2021 Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival Tickets

This three-hour class will be packed with information as I demonstrate the entire flax seed to linen yarn process. We will cover terminology, where to find equipment and materials, how to use equipment, and finally how to spin into a yarn ready to be made into cloth. Students will be emailed handouts and everything else will be demonstrated in a lecture style.

Weaving is the most basic of all fabric making. This small but mighty wall hanging teaches the basic basketweave.

This class will specifically focus on how to spin flax line from a drop spindle and wheel. We will discuss materials traditionally used and what can be used today.

Learn to weave freestyle in the comfort of your own home! Using any rigid-heddle, tapestry, tabletop, or floor loom you own (or can borrow 😊) and are comfortable using, play with color, texture, and technique, and come away with a unique piece of woven art that reflects your heart. Weave in ways that honor your personal sense of beauty and truth. Two-color interlock, traveling inlay, and a few other simple weaving techniques will be taught, but the class will focus on the journey, emphasizing the exploration of color and texture in the service of personal expression.

If you’ve been spinning for any length of time, there’s a good chance your stash contains fibery treasures that just don’t suit who you’ve become. We’ve all got those braids and bundles, y’all: colors you’ve fallen out of love with; blends you tried that didn’t warm your heart; top that’s become a little too fond of itself; the last-minute fiber-festival deal that you aren’t sure why you bought but can’t quite bear to get rid of. Courtesy of spinners and fiber artists Holin Kennen and Jillian Moreno, I’ve got a solution to suggest: minimize them, muppetize them, and turn them into crazy beautiful yarn! Holin’s Muppet Barf approach (which she teaches at the Wisconsin Sheep & Wool Festival) and Jillian’s “minnie” method (which she’s blogged about at jillianmoreno.com) give us fiberistas permission to spin outside the box, combining our orphan oddball braids to new and beautiful effect. Come explore with me!

No drum carder? No problem! Fly outside the batt box: learn how to build art batts with simple, affordable, handheld tools in the privacy of your own home 😊. Combine fibers, textures, and colors in ways that suit you and what you want to make. Acquire—or hone!—skills in choosing and blending batt components that will stand you in good stead as you walk your fiber-artist path, whether you go the drum-carder route or take the blending-board road. Come card with us! IMPORTANT NOTE: I have a limited number of my preferred blending boards available for sale for an additional fee to students who sign up for this class. If you don't have a blending board and you want one, contact me at queue@foldoutcat.com or on my business Facebook page (facebook.com/FoldoutCat) and we'll work out the details.

Have you been confused by woolen versus worsted? This class covers the four basic spinning structures; woolen, semi woolen, worsted, and semi worsted. We will discuss how to spin them and when to use them for your final project.

You will learn to knit with beads and make a beautiful bracelet, too! In this class you will learn to knit with beads by pre-stringing the beads on some lovely hand-dyed yarn from A Hundred Ravens. You will walk away with a finished or almost finished bracelet. This class gives you enough time to practice your skills with help available every step of the way. While we learn, I will tell you tips, tricks, and stories about beads and knitting with beads. You will have lots of fun learning to knit with beads and creating a beaded bracelet of your very own.

Come learn a few different ways to add beads in your bind-off. Jean Elizabeth will demonstrate a number of ways to add beads to your bind-off then you will practice them with her there to help you every step of the way. You will love how these techniques make your pieces even more beautiful! So many possibilities in so many different ways. Shawls, hats, scarves, gloves, socks. A few beads at the end can easily add a little sparkle to so many projects!

Have you always wanted to learn to put beads in your projects? Now is your chance to learn! Jean Elizabeth will cover many ways to add beads to your pieces, and you will practice each way and find the ways that work best for you and your projects. Let’s learn all about beads and the fibers they go with so beautifully and, of course, have some fun along the way! You will come away with a vast knowledge of beads and the fibers they go with and the skills to include beads on all of your future projects.

You will learn to knit with beads and make a beautiful Beaded Glove, too! The glove is knitted flat and then seamed. You will knit with beads by pre-stringing the beads on some lovely hand-dyed yarn from A Hundred Ravens. You will walk away well on your way to a finished pair of Gloves. This class gives you enough time to practice your skills with help available every step of the way. While we learn, I will tell you tips, tricks, and stories about beads and knitting with beads. You will have lots of fun learning to knit with beads and creating beaded gloves of your very own.

Come learn a few different ways to add beads in your bind-off. Jean Elizabeth will demonstrate a number of ways to add beads to your bind-off then you will practice them with her there to help you every step of the way. You will love how these techniques make your pieces even more beautiful! So many possibilities in so many different ways. Shawls, hats, scarves, gloves, socks. A few beads at the end can easily add a little sparkle to so many projects!

With Macrame becoming more and more popular with wall decor, chairs, plant hangers, and many other fun items. Macrame will be your new obsession. You will be looking for new things to knot all the time. With just a few simple knots you will create beautiful wall art. In this class you’ll learn how to: -Choose the right materials for your next macrame project. -Measure your rope -Create multiple knots -Read a Macrame pattern Class includes complete step-by-step instructions on how to achieve each knot.

With Macrame becoming more and more popular with wall decor, chairs, plant hangers, and many other fun items. Macrame will be your new obsession. You will be looking for new things to knot all the time. With just a few simple knots you will create a beautiful plant hanger. In this class you’ll learn how to: -Choose the right materials for your next macrame project. -Measure your rope -Create multiple knots -Read a Macrame pattern Class includes complete step-by-step instructions on how to achieve each knot.

Learn how to ecoprint on silk and wool naturally! Ecoprinting (also known as botanical printing) involves collecting leaves, plants and flowers to imprint their images directly upon protein fibers using a water bath process. Students will learn techniques to create beautiful, natural designs with colors drawn directly from Nature on silk and wool. At the end of the day, students will take home their silk and wool ecoprinted samples and the knowledge to continue Ecoprinting from Nature's resources. Ecoprinting is a natural, sustainable art form.

Learn how to ecoprint on silk and wool and create a beautiful background in color! Ecoprinting (also known as botanical printing) involves collecting leaves, plants and flowers to imprint their images directly upon protein fibers using a water bath process. Students will learn techniques to create beautiful, natural designs with colors drawn directly from Nature as well as the techniques to create colored backgrounds on silk and wool. At the end of the day, students will take home both a silk and wool scarf ecoprinted in color and the knowledge to continue Ecoprinting from Nature's resources.Previous experience in ecoprinting is helpful.