Fiber Arts Seminars

We are pleased to offer the following Fiber Arts Seminars at the 2020 Festival. A downloadable list of classes is available here.

Registration Information

Online Registration

We are again accepting ONLY online registrations and using Eventbrite as the online registration mechanism. You can access our Eventbrite online registration page at https://mswf2020.eventbrite.com. Registrations will be processed on a first come, first served basis, until classes are filled. Registration will remain open until the night before a class is scheduled, or the class is filled, whichever comes first. See online registration instructions for helpful hints for using Eventbrite.

Order Limits

In the interest of allowing as many people as possible access to classes, you may purchase only one seat per class.

Materials Fees

Materials fees (if any) will be paid directly to the instructor just prior to the start of class. Note: This is a change from the process used in 2019.

Double Booking

Eventbrite allows you to register for more than one class at a time. It does not, however, prevent you from registering for multiple classes that occur at the same time. Please pay careful attention to the dates and times of the classes you select in order to avoid “double booking” yourself. We will not be held responsible for your selection of classes and any conflicts that occur.

Notifications

Email is used to communicate class cancellations, changes, etc.
If your email address changes, you are responsible for notifying the Festival of that change. The Festival WILL NOT be held responsible for incorrect email addresses.
If you resell or gift the class to someone else, please email with the name, address and email address of the person to whom you want your seat transferred so that we can make sure the class list is correct and the new owner is allowed into the class.
Registrants are responsible for periodically checking the Festival website for updates.

Cancellation of Classes

On rare occasion it may be necessary to cancel a class or several classes due to instructor illness or travel delays. Should this occur, the Festival will notify students as soon as possible by the following methods: email, cellular telephone number, or home telephone number, if provided. The student will have the option of participating in another scheduled class, providing there is a place available in that class OR a refund for the class will be given. The Festival WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE for travel or hotel fees incurred by the student or any other fee related to the cancellation. If the student opts for a replacement class, NO REFUND WILL BE GIVEN.

Waiting List

Waited too long to register? If you would like to be placed on the waiting list for any of our closed classes, email . Be sure to include the class name and number in your email.

D02 Ecoprint on Wool and Silk with M. Theresa Brown

Wednesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – 4-H Hall Learn how to ecoprint o ...

D04 Ecoprint on Wool and Silk in Color with M. Theresa Brown

Thursday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – 4-H Hall An advanced technique w ...

D06 Ecoprint a Wall Hanging with M. Theresa Brown

Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – 4-H Hall Learn to ecoprint a wall hang ...

D07 Dyeing Sock Blanks with Diane Ivey

Saturday, May 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Howard County Farm Heritage Museum – Blacksmith ...

F01 Nuno Felt an Art Vest with Patti Barker

Wednesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – Dining Hall This Art Vest is a g ...

F03 Textural Techniques in Felt with Patti Barker

Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – Dining Hall Take an adventure in textu ...

F04 Needle Felted 2-Layer Landscape with Kristen Walsh

Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows E In this seminar we will create ...

F05 Felted Faces with Kristen Walsh

Wednesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows E Learn all the needle fel ...

F06 Needle Felted Landscape (Single Layer) with Kristen Walsh

Wednesday, April 29 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows E Using wool felt as our ba ...

F07 Needle Felted Crab with Kristen Walsh

Thursday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows E Learn to fold and roll wo ...

K03 Shorty the Short-row Baby Bear with Laura Barker

Wednesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – Bingo Hall Shorty is a colorful ...

K04 Mini-Skein Magic with Edie Eckman

Wednesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Turf Valley – Poplar A As tempting as candy, bea ...

K05 Duplicate Stitch Your Personalized Artwork, Crest, or Monogram with Laura Barker

Wednesday, April 29 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – Bingo Hall Ever wanted to embell ...

K06 Easy Stitches for Impatient Knitters with Edie Eckman

Wednesday, April 29 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Poplar A Bored with stockinette sti ...

K08 Mastering Mosaics with Edie Eckman

Thursday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Turf Valley – Poplar A Dramatic colorwork using o ...

K09 Reversible Stitch Patterns with Laura Barker

Thursday, April 30 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – Bingo Hall Some projects, like sc ...

K10 Re-Imagining Ripples with Edie Eckman

Thursday, April 30 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Poplar A Everybody loves a good ripp ...

K11 Inside Out, Casting-On in the Center with Laura Barker

Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Turf Valley – Belmont Room Some projects are worked bes ...

K12 Mix-It-Up Miters with Edie Eckman

Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Turf Valley – Poplar A This class comes with a warning ...

