Learn
Whether you're picking up a spindle for the first time or refining a favorite craft, you'll find hands-on workshops, interactive fiber clinics, and educational seminars led by experienced fiber artists.
New! Fiber Clinics
90 minute interactive trouble-shooting sessions
Looking for help with a project instead of a traditional class? Our new Fiber Clinics are small-group, 90-minute sessions where you can bring your questions, unfinished projects, and techniques you’d like help with. Learn from experienced instructors while also benefiting from everyone else’s questions.
New! Fiber Seminars
Learn all about natural fibers and the animals that produce them.
Fiber Detective: Solving the Mystery of Fiber Animals
with Sheri Kersey
Friday AM • $75
Whether you are a fiber enthusiast, shepherd or curious beginner, this workshop will give you the skills to confidently assess and choose the right fiber for your projects — sheep, goat, alpaca and rabbits.
Raising Fiber Animals: A Beginner's Guide
with Sheri Kersey
Friday PM • $75
Whether you are planning to start or expand an existing fiber operation, this workshops provides practical information on raising sheep, goats, alpacas and rabbits for fiber production, and successfully manage them from field to fiber.
Student Workshop Discount
Students age 25 and younger who are currently enrolled in high school, college, or a vocational/trade program receive $5 off the workshop fee. Use coupon code STUDENT 5 at checkout. Student ID may be requested at check-in.
Workshops
Discover new skills, explore traditional crafts, and learn from experienced fiber artists.
Wet Felting
Nuno Felted Scarf
with Mariya Gerhardt
Friday PM • $85
Beginner Friendly
Discover the beauty of nuno felting in this hands-on workshop where you’ll create your own scarf using wet felting techniques.
Nuno Felted Japanese Knot Bag
with Mariya Gerhardt
Saturday All Day • $110
Beginner Friendly
Learn how to use a resist in wet felting to create a Japanese knot bag — both practical and artistic — with merino, silk, felt, viscose, wool nepps, and yarn.
Wet Felted Vase
with Bethany Mattingly
Friday PM • $110
Beginner Friendly
Learn how to layer fiber, apply resist techniques, and shape wool around a container form, to create a unique vase.
Needle Felting
Needle Felt One Little Piggy
with Karen Ames
Friday AM • $50
Beginner Friendly
Learn the basics of needle felting a sculpture, plus the use of an armature.
Needle Felt Owl, Gnome or Penguin
with Karen Morgan
Friday PM • $60
Beginner Friendly
Needle felt a charming little owl, gnome or penguin using wool and a basic starting shape.
Needle Felt Sleepy Mouse
with Julie Adams
Saturday AM • $60
Beginner Friendly
Instructor Julie guides you step-by-step through the process to complete your adorable sleeping mouse.
Spinning
Beginning Wheel Spinning
with Nelly DeVault
Friday AM • $75
All Levels
Learn the basics of wheel spinning, including wool types, drafting, and spinning. Leave with your own min-skein of hand spun yarn!
Create Roving & Top
with Nelly DeVault
Friday PM • $70
Beginner Friendly
Learn to use hand cards, combs, and a drum carder to prepare fleece into roving and combed top. Blend fibers to create your own specialty batts.
Beginning Drop Spindle
with Nelly DeVault
Saturday AM • $70
Beginner Friendly
Learn the ancient art of spinning yarn on a top-whorl spindle—perfect for new spinners.
Let's Clean Raw Wool
with Bethany Mattingly
Friday AM • $180
Beginner Friendly
Shepherd Bethany guides you through the full process of cleaning raw fleece she’s brought from her farm of Gotland sheep in Kentucky.
Weaving
Braided Shepherd's Mat
with Maranda Weathermon
Friday AM • $65
Beginner Friendly
Create a durable, heirloom mat by braiding from unspun wool roving. Perfect for coarse wool, clipped wool seconds, or felted roving.
Weave Like a Viking!
with Pam Rensberger
Friday PM • $85
Beginner Friendly
Learn how to use a warp-weighted loom to weave a Varafeldur pouch using wool and wool locks, just like the Vikings did!
Beauty of Baltic Pick Up Band Weaving
with Jennifer Johnson
Saturday PM • $65
Beginner & Intermediate
Take your inkle bands to the next level with this introductory course on Baltic style pick-up band weaving.
