Workshops - Carolina FiberFest

2020 Workshops

The workshops listed below are from the 2020 Carolina FiberFest Schedule. Many of these same workshops will be offered again in 2021.
We will update the schedule and registration information as we get closer to the 2021 event!

Workshops by Subject

Crochet

Bead Crochet Bracelets – Jolie Elder (Saturday)
Bosnian Crochet: Back to the Beginning – Rusty Boyd (Sunday)
Fibonacci, Fiber, and Fun! – Connie Lee Lynch (Saturday)
Hairpin Lace: Making a Simple Loom and Starting a First Project – Nancy Gaines (Friday)
Intro to Marling – Connie Lee Lynch (Saturday)
Unexpectedly Angular – Connie Lee Lynch (Friday)

Dyeing

Easy Dye Silk Scarves – M Theresa Brown (Friday)
Ecoprinting on Silk and Wool – M Theresa Brown (Sunday)
Indigo Shibori – Kelli Crispin (Saturday)
Natural Dyes Around the World – Jane Bynum (Thursday)
Natural Dyes Around the House – Jane Bynum (Saturday)

Fleece/Fiber Prep

DIY Fiber Prep or Send Your Fiber to a Mill? – Alesia Moore (Thursday)
Fleece Handling: Basics and Beyond – Elaina Kenyon (Friday)
Gettin’ Batty with It: Art-Batt Tools & Techniques – Lisa Q Wirtz (Friday)

Knitting

A Knitter’s Guide to Fixing Mistakes – Kim Garnett (Friday)
An Introduction to Estonian Lace – Kim Garnett (Saturday)
An Introduction to Stranded Knitting – Kim Garnett (Friday)
Bind Off at Both Ends – Jolie Elder (Friday)
Brioche Rosetta Stone – Jolie Elder (Friday)
Design the Socks You Crave – Kim Garnett (Friday)
Entrelac in a day – Rusty Boyd (Saturday)
Fibonacci, Fiber, and Fun! – Connie Lee Lynch (Saturday)
German Short Rows; Eins, Zwei, Drei – Laura Barker (Friday)
Holding Yarns w/ Two Hands for Stranded Colorwork Knitting – Varian Brandon (Friday)
Inside Out, Casting on in the Center – Laura Barker (Friday)
Intro to Marling – Connie Lee Lynch (Saturday)
Judy’s Magic Cast-On – Jolie Elder (Saturday)
Knit Faster with Combination Knitting – Jolie Elder (Friday)
Mitered Entrelac Shawl – Laura Barker (Saturday)
Seeing Double Knitting – Jolie Elder (Friday)
Short Row Smorgasbord – Laura Barker (Friday)
Stranded Colorwork (Fair Isle) Knitting – Beginning – Varian Brandon (Satruday)
Stranded Colorwork (Fair Isle) Knitting: Beyond Beginning – Varian Brandon (Saturday)
Tension and Catching Long Floats for Stranded Colorwork Knitting – Varian Brandon (Friday)
The Shape of the Shawl – Rusty Boyd (Saturday)

Misc.

Basic Buttons: Dorset, Yorkshire, Knots and More – Nancy Gaines (Saturday)
Bobbin Lace Pendant – Prabha Ramakrishnan (Sunday)
Hands on with Angora Rabbits – Elaina Kenyon (Thursday)
Historic Hand Sewing: How Our Grand Mother’s Did It – Nancy Gaines (Saturday)

Needle Felting

Needle Felting Intro – Alesia Moore (Friday)
Painting With Wool – Alesia Moore (Saturday)

Spinning

Beginning Core Spinning – Glenda Moore (Sunday)
Beginning Spinning on Drop Spindle – Chelsea Fehskens (Friday)
Beginning Wheel Spinning on a Spinning Wheel– Julie Wilson (Friday & Saturday)
Learn to Spin on a Drop Spindle- for kids! – Chellie LaPointe (Friday & Saturday)

Weaving

Free-Form Weaving – Dawn Hummer (Friday & Saturday)
Peg Loom Weaving – Alesia Moore (Friday & Saturday)

