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I was standing in Maggie Casey’s shop,Shuttles, Spindles & Skeins, when she handed me a braid of hand-dyed wool with a tag that read “The Hummingbird Moon.” I gave her a skeptical look.
Deb Menz has been one of my most important color resources for more than a decade. I took a three-day dyeing workshop with her that laid the groundwork for my own understanding of color in fiber arts.
When I visited Shetland several years ago, I met one of its most famous handspinners.
The Pantone Color of the Year 2018, Ultra Violet, takes a new look at an ancient color. Purple has been a royal color for thousands of years, and once it was derived from a mollusk.
I often talk about a spinner’s path or fiber journey. My experience is like walking the lovely paths at the John C. Campbell Folk School.
This cheerful mill in Albuquerque is where Ruth Baldwin works her magic on piles and piles of wool, transforming fleece into custom wool roving and yarn.
Solar dyeing is an easy, natural, and fun way to give yarn color and character that requires little work and results in non-repeatable, beautiful colors!
Connecting Threads allows visitors to experience the process of turning a sheep’s fleece into a piece of clothing through a natural dye workshop.
Felicia Lo, author of Dyeing to Spin & Knit, demonstrates how to spin yarn like a master dyer in this Artist Q&A with Anne Merrow.
If fiber is your thing, a yearly pilgrimage to the local sheep and wool festival is a must! Attending the festival with limited funds?
If you know someone interested in exploring spinning or you find yourself circling the idea, Kate’s 2 courses with us can help anyone get started.
I recently spent a great weekend teaching at a fiber festival not far from home. For many people in my classes, this is their one fiber-filled weekend of the year complete with time to meet other spinners and shop for new fiber treats.
