Fibershed Learning Center
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 […]
Making a Felted Animal Mask with Kathy Brooks
Windrush Farm 2263 Chileno Valley Road, Petaluma, CA, United StatesJoin us, at Windrush Farm, and let's create adorable felted animal masks together! Kathy Brooks will teach you how to make a beautiful face-fitting wool mask. You will start by making a base by wet felting a batt to create a flat felt mat. Then, with felting needles, you will fill out the contours of […]
Botanical Printing with Mayumi Fujio
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesLearn to create beautiful botanical prints using fresh leaves, flowers, and minerals. Join us at the beautiful Fibershed Learning Center on Black Mountain Ranch near Point Reyes Station, CA, where Mayumi will introduce botanical printing using fresh leaves and flowers, along with minerals, to transfer natural colors and shapes from plants onto fiber. It is […]
Invasive Inks: Autumnal Bay Area Invasive Plants with Elissa Callen
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesLed by artist and instructor Elissa Callen, learn how to identify and harvest “invasive” plants of the Bay Area autumnal landscape and turn them into inks for your painterly proclivities. This course will begin with an introduction to local plants and ecology, a short plant walk with applicable plant harvesting, and will follow with step-by-step […]
Community Fresh-Leaf Indigo Dye Bath
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesJoin us at Fibershed Learning Center, for a community dye bath with the last of this season's fresh-leaf indigo! Have a look in your closet for some pale protein fibers (ivory, white, gray, yellow) -- your old wool hat or gloves, silk ties, an old silk scarf or handkerchief, or your little ball of wool […]
Spinning Like a Pro with Marlie de Swart and Mimi Luebbermann
Windrush Farm 2263 Chileno Valley Road, Petaluma, CA, United StatesJoin us at beautiful Windrush Farm for a class on advanced spinning techniques with Marlie de Swart and Mimi Luebbermann. This class will introduce more advanced spinning techniques and builds on the skills learned in Beginning Spinning. You will learn to spin worsted and woolens to create yarns for knitting, crochet, or weaving. You will […]
The Carder, A Tool to Expand Your Spinning with Color and Texture
Windrush Farm 2263 Chileno Valley Road, Petaluma, CA, United StatesJoin Marlie de Swart and Mimi Luebbermann at Windrush Farm for a class dedicated to the drum carder and all its magical uses! This class introduces the spinner to the drum carder and how to use this versatile tool to sandwich different fibers or mix colors. This enables you to make specially designed batts to […]
How to Create Patterns that Replicate Your Closet’s Comfiest Clothes with Gynna Clemes
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesA slow and sustainable wardrobe doesn’t have to be uncomfortable! Join us at the Fibershed Learning Center and learn from Gynna Clemes how to create patterns from your favorite outfits, so that as they wear out, you can recreate them using sustainable materials. Students will learn: How to replicate clothing and make a pattern. How […]
The Art and Surprise of Plying with Mimi Luebbermann and Marlie de Swart
Windrush Farm 2263 Chileno Valley Road, Petaluma, CA, United StatesCome along for a captivating day of artistic exploration and delightful surprises as we dive into the world of plying! Join Mimi Luebbermann and Marlie de Swart, at Windrush Farm, and explore the magic of plying yarn! Learn to create unique and textured yarns, strengthen single-ply yarns, and introduce colors and textures during plying. This […]
Fibershed Wooly Winter Discount Sale
Fibershed Learning Center 14000 Point Reyes - Petaluma Road, Point Reyes Station, CA, United StatesFibershed Wooly Winter Discount Sale Friday, December 1, 10am-4pm PT Skip Black Friday shopping and slow down with us at the Fibershed Learning Center instead. Join us for our Wooly Winter Discount Sale next Friday, December 1st, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. We'll have Climate Beneficial™ fabric, knitwear samples, swap garments, and remnants to peruse […]