||| FROM SAN JUAN MAKERS GUILD |||
Fiber enthusiasts: there is a Fibershed program brewing in the islands … This weekend, come enjoy a fun 2hr weaving class, or stop by to visit the Warm Valley Orchard fiber studio during the Farm Tours if you’d like to get a little fiber fix! If you are interested in this fiber group formation, we welcome you to write Parker at sjimakersguild@gmail.com. Feel free to share the types of fiber activities you enjoy : Weaving? Knitting? Felting? Papermaking? Dyeing? Rope making? Twining? Quilting? Fashion? Creative uses for Hemp? Sail making?
What do you dream of?
This Weekend’s Workshop News: On-the-farm Weaving Workshop – a new highlight for the Orcas Island Farm Tours. Fri and Sat, Oct 4 and 5, 1-3pm. Sign up online.
Come enjoy on-the-farm yarn and weaving activities to create your own take home woven good. Hosted on the beautiful Warm Valley Orchard homestead. Your space reservation includes the take-home materials costs for island grown yarns used in the 2 hr small group workshop. (Instructor fees are generously funded through the San Juan County LTAC Funds via the San Juan Islands Makers Guild.)
We suggest arriving at noon for a self-guided farm tour to see the sheep, chickens, orchard, garden and farm stand. Plus live spinning demonstration and a visit to the fiber studio featuring the works of three fiber and clay artists: Maria Nutt, Cathy Vierthaler, Oak Boesky.
Great fun to learn from master artisans with wool from three island’s farms! Full Farm Tour info is at farmtourssanjuans.com
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