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| Location: Fox Hills Resort 250 W. Church St Mishicot, WI Date: February 27-March 1st, 2009 Time: Friday 3:00-5:00 PM to Sunday 1:00 PM Contact: Kathy Krause for flyers and to register for classes. Registration Form - please click WWW and print out this registration form. Come for a wonderful weekend filled with instruction and laughter! General Information Confirmations: Registrations for the Winter Weekend Warm-up are open immediately and to be received by February 7th, 2009. Students will be contacted directly only if a class is cancelled or filled. After Feb 7th, 2009 students may contact Kathy Krause for possible class openings. Cancellations & Refunds: Registration fees are fully refunded for cancelled or filled classes only. Conference refund Jan 14th: ...........90% Jan 15th- Feb 6th......75% after Feb 6th...............no refund WWW Retreat fee: Includes three 1/2 day classes and full room and board! Single occupancy Rooms- $300.00 Double occupancy Rooms- $275.00 (You may meet your new best friend!) Payments: Check or money order are accepted. Make the fee payable to: fiber thing's Winter Weekend Warm-up Kathy Krause E8558 Steenbock Rd Clintonville,WI 54929 715-460-0063 PKL7 @frontiernetet.net Materials fees: payable to instructor at class Lodging Information: The historic and beautiful town of Mishicot, WI will be hosting our event. The single or double occupancy rooms are beautifully appointed and have a small fridge, coffee maker, microwave and T.V. within the room. The Fox Hills Resort is a beautiful 750 acre full service resort which offers many amenities including a pool, hot tub and sauna for our pampering. There will be a supper at 6 PM Friday evening. Breakfast, dinner and supper on Saturday and breakfast and dinner on Sunday are included in the registration fee. Check in 3-5PM Fri, Check out 11 AM Sun After Hours A retreat is all about the pampering. This is a chance to indulge in your fiber/artistic passions plus treat your mind and body to some relaxation. This year’s 2009 Winter Weekend Warm-up will include an ice breaker event on Friday evening, after supper in the Willowview Restaurant. Saturday evening we will enjoy a Show & Tell of what you did during your classes OR bring something from home to display!! An added bonus will be an opportunity for a 15 minute chair massage by Lisa Pavlowich, a Certified Massage Therapist, (fee of $15.00 payable to WWW at time of registration.) Please indicate on your registration form if you desire a massage as we will schedule an appointment time for you so no one gets missed!!!! DAY REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN! COST PER SESSION - $45 – plus class material fee TAKE TWO SATURDAY SESSIONS AND IT INCLUDES FREE LUNCH! Saturday – All Day – Class time: 6 Hours Tote Basket – Basket Weaving Instructor: Stefania Isaacson Class Limit – 15 Material Fee: $30 covers all the basket materials for class and pattern Students to bring: bucket, spring type clothes pins, flat headed screwdriver, 12” ruler or tape measure, pencil and a towel. This basket is not only beautiful, but it’s strong! You can carry anything in it. People have used them for book totes, photography equipment, diaper bags, shopping totes, and of course, for knitting and spinning supplies. For this class, I will need to know color preference for the strapping, (red, green, navy, black or white). You will learn basic basket making techniques, and will come away with the basket and pattern. * Please list your color choice on your registration form. Spinning Your Yarn in New Directions: Playing with the Connection between Fiber, Yarn and Technique Instructor – Carol Rhoades Class Limit – 15 Skill level – Advanced Beginner to Advanced Spinner Material Fee: $10 covers handouts and a variety of wools (fleece and prepared fibers) plus an assortment of luxury fibers (silk, cashmere and mohair) Students to bring: Spinning wheel in good working order, lazy kate and extra bobbins or ball winder and index cards for winding on singles, wool handcards, notepaper and pen. If on hand: mini-combs and/or flick card, contrast cloth for lap (white on one side, black on the other) Spinning the right yarn for a project involves planning and experimentation, which can be fun, exciting and surprising. In this workshop, we will explore how changes, both big and small, in the spinning process intersect with project techniques. We will test facts and myths about how fiber structure and characteristics determine yarn qualities. For example, is a Z plied yarn stronger than an S plied yarn? Working from the other direction, we’ll see how the way we knit, crochet, embroider, or weave affects the yarns we spin. Working in groups, we’ll try as many variables as possible, including fiber density. Participants will spin sample yarns that they can later test in small knitting, crochet, and embroidery samples, thereby learning what combinations of factors will yield as perfect a yarn as possible for their projects. Saturday AM – 3 Hours Create Your Very Own Self-Striping Sock Blanks (For two at one time knit socks) Instructor: