Visible Mending Workshop
Judith & Lily 24 Western Street, Petaluma, CAMending is a wonderful way to transform your favorite torn or distressed garments, homewares, and other textiles. In this workshop you will explore visible mending with cotton thread and patching, developing your own stitch patterns. Essentially you will be fusing fabrics together with stitch, so they become a new cloth. You will practice boro, sashiko, […]
Basic Machine Sewing / Love your sewing machine
NorCal Sewing and Vacuum 909 D Street, San Rafael, CA, United StatesWhether it is your brand new machine or one that has been sitting idle for a while, this class will get you excited and ready to be creative and at ease going into your next project. Hands-on practice during class builds confidence and skills. We will practice bobbin winding, threading, and study the purpose and […]
Soap & Lotion Making Workshop
Wild Oat Hollow 2425 Old Adobe Road, Petaluma, CA, United StatesCome learn how to make your own soap and luxurious lotion at home. In this 3-hour class, you will be guided through the entire process of both soap making using the cold process method and lotion making: we will make two different soaps using local, sustainable ingredients (organic oils, animal fats, hydrosols, butters & essential […]
Presentation by Rebecca Burgess of Fibershed
Santa Rosa Junior College 1501 Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CAPresentation by Rebecca Burgess of Fibershed With a $30 donation to Fibershed, you will receive a gift of Rebecca’s new book, Fibershed: Growing a Movement of Farmers, Fashion Activists, and Makers for a New Textile Economy, while supplies last. Santa Rosa Junior College Bertolini Student Center, 10 am-12 pm. Hosted by The Santa […]
Mosaic Knitting Class: One Stitch 4 Patterns
Warner Mountain Weavers 459 South Main St. , Cedarville, United StatesFridays, March 6, and 13, 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Price: $46 - includes pattern Knit a colorful hat (or cowl, or shawl, or even a sweater!) Mosaic Knitting is a color knitting technique that uses a combination of slipped stitches with knits and purls. It looks way more complicated than it is! In […]
Learn to Weave on a Rigid Heddle Loom
Warner Mountain Weavers 459 South Main St. , Cedarville, United States2 Sessions: Saturdays March 7 and 21, 10 am-12 pm Cost: $45 plus cost of loom This class is for the beginning or intermediate weaver who would like a portable loom. In this class, students will warp their loom and learn to weave and finish a simple woven scarf. 10” Ashford SampleIt $149 (1 available) […]
Continuing Knitting
Warner Mountain Weavers 459 South Main St. , Cedarville, United States2 SESSIONS IN THIS CLASS Saturdays March 7 and 21 1-3 pm Cost $40. Learn to be a better knitter. We will do increasing, decreasing, simple decorative stitches and introduce principles of pattern reading and garment making. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of making an accurate gauge swatch. Materials needed: knitting needles, scissors. […]
Wool Processing for Spinning
Crockett Fiber Arts Studio 1322 Pomona St, Crockett, CADon’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 a fleece, prepare fiber for washing, the washing process, and preparation of washed and dried iober for spinning using a drum carder, hand cards, and combs. You’ll also learn […]
Knitting – Badass Brioche!
Fiber Circle Studio 113 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA, United StatesWelcome to Badass Brioche! Why Badass you ask? You get dimension, contrast and squish all in one! Plus, this project takes a comfortable, intermediate knitter into the world of "advanced"! Yee-ha! We'll be making this darling cowl where you'll experience knitting brioche with two colors, in the round! Please purchase the pattern prior to class: […]
Local Indigo Presentation with Craig Wilkinson – FREE!
Fiber Circle Studio 113 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA, United StatesJoin Fiber Circle Studio and Craig Wilkinson for an evening discussion about the locally grown indigo story. What is the process from the field to dye vat? How can you get involved? See other people's work that has come from our locally grown indigo. Receive seeds and seedlings to grown your own! Discussion and […]