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2008
Taos Wool Festival Workshop Categories:
This
year, we are happy to be able to offer a limited number of looms for rent from
the
Weavings for the Body in Ethnic
Designs
Instructor: Judy Ditmore
3
Days, Wed-Fri, Oct 1-3 $270 Max
Students: 20
Description: Get the most form your loom without
having to sew on a machine to make striking garments in the ethnic tradition,
such as ponchos, ruanas, and rebozos. You can use your handspun or any
commercial yarn to produce dramatic results with simple patterns. If you only
have a 15 inch loom, no problem.
Color, texture and use /function of the finished fabric will be the main
focus in this class. Some production skills will be discussed as needed by the
individual student. Join Judy for
this 3-day workshop which will also include dressing the loom. Once you sign up Judy will help you
decide what yarns, sett and pattern you will use. A packet of choices will be
sent in advance of the class for your selection.
Materials Fee: $10.00 for notebook with all the
projects that will be done in class.
Students Bring: Loom, dressing tools, shuttles,
winders, swift, ball winder, scissors and a bench if they have one. Yarns
for the project. I wll have additional yarns available for sale in the class
room.
Judy L. Ditmore has made fiber her life for the last 28 years. Owning a
retail store, being and artist and now having a dye company for the last 12
years have paved the path of her journey.
She is known for teaching weaving, dyeing and knitting across the
Hachure, Hatching and Color
Gradation for Tapestry
Instructor: James Koehler
3
Days, Mon – Wed Oct 6-8 $270 Max
Students: 18
Skill
Level: All
levels – a basic knowledge of tapestry weaving is helpful.
Description: Participants will
weave a sampler to learn various color gradation techniques and their uses in
tapestry. Techniques taught in the
workshop will include: hachure, hatching,
the use of demi-duites, horizontal and vertical color gradation, and color
mixing in weft bundles. A small
scale tapestry will be woven incorporating the various techniques.
Materials Fee: $15, includes
various colors of hand dyed weft yarn and handouts
Students
Bring: Graph paper, 8 squares per inch, tracing paper, straight
edge,
Compass, pencil/eraser, colored pencils or markers,
scissors, calculator, T-pins, tapestry needles, and fine point indelible
markers (Sharpies). Looms will need
to be warped in advance, and warping instructions will be sent out on
registration.
Internationally recognized tapestry artist James Koehler has been weaving since 1977. For many years he has taught weaving, tapestry, and design principles and is a mentor to many of his students. Koehler’s tapestries can be found in several private, corporate and museum collections including the Renwick Gallery at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art. Additional information is found on his website: www.jameskoehler.com. Southwest Tapestry
Instructor: Rose Vigil
2 Days, Wed & Thu, Oct 1-2 $185 Max
Students: 12 Skill
Level: Beginner to advanced weavers
Description: Workshop participants will have an
opportunity to create a small tapestry with their own unique design. Participants will be taught many
tapestry techniques from around the world, with a focus on those most commonly
used here in the
Material Fee: $25 for one half pound of hand dyed
woolen weft material.
Students Bring: pre-warped loom (your own
portable tapestry loom, pup or baby wolf, or a Navajo
loom), warped at eight ends per inch using a 2/12 (warp material can
be ordered from Rose), notebook, graph paper, color pencils, drafting tools,
sketch or design
idea. Rose has looms
available to rent for her class, unwarped (50$) or warped ($75). For further instructions, contact Rose
at warpweave@cybermesa.com.
“Now Let’s Get Serious” Southwest Tapestry
Instructor: Rose Vigil
At Los Vigiles
Weaving Studio in
5 Days, Mon Oct 6, 1pm-5pm
– Sat Oct 11, 9am-noon $425 Max
Students: 8 Skill
Level: Beginning tapestry weavers & beyond
Description: Workshop participants will have the
opportunity to design and create a Southwest tapestry which is uniquely their
own. We will use tapestry
techniques from many different cultures to achieve the best results in
producing the textile. In the workshop you will learn design, color
theory, and many cultural aspects of Southwest tapestry while weaving on
stand-up Chimayo production counterbalance looms.
Materials fee: $65--includes
warp and use of looms and a large variety of hand dyed yarns to choose from for
one tapestry. Students can
elect to enjoy a hot,
Students Bring:
Notebook, graph paper (8/inch), color pencils, drafting tools, shuttles if they
have them, sketch or idea for design and comfortable shoes.
