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Beautiful Brioche
Beautiful Brioche
Description: The Brioche Stitch looks unique and lovely when complete, but is really just a strategic combination of the knit stitch, slipped stitches and yarn overs. The resulting fabric somewhat resembles a basic k1-p1 rib, but is more lofty, softer, and reversible! When you add a second color, the visual result can be stunning!
Instructor: Marilyn Guille
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room: Rotary Boardroom Upstairs
Supplies Provided: Vendor Hall Pass
Supplies Required: Skills needed: basic knit and purl stitches and yarnovers.
Material needed: 50 yards each of two colors, either fingering or worsted, and recommended needles (a 16” circular will work) for that weight.
Cost: $75.00
Illuminated Wet Felt Bowl
Illuminated Wet Felt Bowl
Description: Come and explore the art of wet felting and create a beautiful one-of-a-kind wool bowl using a resist. Your piece can be embellished with flax and other fibres to create a vessel that, when illuminated, creates a soft glow or it can be a beautiful art piece to hold treasured objects. The bowl will be coated with a fabric stiffener.
Instructor: Pat Moore
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Room: Lacombe County Room A
Supplies Provided: All supplies included as well as your Vendor Hall Pass
Supplies Required: None / No Experience Necessary
Cost: $100.00
Wool Washing and Fibre Prep
Wool Washing and Fibre Prep
Description: So maybe you are new to spinning or have even been spinning for a while and you are ready to tackle some fibre prep on your own! Or you want to buy your own fleece or have been gifted some wool and you are not sure where to start. Gail is here to help! She'll go through some of the terms that are important to define, what the steps are and supplies will be included so that you can card and comb your own fibre!
Instructor: Gail McCaskill
Time: 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Room: Lacombe County Room B
Supplies Provided: All supplies provided including your Vendor Hall Pass.
Supplies Required: None and no experience necessary.
Cost: $80.00
Spinning It Up a Notch
Spinning It Up a Notch
Description: Do you already know how to spin but would like to take the next step? Intimidated by some of the fibre preps you see? Need to conquer your fear? Maybe you taught yourself how to spin and need help filling in your knowledge gaps. Maybe you’re afraid of learning to spin finer yarn for fear you will not be able to spin those lovely bulky yarns any longer. This three hour class may be just what you need!
Instructor: Elana Goodfellow
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Room: Lacombe County Room B
Cost: $95
Prerequisites: This class is suitable for beginners spinners. You will need to be able to spin a continuous single. Plying knowledge is not required but will be an asset.
Supplies Provided: 25g batt, 25g washed fleece, Approximately 20 page booklet and a Vendor Hall Pass.
Supplies required: STUDENT MUST BRING THEIR OWN WHEEL OR ESPINNER AS WELL AS THE FOLLOWING:
200g of unspun wool or wool blend top of your choice for doing the exercises.
Approximately a 5 metre length of hand-spun single spun by you. Wrap this around a tube such as a
paper towel or a toilet paper roll. This will be a reference for you and won’t be reviewed in class.
Pen and paper to take notes
A pair of hand cards. Note, if you do not have these, this part of the class will be a demo for you.
Be prepared to share your biggest spinning problem so that I can work on helping you with it.
Cables & Lace Together, Oh My!
Cables & Lace Together, Oh My!
Description: Knitted cable stitch patterns tend to ‘pull’ the fabric ‘in’, while most lace stitch patterns tend to ‘expand’ the fabric outward. Combing the two can create a balanced but beautiful fabric that looks classic yet innovative. Once you try a basic cable and lace combination, you’ll see how you can use any stitch dictionary to create any number of original Afghan squares, spa cloths or scarves!
In this class, you’ll begin to create a cables-and-lace coaster-sized square, and go home with ideas for many more!
Skills needed: basic knowledge of knitting and purling.
Instructor: Marilyn Guille
Time: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Room: Rotary Boardroom Upstairs
Supplies Provided: Vendor Hall Pass.
Supplies Required: 100 yards of a preferred yarn, and needles to match the recommended gauge for it.
Cost: $75.00
The Therapeutic Benefits of using Fibre and Mixed Media
Description: The Title of the piece will be " Tis a Brave Bird Sits on a Charred Limb and Sings". Each participant will be taught how to use personal narrative (a therapy technique), small group discussion and/or creative license in the creation of an art work that will take them on a journey of reframing loss of any kind into a celebration of remaining strengths and blessings.
Supplies will be paints, markers, yarn, pieces of fabric to be cut into the shape of feathers and leaves, glue and other embellishments.
There will be an education portion presenting empirical data on the therapeutic benefits of the use of crafting, and short experiential exercises in addition to the actual art creation.
Instructor: Jeannie Lawler
Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Room: Kinsmen Room
Supplies Provided: All Supplies provided and a Vendor Hall Pass
Cost: $65
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