Arcata Community Center, 321 Dr Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy, Arcata, California 95521, United States
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Fiber circle and demonstrations
2023 details
Join the Fiber Circle! Bring your portable projects and hang out in the Fiber Circle and enjoy the warm and welcoming sense of community.
The Humboldt Handweavers and Spinners Guild (www.hhsguild.org) offers a cozy space to relax and work and learn. Education and sharing is always the focus of the Fiber Circle. Come and learn about the many different kinds of fibers and explore the versatility of each unique characteristic. Learn a new skill like spinning, weaving, or knitting or expand on what you already know.
2023 Demonstration Schedule -
Saturday September 9th
11 am
Eureka Fabrics / Rima Greer Needle Tatting "Instant Jacket"
Ridgewood Fine Woolies / Betsy Neal Spinning Art Yarn with Rolags
Noon
Ace in the Hole / Ace Vandenack Selecting Fleece for handspinning
Kira K Designs / Kira Delaney Visible mending with a speedweve loom
Schaer Place Textiles / Lois Schaer Spindle spinning
1 pm
Arcata Historical Society Rug Hooking
Cinnabar & Indigo / Julie Mueller-Brown Twining Silk
Tika Imports / Ellen Markham History of Ikat with samples
2 pm
Colors of Nature / Trisha Lambert Needle Felted Mushrooms
Macedo's Mini Acres / Maureen Macedo Spinning and peg loom rug
3 pm
Love Spun Homespun / Barbara Fiorica Crocheted Hat
SpinGlitz / Lizette Hopkins Drop Spindle; spinning art yarn of a wheel; fabulous fiber washing bag
4 pm
Azalea Angora / Ana Canter Rabbit grooming and shaving
Hope Spring's Botanicals / Hope Rose Wet felted jar cozy from roving
Sunday September 10th
11 am
Natalie Reid Rigid Heddle weaving with warping and weaving terms
Yarn / Sunni Scrivner Knitting - 3 needle bind off
Noon
Spinning Contests in the HHSG Fiber Circle
1 pm
Eureka Fabrics / Rima Greer Needle Tatting "Instant Jacket"
Handcycled Garden Crafts / Fabiola Hernandez Macrame banana hanger
SpinGlitz / Lizette Hopkins Drop Spindle; spinning art yarn of a wheel; fabulous fiber washing bag
2 pm
Arbuckle Fiber Co. / Elizabeth Eaton Felted soap and flowers
Seaside Weavers / David Cooper Doormat or basket weaving from crab pot lines
3 pm
The Loom Room / Gabrielle Menn To Blend or Not to Blend other fibers with luxurious alpaca
Art Fiber Frenzy / Kristen Truesdail Rigid Heddle Loom weaving
*A few hands-on demos may have small materials fees or kits available.
Look for the Colored Flags marking the location of the demonstrations.