K14 Petite Pinwheel: Rectangular Gradient Lace Shawl Worked from the Center Out with Laura Barker

Friday, May 1 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Belmont Room Pinwheel is a rectangular gra ...

SP03 Yarnitecture 2: Spinning for a Specific Project with Jillian Moreno

Thursday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Ellicott Room In this class we will l ...

SP04 Masterful Batts: Creating Exquisite Gradient Sets with Heavenly Bresser

Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows C & D Discover how to put that ...

SP06 Intentional Art Yarn with Esther Rodgers

Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows A & B What is Art Yarn and how ...

SP07 Blending Boards: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly with Heavenly Bresser

Wednesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows C & D Come ready to le ...

SP09 Corespinning for Funk and Function with Esther Rodgers

Wednesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows A & B Ever wonder how ...

SP10 Fearless Plying with Navajo Plying and Center-Pull with Heavenly Bresser

Wednesday, April 29 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows C & D No more stress! J ...

SP12 Lockspinning and Tailspinning – The Long and Short of It with Esther Rodgers

Wednesday, April 29 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows A & B Tailspun yarns ar ...

SP13 Think Outside the Braid with Heavenly Bresser

Thursday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows C & D Join us as we exp ...

SP15 Chasing Rainbows: Unlocking the Spectrum with Color Blending with Esther Rodgers

Thursday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows A & B In this class stu ...

SP16 Color Control: Fractal Spinning with Heavenly Bresser

Thursday, April 30 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows C & D Fractal spinning c ...

SP18 Wildplying: Beehives, Bobbles, Crescents and Coils with Esther Rodgers

Thursday, April 30 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows A & B In this class we e ...

SP24 The Nature of Wool with Sue Blacker

Thursday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – Home Arts Building In this class ...

Sunday Lecture: Five Women, Five Shawls with Franklin Habit

A person's "creative lineage" is something like a family tree; only instead of telling you who marri ...

Sunday Lecture: My Story, A Fiber Artist’s Path to Success with Diane Ivey

Every business has a story to tell about how it was started and the steps that were taken for it to ...

W01 Freeform Rigid Heddle Weaving with Angela Tong

Wednesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Howard County Farm Heritage Museum – Shed #2 T ...

W02 Pick-Up Patterns on the Rigid Heddle Loom with Angela Tong

Thursday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Howard County Farm Heritage Museum – Shed #2 No ...

W03 Clasped Warp Scarf (Rigid Heddle Loom) with Angela Tong

Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Howard County Farm Heritage Museum – Shed #2 The cla ...

W04 Pin Loom Weaving with Angela Tong

Saturday, May 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Howard County Farm Heritage Museum – Shed #2 ...

W05 Exploration of 3-D Weaving on a Rigid Heddle Loom with Esther Rodgers

Sunday, May 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Howard County Farm Heritage Museum – Shed #2 W ...

xx-Sold Out-xx C01 You Want Me to Put My Hook WHERE? A Crochet Class with Edie Eckman

Friday, May 1 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Poplar A No more "insert hook in next sti ...

xx-Sold Out-xx D01 The Science Behind the Magic of Acid Dyeing with Kimber Baldwin

Wednesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Howard County Farm Heritage Museum – Blacksmith S ...

xx-Sold Out-xx D03 Kitchen Dyeing with Diane Ivey

Thursday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Howard County Farm Heritage Museum – Blacksmith Sh ...

xx-Sold Out-xx D05 Acid Yarn Dyeing Workshop with Diane Ivey

Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Howard County Farm Heritage Museum – Blacksmith Shed ...

xx-Sold Out-xx F02 Demystifying Resists in Feltmaking – Take Your Feltmaking to New Levels with 3-D Techniques with Patti Barker

Thursday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – Dining Hall Participants experien ...

xx-Sold Out-xx F08 Needle Felted Teacup Village Pincushion with Kristen Walsh

Thursday, April 30 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Willows E In this fun, fast paced ye ...

xx-Sold Out-xx K01 The Knitted Plaid: A Color and Pattern Workshop with Franklin Habit

Wednesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – Fair Office If the prospect of m ...

xx-Sold Out-xx K02 The Knitted Crazy Quilt with Franklin Habit

Thursday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – Fair Office The crazy quilt was a ...

xx-Sold Out-xx K07 Mitered Entrelac Shawl with Laura Barker

Thursday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – Bingo Hall Mitered entrelac is a ...

