Wild and Wooly Wall Hanging

I will be teaching this workshop on May 4, at the Fiber Dance Festival in Jullian.  

It's a wonderful free form design, using raw fleece as a base.

New Felt Bracelet Class

I'm excited to teach my new felt bracelet class. It gives my students an opportunity to experience several felting techniques. Wet felting, needle felting, and even a bit of nuno. I have one class scheduled for November and one in December. Just in time for the holidays. These bracelets make wonderful gifts.

Nuno Felting Workshops

My workshops are going well, so well in fact that I am now offering a Nuno Scarf class for people who have taken my basic workshop.  As much as I love making nuno felt, excited about where it leads me, I especially delight in experiencing that same excitement with students in my workshops. There is so much room for creativity starting with the very first piece.  To share something I love, and have it so enthusiastically received is very satisfying.  I think the pictures say it all.

Studio Workshop

This week my studio became a classroom, for the first in a series of Nuno Felt Workshops.  The space is perfect for classes.

I posted some beautiful photos on Flicker, of the class , and the lovely work it produced.

Thanks to Jan, Pat, Jocelyn, and Kirstin for a great two days. 

Here are some photos from those two days

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Felting Below Zero

I didn't have my blog when I was in Anchorage, Alaska in January.  But I do now so I'll talk about the wonderful Nuno Felt Workshop I taught at the Knitting Grounds .  Last year my dear friend Zaynab urged me to teach a workshop at her beautiful shop. This January was my second time teaching in Anchorage, and I love it.  Here I am with my terrific students who all had a wonderful time in our workshop which I dubbed, "Felting Below Zero"! The knit shop was a warm and cozy retreat from the below zero temps that persisted the whole time I was in Anchorage.  I lived in Anchorage for 15 years and can't remember a winter when we had below zero temps for weeks on end.

But summer in Anchorage is the best, and we are working on a Nuno Felt workshop/retreat in Hope , a charming old gold mining town just outside of Anchorage, this summer.  My daughter and son in law have a sweet cabin in Hope where they spend as much free time as they can, so I can combine my two loves, family and felting in one Alaskan weekend.    I'll keep you posted on those developments.

As for workshops in the immediate future:  I have two 2 day workshops planned to be held in my San Diego studio,  March 22 & 23, and April 2 & 3.  I will also be doing one in Phoenix the weekend of March 28 & 29.  For anyone interested, just email me hilltopbeader@cox.net