2023 Classes
Classes begin at 9:00 AM both days. Classes will be held in the Cornerstone Building on the York County Fairgrounds. This building has an indoor bathroom, and was used as the vendor building in previous years.
Class registration may be cancelled before October 10th for a 90% refund. No refunds will be given after October 10th. Classes may be swapped and traded among friends as long as a copy of the receipt is brought to the fair at the time of the class.
Unless a class specifically says students need to bring tools or items, all materials and tools are supplied.
Class registration may be cancelled before October 10th for a 90% refund. No refunds will be given after October 10th. Classes may be swapped and traded among friends as long as a copy of the receipt is brought to the fair at the time of the class.
Unless a class specifically says students need to bring tools or items, all materials and tools are supplied.
Saturday Classes
Introduction to Wool Skirting and Scouring
Shania Gould
Saturday 9:00 AM, 3 Hours
Class Fee: $30
Class Capacity: 10
Selecting a high quality fleece to spin yourself sounds like a wonderful idea, but where do even begin to process it? With skirting and washing! Shania will walk students through skirting a fleece for best results, and through scouring a fleece to best remove dirt and lanolin.
A fleece will be provided for demonstration purposes. Students do not need to bring a fleece of their own, but are encouraged to wear clothes that can get dirty or wet. (Or a good apron.) Heavy dish washing gloves are nice to wear during the washing process.
Shania Gould
Saturday 9:00 AM, 3 Hours
Class Fee: $30
Class Capacity: 10
Selecting a high quality fleece to spin yourself sounds like a wonderful idea, but where do even begin to process it? With skirting and washing! Shania will walk students through skirting a fleece for best results, and through scouring a fleece to best remove dirt and lanolin.
A fleece will be provided for demonstration purposes. Students do not need to bring a fleece of their own, but are encouraged to wear clothes that can get dirty or wet. (Or a good apron.) Heavy dish washing gloves are nice to wear during the washing process.
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Rust Dyeing
Maggie Howe Saturday 10:00, 2 Hours Class Fee: $50 Class Capacity: 20 Learn to dye silk and cotton fabrics with rust. Make BEAUTIFUL patterns, textures, and impressions with this simple but fascinating technique. All materials provided: you will make and take home your own fat quarter of cotton fabric and a silk scarf. Rust dyeing also doubles as a mordanting technique to use with other types of natural dyes, so it's a wonderful tool to have in your natural dyeing toolbelt. Weavers and knitters, this technique also works beautifully with sari silk fabric yarns, I will try to have some of those on hand available for purchase if you'd like extra items to dye. Materials needed: Students need not bring supplies, but should wear old clothes they do not mind getting stained. |
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Painting with Wool
Kay McCoy Saturday, 10:00 AM, 2 Hours Class Fee: $36 Class Capacity: 15 Instead of a paintbrush and paints we will use a felting needle and fibers to create fun and unique pictures. We will learn techniques that will help remove the mystery from painting with fiber. Materials needed: Students are asked to bring sharp pointed scissors. |
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Learn to Spin
Karen Kinyon
Saturday 9:00, 6 Hours (One-hour break for lunch)
Class Fee: $85
Class Capacity: 8
Watching someone spin on a spinning wheel or with a hand spindle is nothing short of magical. Now you can learn how to create this magic yourself. Participants will use carded or combed wool and alpaca fiber to learn the basics of Hand Spinning. We will measure fleece staples and practice drafting to prepare for spinning on a hand spindle and spinning wheel.
Materials needed: A working spinning wheel if you own one, all spinning fibers will be included.
Sudents bring: Please bring a hand spindle or working spinning wheel. (Please no wheels that need to be set up or are missing parts. We just won't have time to fix them.) Also, bring ball winder, niddy noddy, oil bottle, paper and pen. Some wheels and hand spindles will be available if you don't have one. Please let us know when you sign up if you need equipment.
Karen Kinyon
Saturday 9:00, 6 Hours (One-hour break for lunch)
Class Fee: $85
Class Capacity: 8
Watching someone spin on a spinning wheel or with a hand spindle is nothing short of magical. Now you can learn how to create this magic yourself. Participants will use carded or combed wool and alpaca fiber to learn the basics of Hand Spinning. We will measure fleece staples and practice drafting to prepare for spinning on a hand spindle and spinning wheel.
Materials needed: A working spinning wheel if you own one, all spinning fibers will be included.
Sudents bring: Please bring a hand spindle or working spinning wheel. (Please no wheels that need to be set up or are missing parts. We just won't have time to fix them.) Also, bring ball winder, niddy noddy, oil bottle, paper and pen. Some wheels and hand spindles will be available if you don't have one. Please let us know when you sign up if you need equipment.
