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2009 During January and February, Carol Leigh is taking a Sabbatical from teaching to work on, and hopefully finish The Book, Continuous Strand Weaving Techniques for Triangle, Square, and Rectangle Frame Looms. |
Hillcreek Fiber Studio Workshops: For more information and to register, please call 573-874-2233, or 1-800-874-9328 (TRI-WEAV). Bed and Breakfast is available for out-of-town students at $45 per night. Airport shuttles available.
Ancient
Dyes,
Saturday and Sunday
March 7-8, 2009
Explore colors made from historic dyes known for their beauty and
enduring quality. We will obtain a full color spectrum from the most commonly used
Ancient Dyes: flag red and raspberry from Cochineal insects, blue from Indigoferra
tinctoria, bright yellow from Quercitron (black oak inner bark -- one of the
few dyes exported from USA to Europe during the 1800's for its brilliant yellow);
orange,orange-red, and aubergine from Madder Root; red, purple, burgundy and plum
from Brazilwood; lavender and black from Logwood; rich brown from Cutch; green and
turquoise from Indigo and Quercitron; scarlet from Quercitron and
Cochineal; yellow on wool and shocking pink on cotton and silk from Safflower. We will
work on both protein and cellulose fibers with various pH levels and various mordants to
hold and adjust colors. Sample swatches of wool, cotton and raw silk in each color
will go home with each student. Students may bring basket reed, yarns, natural
buttons, and other medium to dye.
Times: 9 am to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
Two-day Tuition: $130, plus materials fee of $25.
Hot lunch with homemade soup, salad, drinks included.
Navajo
Weaving, Beginning and Intermediate
Saturday through Tuesday
March 28 - 31, 2009
Objective:
Warp and Weave a complete Navajo technique sampler in four days. Learn the unique
warping technique with one continuous warp and no fringe, make string heddles for the pull
shed, and learn weaving techniques for striped patterns, for hooked join patterns and
for finishing the tight space ending. For those students wanting an additional
challenge weaving with edging cords and diagonal joins will be included.
Equipment and Supplies: Navajo Looms available for rent. during class with
option to buy. Rent $20. Combs and Battens available for use during class or
to purchase. Warp and weft yarns appropriate for class project are available to
buy. Cost depends upon student's choice of colors, range $25 to $40.
Times: Saturday 10 am to 5 p.m, Sunday and Monday 9 am to 5 pm, Tuesday
9 am to 4 pm. Students may work in the Studio on projects during
the evening hours.
Four-day Tuition: $240. A daily hot lunch with
homemade soup, salad, drinks and more included.
Beginning and Intermediate Four to Eight-Shaft Weaving
Saturday through Tuesday
April 4-7, 2009
Beginning
Students will complete two projects. They will learn basic weaving theory, how
to read and understand pattern drafts, will warp their loom twice for their two
projects and learn basic threading and weaving techniques in plain weave and twills.
Intermediate Students will work independently on a project of their choosing with
guidance from the instructor. Projects include: Colonial Weave Structure
Sampler, learning Overshot and Summer & Winter block weave theory, Rosepath point
twill, and Check, Houndstooth, and Log Cabin Color & Weave Effects; Tartan Dancing
Shawl, learning tartan planning theory and techniques, "picking the cross" for
fast warp measuring, dressing the loom back to front, and balanced twill weaving
techniques with fine yarns; Student's Choice, planning a whole project start to
finish using any new weave structure the student would like to explore.
Equipment and Supplies: Floor and table looms available to rent or purchase.
Yarns of all types are available for purchase, cost depending upon projects chosen.
Times: Saturday 10 am to 5 p.m, Sunday and Monday 9 am to 5 pm, Tuesday 9 am to
4 pm. Students may work in the Studio on projects during
the evening hours.
Four-day Tuition: $240 A daily lunch with homemade soup, salad, drinks and more
are included.
Continuous Strand Weaving Method on Triangle, Square, and Rectangle Frame
Looms, Saturday through Monday April
18 - 20, 2009
In two days students can
complete a full 7-foot Triangle Shawl using the simple, unique continuous strand weaving
method. Or, choose to stay three days, take your time and learn a few intermediate
or advanced weaving techniques such as twill, leno lace, double weave, and
soumack, or color patterns such as log cabin, checks, color blending, tartan
plaids, and much more. Or choose to weave using the continuous strand weaving
method on square and rectangle frame looms for four-selvedge bias fabrics needing no
hemming. These different shapes can be put together for a variety of fashions and
home decor items.
Equipment and Supplies: Large Adjustable Frame Looms in each shape are
available to rent at $15 during class, or purchase. Smaller Travel Size frame looms
are also available. Yarns are available to purchase for any project chosen, or students
may bring their own. Check with instructor for suitable weight of yarn to bring for
chosen project. Handspun yarns show off beautifully with the continuous strand
weaving method.
Times: Saturday 10 am to 5 p.m, Sunday and Monday 9 am to 5 pm.
Students may work in the Studio on
projects during the evening hours.