Rose Vigil
has an AAS in Fiber Arts and has been working in
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-FELT MAKING
TECHNIQUES-
Felt Jewelry: Foundations and
Innovations
Instructor: Lisa Klakulak
3 Days, Wed-Fri Oct 1 - 3, 9-4 $270 Max
Students: 15 Skill Level: Any
Description: Gain an in-depth
understanding of the biological, chemical and physical reasons for felting,
allowing for masterful control of this remarkable medium. Explore wet felting at the tips of your
fingers to achieve finely crafted solid felt forms such as balls, discs,
barrels, rings, cords and clasps. Participants will be encouraged to explore
and innovate basic felting techniques to create unique jewelry compositions
enhanced with needle felted and stitched embellishment that visually
communicates their personal aesthetic.
Materials fee: $30
– a vast sampling of colors in Merino fleece, fulling mat, agitating
tools, STRONGFELT Moroccan Olive Oil Soap, single replaceable needle felting
tool and foam, poly compressing fabric.
Students Bring: sketch book and writing utensils, small bowl/container
(approx. 6”dia, 3”deep), sewing and embroidery threads and
corresponding sizes of needles for hand stitching, a semi-precious stone
cabochon or flat disc of a water proof material such as stone, bone, horn,
metal, glass (approx. 1.5” in dia) for encasing with a felt bezel,
additional beads or objects to incorporate, additional threads of any material,
single plied wool yarns, and/or novelty yarns for embedding in the felt. Optional: tight fitting plastic gloves
if sensitive to the alkalinity of soap, plastic apron.
Sculpting Fiber: Techniques for
Felting Forms
Instructor: Lisa Klakulak
5
Days, Mon – Fri, Oct 6-10, 9-4
$425 Max
Students: 15
Skill Level: Any
Description: Gain an in-depth
understanding of the biological, chemical and physical reasons for felting,
allowing for masterful control of this remarkable medium. Participants will
explore the three foundational methods for manipulating wool fleece into
three-dimensional forms: wrapping a form, wrapping a flat resist and solid form
felting. With a focus on designing resist patterns, varying the thickness of
layering and methods of agitation, each participant will complete a uniquely
sculpted lidded vessel and a handbag with a single cord handle and felted
closure.
Materials
Fee: $40
includes a vast sampling of colors in Merino fleece, ballon, duct tape, fulling
mat, agitation tools, roller, poly compressing fabric, STRONGFELT Moroccan
Olive Oil Soap, single replaceable needle felting tool and foam. The STRONGFELTER, a hand turned wood
agitation tool, will be available for $30.
Students
Bring: 2 pair of waist high nylons, a large bowl (approx.
15” dia x 6”deep), 12”x
15” piece of heavy duck canvas, 1 piece of small bubbled bubble wrap
measuring 12” x 90”, sewing and embroidery threads and
corresponding sizes of needles for hand stitching, additional threads of any
material, single plied wool yarns, and/or novelty yarns for embedding in the
felt.
Lisa Klakulak, studio artist and educator,
operates her business, STRONGFELT, out of Asheville, NC. Klakulak has a BFA in
Fiber from
Make a Felted Hat
Instructor: Mary Curik
1
Day, Thu Oct 2 $95
Max Students: 6 Skill
Level: Any
Workshop
description: Learn wet felting techniques while
creating your one of a kind felted hat. You’ll work with alpaca
fiber to create felt, and use a variety of felting techniques and tools to make
your finished hat look fabulous.
Materials
Fee: $20.00 for felting fiber and finishing supplies for hats.
Students
Bring: clothing
that can get wet, apron, two towels, rubber gloves if desired.
Getting Started with
Needle-Felting
Instructor: Mary Curik
½
Day, Sun Oct 5 AM $50 Max
Students: 12 Skill
Level: Beginner
Workshop
description: The workshop will provide an
introduction to needle-felting tools and techniques. Learn how fiber felts, different
needles used for felting, using cookie cutters for shape forms, adding designs
to fabrics or felt pieces, adding dimension to a piece, and embellishing
needle-felted items. You’ll
complete one or two needle-felted pins that will give you practice in using the
needle-felting techniques, and will be sure to be noticed by other festival
goers!
Materials
Fee: $15.00 for felting fiber, needles, felting foam, cookie
cutter shapes
Students
Bring: paper,
pencil, any pictures of designs for needle felting
Mary Curik has raised alpacas, llamas, and
angora goats in Los Lunas, New Mexico for over ten years. She developed her Fiber and Friends
workshop there, getting people off to a good start in all things fiber,
offering fiber arts classes and alpaca fiber products from their farm. She has also taught seminars at the
national alpaca breeders fiber conferences.
