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Spinning on a Wheel: FREE
Time and place: Green Tara Farm vendor booth
Instructor: Tara Smith
Description: Learn to spin on a spinning wheel, fibers for trying out the wheel can be purchased at the booth. Students should bring interest and enthusiasm.
Age: Anyone
Skill level: None
Spinning on a Wheel: FREE
Time and place: Green Tara Farm vendor booth
Instructor: Tara Smith
Description: Learn to spin on a spinning wheel, fibers for trying out the wheel can be purchased at the booth. Students should bring interest and enthusiasm.
Age: Anyone
Skill level: None
Needlefelting: FREE
Time and place: Patricia Lovegreen vendor booth
Instructor: Patricia Lovegreen
Description: Watch needlefelting
Time and place: Patricia Lovegreen vendor booth
Instructor: Patricia Lovegreen
Description: Watch needlefelting
Using a Drop Spindle: FREE
Time and place: Reedbird Farm/Back in Balance Minerals® vendor booth, when available
Instructor: Alethea Kenney
Description: Spinning yarn on a drop spindle can be fun and is not difficult with practice and patience. Alethea will walk students through the process of spinning fiber into yarn and talk about the different spindles and ways of spinning.
Students should bring: Interest and enthusiasm
Age: Anyone able to use a toy top or twirl their hair can learn to spin yarn
Skill level: none
Time and place: Reedbird Farm/Back in Balance Minerals® vendor booth, when available
Instructor: Alethea Kenney
Description: Spinning yarn on a drop spindle can be fun and is not difficult with practice and patience. Alethea will walk students through the process of spinning fiber into yarn and talk about the different spindles and ways of spinning.
Students should bring: Interest and enthusiasm
Age: Anyone able to use a toy top or twirl their hair can learn to spin yarn
Skill level: none
The Ancient Technique of Loop Braiding: FREE
Time and place: To be announced, 15 minute demo
Instructor: Kathy Belt
Description: Using 5 loops, create a strong decorative cord. Has multiple uses, including trimming an outfit, tying a package, shoestrings, drawcords for purses, and many more.
Students should bring: an interest in learning
Age: older than toddler
Skill level: none
The Ancient Technique of Finger Weaving (the basics): FREE
Time and place: To be announced, 30 minute demo
Instructor: Kathy Belt
Description: Using 5 or 7 strands, create a strong decorative cord. It's the basics before going on to more elaborate and complicated stitches for sashes, belts, and other decorative items.
Students should bring: an interest in learning
Age: older than 5 (8 would be better but ...)
Skill level: none (but hair braiding would be beneficial)
The Use of a Lucet for making cordage: FREE
Time and place: To be announced, 15 minute demo
Instructor: Kathy Belt
Description: In the days before KMart, you had to create your own cordage. The lucet is a 2 prong wooden tool that is very portable. It is said that women would either spin or use the lucet while walking to be sure the Devil didn't find idle hands.
Students should bring: an interest in learning
Age: older than 8
Skill level: none