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. […]
Japanese Indigo, Seed to Seed, with Craig Wilkinson
Join Craig Wilkinson of Craig's Indigo for this virtual event. He will share his experience growing indigo over the last seven years in Northern California, including his current crop at the Santa Rosa Junior College Shone Farm located in Forestville, California. Craig will give a general comparison of indigo vats made from composted indigo and […]
In Conversation: The Fibershed Movement
VirtualWhat Does Fashion Have to Do With Farming? Exploring the Growing Fibershed Movement in the UK Similar to a local watershed or a foodshed, a Fibershed is focused on the source of the raw material, the transparency with which it is converted into clothing, and the connectivity among all parts, from soil to skin […]
Sonoma County Environmental Stewardship Panel: Education, Predators & Balanced Ecosystems
VirtualThis panel was formed to create an open, amicable, and educational discussion regarding wildlife management, land conversion, local policy & livestock predation, specifically addressing how these issues affect our local food supply & grazing for fire fuel load reduction. This is a grassroots effort to gather information, experience, and knowledge in a manner that honors […]
Tips for Sewing Jeans with Dan DiSanto
Join designer Dan DiSanto for a virtual sewing demo on how to do a join fly, how to make a fell seam on a single needle machine, and some pocket tricks for blue jeans. Participants will be invited to submit questions. Register on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2mKkK672T2uF07DaKgAdPQ A video of the webinar will be made available to […]
Keeping Fashion Close to Home for Better and Lighter Living
VirtualObjective: To highlight community solutions for reversing unsustainable trends in fashion and textiles Description: Our wardrobes and textiles protect us from the elements and enable expressions of culture and individuality. Responsibility for closing the fashion loop lies not only with consumers, who are affected by price, trends, advertising, and available options but also with communities […]