2018 Teachers
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Introducing our 2018 Headline Teacher, Natalie Redding!
Natalie Redding is a shepherdess and fiber artist who teaches a proprietary dyeing methodology, Redding Method, in live online classes and workshops around the globe. She holds a M.S. in Animal Science and has been featured in magazines including Vogue Knitting, Knit & Style, SHEEP!, LA Times and Huffington Post. She’s also had several articles published in PLY magazine as well as having her own television show, Shear Madness on Nat Geo Wild. We are so excited to welcome her to Nebraska! |
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DiAnn Boehm: Spinning Wheel Mechanics
DiAnn Boehm started spinning at the Nebraska State Fair in August of 2000. She was mesmerized by a spinning demonstration in her college Textiles class and knew it was something she would learn to do. When she moved to her acreage in 2001, the first fiber animal she bought was a black French Angora buck named Chandler. She's owned alpaca, llama, Columbia and Corridale sheep, but angora rabbits have always been her favorite-- she now has a barn full of them! She became a Babe Spinning Wheel dealer in 2003 and enjoys teaching fiber arts and spinning. Country Dream Acres also offers beautiful angora fiber, angora fiber blends, angora yarn, angora wearables, hand sewn project bags and baskets plus hand crafted Kruse drop spindles and lucets.
Karen Buettner: Beginning Bookbinding
Karen learned the art of bookbinding while attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for her degree in Fine Arts. She uses this knowledge to make her own books and journals using various binding styles and cover embellishments, however she also likes to knit and weave inkle bands. Karen now lives near Grand Island, NE and works with educational programming at Stuhr Museum.
Tashia Butterfield: Beginning Tunisian Crochet
Tashia Butterfield taught herself to crochet as an adult from the back of a book before the days of online tutorials. With her unique style, she has taught hundreds of students in yarn stores, community colleges, and through her YouTube channel to crochet and how to avoid the mistakes she made when she began. Now living in Nebraska with her growing herd of 27 alpacas, she continues to share the love and art of crochet.
Suzanne Correira: Spinning with Beads
Suzanne has been knitting, dyeing and spinning professionally since the late 80s, as Fire Ant Ranch since 1992 (http://www.fireantranch.com). She has published patterns with Knitter’s Magazine, Knitting Digest, Threads and Lion Brand Yarns, and has self-published via Ravelry. She has exhibited and taught at many festivals, including Estes Park, Taos Wool Festival, Big Sky Fiber Festival, Kid ‘n Ewe and DFW Fiber Festivals, Interweave Yarn Fest in CO and Georgia Fiber Festival.
Joi Chupp: Felted Lights
After purchasing a farm in SW Missouri and acquiring a small flock of sheep, Joi became hooked on Fiber. She currently has over 60 heAd of sheep, alpacas, llamas, goats , horses and cows. You might say she has taken to country living with a bang. Joi has tried just about every method of utilizing her Fiber herd. Her favorites are felting, weaving and knitting. She has taught these methods for several years and enjoys seeing her students create items from the heart.
Judy Crouch: Beginning Spinning
Judy has been working in the fiber arts for over 35 years. She loves spinning, weaving, felting and basically any other crafts that come around. Her favorite thing though is watching the excitement on students faces when they spin their first yarn or weave from the first time. She can't wait to meet the new students this year!
Elaine Eastep: Beginning Tatting
Elaine inherited her love of fiber art from her grandmothers and mother, and began sewing and knitting around age 8, and joined a Nebraska 4-H club. When her paternal grandmother died in 1981, she was saddened to learn that none of the grandchildren had taken the time to learn tatting from her. Elaine made it her mission to learn to tat and carry on the tradition. Elaine was previously a member of the Kansas City Fiber Guild, Lace Guild, and the International Organization of Lace, Inc.
Elaine's Fiber Arts Passions include, but are not limited to: sewing, quilting, tatting, crochet, knitting, and embroidery. What's so interesting to her is combining the various techniques within one project. The possibilities are endless!
Elaine Hoeman: Color Theory the Fiber Way
Elaine Hoemann is a fiber artist and a lifelong learner. She has created and done handwork for as long as she can remember. Weaving and macramé are her favored methods of working with fiber. She has a passion for color and texture in her work.
Elaine wove and dyed panels of the Color Fall piece hanging in the Lied Center on the University of Nebraska campus in Lincoln, NE. She has done altar clothes for a church in York as well as York General Hearthstone. She has won awards in the Association of Nebraska Artists traveling show, as well as Nebraska State Fair, county fairs, Bellevue Artist Association, and Lincoln Hand Weavers Guild shows.
Elaine is currently exploring weaving using hand held and small looms. She is constantly studying color play in her work.
Maggie Howe: Rust Dyeing, Hot Pot Natural Dyeing, Serendipity Dyeing Yes
Maggie Howe has been creating unruly yarns and making dye messes for about 12 years. Her kitchen is usually full of boiling weeds and jars of what her partner calls "dye science". She loves to explore color, texture, and whimsy! Everything is play and nothing is too serious so come to her classes with an attitude of fun, we will have a good time!
Rhonda McClure: Needle Felting for Every "Bunny"
Rhonda McClure has been teaching 2D and 3D needle felting for more than 10 years. Her realistic animal sculptures have been exhibited in Museums and retail outlets across the Midwest. Rhonda and
her husband produce quality fine wool of the type she prefers for her artwork.
