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July Newsletter
We hope you are enjoying the holiday weekend! Jamie and Blas are back from Ireland and England and what a wonderful trip it was. We interviewed artists and visited spinning mills. Along the way we made some great friends too. We have hours of video, and over 2000 photos to go through and hope to share it with you soon. More in the coming month! Special thanks to all the people who hosted us in their studios and mills…
Above: Blas and Ian Gammon, manager of Cold Harbor Mill. Cold Harbor is a 200 year old water powered spinning mill which produces worsted spun yarn in the UK.
Above: Felt artist Nicola Brown and her dog at their country home in beautiful Ballybrack, Ireland.
Some Upcoming Classes at the Studio
Monday 7.5 Fiber Club Night at Old Jerusalem Cafe* FREE This coming Monday we will resume our fiber night! We’ll be bringing some felting supplies and spindles for people who want to play. Bring your projects and come craft along with us!
Saturday 7.10 Drop In Clinic: Crochet and Knit with Barbara Barbara Iachini has been crocheting for 25 years. She holds the Master of Crochet Stitches designation from the Crochet Guild of America. Currently, she teaches both knit and crochet at a yarn shop near her home in Colorado. Have her help you start or finish your next project. By appointment. Please CONTACT US for details.
Sunday 7.11 SpinLab: Entrapment! $55 In this three-hour workshop we will explore various potential add-ins for your yarns and many ways to spin them securely in. We will also cover techniques that involve wrapping or trapping your yarn in threads, from lovely candy-striping to wild tornados of whirling thread.Instructor: Shannon Herrick
Saturday 7.17 Intermediate Drop Spindling with Wonder Mike $45 Now that you’ve mastered a spun single, let’s show you how to ply and finish that yarn. In this “Part Two” Intro class, Michael will show you how to Handy Ply (a version of Andean Plying), how to skein, and set the twist in your yarn. He will also review your technique and suggest ways of refining and getting the most out of your spindle spinning.
Sunday 7.18 Needle Felted Bird $16 This fun technique uses a special needle to transform wool fleece into everything from detailed surface embellishment to 3-D figures. Using a felting needle and wool, learn to needlefelt a lovely bird! You get to pick from a rainbow of colors to make your bird.
Photo by SpiderFelt
Saturday 7.24 Merino Wet Felted Flowers $25 With a wonderful kit by Spiderfelt.com and Blas’ help you will assemble 2 large or 3 medium sized 100% wool felt flowers using a wet felting technique.
Sunday 7.25 Fiber Blending With A Drum Carder – Materials Included - $80 Do you love textured yarns and those fun and beautiful carded batts for sale at fiber festivals? Would you love to make them yourself? Learn to create blended batts for spinning using multiple fibers and colors with techniques for basic carding and a variety of techniques for blending fibers. Instructor: Keena Golden
All class registrations entitle you to 10% off the cost of supplies, yarn and fiber on the day of class! Private classes and fix it clinics are always available by appointment, e-mail us with your needs!
Upcoming Events
July 31st – August 1st Renegade Craft Show (Studio Closed)
August 2nd – Fiber Club Night
August 28th – Studio Anniversary Sale and Mini Fiber Festival – ONE DAY, BIG DISCOUNTS!
September 19th – World Wide Spin In Public Day for SF
For the latest news check our Event Calendar for full details
Summer at the Studio
We’ve adjusted our hours for summer and Kira will be in the studio regurlarly two Sundays a month! For private lessons and drop in clinics give us a call or e-mail to find out which days she’ll be here.
Mon 12-7 pm Tues, Weds & Thurs – By Appt. Friday 12-7 pm Saturday 12-5 pm Sunday 12-5 pm
Show Us Your Creativity Contest
We’ve picked TWO lucky Winners from our Flickr Photo Contest!
PJ_Church AND tizana682003 Please come by the studio to pick up a goodie bag for youself!
Lovely shot of Rex, not so sure about my socks!!!