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Creative Knitting
Instructor: Valentina Devine
1
Day, Thu Oct 2 $95
Max Students: 25 Skill Level: All
Description:
Knit without a pattern! Learn to combine linear shapes such
as rectangles, squares, and stripes, enhanced by choices of color. Be prepared
to go beyond the "lines" into the realm of irregularity by fitting
these shapes together. Explore wherever your creative juices will take
you. Expect free-form results
ranging from dramatic to simple, elegant to funky. Work on designing your own
garment and begin a project in class. Shed your fears about fiber, texture and
most of all, gauge. Valentina will
be guiding students through free form knitting and exploring the
world
of abstract color combinations.
Materials
Fee: None
Students
Bring: Odd ball yarn, appropriate size knitting needles, crochet
hook, darning needle.
Beyond Creative Knitting
Instructor: Valentina Devine
1
Day, Fri Oct 3 $95 Max
Students: 25 Skill
Level: All
Description:
In this class, the next step beyond Creative Knitting,
Valentina guides you through free-form knitting, such as circles, swirls,
scrumbles and more. Discover how to
create extraordinary and beautiful designs while using all those wonderful yarn
snippets left over in your stash.
Learn to create eye-catching fashions using Valentina’s methods.
Materials
fee: None
Students
Bring: Odd ball yarn, appropriate size knitting needles, crochet
hook, darning needle.
Valentina Devine has always knitted! Born in
knitting with any kind of material she can get on her knitting needle. Her
signature style of free form and abstract shapes and color combinations earned
her a spot as a life-time member of the
wool festivals throughout the country. Valentina lives in Los Alamos, New
Mexico.
Design a Norwegian Pullover
Instructor: Donna Druchunas
2
half days, Sat & Sun AM Oct 4-5
$95
Max Students: 20 Skill Level: Adv. Beginner - Intermediate knitter
Description: If you've always wanted to design your own sweater but you didn't know
where to start, this workshop is your answer! Using the techniques I developed
for my book Ethnic Knitting Discovery,
we'll work through the preparations required to plan and design a sweater.
We'll make a headband as a sample project to step through the process, and
you'll be ready to cast on for your sweater after the class is over.
Materials
Fee: None
Students
Bring Fingering-, sport- or worsted-weight yarn in several colors
for swatching, knitting needles in a size appropriate for yarn (circular or
double-pointed needles recommended), stitch markers, colored pencils and an
eraser, a calculator (optional), and a sense of adventure! If you have other
books on Norwegian knitting bring them along.
Explore Japanese Knitting
Instructor: Donna Druchunas
1
Day, Mon Oct 6 $95 Max
Students: 20 Skill
Level: Intermediate
Description: Japanese knitting
books are hot right now. Although the patterns are written entirely in
Japanese, they are not impossible for American audiences to read. Very light on
text and very heavy on charts and schematics, with a cheat sheet of
translations, any adventurous knitter can enter the world of Japanese knitting.
In this class we will learn how to read Japanese patterns, focusing on the
charts and schematics. Because Japanese patterns usually are written for one
size -- small or extra-small -- we will also learn how to resize the patterns
for larger American bodies. In addition, we will learn a few interesting
Japanese stitches and techniques that can be used to add an extra level of
finesse to any project.
Materials
Fee: None
Students
Bring: About
50 yards of worsted or sport weight yarn and size 7 or 5 needles for
swatching, pencil and eraser,
calculator, basic knitting tools.
Donna Druchunas left the corporate world some 20+ years ago to pursue her
love of fiber art, knitting and fiber history and is a popular teacher as well
as author. She is the author of the popular Arctic Lace and Knitted Rugs books
and her latest book, Ethnic Knitting Discovery will be out in
October. Donna lives in
Color Knitting
Techniques and More
Instructor:
Suzann Thompson
1
Day, Fri Oct 3 $95 Max
Students: 12 Skill
Level: Intermediate
Description: Increase your repertoire of knitting
techniques with lots of ways to knit color. We will practice the most common color
knitting techniques, like slipped stitch color knitting (sometimes called
mosaic technique),
Materials Fee: $3 for a ball of yarns so you can try the Seveness
color technique.
Students
Bring: 6
or more colors of leftover yarn, in the range of DK to worsted weight (more
colors = more fun); knitting needles, the size to knit a relaxed gauge (not
sloppy, not too tight) with your chosen yarn; three long stitch holders, in
case you want to start a new sample before finishing the old one, tapestry
needle, scissors. Optional: three
yarn bobbins.
Oak and Maple Crocheted Leaves
Instructor:
Suzann Thompson
½
Day, Sun Oct 5, PM $50 Max
Students: 12
Skill Level: Intermediate
Description: Leaves
of the oak and the maple are instantly recognizable and intertwined in many
cultures around the world. Learn to crochet these two leaves, using
Suzann's unusual shaping methods. These are the best leaf patterns you've
ever seen!
