Fiber Fest Weekend Day Retreats at Shepherd's Cross

• ​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 2023 are:     
  • June 15, 16, 17 of 2023
  • August 10, 11, 12 of 2023
• Class Date for 2024 are: 
  • January 18, 19 & 20
• Cost: for one day is $89; for all 3 days is $249; materials included  
• Bring a sack lunch each day; we provide beverages 

              
Day 1: Wet Wool Fiber Processing Day Retreat 

• Wash - Dye - Wet Felt
• June 15, 2023    August 10, 2023     January 18, 2024 (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
• June 16, 2023     August 11, 2023     January 19, 2024 (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
• June 17, 2023     August 12, 2023     January 20, 2024 (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

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