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Black Sheep Handweavers Guild Oct 21st Meeting
Using a Knitting Machine for Multicolor Dyeing Our guest speaker, Nancy Roberts uses a knitting machine as a tool for multicolor dyeing. By dyeing knitted fabric, rather than dyeing skeins, she produces yarns with controlled repeats of color in subtle gradations. She uses her specially dyed yarns in knitting, weaving, crocheting and felting. An article […]
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The Silverado Guild is hosting a two-day workshop on card weaving with Gudrun Polak on November 6/7 in Napa. Gundrun, known for her wizardry with the cards, will be presenting the basics of card weaving with as many variations as will fit within the time and skills of her students. She will also demonstrate her […]
Continue readingFiber Arts Fair at Quail Hollow Ranch
Fiber Arts Fair: 101 Things to Do with String On Sunday, October 24, 2010, the County of Santa Cruz Department of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services will host a fiber arts fair at Quail Hollow Ranch in Felton. Activities involving fiber include, but are not limited to, spinning, knitting, natural dyeing, braiding, rug hooking, […]
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