Materials Fee: None.
Students Bring: Smooth DK or worsted
weight yarn in two or three of your favorite leaf colors, crochet hook(s) to
give you a firm gauge when used to crochet the yarn you bring, tapestry needle,
scissors.
Crochet
a Bouquet
Instructor: Suzann Thompson
1 Day, Mon Oct 6 $95 Max
Students: 12
Skill Level: Intermediate
Description: Decorate your clothing, accessories, greeting cards, and home with beautiful crocheted flowers! We'll make three different styles of roses, plus several other flowers, using traditional and novel techniques from Suzann's new book Crochet Bouquet (Lark, 2008). Learn applied crochet embellishment, ribbon flower technique, how to use padding threads, and how to join a line of petals into a perfect round. Suzann will present many ideas and examples for using crocheted flowers.
Materials Fee: None.
Students Bring: at least 8 colors of
yarn for flowers, in the range of DK to worsted weight—leftover yarns are
fine, different textures alright, too; one or two colors of yarn to make
leaves, same weight range as for flowers; hooks in sizes appropriate for the yarn
you bring; scissors, tapestry needle.
Pleats, Darts, and Other Knitted Oddities
Instructor:
Suzann Thompson
1 Day, Tue Oct 7 $95 Max
Students: 12 Skill
Level: Intermediate
Description: Improve fit and add
detail to garments with pleats and darts. Learn three different pleats,
and how to incorporate them into garments.
Learn how to measure and calculate darts, how to construct a dart with
short rows, and how to use short rows for other kinds of shaping and garment
detail.
Materials Fee: None
Students
Bring: Smooth DK or worsted weight yarn to
make five good-sized samples; knitting needles to give a neat, firm (not tight)
gauge with the yarn you bring;
three straight, double-pointed needles (i.e., sock needles) the same
size as your regular knitting needles; six stitch markers; measuring tape,
scissors, tapestry needle, paper, pencil.
Suzann Thompson has been designing, writing, and
teaching about knitting and crochet for a long time. She packs her workshops
with information and shows lots of samples to illustrate the technques. Suzann's second book, Crocheted
Flowers, was published in Spring 2008 by Lark Books. See her work at www.textilefusion.com. Suzann
lives in
Naalbinding for Beginners
Instructor: Erika Thomenius
1-1/2
Days: Fri Oct 3, 9-4:30 Sat Oct 4, 1:30 – 4:30 pm $140 Max
Students: 6 Skill
Level: Any
Description: Come learn this
interesting and ancient technique! Naalbinding pre-dates crocheting,
knitting and draft spinning, and has been in constant use since the Stone
Age. Despite its antediluvian history, naalbinding is far from primitive;
it can be used to make everything from heavy-duty working mittens to lacy cowls
and scarves. After a short lecture on the technique’s history, we
will cover the simpler stitches, increases, working flat and in the round,
garment construction, and Hansen’s notation (the most common stitch
classification system). More techniques covered as time and interest
permit.
Materials
Fee: $15
for yarn, book, CD and tapestry needle.
Students Bring: Any bulky or worsted
weight yarn desired, MUST be single ply.
Erika Thomenius has been studying naalbinding for over 10 years, and
teaching the technique since 2000. She has taught classes for wool
festivals, yarn stores, fiber arts guilds and reenactment societies all
throughout
Lace Knitting Basics and Beyond
Instructor:
Robin Pascal
2
Days, Wed & Thu Oct. 1-2 $185
Max Students: 7 Skill
Level: Beginning
to intermediate
Description: For anyone wanting to
know more about lace knitting or knitting lace, this workshop will cover how
lace is made, the basic stitches, right and left leaning decreases, yarn overs,
various cast-ons for lace and more.
A small scarf will be the workshop project worked in yarn of your choice
on needles of your choice.
Materials
Fee: $5
for pattern
Students
Bring: 4
oz or 200 yds of yarn, needles
Beaded Socks
Instructor: Robin Pascal
2
Days, Mon & Tue Oct. 6-7 $185
Max
Students: 7
Skill
Level: Intermediate
- advanced
Description: Add pizzazz to any
knitting project by adding beads!
In this class we will learn how to incorporate beads in knitting designs, what sizes work best, the mechanics of
stringing the beads, etc., and we will knit the cuff of a sock using beads
forming a design.
Materials
Fee: $5
for beads
Students Bring: sock yarn of choice,
minimum of 300 yards, needles
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