Pick Up and Weave! Rigid Heddle Loom
with Pam Rensberger
Saturday PM • $85
Advanced Beginner or Intermediate
Weave a sampler of patterns with a pick up stick, including Brooks Bouquet, Leno, and Danish Medallions.
Better Warping for Weaving Success
with Jennifer Johnson
Friday PM • $65
Beginner & Intermediate
Learn the repeatable steps to successfully beam your warp for even tension — every time!
Knitting
Brioche SOS
with Jenn Lampen
Friday PM • $70
Intermediate
Learn how to tink and frog brioche, how to fix dropped stitches and yarnovers, and how to fix wrong increases or decreases.
Brioche Basics — Your First Two-Color Brioche
with Jenn Lampen
Saturday AM • $60
Intermediate
Learn the foundations of brioche knitting in a focused, three-hour workshop with internationally recognized brioche instructor Jenn Lampen.
Demystifing Knitting Charts
with Jenn Lampen
Friday AM • $60
Beginner/Intermediate
Don’t shy away from a knitting pattern because you can’t read a chart! Learn a few simple tools to demystify charts and read them with ease.
Beginning Estonian Lace
with Kelli Slack
Saturday PM • $60
Intermediate
Discover the beauty of Estonian lace! We will make swatches in four different patterns to learn and practice basic stitches and take home a pattern designed by Kelli.
Beginning Lace Knitting
with Kelli Slack
Saturday AM • $45
Beginner/Intermediate
Learn everything you need to know to knit your first lace shawl — what yarn to choose, which needle to select, how to measure gauge and read charts, and how to block the finished garment.
Thrummed Mittens
with Paige Shipley
Friday PM • $50
Intermediate
Learn to use pieces of wool roving in your knitting to create wonderfully warm fleece-lined mittens. It’s a delightful fusion of yarn and roving!
Knitting with Beads -- Christmas Tree Ornament
with Paige Shipley
Friday PM • $40
Beginner/Intermediate
Need a quick gift or decoration? This tree can be whipped up in a couple of hours! Beads are added with a crochet hook — no pre-stringing. Kit with pattern, yarn, beads and hook provided in class.
Adventures in Stranded Colorwork
with Paige Shipley
Friday AM • $35
Intermediate
Learn the basics of stranded color work and designing stranded patterns. You’ll end up with something that looks like a hat. Or a cowl. Or a pillow! There’s no wrong way to take this workshop.
Knit a Cabled Pillow
with Paige Shipley
Friday AM • $35
Beginner
Curious about cabling? This quick project introduces you to three styles of cables in a lesson that can be applied to all cable patterns.
Embroidery
Beginning Sashiko
with Kelli Slack
Friday PM • $55
Beginner Friendly
Sashiko, once used in Japan to mend clothes, is now appreciated for its beauty and design. Learn basic techniques and start a quick project.
Beginning Embroidery
with Kelli Slack
Friday AM • $65
Beginner Friendly
Explore the interaction between needle, thread and fabric to learn and practice the most important embroidery stitches in this kit-based class.
Hand Embroidered Fall Coaster Set
with Peggy Taylor
Saturday AM • $55
Beginner Friendly
Create a set of fall coasters using simple applique and edge stitches using hand-dyed wool felt, needle and floss provided in class.
Slow-stitch a Keepsake Pouch
with Peggy Taylor
Saturday PM • $65
Beginner Friendly
Slow-stitch your own unique mini keepsake pouch with a kit provided in class with fabrics, floss, needle and buttons. Express your own personal textile philosophy!
Dyeing and Rug Hook
Hand Paint Yarn for a Hat with Natural Dyes
Michelle Salyers
Saturday PM • $65
Beginner Friendly
Learn hands-on dyeing of luxury sock yarn using a variety of plant dyes in this sustainable, eco-friendly method.
Rug Hook a Stained Glass Autumn Window
with Donna Jo Copeland
Friday AM • $85
Beginner Friendly
Using basic rug hooking techniques, create an original colorful design with reflective elements that resemble a stained glass autumn window.
Botanical Printing
Botanical Alchemy: Botanical Printing on Silk
with Kate Dolk-Ellis
Saturday All Day • $110
Beginner Friendly
Learn how to create intricate designs on silk fabric using natural dyes and leaves from local gardens, and go home with your own hand-created scarf.