Two-day tuition: $130, Three-day tuition $185.
Hot lunch is included.
Private Spinning
Lessons, during March/April
Beginning through Advanced Levels
may be arranged with Carol
Leigh Brack-Kaiser or Rose Brack-Kaiser.
Beginning lessons include spinning and plying on drop spindles and
spinning wheels, choosing appropriate fibers and fiber preparation, washing and
mothproofing raw wool.
Intermediate level, Designer Yarns, includes carding for fiber and
color blending and yarn design for woolen-spun yarn, wool combing and blending techniques
for worsted-spun yarn, novelty yarns such as slub, marl, knop, feather, tweed, eyelash,
loop yarns, and more.
Advanced level, Special Fibers, includes reeling and spinning silk
from cocoons, mawatas, and combed top; dressing flax on a distaff and spinning linen; and
spinning cotton and other fibers on charkas, taklis, and ahka spindles.
NOTE: we are offering an earlier session of Fiber
Furlough II, in addition to the one in July
FIBER FURLOUGH II (5 and 1/2 days each, Sunday p.m.
thru Friday)
June 7-12, 2009
Focus on Weaving of all Types - - - - - - $325 for 5-1/2 days
(See below for full class
description)
| FIBER FURLOUGH I & II (5 and 1/2 days each, Sunday p.m. thru Friday) July 5-10 & July 12-17, 2009 |
| Our Fiber Furlough
is a popular week-long workshop designed as a get-away fiber week filled with exploration
and time to work on fiber projects (including ones started in previous workshops), where
students choose to learn as much as they wish on any or several subjects from what I can
teach in one week's time. We’ll also have a knitting/crocheting guest teacher
available. We gather Sunday afternoon for a pot-luck get-aquainted dinner and to organize
and plan our week. Students may learn to spin or spin designer yarns, learn to weave or do
advanced projects on the floor, table, Navajo, triangle, or inkle looms, and/or learn
natural dyeing, felting or knitting. Explore as many skills as you would like, or focus on
just one. Learn advanced techniques on any of the above skills, or bring an old project to
finish. This is your week to plan as you'd like. Watch others do skills you never thought
you'd be interested in. Who knows, something new might intrigue you! Materials fees, loom
rent, and bed & breakfast are extra. FIBER FURLOUGH I, July 5-10, 2009 - - - - - - $325 for 5-1/2 days Focus on Spinning, Dyeing, Felting exploration FIBER FURLOUGH II, July 12-17, 2009 - - - - - - $325 for 5-1/2 days Focus on Weaving of all Types, Knitting Students may choose to spend both Fiber Furlough weeks with us for a 10% discount on both tuition and B&B for both weeks. Do the whole textile process - weave or knit something the second week from the yarn you spun and dyed the first week! |
(For all Workshops, Equipment rental, materials and Bed and Breakfast are additional)
For more
information, and to register, call 573-874-2233, or 1-800-874-9328
(TRI-WEAV).
Bed and Breakfast is available for out-of-town students at $45 per night. Airport
shuttles available
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ABOUT "HILLCREEK FIBER STUDIO
WORKSHOPS"
by Carol Leigh
Brack-Kaiser
Hillcreek Fiber Studio was added to Carol Leigh's Specialties in 1986, as the teaching part of the business, following numerous requests from the inquiring public as to "where can I learn how to....?" I have had the privilege of studying with numerous internationally known fiber experts, and try continually to add to my knowledge every year.
The Studio
is located in the Little Bonne Femme Creek valley just minutes from Columbia, in the woods
across from pastures and Rock Bridge State Park, and offers an informal Bed and
Breakfast, in house, for students attending classes. Lunches are shared, the Studio
providing the main dish and the students contributing. Also, for those coming from
afar, there's a commercial airport shuttle service which will bring you directly from the
St. Louis or Kansas City airports to our front door.
Some of the advantages of learning in a group atmosphere include: the comraderie of
sharing a learning experience with others of like interests; the expansion of ideas and
creative thoughts when several people are contributing to the thought process; making new
friends, contacts, and networking with people who share the same love for things natural,
less hurried, and handmade; generating enthusiasm, inspiration and energy; and finding a
support group of people who appreciate and understand our fiber obsessions and the
satisfaction we feel when we create something from scratch.
Why don't you treat yourself, this year, to some time away from a hectic life-style,
learning a new skill, and meeting some great people.
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Carol Leigh's HILLCREEK FIBER STUDIO,
in addition to the extensive WORKSHOPS Schedule, carries a LARGE SELECTION of
Fiber-related Equipment, Tools, Materials, and Books.
Click Here to go to the
beginning of the Product Lines area of our Website,
which also includes the HILLCREEK FIBER STUDIO Shopping Cart WebStore.
To obtain
further information about workshop classes at Hillcreek Fiber Studio, or at other
locations (maybe Carol Leigh
could do a special class for your group), contact us (giving U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
address) at CarolLeigh@HillcreekFiberStudio.com (or at USPS address or by telephone-see Front Page).
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