Monthly Mendocino Mending Circle – July
Monthly Mendocino Mending Circle — Boonville, CA Next Mending Circle: Sunday, July 30, 11-3p (the last Sunday of every month) Who: Hosted by Marie of Full Circle Wool Where: Saoirse Byrne's studio in Boonville (plus an intro to cordage from Saoirse, see her work at www.saoirsebyrne.com/) No supplies provided, although natural fiber scraps to share There will […]
Felting Workshop: Make Your Own Felted Wool Fabric
JG Switzer 6790 McKinley Street, Suite 160, Sebastopol, CALittle Wool Workshop At JG SWITZER Presented by SHOP SHEEP by JG SWITZER Time: 11am-12:30pm WEEKENDS: Friday, June 2, 2023 Sunday, July 23, 2023 Friday, August 4, 2023 Cost: $85/person Learn about nature’s miracle fiber: wool. Make your own fabric. Workshops include a tour of our little wool workshop and a half-hour of making your […]
Virtual Visible Mending Workshop with Kira Dulaney
August 5 Visible Mending is a creative way to extend the life of clothing and household items while embellishing them for a unique look. We will cover woven mends with Speedweve style looms as well as decorative embroidery including reinforcing fabric through patching and using backstitch, split stitch, chain stitch, daisy stitch, French knots, and […]
Design Your Own Backstrap Loom with Mayan Master Weaver Doña Lidia
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesA warping workshop for students ready to create their own Mayan backstrap loom Join us at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center, in Point Reyes, CA, and build your own loom in the style of the Mayan brocade backstrap looms, from start to finish. Doña Lidia de Lopez’s brocade looms are a work of art, handmade […]
Weaving on a Mayan Backstrap Loom with Sari Monroy Solís
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesLearn to weave on a brocade-ready loom that you will take home The backstrap loom goes back thousands of years and is one of the oldest known tools in the world. It evolved in several places, including the Western highlands of Guatemala. Mayan weavers continue to make traditional clothing for everyday use and for the […]
Northern CA Fibershed Coop @ Temescal Farmers’ Market
Temescal Farmers' Market 5300 Claremont Ave. (DMV), Oakland, CA, United StatesSUMMER SOLACE TALLOW X NORTHERN CA FIBERSHED COOP MARKETPLACE Visit the Summer Solace Tallow x Northern CA Fibershed Cooperative booth every other Sunday at the Temescal Farmers Market in Oakland. There you can peruse our curated selection of Fibershed products including locally spun yarn, Climate Beneficial™ felted home goods, handwoven shawls, blankets, luxurious sheepskins, as […]
Northern CA Fibershed Coop @ Temescal Farmers’ Market
Temescal Farmers' Market 5300 Claremont Ave. (DMV), Oakland, CA, United StatesSUMMER SOLACE TALLOW X NORTHERN CA FIBERSHED COOP MARKETPLACE Visit the Summer Solace Tallow x Northern CA Fibershed Cooperative booth every other Sunday at the Temescal Farmers Market in Oakland. There you can peruse our curated selection of Fibershed products including locally spun yarn, Climate Beneficial™ felted home goods, handwoven shawls, blankets, luxurious sheepskins, as […]
Spinning on a Drop Spindle with Alisha Bright
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesJoin us at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center on Black Mountain Ranch near Point Reyes Station, CA, and learn how to make your own yarn using a drop spindle with Alisha Bright of Fiber Circle Studio. In this 4 hour class, students will get to practice making a single ply yarn, and learn how to […]
Gallery Exhibit – Beauty and Terror by Robin Bernstein
450 Alger St, Fort Bragg, CA, United StatesRobin L Bernstein will be exhibiting a selection of works from Beauty and Terror, an 18 work series about the Holocaust, as well as work about contemporary issues. Each artwork is made by obsessively pressing thousands of tiny cut pieces of colored string into wax. The pieces in Beauty and Terror range from major aspects […]
Program & Yarn Painting Class with Robin L Bernstein
450 Alger St, Fort Bragg, CA, United StatesRobin L Bernstein will be giving an artist talk about her work, motivation, processes, and background. She will highlight the work in her series Beauty and Terror and also show examples of her most recent work, which highlight urgent contemporary concerns. Her talk will be supported by slides and a demonstration table where you can […]