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!
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| 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
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| 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) - -
- - $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
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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.
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FIBER STUDIO, in addition to the extensive WORKSHOPS Schedule, carries a
LARGE SELECTION of Fiber-related Equipment, Tools, Materials, and Books.
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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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