Fiber Fest Weekend Day Retreats at Shepherd's Cross
Day 1: Wet Wool Fiber Processing Day Retreat
Day 2: Dry Wool Fiber Processing Day Retreat
Day 3: Finished Fiber Day Retreat
- Need a day's respite from the challenges of life?
- Join us for a peaceful, fun, fiber filled learning experience
- A three day class; from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm daily; participants may stay until 5:30 if additional time is needed
- Each participant will make & take home several products every day
- Classes may be virtual or on site
- Three Fiber Fest Weekends annually; Class Dates for 2021 are:
- January 21, 22 & 23, 2021
- June 17, 18 & 19, 2021
- August 12, 13 & 14, 2021
- Cost: for one day is $74; for all 3 days is $179; materials included
- Bring a sack lunch each day; we provide beverages
Day 1: Wet Wool Fiber Processing Day Retreat
- Wash - Dye - Wet Felt
- January 21, 2021 June 17, 2021 August 12, 2021 (Thursdays)
- Students will learn basic wool washing and dying, as well as wet felting
- Each participant will make & take home a wool ball, a felted trivet, and a 3-D felted project
Day 2: Dry Wool Fiber Processing Day Retreat
- Drop Spindle - Spin - Card - Pick
- January 22, 2021 June 18, 2021 August 13, 2021 (Fridays)
- Students learn how to work with dry fiber in the arts using hand cards, hand picks, swing pick, box pick, drum carder and a blending board as well as use of the drop spindle and spinning wheel
- Each participant will make and take home hand spun yarn and rolags, punis or nests
Day 3: Finished Fiber Day Retreat
- Weaving - Needle Felting
- January 23, 2021 June 19, 2021 August 14, 2021 (Saturdays)
- Students will learn basic weaving on an inkle loom and needle felting.
- Each participant will make and take home a woven coaster, a woven sash, a needle felted coaster, a needle felted ornament and a needle felted 3-D ornament