Fiber Arts Seminars
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2023 Fiber Arts Seminars
We are pleased to offer the following in-person classes for the 2023 Festival. Except for the two Sheep Breeds Walkabout classes, which will be held on Festival weekend, all classes will be held Wednesday, May 3 – Friday, May 5. Find full class details and register at https://lessonface.com/sheepandwool. You can also download the class details here.
Dyeing Classes
- Natural Dye Rainbow with Jackie Ottino
- Gardening and Foraging Natural Pigments for Dyes &Paint with Pat Brodowski
- Hand Painting Wool Top with Natural Dye Extracts with Jackie Ottino
- Hand Painting Yarn with Natural Dye Extracts with Jackie Ottino
- Indigo Happy Hour with Jackie Ottino (first offering)
- Indigo Happy Hour with Jackie Ottino (second offering)
Felting Classes
- Demystifying Resists in Felt Making with Patti Barker
- Felted Journal/Book Cover with Patti Barker
- Felted Basket or Bowl with Patti Barker
- Needle Felted Sunburst with Kristen Walsh
- Needle Felted Wave Painting with Kristen Walsh
- Needle Felted Poppy Field Painting with Kristen Walsh
- Faces! with Kristen Walsh
- Needle Felted Whale with Kristen Walsh
- Needle Felted Woodland Sprite with Kristen Walsh
Fiber Prep Classes
- Exploring the Drum Carder with Henry Clemes
- Blending Board Primer with Roy Clemes
- Adventures in Drum Carding with Henry Clemes
- Color Theory: Carding the Color Wheel with Henry Clemes
Knitting Classes
- Easy Reversible Fabrics: All About Sequence Knitting with Cecelia Campochiaro
- Circular Yoke Sweater Fit with Kim McBrien Evans
- No-Gauge Required Scarves and Shawls with Margaret Radcliffe
- Designing a Colorful Shawl Using Marls with Cecelia Campochiaro
- Yarn Optimization: Fiber to Fabric for Knitters with Margaret Radcliffe
- Invent Your Own Fabric by Mixing Yarns, Colors, and Sequence Knitting Cecelia Campochiaro
- Boob Camp: Bust Darts for Every Body with Kim McBrien Evans
- Boob Camp 2: Necklines for Every Body with Kim McBrien Evans – Added March 15
- Bums and Bellies: Sweater Shaping for Your Body with Kim McBrien Evans
- Breaking the Rules: Building Unique Shawl Shapes with Kim McBrien Evans – Cancelled
- Technicolor Shawls with Kim McBrien Evans
- Bring out the Best in your Variegated Yarn with Margaret Radcliffe
- Lazy Knitter’s Guide to Pattern Stitches with Margaret Radcliffe
Spinning Classes
- Start Spinning with Maggie Casey
- Down Wool Wonders with Deborah Robson
- The Intersection of Fiber Preparation and Color with Jill Duarte
- Yarnitecture: Building Exactly the Yarn You Want with Jillian Moreno
- Gotlands, All Over the Map with Deborah Robson
- Ply for Texture and Color with Jillian Moreno
- Drop Spindle Spinning with Maggie Casey
- So many different fibers out there, how do I choose? with Jill Duarte
- Spinning Your Dream Yarns with Judith MacKenzie
- Corespinning for Funk and Function with Esther Rodgers
- The Art of Spinning Scrap with Judith MacKenzie
- Fractal Explosions: Exploration of Color and Ply with Esther Rodgers
- Getting Started with a Supported Spindle with Jill Duarte
- Bountiful Sheep: Targhee with Judith MacKenzie
- Structural Corespinning with Esther Rodgers
- Fiber Speed Dating with Jill Duarte
- Fleece on Your Feet with Judith MacKenzie
- Tailspinning: the Long and the Short of It! with Esther Rodgers
- Default Yarn: The Key to Your Spinning with Jillian Moreno
- Twisted Together: Crepe, Cables and the Endless Possibilities of Layered Plying with Esther Rodgers
- Fine Wool Sampler: A Three Hour Tour with Jillian Moreno
- Wildplying: Beehives, Bobbles, Crescents and Coils! with Esther Rodgers
- Sheep Breeds Walkabout with Deb Robson
- Sheep Breeds Walkabout with Judith MacKenzie
Registration Information
- We are accepting online registrations ONLY for the Fiber Arts Seminars.
- This year, we will again use Lessonface for the registration process for our in-person classes.
- Registration will open at 2:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, February 19 at https://lessonface.com/sheepandwool.
- Registration will close at 11:59 p.m. ET on April 29, or when the class is filled, whichever comes first.
- In the interest of allowing as many people as possible access to classes, you may purchase only one seat per class.
- You may NOT resell the class to someone else. To gift a class, register for the class using the recipient’s email.
COVID-19 Policy
The Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival Fiber Arts Seminars encourages all participants to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Individuals are welcome to wear a mask in class to protect themselves against possible exposure to the virus.
Avoid Double Booking
Lessonface 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.
Materials Fees
Materials fees (if any) will be paid directly to the instructor just prior to the start of class.
Notifications
- Email is used to communicate class cancellations, changes, etc. If your email address changes, you are responsible for notifying Lessonface and the festival of that change. The festival WILL NOT be held responsible for incorrect email addresses.
- Registrants are responsible for periodically checking their Lessonface Dashboard and the festival website for updates.
Cancellation of Classes
On rare occasions 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 via email.
In the event that a class is cancelled, 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.
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 emailing with the email of the account registered, and class details.
Class Locations
Please make note of the location of your class. This year, classes will be held in three different locations:
- Howard County Fairgrounds (the site of the Festival)
- Turf Valley Resort (2700 Turf Valley Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21042)
- Howard County Arts Council (8510 High Ridge Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043)
Please leave enough time to get to the offsite locations so you can get to class on time and not disturb classes in progress.
Lunches
Lunch is not provided. Some locations are far from restaurants, so you may want to pack a lunch.
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