Elaine Hendrickson Class Limit: 8 Material Fee: $25 includes double stranded sock blank and supplies for classroom dyeing. Students to bring: Protective clothing and gloves, and three large thirsty towels that don’t care if they get dyed also! You will learn how to achieve unique self-striping sock yarn so that you will be able to at a later date knit up two identical socks! Learn how to make gentle graduated stripes that melt into one another, clearly defined stripes, zigzags and more. We’ll learn how to use a color wheel and experiment with some very fun and wild color palettes! Basics Of Rug Hooking Instructor: Pam Backus Class Limit: 10 Material fee: $30 includes wool material, pattern on backing, hook, wool yarn, cording and thread for finishing. Students to bring: sewing needle for finishing, optional - rug hooking frame or sturdy embroidery hoop. Make a small mat for your table or for a hanging, which will give you the basics of primitive, traditional rug hooking. You’ll learn the techniques for hooking and finishing your mat, some tricks of the trade and resources for supplies and additional learning. Saturday PM – 3 Hours Make Your Own Shawl Pin Instructor: Lynne Bergschultz Class Limit: 10 Material fee: $12 includes all polymer clay, jewelry findings and handouts. All tools and necessary materials will be provided for use during class time. Students to bring: No additional supplies are needed. However, if you have a particular garment, bring that to class to help with design and color selection. Basic familiarity with polymer clay will be helpful, but not required as we explore the “Skinner Blend” of color mixing, the properties of metallic and translucent clays and the use of metallic powders to create original shawl pins. If you’ve been looking for just the right thing to accompany a particular garment, here’s your chance to create a unique touch to make it extra special. No two will be alike and that’s what makes this so much fun! Two Socks At One Time Instructor: Brigitte DeMaster Skill level: Intermediate Class Limit: 10 Material Fee: $15 includes yarn and pattern Students to bring: Two size 7 or 8 circular needles (Needles can be purchased from instructor, Addi -Turbo’s for $15.50 ea.) Tired of having to make that 2nd sock (sss)? Commonly known as second sock syndrome. In this class we will learn how to knit two socks at one time using two circular needles. We will be knitting baby socks due to amount of time for class but ensuring that we cover the entire process. After learning this technique you can take your knowledge and create in larger sizes. Sunday AM – 3 Hours Plying for Effect: Novelty Yarns Instructor: Carol Rhoades Skill level: advanced beginner to advanced spinner Class Limit: 15 Material Fee: $5 includes handouts and a variety of wool rovings and tops plus mohair fleece. Students to bring: Spinning wheel in good working order, lazy kate and extra bobbins or ball winder and index cards for winding on singles, wool handcards, notepaper and pen. “Novelty yarn” is often the term applied to slubby and irregular yarns produced more by accident then intent. However, for novelty yarns to be structurally stable and repeatable, the spinning must be carefully controlled. In snarls, marls, clouds and more. We’ll begin with simply effect yarns, plying two contrasting colors in similarly spun singles for marl and ragg yarns. Then we’ll play with faux marls spun by holding two rovings or rolags together. Producing two ply color yarns will give students the control over their spinning that they will need for the more complex novelty yarns as we move on to some techniques where two threads are manipulated to produce cloud, knop and snarl yarns. These are especially fun when spun with space-dyed rovings or two contrasting fibers. To finish, we’ll create a couple of very fuzzy yarns with mohair. The class ends with suggestions for using their yarns in knitting and weaving. Introduction to Lace Knitting Instructor: Stefania Isaacson Class Limit: 15 Material Fee: $20 will include yarn and patterns Students to bring: Knitting needles, size 3,5 and 7 (can be straight or circular), calculator, note pad and pen. Learn the basics of lace knitting! We will explore different patterns of lace knitting, appropriate yarns for different purposes, appropriate needle sizes for the best effect and uses for lace work. Students will come away with many samples as well as a handout with many basic patterns. Viking Knit Sterling Silver Bracelet Class Is Filled Instructor: Barbara Heike Class Limit: 10 Material Fee: $25 includes copper wire, sterling silver wire, end caps, clasp, drawplate, and dowel and card stock Students to bring: wire cutter, round nose pliers, needle nose pliers, small awl or a metal knitting needle. Before the advent of chain mail, and as early as 850 AD, the Vikings used this “knitting” technique in making armor. Viking knitting is a perfect technique for making wire-woven bracelets. It involves weaving sterling silver wire around a wooden dowel using a looping technique, and then pulling the weave through a draw plate. Participants in the class will learn