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Serendipity Dyeing with Flowers, Berries, Leaves (and other natural materials)
Maggie Howe Saturday 1:30 PM, 2 Hours Class Fee: $55 Class Capacity: 20 Learn to dye silk scarves and cotton fabric with a huge variety of easy to obtain dye materials. This method is incredibly easy - just takes a little time and patience. We will use fresh garden flowers, herbs, and leaves, as well as a variety of easy to obtain dyestuffs (copper pennies, spent teabags, berries, kitchen spices, and much more). The results are always varied and completely unique! All dye materials will be supplied. You will create and take home your own custom dyed 11x60 inch silk scarf and one large cotton fabric square. Materials needed: Students do not need to bring anything, but if they have their own garden plants, leaves, used tea bags or onion skins they *want* to bring to use, they sure can! Please wear clothing that you don't mind may get messy or stained. |
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Portable Weaving
Sally Brandon Saturday 1:00 PM, 3 Hours Class Fee: $40 Class Capacity: 10 Having a portable weaving project in your bag lets you be creative while waiting at the doctor's office, or riding in the car. We'll use a snap closure and a piece of cardboard to weave a coin purse that could be worn as a necklace or kept in a purse on a key chain. This is a great way to use up bits and pieces of your leftover yarns. Let your creativity flow and enjoy the process of simple weaving. Materials needed: Scissors |
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A Simple Smocked Pillow
Carla Fiedler Saturday 1:30 PM, 2 Hours Class Fee: $25 Class Capacity: 9 Learn three basic hand smocking stitches in the English Geometric style: cable, wave, three-step wave. These stitches are the foundation on which many designs are built. You will smock on a pre-pleated cloth which may be inserted into a small premade pillow form when finished. A smocking pleater will be demonstrated. Materials needed: small embroidery scissors to clip threads. |
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Sunday Classes
Spinning Softly
Karen Kinyon
Sunday, 9:00 AM, 6 Hours (One-hour break for lunch)
Class Fee: $85
Class Capacity: 8
Many times beginning spinners are so busy learning about controlling the spinning wheel that they make yarn that is very over-spun and feels harsh. In this class, we will focus on techniques to make very soft, lofty yarns that still have strength and integrity. We will spin carded or combed wool and alpaca to showcase these techniques.
Materials needed: Participants need to bring a working spinning wheel. (please no wheels that need to be set up or are missing parts. We just won't have time to fix them.) Also, bring ball winder, niddy noddy, oil bottle, paper and pen. Some wheels will be available if you don't have one. Please let us know when you sign up if you need equipment.
Karen Kinyon
Sunday, 9:00 AM, 6 Hours (One-hour break for lunch)
Class Fee: $85
Class Capacity: 8
Many times beginning spinners are so busy learning about controlling the spinning wheel that they make yarn that is very over-spun and feels harsh. In this class, we will focus on techniques to make very soft, lofty yarns that still have strength and integrity. We will spin carded or combed wool and alpaca to showcase these techniques.
Materials needed: Participants need to bring a working spinning wheel. (please no wheels that need to be set up or are missing parts. We just won't have time to fix them.) Also, bring ball winder, niddy noddy, oil bottle, paper and pen. Some wheels will be available if you don't have one. Please let us know when you sign up if you need equipment.
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Bundle Dyed Yarns - Ecofriendly, Low-impact, Low Water Usage Natural Dyeing
Maggie Howe Sunday 10:00 AM, 2 Hours Class Fee: $65 Class Capacity: 20 Use a variety of herbs, flowers, and natural dyes “bundled” together with our yarns to create variegated dye effects using low inputs and low water usage. All materials provided; class time includes one hour for bundle steaming, so feel free to bring a book or project to work on during this social down time. :) You will steam and take home two kinds of yarns. Materials needed: Students do not need to bring anything, but should wear clothing that can get messy or stained. |
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Needle Felted Cardinal
Rhonda McClure Sunday, 9:00 AM, 3 Hours Class Fee: $40 Class Capacity: 10 Love Cardinals? Needle felt one for your own. Felted onto a felted fabric, when finished you may choose to finish the piece with either mounting in a mat ready for framing, or an additional felt piece to make it into a small pillow or door hanger. (to be finished at home). All materials and tools will be provided. Would make a personal gift, or keep for yourself as a remembrance of a loved one. Materials needed: Students may bring their own needle felting supplies if they like. |
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Textural Tapestry
Sally Brandon Sunday 9:00, 3 Hours Class Fee: $50 Class Capacity: 10 An adventure in creating texture, students will enjoy the creative expression of weaving an 8x10" tapestry using roving, yarn, fabric strips, etc. Along the way, we'll learn different techniques to take texture to the next level. Tapestry looms will be available for students to purchase if desired. |
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Dyeing with Shaving Cream
Kay McCoy Sunday, 1:30 PM, 2 Hours Class Fee: $45 Class Capacity: 10 In this class we will dye colorful, one-of-a-kind silk scarves with a technique that uses shaving cream and silk dyes to create designs on the scarf. Wonderfully whimsical to marvelously marbled – and very serendipitous. No two scarves will ever be the same! All supplies are provided to dye one 6" x 24” scarf. |
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Hand painted Fall Leaf Rug Punch Chair Pad
Holly MacMillan Sunday, 1:00 PM, 3 Hours Class Fee: $95 Class Capacity: 10 You will learn basics of Rug Punch using an Oxford #10 punch needle. By the end of class you will have good start on your hand drawn 12- inch fall leaf circle pattern. Special beading stitch will be taught. All yarn in the kit is hand painted just for this class. Different finishing techniques will be reviewed. Frames and punch needles will be available for class for $5 each. May purchase frame for 60 dollars and/or #10 punch needle for 36 dollars. Materials needed: Feel free to bring own frame and # 10 Oxford punch needle. Frame needs to fit 20X20 inch pattern tightly. |
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