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Fiberside Chats!
a series of online gatherings with some of our favorite fiber creators and designers!
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Special Guests
Jeane deCoster & Brooke Sinnes
April 18, 2021 - 4pm
Under the Covers at 2 Dye Studios: Sincere Sheep & Elemental Affects
Brooke and Jeane have been working together separately for over 10 years. Brooke's specialty is natural dyes, while Jeane is focused on using the more commercial acid dyes.
It's not easy taking a small yarn and dye company from dream to reality. In the beginning, they operated as sounding boards for each other. Questions that would often be discussed would be things like .... How to produce quality hand-dyed yarn in larger quantities? How to be efficient without losing control of the process? How to stay cost effective? How to source the raw materials we needed from small producers? Where to get the yarn made? And, of course... What the heck are they doing?
In addition to their distinctly different dye backgrounds, Brooke and Jeane have loads of experience working with their fibers as they come straight off the sheep's back to buying in larger quantities from some of our remaining U.S. wool co-ops; not to mention to the knitty gritty of "how much does it cost?"
Please join us as they share their journey with Fiberside Chats!
This is a one-time live Zoom Event on Sunday, April 18th at 4:00pm Eastern, 3:00pm Central, 2:00pm Mountain, 1:00pm Pacific.
Your ZOOM Link will be sent the evening before and about 1 hour before the event. Check your spam filter if you do not see it.
Beth Brown-Reinsel
April 25, 2021 - 4pm
European Knitting Traditions
From the Scottish Lowlands where the unique Sanquhar gloves developed, to Sweden, home of Tvåändsstickning (twined knitting), Norway (Selbu mittens and the Setesdal Lusekofter), and England (the gansey), Estonia (gloves the Troi, and mittens), and Latvian mittens, these countries (and more) have wonderful knitting traditions that can inspire us today, and teach us techniques that have faded from main stream knitting knowledge. Beth has examined 19th century garments in European museums for a better understanding of our knitting history. She will show slides of garments and details of construction methods that can be used today in our contemporary knitting and will be happy to answer questions.
This is a one-time live Zoom Event on Sunday, April 25th at 4:00pm Eastern, 3:00pm Central, 2:00pm Mountain, 1:00pm Pacific.
Your ZOOM Link will be sent the evening before and about 1 hour before the event. Check your spam filter if you do not see it.
Vincent Williams
May 8, 2021 - 6pm
This is a one-time live Zoom Event on Saturday, May 8th at 6:00pm Eastern, 5:00pm Central, 4:00pm Mountain, 3:00pm Pacific.
Your ZOOM Link will be sent the evening before and about 1 hour before the event. Check your spam filter if you do not see it.
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Fees & Registration
Each meet-up will have a $20 registration fee, with proceeds supporting our special guests. Your ZOOM Link will be sent the evening before and about 1 hour before the event. Check your spam filter if you do not see it.