the steps of this fun and easy project and will each complete a beautiful Viking Knit bracelet. All About the Instructors Pam Backus – Pam has been hooking since 2001 and has completed numerous projects varying from the very large to many small projects through the use of the technique of rug hooking. She enjoys passing on her knowledge that she has gathered and has used over the past 7 years. She loves, “all things fiber” and also enjoys appliqué with wool. Pam currently works full time at a nursing home and works part time at a local alpaca ranch. Lynne Bergschultz – Lynne is a designer and illustrator who discovered polymer clay about 8 years ago and life hasn’t been the same since! While producing perhaps 1000’s of original, one of kind buttons for the retail market, she never tired of the process. Each little bit of clay is an exciting experience presenting unique results. She has a degree in Art Education and taught art for 10 years before starting a family and a commercial art career. The opportunity to teach something she is so passionate about brings her full circle. Brigitte DeMaster – Brigitte’s 36 llamas graze in the bucolic hollow of Bahr Creek at their dairy farm near Cedar Grove Wisconsin. Here she owns and operates the Bahr Creek Fiber Studio and spins, knits, and weaves yarn from the herd. For 8 years the country studio has been alive with enthusiasm and sales of quality yarns, spinning wheels, fiber craft tools and accessories. This is where Brigitte offers classes in knitting, spinning, weaving, needle felting and other fiber crafts. She belongs to Midwest Weavers Association, Wisconsin Handweaver’s Guild and The Sheboygan Shuttlecraft Weaving Guild. Her passions are the personable llamas and the colors and textures of the beautiful wools and weavings she works with daily. Barbara Heike - Barbara has an education degree from Carthage College, and she has studied with a number of nationally know bead and fiber artists. Her work is widely exhibited, and her awards include recognition for garment weaving from the WI Handweavers Assoc., WI Spin In, and the Midwest Weavers Association. She first became enthused about beading eight years ago after taking classes at Sievers School of Fiber Arts and the Bead and Button Show in Milwaukee. She has taught numerous weaving classes at Sievers and also has taught beading and weaving classes at her home studio, Windflower Farm, in Green Bay and throughout WI. Elaine Hendrickson – Elaine is owner of Coed Mawr Woolen Mill located near Cambria, WI and lives for art and fiber! She has been working with color and art all of her life. She takes most of her colors from whatever Mother Nature feels like showing. Free spirited and excited about “happenstances” there is never a dull moment or mistake. Her theory is that whatever happens is a learning experience and you build from there. Elaine also is one of the founders of the original “fiber thing’s” committee. Stefania Isaacson- Stefania, a former high school English teacher, has been a life-long knitter and started spinning and dyeing to supply herself with the “best yarns in the world”. She got her Certificate of Excellence in Handspinning from the Handweaver’s Guild of America in 1997. Since then she has opened her own business called Handspun by Stefania and taught numerous workshops dealing in natural dyes, spinning and basket making. She has spoken about fiber arts to many groups, and has appeared on the Carol Duvall Show. She sells handspun, natural dyed yarns and roving, original knitting kits and handmade baskets. www.stefania-spins.com Carol Rhoades Carol resides in Madison, WI and has taught spinning and knitting around the U.S. and abroad for many years. She is the Technical Editor of and frequent contributor to Spin-Off magazine. She has also translated many knitting books from Swedish, Norwegian and Danish into English. Her particular interest is Scandinavian and British sheep and how their wool is used in traditional knitting. Directions: Fox Hills Resort, 250 W. Church St, Mishicot, WI From I-43, Take Cty Hwy 310 to the east towards Two Rivers. At the 3rd stop light, turn left onto Cty Hwy B. Continue on Cty B, turn left onto W. Church St. and park near the Lobby entrance. From 151, Turn north onto I-43. Take Cty Hwy 310 to the east towards Two Rivers. At the 3rd stop light, turn left onto Cty Hwy B. Continue on Cty B, turn left onto W. Church St. and park near the Lobby entrance. From Hwy 10- Take Hwy 10, when you go under the I-43bridge, the road becomes Hwy 310. Take Cty Hwy 310 to the east towards Two Rivers. At the 3rd stop light, turn left onto Cty Hwy B. Continue on Cty B, turn left onto W. Church St. and park near the Lobby entrance. |
| Treat yourself to a creative get away, chase away the winter blues and relax in a beautiful setting while you learn new skills, get inspiration and meet new friends. We are offering classes that have something for everyone. Come join us for a weekend packed with learning from accomplished instructors! A fiber thing event-WWW committee: Vanessa Kessler, Kathy Krause and Carol Wagner |
| fiber thing's Winter Weekend Warm-up |
