Nuno Felting
Nuno Felting, also known as “laminate felting”, is the art of felting fleece and fabric together which in turns creates a whole new fabric. Finished pieces can be elegant and refined or funky and textured. This class will focus on the wet method of Nuno and the students will create and complete a silk gauze and wool Nuno felted scarf.
Intro to Scrumbling and Novelty Knit/Crochet
This is the most fun class and it is suitable for *both* knitters and crocheters alike. “Scrumbling” is another name for “making things up as you go along”, or free-form knitting and crocheting. It is a unique and fun way to create garments without and pattern, using scrap and “novelty” yarns. Novelty knit/crochet involves the use of novelty yarns in addition to severe increases and decreases, the changing of needles or hooks mid row, the intentional dropping of stitches and any other myriad of techniques. This is a great class for knitters and crocheters that want to “stitch outside the box” and explore their inner fiber goddess! Beginner level skills and a willingness to create spontaneously are all that are required. Tweens, teens and adults all welcome.
Hairpin Lace
Hairpin lace is a crochet technique done using a crochet hook and a hairpin lace loom, which consists of two parallel metal rods held at the top and the bottom by removable bars.
Hairpin lace-making was popular during the Victorian Era, when the lace was actually made using the ladies’ large hairpins. The upper class ladies took great delight in showing off their skill in lace, while for the working poor, it became a quick, inexpensive substitute for Italian lace. The technique can be used to make endless varieties of garments, from doilies, edgings, afghans, shawls, sweaters and anything else that you can imagine. Materials fees includes all tools needed to learn how to make hairpin lace including a hairpin loom, crochet hook and yarn.