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  • Community Knitting

    A Verb for Keeping Warm 6328 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA, United States

    Connect 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 rows done? Come to our free community knitting event and share your latest WIP! Everyone is welcome -- feel free to bring a friend and […]

  • Fiber Artists’ Night Out

    Crockett Fiber Arts Studio 1322 Pomona St, Crockett, CA

    Want to meet some like-minded fiber enthusiasts?  Love to hang out and knit, crochet, spin, embroider, weave, etc. with others?  Then this is the event for you!  Join us on the second Thursday evening of the month at Crockett Fiber Arts Studio in Crockett.  Bring a project to work on and a snack to share.  […]

  • Benizaa Culture Share & Potluck

    Petaluma, CA Petaluma, CA, United States

    Samuel Bautista Lazo invites Petaluma and North Bay Community to Benizaa (Zapotec) Cultural Talk of weaving motif symbolism, natural plant dyes, and Benizaa cultural stories. Guests attending cultural talk are also invited to a casual community Potluck. Please bring light food or beverage to share. Traditional Oaxacan Cacao drink will be provided.   SPACE IS […]

  • DIXZA RUGS| Cultural talk and Weaving Workshop w/Samuel Bautista Lazo

    Petaluma, CA Petaluma, CA, United States

    1 Day Weaving workshop: Learn how to create textile weaving motifs, patterns, and techniques on a small hand-held frame loom.   Samuel Bautista Lazo, is a Zapotec (Benizaa) weaver from Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico. He is visiting California to share his family’s weaving heritage, the Indigenous way of life and cultural craft of the […]

  • Natural Dyeing (Fabric + Yarn)

    Fiber Circle Studio 113 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA, United States

    Brooke Sinnes of Sincere Sheep, a natural dye company based in Napa, CA, will be sharing her knowledge and skills of natural dyeing on both wool yarn and cotton fabric! In this all-day workshop, you’ll spend the morning learning about mordanting followed up by dyeing yarn in 4 different natural dye pots. After a 1-hour […]

  • The Natural Baby Series: Washcloth

    In April, we focus on natural handwoven textiles for the baby. All projects in this series will be made using 100% cotton. Arguably the most important textile fiber, cotton is soft, absorbent, light, vegan and naturally hypoallergenic. Take classes in this series to make cloths for your own baby or to give to a special, […]

  • Twined Sweetgrass Basket with Charlie Kennard

    UC Berkeley Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive, Berkeley, CA, United States

    We will begin small twined baskets made with a diminutive relative of tule (Schoenoplectus americanus) known as “sweetgrass” among native weavers in the Pacific Northwest. As well as being fragrant, it is strong and soft, and lends itself to a variety of weaving strokes.   Charlie Kennard of San Anselmo is a long-time basket weaver […]

  • 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 process in which a warp pattern is picked up with a stick in order to weave patterns not otherwise possible on threading and tie-ups alone. […]

  • The Natural Baby Series: Washcloth

    In April, we focus on natural handwoven textiles for the baby. All projects in this series will be made using 100% cotton. Arguably the most important textile fiber, cotton is soft, absorbent, light, vegan and naturally hypoallergenic. Take classes in this series to make cloths for your own baby or to give to a special, […]

  • Learn To Knit! [Level 1]

    Fiber Circle Studio 113 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA, United States

    Learn To Knit! Hey, there new knitter! This class is the perfect introduction for the brand new knitter or a great way to refresh the basics. We focus on casting on, the knit stitch and binding off, giving you the skills in order to make a pair of versatile fingerless gloves! All materials are included! […]