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Grazing Livestock for Soil Health, Biodiversity, and Productivity – Two Day

Bell Valley Retreat 12378 Boonville Road, Boonville, CA, United States

Fire season is just around the corner, and managed grazing offers an elegant system that builds soil health and resilience to wildfires. About this Event At this workshop, we'll hear from two leading practitioners in the field of regenerative grazing. We’ll witness firsthand a flock of sheep grazing for fuel reduction and soil-building at this […]

Dye Garden – Extracting Color | Virtual Class

Virtual

This is a 2 session virtual class. Date: June 5 + 12, 2021 Time: 10:00 - 11:30 AM PST Registration Closes: May 25, 2021 in order for receive materials on time. Discover the alchemy of natural dyes! Learn how to unlock the plants ‘tinctoria’ to discover all the dye plants growing around you. The serendipity […]

EcoFashion Webinar – Fibershed and Carbon Cycle Institute

Virtual

Global Shapers Cambridge Hub are happy to host Rebecca Burgess, from Fibershed for a talk and Q&A as part of our sustainable fashion project About this event Rebecca Burgess is the Executive Director of Fibershed, and Chair of the Board for Carbon Cycle Institute. She has over a decade of experience writing and implementing a […]

Tapestry Weaving – Virtual Class

Virtual

This is a virtual class. Date: June 26, 2021 Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm PST If weaving has caught your eye, but you're not sure where to start, tapestry weaving is a great place! In this workshop you'll learn how to warp, weave, finish and hang your tapestry, leaving with a beautiful, finished woven wall hanging, […]

Wine Country Yarn Hop

Various Locations in Northern California

July 22 - 25, 10 am - 5 pm Join us for our annual Northern California yarn lovers experience! The Wine Country Yarn Hop is a 4-day event, July 22 - 25, for you to safely explore the 6 yarn shops located in the beautiful Wine Country of Northern California. The Wine Country Yarn Hop […]

Wet Felting

McIntyre Ranch 1 St. John Mine Road, Vallejo, CA, United States

Wool fibers have tiny scales that stick out from the hair shaft a microscopic bit. When wool is shocked by dramatic changes in temperature or by rubbing (especially with soap), those scales lift up, then lock down the nearby fibers into a dense mass. That’s felt. If you’ve accidentally put your wool sweater through the […]

Stash Sale and Swap

McIntyre Ranch 1 St. John Mine Road, Vallejo, CA, United States

 If you’re like us, you’ve been building and building your stash since this Covid-19 thing started. Starting to feel a little overwhelmed by the volume? We sure are! Alternatively, are you just starting out in fiber arts and want to build your stash? We can totally help you with that! Bring your stash of yarn […]

Ice Dyeing Wool

McIntyre Ranch 1 St. John Mine Road, Vallejo, CA, United States

Fiber, water, acid, and dye are the ingredients needed to dye a skein of yarn. In this class the water source will be ice. The dye is delivered to the yarn gradually as the ice melts, resulting in some remarkable color results. Way too much fun!   The class cost includes two skeins of wool […]

Fibershed Learning Center Opening Workshop

Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United States

Our Northern California Fibershed Learning Center will hold a soft grand opening, September 18, 2021, celebrated through the classes that will provide hands-on skills to the community, as well as time to gather in appreciation of local design community graduates who generated beautiful textiles within Fibershed’s Zero-Waste design challenge. Available classes: Make a Twined Basket […]