Cabin Fever Virtual Workshops

You will need to pay online for each class separately or register by mail

1/11/2025 Weave Structures: Totally Twill - The Basics and Beyond

Time: 10 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. MST

Instructor: Robyn Spady

Robyn Spady was introduced to weaving at a young age and has woven for more than 50 years. She completed HGA’s Certificate of Excellence in Handweaving (COE-W) in 2004. Robyn is fascinated by the infinite possibilities of crossing threads and loves coming up with new ideas to create fabric and transform it into something new and exciting. She is committed to turning the weaving world onto uncommon and advanced weave structures. Robyn is also the founder and editor of Heddlecraft® magazine. Robyn has two videos on twill weave available through Long Thread Media as well as a master weaver ebook. Robyn will start the program with basics before going on to advancing twill. Then she will tackle network-drafted twills and will wrap up with double diagonal twills and a question and answer period. Home | Spady Studios (will not be recorded)

Fee $10 must register before 1/8/2025

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2/8/2025 Diameter Control for Spinners

Time: 10 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. MST

Instructor: Michelle Boyd

Join Master Spinner Michelle Boyd to explore all the ways you can change up the size of your yarn and shake up your spinning! Michelle will look at changing your diameter without changing how you spin by changing the way we set up our spinning wheels and how we use our fiber, then talk about planning for different diameters. There will be a discussion of how grist and diameter overlap and how they are differ and ways to use both to change the size and shape of any yarn.

From her home in Canada, Michelle will present this as a lecture and demonstration, but if you want to spin along with Michelle, you are invited to have a little bit of your favorite prepared fiber and your spinning wheel near your screen. Michelle’s new book, Twist is scheduled to be released in November of 2024. Preorders are available https://simplecirc.com/ply-magazine/item/11169/twist-pre-order-book-by-michelle-boyd This presentation is suitable for spinners of all levels of experience. (will be recorded and kept for 30 days)

Fee $10 must register before 2/6/2025

March 8 - Rosann Fleischauer: Crocheting Borders and Joining Squares has been cancelled. If you have already registered you will receive a refund.

4/12/2025 Split Shed Weaving

Time: 10 a.m.- 11:30 MST

Instructor: Deborah Silver

Learn to transform traditional pattern structures into a signature method of hand-weaving using only four shafts. This process allows weavers to blend weft colors and create curved designs in multiple weave structures with no need for graphed pick-up designs. All weft yarns travel from selvedge to selvedge, differentiating this cloth from tapestry. Deborah Silver is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. She discovered her love of weaving while attaining her BFA at the Cleveland Institute of Art, majoring in Fiber and minoring in Drawing. Deborah pieces are shown widely at juried shows. Deborah is the author of The Technique of Split-Shed Weaving. Check out this technique at https://youtu.be/HzeCA-Iz7qY and Home | Deborah Silver Weaving Studio (program will be recorded and kept for 30 days)

Fee $10 Must register by 4/10/2025

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