Wet Felting

Felted Soap – Vicki Clontz (Friday)
Wet Felting for Beginners – Kim Underhill (Saturday)
Wet-felted Vessel – Vickie Clontz (Thursday)
Wool Bead Earrings – Vicki Clontz (Saturday)

Workshops by Day

Thursday March 12, 2020

DIY Fiber Prep or Send Your Fiber to a Mill? – Alesia Moore
Hands on with Angora Rabbits – Elaina Kenyon
Natural Dyes Around the World – Jane Bynum
Wet-felted Vessel – Vickie Clontz

Friday March 13, 2020

A Knitter’s Guide to Fixing Mistakes – Kim Garnett
An Introduction to Stranded Knitting – Kim Garnett
Beginning Spinning on Drop Spindle – Chelsea Fehskens
Beginning Wheel Spinning on a Spinning Wheel– Julie Wilson
Bind Off at Both Ends – Jolie Elder
Brioche Rosetta Stone – Jolie Elder
Design the Socks You Crave – Kim Garnett
Easy Dye Silk Scarves – Theresa Brown
Felted Soap – Vicki Clontz
Fleece Handling: Basics and Beyond – Elaina Kenyon
Free-Form Weaving – Dawn Hummer
German Short Rows; Eins, Zwei, Drei – Laura Barker
Gettin’ Batty with It: Art-Batt Tools & Techniques – Lisa Q Wirtz
Hairpin Lace: Making a Simple Loom and Starting a First Project – Nancy Gaines
Holding Yarns w/ Two Hands for Stranded Colorwork Knitting – Varian Brandon
Inside Out, Casting on in the Center – Laura Barker
Knit Faster with Combination Knitting – Jolie Elder
Learn to spin on a drop spindle- for kids! – Chellie LaPointe
Needle Felting Intro – Alesia Moore
Peg Loom Weaving – Alesia Moore
Seeing Double Knitting – Jolie Elder
Short Row Smorgasbord – Laura Barker
Tension and Catching Long Floats for Stranded Colorwork Knitting – Varian Brandon
Unexpectedly Angular – Connie Lee Lynch

Saturday March 14, 2020

An Introduction to Estonian Lace – Kim Garnett
Basic Buttons: Dorset, Yorkshire, Knots and More – Nancy Gaines
Bead Crochet Bracelets – Jolie Elder
Beginning Wheel Spinning on a Spinning Wheel– Julie Wilson
Entrelac in a day – Rusty Boyd
Fibonacci, Fiber, and Fun! – Connie Lee Lynch
Free-Form Weaving – Dawn Hummer
Historic Hand Sewing: How Our Grand Mother’s Did It – Nancy Gaines
Indigo Shibori – Kelli Crispin
Intro to Marling – Connie Lee Lynch
Judy’s Magic Cast-On – Joli Elder
Learn to spin on a drop spindle- for kids! – Chellie LaPointe
Mitred Enterlac Shawl – Laura Barker
Natural Dyes Around the House – Jane Bynum
Painting With Wool – Alesia Moore
Peg Loom Weaving – Alesia Moore
Seeing Double knitting – Jolie Elder
Stranded Colorwork (Fair Isle) Knitting – Beginning – Varian Brandon
Stranded Colorwork (Fair Isle) Knitting: Beyond Beginning – Varian Brandon
The Shape of the Shawl – Rusty Boyd
Wet Felting for Beginners – Kim Underhill
Wool Bead Earrings – Vicki Clontz

Sunday March 15, 2020

Beginning Core Spinning – Glenda Moore
Bobbin Lace Pendant – Prabha Ramakrishnan
Bosnian Crochet: Back to the Beginning – Rusty Boyd
Ecoprinting on Silk and Wool – M Theresa Brown

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Our Instructors

We are honored to have some of the country’s leading fiber artists as instructors for our workshops. From self-taught, to learning at Grandmother’s side, to traditional-artist-turned-fiber artisan, you’ll love them all.

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Fiber Arts Workshop Refund Policy

75% refund if requested by February 16, 2020
50% refund if requested between February 17 – 29, 2020
No refund after February 29, 2020
You may request a refund by emailing info@CarolinaFiberFest.org
Students may also re-sell or gift the class at their own expense. Please notify the Festival if you find you are unable to attend or you sell or gift your class to another person.