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Carol Leigh's
HILLCREEK FIBER STUDIO

Upcoming Workshops

(Updated 4/25/08)

We invite you to join us this year for
one or more of the workshops described below.

ŒŒ HILLCREEK FIBER STUDIO CLASS DESCRIPTIONS    
and
ŒŒ 2008 - 2009 WORKSHOP SCHEDULE  
(Equipment rental, materials and  Bed and Breakfast are additional)


     2008   

From January through April, 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.

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 8-13,  2008
    
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 13-18  & July 20-25,  2008
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 13-18, 2008  - - - - - - $325 for 5-1/2 days
    
Focus on Spinning, Dyeing, Felting exploration
FIBER FURLOUGH II, July 20-25, 2008 - - - - - - $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 testile process - weave or knit something the second week from the yarn you spun and dyed the first week!
NATURAL DYEING - Missouri Dye Plants, (2 days, Saturday - Sunday)                       September  6 - 7,  2008
Always a popular workshop. We forage for a full spectrum of color from our yard and nearby fields. Nature provides. It provides not only food, clothing and medicines, but also glorious color -- not just muted yellows and tans -- but reds from pokeberry, blues from elderberry, yellow, gold, orange, brown from bidens and goldenrod, tan from walnuts, and more. Come explore the magic of nature. You'll take home over 50 colors. Materials fee, $15. - - - - - $130/2 days

Continuous Strand Weaving on Triangle, Square, and Rectangle  Frame Looms  (3 days, Sat-Mon) Nov 8-10, 2008
Go home with a large finished shawl, or a small blanket.  Triangle weaving on a triangle frame loom is unique and simple.  This is truly the only loom which dresses itself!  Each warp thread is laid in one thread at a time AS you weave loops and spread them apart across the loom.  An entire shawl could be woven from one continuous ball of yarn.  This technique allows for great creativity.  You can see the entire weaving as it develops.  Change colors & fibers at your whim. Plan intricate designs.  Unique yarns can be used in both warp and weft directions.  Two or more triangular pieces can be easily joined together to create blankets, ponchos, ruanas, vests, or whatever your imagination comes up with.  Our patented adjustable triangle loom enables you to make  9 different sizes - from 7 feet on the long side down to 3-1/2  feet.  Advanced techniques include new weave structures (i.e., twill and leno lace), different yarn weights and color ways (i.e., tartans), embellishment techniques and piecing ideas.  Materials fee depends on project chosen. Single full-sized shawls usually run $25 to $60. Looms are available for rent or purchase. - - - - - $130/2 days (Beginning) - -
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$185/3 days(Intermediate & Advanced)

 

ADVANCED NAVAJO WEAVING:   Five and one-half days (Sun pm to Fri pm),                      Nov 16 - 21, 2008

Guest instructor Sarah Natani has become family. This will be her tenth visit to Hillcreek Fiber Studio. Sarah’s focus will be on Advanced Navajo Weaving techniques, including twills and two-faced structures (different design on each side), by using 4-shed techniques (or come and practice basic techniques). - - - Guest instructor tuition - - - $425

     2009   

Four-shaft Weaving, Beginning Spinning, Beginning Navajo Weaving, and Continuous Strand Weaving will be scheduled again in February and March, 2009.

(For all Workshops, Equipment rental, materials and  Bed and Breakfast are additional)

(for more information about our workshops, contact us at Workshops@HillcreekFiberStudio.com)

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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.

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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