2.  'Noodling with Nuno' with Marianne DuBois (3.5 hours)

SOLD OUT! email ssddfarm@fairpoint.net to be added to the waiting list.

Cost of Class $64.00 ( includes wool, silk, soap, handouts, plus the bubble wrap and other materials.)

Come learn to make felted silk and wool scarves. Participants will combine merino wool top and lightweight silk gauze to produce a one-of-a-kind felted scarf. Nuno felting combines the technique of wet felting with the ready-made structure of silk fabric to make a lightweight and flexible felt. Are you interested in learning about this fun and fast technique? You will be amazed by what you can create, and everyone will go home with a completed scarf and ideas for creating many more.

Please bring with you: a bowl (2 quart), a small bucket or dishpan, 2-3 towels, a plastic grocery bag, 3 nylons (that is 3 legs, not 3 pairs), optional- lightweight fuzzy wool yarn (a boucle or mohair would be best) if you want to embellish your scarf.

Level:  12  years old and up, no experience necessary.  Class size limited to 6 students.

3. Learn to Knit: Beginner Basics with Christine Henson (2 hours)
Class cost: $50.00 (includes materials: hank of yarn,set of bamboo needles and a knitting gauge plus handout.)

Yearning to knit with all that glorious fiber? You'll be on your way after just 90 minutes. Whether you have learned in the past and forgot or want to begin to knit for the first time, this workshop will teach you how to cast on, knit and purl. Binding off and basic gauge sizing and yarn types will also be covered. All materials included. Children welcome too.

Class size limited to 8

Saturday June 7th
12 pm

1."Carding Basics and Tricks" with Deb Bergman (2 hours)

 Cost $40.00

Have you always felt handcarding was too much trouble? Carding can be a fullfilling part of the spinning experience. Come and explore the gentle art of handcarding, color blending, multicolor rolags, and punis. Learn the difference between woolen and worsted. Students MUST bring their own handcards or Ashford handcards will be available for  purchase from the instructor for $50/pair.

Class size limited to 20  students. Level: All Levels 

2.Backyard Birds" with Sharon Costello (3 hours) - featured artist

FILLING UP FAST!

Cost$50.00 (material fee $5.00 TO BE PAID TO INSTRUCTOR)

Learn the art of needle felting while creating your favorite backyard bird in wool fiber. Sculpt a cardinal, bluebird, robin, woodpecker, gold finch, chickadee, blue jay or yellow throat. These miniature birds are perfect to hang in your window or to decorate your Christmas tree. Learn how to create an armature for the feet, sculpt the body, wings, head and tail and create realistic detailing for the face and markings.

 Class size is limited to 14 students).  Time:3 hours.  Level: all levels.  Click on image to see more.

3.Lace Knitting with Aloisia Pollock (2 hours) - featured artist

Cost: $ 45.00 for workshop (which includes pattern for lace shawl and graph paper) Click on image to see more detail.

 Participants will learn how to interpret and knit from a chart and start a lace shawl. They will also learn how to make their own graphs from written instructions.

Materials needed: 12 oz. fingering weight wool or other fiber, round needle #3 or 4 or your favorite yarn and needles.  .Materials can be purchased for $50.00.  Level: Participants need to know basic knit and purl stitches

4. Color Blending for Spinners with Linda Whiting (2 hours)

Cost $60.00 ( includes fiber, handouts and sample pages)

Using handcards and a drum carder learn how to create unique spinning fibers by combining warm and cool colors, dyed and natural colored fleece and other fibers to give your handspun yarns greater depth and variation. (Bring wheel or spindle to spin your yarn samples, and hand cards or drum carder if you have them.)

Class size Minimum 4 / maximum 8.

 

Sunday June 8th
10 am

1.'Felted Jewelry ' with Trina Carus (3 hours)

ALMOST FULL!

Cost: $50 (material fee $5.00 TO BE PAID TO INSTRUCTOR)

Learn wet and needle felting techniques to create felt beads and cords to produce your own jewelry.  We will make a necklace and pair of earrings  Additional beads and pendants can also be purchased.

Time : 3 hours this class will go until 1:00 pm.  Level: for all levels.

 

 

2.Needlefelted Fruits and Pastries with Marianne Dubois (2.5 hours)

Cost $50.00 (includes materials)

They look yummy, but no calories!!  An introductory needlefelting class. 

Come learn the craft of needlefelting.  In this class we’ll focus on making needlefelted sculptures that look like cookies, tarts, and other appetizing desserts.  You will learn the basics of needlefelting and wool blending and come away with some pretty treats that won’t add to your waistline! 

Class hours:  2.5.  Class #’s:   7 students, age 12 and older.  (we could go down to 11 years old if accompanied by a parent).

3. "Designing Your Own Sweater" with Aliosia Pollock (2 hours) - featured artist

Cost :$45.00 

Participants bring their favorite sweater and learn how to change a pattern to fit their individual and preferred size, or use their own measurements to design their own sweater or cardigan.  They will  learn how to design various necklines and sleeve styles.

 Please bring: Paper, pencil, measuring tape, yarn and needles.  Supplies can be provided for additional fee.  Level : Great for beginners

Sunday June 8th
12 pm

 1."Drop Spindling" with Deb Bergman (2 hours)

Only 3 spots left!

Cost:  $60.00

One of the earliest tools used for making yarn was the drop spindle.   It is still one of the most portable and inexpensive ways to create  your own wonderful yarn. Learn how to spin wool, make a 2 ply yarn,  and skein your finished yarn. Top whorl hardwood drop spindles will be  available for purchase from the instructor for $20.

 Class size is limited to 10 students. Level: All Levels.

2."Go-felt-a-Fish"with Sharon Costello (3 hours) - featured artist

Cost: $50.00  ($10.00 MATERIAL FEE TO BE PAID TO INSTRUCTOR)

A fun, "everything goes" approach to learning a range of wet felting techniques. Students will create a one-of-a-kind, three dimensional tropical fiber fish while learning all about surface design and seamless, 3-D felting techniques. We will combine wool, glitzy fabrics, silks, synthetic fibers, designer yarns, mohair locks and beads to create a fantasy fish full of texture, shine and personality.  Class size is limited to 14 students.  Level: all levels.  Click on image to see more.