Mary M Waite, Weaver & Dyer
Pre-wound hand-dyed weaving warps and skeins, hand made buttons and scarf pins.
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Nistock Farms
Cotswold fleeces, roving and yarn, handcrafted fiber tools, and wool quilt batting
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Spin Silk!!!
Create spectacular end results in weaving, knitting, embroidery and other fiber techniques with silk spun specifically for technique and product.
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One Warp, Many Structures: An Exploration of Extended Parallel Threading ~ FULL
Weave at least six structures–echo, turned taqueté, rep, double, shadow, and collapse weaves–on one warp.
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Sakiori and Zanshi Weaving – Japanese Rural Cloth ~ FULL
Learn the history of Sakiori and Zanshi and the fundamentals of weaving the fabrics.
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Weave SAORI ~ FULL
An introduction to SAORI weaving- a type of freestyle weaving developed in Japan.
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Double Your Fun by using Two Heddles on the Rigid Heddle Loom – Sampler and Technique from Patterns to Double Width ~ FULL
Expand your weaving skills and make two layers in your cloth on the rigid heddle loom.
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Introduction to Japanese Temari
Learn the skills necessary to create temari, including construction of the mari, simple markings of the ball, and the basics of stitching, including pattern analysis and different stitching techniques.
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Custom Fit and Fabulous ~ FULL
Add custom fitting tips, simple flat pattern, and drafting skills to your skill bank and take construction of handwoven, felted and other special fabrics to new heights.
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Twined Rag Rugs
Help revive a disappearing folk craft and learn to make durable, beautiful rag rugs, incorporating twining techniques that can also be applied to other materials.
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Discover Oxford Punch Needle Rug Hooking
Create a chair pad or wall hanging and take home rug hooking skills to create other projects.
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Sanquhar Gloves: A Scottish Tradition
Learn how to design the intricately patterned gloves from the Sanquhar district of 19th century Scotland to fit your hand and explore the many pattern options of both the ribbing and glove body.
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Next Generation Hand Felted Jewelry
Embark on a comprehensive felt-making experience, but on the small scale of jewelry: flat, nuno, solid, sculptural, planned deconstruction and use of resists.
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Hand Felted Bags / Purses
Make a contemporary purse from the oldest fabric known–felt-and learn basic felt-making techniques. including textured and visually designed/decorated felts.
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Redding Method of Protein Fiber Dyeing Intensive
Learn the principles, tenets and methodology of the Redding Method of Dyeing (RM)–a dynamic protein fiber dyeing methodology that results in consistent colors.
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Singing the Blues ~ FULL
Explore many of the traditional ways of working with indigo, including rice-paste resist, clamp resist, and string resist.
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Dyeing to Spin
Dye different kinds of fibers and explore how different dye affects each of the fibers.
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Natural Dye Exploration with Indigo and Eco Printing ~ FULL
Explore the world of natural dye from whole dye plant material to extracts, including the magic of indigo as well as the role of mordants, fixatives, temperature and pH in making color.
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Spin-It/Weave-It: Your Rigid Heddle Scarf
Spin your own yarn to weave your own scarf on a rigid heddle loom.
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Spinning Your Own Yarn – Spindle and Wheel (Beginning)
Discover the historical craft of hand carding and spinning on a spinning wheel–starting at the beginning.
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Colorplay: Stress-Free Way to Spin with Color ~ FULL
Get ready to change the way you think about spinning with color and have fun working in stress-free ways at the wheel with dyed fiber.
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Art Yarn Spinning
Learn to prepare your fiber by making batts on a drum carder, dizing from a hackle and combs, fiber blending for rolags on blending boards, and making a fiber salad.
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The Versatility of a Shetland Fleece
Explore the versatility of Shetland fleece from preparation to how to spin yarns for baby clothes, rugged outdoor garments and carpets, a gossamer lace shawl, a fair isle sweater and a more robust yarn suitable for use in upholstery fabric and woven rugs.
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