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Current:
Now - May 2007: OUTSIDE
Upcoming:
October 12 - 15: YARN SCHOOL Yarn-Making Workshop & Retreat: Long weekend retreat with classes in spinning, dying, spindling, fiber prep, etc. Great for all levels!
Past:
May 6, 2006: PROM; OUTSIDE opening reception
December 2005
New Year's Party
November 2005
Photo shoot for Naughty Needles
October 2005
Knit-a-thon Con
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Register for Workshop
$425 ($212.50 deposit) |
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Register for Workshop
+ Wheel Package
$825 (412.50 deposit) |
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Tentative Schedule
Thursday
afternoon- 7 |
Check-in, get goodie bags, open knit/crochet or explore |
7 pm |
Cocktail party/hors d'oeuvres dinner
meet & greet, open knit/crochet, shopping |
8 pm |
Make your own drop spindle |
Friday : Dying & Spinning
7 – 9 am |
Continental breakfast with open knit/crochet |
9 – 11 |
Acid dying (roving & fleece, crock-pot & oven cure) |
11 – 12 |
Kool-aid dying (commercial yarn, microwave cure) |
1 pm |
Meet the Alpacas at Wildcat Hollow, lunch at the ranch |
3 – 4 |
Rinse and dry fiber acid-dyed fiber |
4 - 7 |
Drop-spindle basics; wheel spinning basics |
8 |
Dinner |
after dinner |
Choose your own adventure: Spinning practice, dying, knit/crochet, or just relax |
Saturday: Fiber Prep & Spinning
7 – 9 am |
Continental breakfast with open knit/crochet |
9 – 10 |
Washing raw fiber demo/tips |
10 – 12 |
Hand carding & drum carding demo/lessons
Making batts & rolags, with fiber chat
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1 pm |
Lunch |
2 – 7 |
Spinning: wheel or drop spindle
plus specialized technique demos |
8 |
Dinner |
after dinner |
Choose your own adventure: practice, knit/crochet, or relax |
Sunday: Spinning, etc.
7 – 9 am |
continental breakfast with open knit/crochet |
9 – 12 |
practice what you like, plus specialized technique demos |
12 |
farewell lunch, shopping |
afternoon |
open knit, spin, etc. as you like until you depart |
Workshop participants may stay additional nights and practice techniques they've learned or just relax and enjoy the solitude of the country.
$75/night includes use of our equipment and materials, plus accommodation and two meals/day.
or
$45/night single + just $5 extra for the second person (our regular overnight rate) applies if you'll be using just your own supplies and equipment.
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