershed internally on a training series focused on practicing and supporting intentional equity.
UC Elkus Ranch’s Annual Sheep to Shawl
UC Elkus Ranch Environmental Education Center 1500 Purisima Creek Road, Half Moon Bay, CAJoin us for our annual Sheep to Shawl event at UC Elkus Ranch! Our flock of sheep will be sheared by a professional sheep shearer and Elkus Ranch will be open to the public* for a day of fun on the farm! Saturday, June 13, 2020 | 10a-2pm | $15 per person (children 2 years […]
Shepherds and Stewards Fibershed Coop Marketplace Virtual Popup
VirtualShepherds and Stewards: Fibershed Coop Marketplace Virtual Popup June 18-21, 2020, FibershedMarketplace.com Connecting those who care for their flock with those who care about our soil. We chose the theme Shepherds and Stewards for our virtual popup as a reminder that we are truly connected as a community of shepherds and stewards. Our focus is […]
Nuno Felted Garment Master Class with Sharit
Credo High School 1300 Valley House Drive, Suite 100, Rohnert Park, CAPLEASE NOTE: This is a 3 Day Workshop; July 3, 4 + 5; 10 am - 4 pm LOCATION: Credo High School; 1300 Valley House Dr. Suite 100 This 3-day workshop will focus on designing and making one-piece fashionable and wearable nuno felted garments; e.g. dresses or skirts. Students will explore the various […]
Fundamentals of Soil Health Workshop
VirtualJoin Napa RCD for a 2-day Fundamentals of Soil Health Online Workshop through Zoom. Please register for each day separately at the links below. Agenda (July 8, 8-11 am): Register Here through Zoom Learn about the importance of maintaining proper soil health. Learn about different biological, physical, and chemical soil properties and how these properties […]
Badass Brioche Level 2
Fiber Circle Studio 113 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA, United StatesWelcome to Badass Brioche LEVEL TWO! If you've already done a little bit of brioche, this is the next step. This is a 2 session class that covers brioche in the round, flat and shaping the brioche using decreasing. We'll also get comfortable doing brioche on a fingering weight yarn for this lightweight cowl! […]
Dyeing with Summer Flowers with Deepa Natarajan
Join natural dyer, gardener, and ethnobotanist Deepa Natarajan for a virtual dye demo highlighting summer flowers. Dyeing with flowers can be incredibly rewarding as these little punches of color work their magic quickly on cloth! Plant highlights will come from Deepa and co-author Helen Krayenhoff's book "10 Plants for Color" with a handful of other […]
Growing & Processing Flax with Sandy Fisher
Join Sandy Fisher of Chico Flax for an online presentation about growing and processing flax to make linen. Sandy will first show images of this year's crop—growing, harvesting, retting in the field and in the tanks, and drying on the lines before processing. Sandy will then do a hands-on demo of all three steps of […]
Let’s Talk… Regenerative Fiber
VirtualAlmost a decade ago, weaver and natural dyer Rebecca Burgess envisioned a ‘fibershed,’ a place-based textile system, similar to a watershed or foodshed, that could mitigate climate change, support farmer livelihoods, and strengthen regional economies. Today, Fibershed has pioneered a bioregional approach to regenerating ecosystems and decentralizing the textile supply chain. Join us this Thursday, […]
Live FEEDBACK FRIDAY with Fibershed Founder Rebecca Burgess
VirtualJoin us July 31st, 9 am Pacific, 12 pm Eastern for a live Zoom FEEDBACK FRIDAY with Fibershed Founder, Rebecca Burgess. Rebecca Burgess is the executive director of Fibershed, chair of the board for Carbon Cycle Institute, and the author of Harvesting Color as well as Fibershed-Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy. […]