xx-Sold Out-xx K13 Carved in Wool: Bavarian Twisted Stitch with Franklin Habit

Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – Fair Office The intriguing traveling ...

xx-Sold Out-xx K15 Now You See It, Now You Don’t with Franklin Habit

Friday, May 1 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – Fair Office Color and texture meet an ...

xx-Sold Out-xx K16 History, Methods, and Styles of Lace Knitting with Franklin Habit

Saturday, May 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Fairgrounds – Fair Office In this three-ho ...

xx-Sold Out-xx K17 Poor, Plain Garter Stitch with Franklin Habit

Saturday, May 2 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Fairgrounds – Fair Office So often confined to th ...

xx-Sold Out-xx SP01 Start Spinning with Maggie Casey

Wednesday & Thursday, April 29 & 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Howard County Farm Heritage ...

xx-Sold Out-xx SP02 Yarnitecture: Building Exactly the Yarn You Want with Jillian Moreno

Wednesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Ellicott Room Is the yarn in your he ...

xx-Sold Out-xx SP05 Drop Spindle Spinning with Maggie Casey

Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Howard County Farm Heritage Museum - Schoolhouse For m ...

xx-Sold Out-xx SP08 Fleece in Your Hands with Judith MacKenzie

Wednesday, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Turf Valley – Belmont Room The Maryland Sheep &a ...

xx-Sold Out-xx SP11 E-Spinners: Something Old and Something New with Judith MacKenzie

Wednesday, April 29 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Belmont Room We humans have been spi ...

xx-Sold Out-xx SP14 Spinning Cables with Judith MacKenzie

Thursday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Turf Valley – Belmont Room Cables are an incredibl ...

xx-Sold Out-xx SP17 Sheep! Spinning Columbia with Judith MacKenzie

Thursday, April 30 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Belmont Room This amazing sheep is o ...

xx-Sold Out-xx SP19 Intuitive Spinning with Jillian Moreno

Friday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Turf Valley – Ellicott Room If you don’t like technic ...

xx-Sold Out-xx SP20 Draft-O-Rama: Woolen and Worsted Prep and Draft with Jillian Moreno

Friday, May 1 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Turf Valley – Ellicott Room Are you new to spinning? Kno ...

xx-Sold Out-xx SP21 Twist with Maggie Casey

Saturday, May 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Howard County Farm Heritage Museum - Schoolhouse ...

xx-Sold Out-xx SP22 Spinning Big and Lofty Yarns with Maggie Casey

Saturday, May 2 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Howard County Farm Heritage Museum - Schoolhouse Sof ...

xx-Sold Out-xx SP23 Sheep Breeds Walkabout with Judith MacKenzie

Sunday, May 3 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Fairgrounds – Meet in front of the Fair Office ...

Fiber Arts Seminar Refund Policy

After confirming your acceptance into a class there is a limited refund policy.

75% refund if requested by April 6th
50% refund if requested between April 7th and April 20th
No refund after April 20th

You may request a refund by going to “Tickets” in your Eventbrite account, finding your order, then selecting “Request a Refund”; or by emailing . You may also opt to resell or gift the class at your own expense: please email with the name, address and email address of the person to whom you want your seat transferred so that we can make sure the class list is correct and the new owner is allowed into the class. Regardless of whether you resell or gift the class, please notify the Festival if you find you are unable to attend.

Class Locations

Please make note of the location of your class. This year, classes will be held in three different locations: at the Howard County Fairgrounds (the site of the Festival); at the Howard County Farm Heritage Museum, and at Turf Valley Resort.

The Farm Heritage Museum is directly across Route 144 from the fairgrounds. The rooms for the classes are about a mile back from the street. Plan on driving all the way back to the classroom location. There will be signs directing you. There are rest rooms with hot and cold water within a reasonable distance from the classrooms. You may want to dress warmly if it is a cold day as the buildings do not have heat. You will need to either bring a lunch or make plans to go get your lunch nearby. There is no food sold on the Farm museum grounds.
Turf Valley Resort is located at 2700 Turf Valley Road, Ellicott City, MD 21042, approximately 15 minutes away (by car) from the fairgrounds. Turf Valley has locations where you can purchase lunch, and there are other nearby food options as well. You also have the option to bring your lunch.

Please leave enough time to get to the offsite locations so you can get to class on time and not disturb classes in progress.

Fiber Arts Seminars

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We are pleased to offer the following Fiber Arts Seminars at the 2020 Festival. A downloadable list of classes is available here.

Registration Information

Fiber Arts Seminar Refund Policy

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