Instructors: Liz Scott, Heather Schulze & Holly McGovern
Saturday, March 24, 2012 — 9:30am - 3:30pm
Price per student: $65 all materials included
This workshop will explore wool and its properties beginning with a discussion and demonstration of spinning. Participants will be given the opportunity to spin a sample of their own yarn. Then they will be provided with knitting needles, yarn, instructions and assistance in creating a project of their choice (small bag; potholder; hot plate). The final step will be to ‘hand felt’ the project to completion. Projects can be taken before dry or picked up the following day. All tools and materials included, beginners welcomed.
Elizabeth Scott’s interest in processing and spinning wool began 10 years ago, when her church hired three sheep to mow the grass in the old church yard so that the grave stones would not be harmed. The sheep were sheared in the Spring and nobody knew what to do with the raw fleece. So her passion for carding and spinning began then. She purchased a drum carder and spinning wheel, and the rest is history. Elizabeth makes make most of the yarn she knits and weaves with. Also, she spins in many other fibers, in addition to her organically processed wool.
Heather Schulze has been knitting since she was eight years old, taught by her favorite aunt Sylvia. While always enjoying knitting, it was at age 29, while attending law school in New Hampshire, that Heather became reacquainted with knitting. She then began exploring new and different fibers and taught herself the art of felting, both agitated and needle.
