Duckworth Farm’s Annual Sheep Shearing
Duckworth Farm 3200 Canfield Road, Sebastopol, CAIt’s that time of year again! Please join us for our annual Sheep Shearing Day on Duckworth Family Farm. This year our shearer is John Sanchez, truly one of the best in the industry. Watch and learn as he shears sheep with compassion and such skill that he makes it looks easy. Our […]
Sewing Lab
O'Hanlon Center For the Arts 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA, United StatesSEWING LAB A love of adornment is one of our most basic tendencies. It exists in all cultures, telling stories about who we are and how we see ourselves. Come together in this class to make your own simple clothing and hone your sense of personal style. Be inspired to develop your skills in a […]
Community Knitting
A Verb for Keeping Warm 6328 San Pablo Avenue, Oakland, CA, United StatesConnect 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 […]
Sewing Lab– Garment Construction
NorCal Sewing and Vacuum 909 D Street, San Rafael, CA, United StatesSewing Lab– Garment Construction—All levels—On-going class. A love of adornment is one of our most basic tendencies. It exists in all cultures, telling stories about who we are and how we see ourselves. Come together is this class to make your own simple clothing and hone your sense of personal style. Be inspired to develop […]
Sewing Lab
O'Hanlon Center For the Arts 616 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA, United StatesSEWING LAB A love of adornment is one of our most basic tendencies. It exists in all cultures, telling stories about who we are and how we see ourselves. Come together in this class to make your own simple clothing and hone your sense of personal style. Be inspired to develop your skills in a […]
Weave a Soft Twined Basket
We will begin small, twined baskets made with a diminutive relative of tule, 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 and color treatments. Instructed by Charles Kennard Youth, ages 12 and up, […]
Color and Hand Papermaking
The Studio Santa Rosa 3840 Finley Ave, Bldg 32, Studio 107, Santa Rosa, CACreate your own handmade paper with colored pulps using Western and Japanese techniques. Learn to use dyes and pigments to color pulp as well as natural dyes and the natural color of different plant fiber pulps. Your handmade paper can be used for painting or drawing with watercolors, inks, dry media, acrylics, oil, encaustic, and […]
Dye Self Patterning Yarn (Using Blanks)
Fiber Circle Studio 113 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA, United StatesCome explore the fun of dyeing Sock Blanks! Sock blanks are pre-knitted rectangles that allow the dyer to create patterns and random designs. We will go over techniques for gradients, geometric patterns, random shapes and patterns, speckles, and stripes. Sock blanks, though often used for knitting socks, can also be knit into any project! You'll […]
Learn to Purl [Level 2]
Fiber Circle Studio 113 Kentucky St., Petaluma, CA, United StatesLearn to Purl Ready for endless texture combinations? Already know how to knit, but that's it? Step 2 of our knitting series teaches you how to purl! Knitting is comprised of two main stitches - the knit & the purl. With these two stitches, there are hundreds of ways to combine them to create different […]
The Natural Baby Series: Carrier
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, […]