Kay McCoy: Pine Needle Ornament
Kay McCoy developed a passion for the fiber arts first when she learned macrame’ and wheat weaving as a 4-Her and that passion continued when she learned to spin her own yarn 23 years ago. Kay loves fiber – and loves finding new ways to feed her fiber enthusiasm. When she is not enjoying fiber arts, Kay is supporting her fiber habit in her career as a Farm Loan Manager for Farm Service Agency in Seneca, Kansas. Kay, along with her sister, Sally Brandon and their mom own the Shepherd’s Mill Retail Store in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Located with the Shepherd’s Mill Fiber Processing Mill, the Retail Store offers quality fiber arts equipment, specialty yarns and fiber arts classes.
Darlene Megli: Beginning Rigid Heddle Weaving
Darlene lives in SW Missouri on a farm with a few sheep and an alpaca. She owns A Twist In Time with best friend Judy Crouch and they vend and teach in the Midwest.
Darlene has been involved in the fiber world about 30 years and she loves to share what she has learned with others.
Matt Nowak: Wet Felted Purse
Matt has taught this same class for at least 12 years at the annual Missouri Fiber Retreat and has been doing traditional wet felting at home for many years as well as spinning and weaving for at least 30+ years. He recently retired from 46 years as a forester and natural resources specialist and his hobbies include bicycling, wood working, organic gardening, and playing the ukulele, violin , and harmonica.
Bex Oliger: Continuous Strand Weaving
Bex Oliger grew up in her mother’s (Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser, author of Continuous Strand Weaving Magic and Nature Provides) weaving and dyeing studio. She has been weaving, spinning, natural dyeing and knitting for over 35 years. Bex is currently a knitwear designer and owner of Hillcreek yarn Shoppe in Columbia, MO. She and her husband travel to Fiber Festivals across the country to vend and teach knitting and weaving.
Nicole Trautman: Fundamentals of Sock Knitting
Nicole Trautman is an everyday mom with a passion for the fiber arts. She is a professional 7-12 science educator and mother of two young boys, but always makes sure her evening schedule includes quality knitting time. Nicole has been knitting for almost a decade and enjoys teaching others this relaxing and rewarding hobby. She knits an variety of woolly wear from hats, to mittens, shawls, blankets, sweaters and loads of socks to keep her family warm and stylish. Nicole is eager to teach you the science of knitting!
DiAnn Boehm started spinning at the Nebraska State Fair in August of 2000. She was mesmerized by a spinning demonstration in her college Textiles class and knew it was something she would learn to do. When she moved to her acreage in 2001, the first fiber animal she bought was a black French Angora buck named Chandler. She's owned alpaca, llama, Columbia and Corridale sheep, but angora rabbits have always been her favorite-- she now has a barn full of them! She became a Babe Spinning Wheel dealer in 2003 and enjoys teaching fiber arts and spinning. Country Dream Acres also offers beautiful angora fiber, angora fiber blends, angora yarn, angora wearables, hand sewn project bags and baskets plus hand crafted Kruse drop spindles and lucets.
Karen Buettner: Beginning Bookbinding
Karen learned the art of bookbinding while attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for her degree in Fine Arts. She uses this knowledge to make her own books and journals using various binding styles and cover embellishments, however she also likes to knit and weave inkle bands. Karen now lives near Grand Island, NE and works with educational programming at Stuhr Museum.
Tashia Butterfield: Beginning Tunisian Crochet
Tashia Butterfield taught herself to crochet as an adult from the back of a book before the days of online tutorials. With her unique style, she has taught hundreds of students in yarn stores, community colleges, and through her YouTube channel to crochet and how to avoid the mistakes she made when she began. Now living in Nebraska with her growing herd of 27 alpacas, she continues to share the love and art of crochet.
Suzanne Correira: Spinning with Beads
Suzanne has been knitting, dyeing and spinning professionally since the late 80s, as Fire Ant Ranch since 1992 (http://www.fireantranch.com). She has published patterns with Knitter’s Magazine, Knitting Digest, Threads and Lion Brand Yarns, and has self-published via Ravelry. She has exhibited and taught at many festivals, including Estes Park, Taos Wool Festival, Big Sky Fiber Festival, Kid ‘n Ewe and DFW Fiber Festivals, Interweave Yarn Fest in CO and Georgia Fiber Festival.
Joi Chupp: Felted Lights
After purchasing a farm in SW Missouri and acquiring a small flock of sheep, Joi became hooked on Fiber. She currently has over 60 heAd of sheep, alpacas, llamas, goats , horses and cows. You might say she has taken to country living with a bang. Joi has tried just about every method of utilizing her Fiber herd. Her favorites are felting, weaving and knitting. She has taught these methods for several years and enjoys seeing her students create items from the heart.
Judy Crouch: Beginning Spinning
Judy has been working in the fiber arts for over 35 years. She loves spinning, weaving, felting and basically any other crafts that come around. Her favorite thing though is watching the excitement on students faces when they spin their first yarn or weave from the first time. She can't wait to meet the new students this year!
Elaine Eastep: Beginning Tatting
Elaine inherited her love of fiber art from her grandmothers and mother, and began sewing and knitting around age 8, and joined a Nebraska 4-H club. When her paternal grandmother died in 1981, she was saddened to learn that none of the grandchildren had taken the time to learn tatting from her. Elaine made it her mission to learn to tat and carry on the tradition. Elaine was previously a member of the Kansas City Fiber Guild, Lace Guild, and the International Organization of Lace, Inc.
Elaine's Fiber Arts Passions include, but are not limited to: sewing, quilting, tatting, crochet, knitting, and embroidery. What's so interesting to her is combining the various techniques within one project. The possibilities are endless!
Elaine Hoeman: Color Theory the Fiber Way
Elaine Hoemann is a fiber artist and a lifelong learner. She has created and done handwork for as long as she can remember. Weaving and macramé are her favored methods of working with fiber. She has a passion for color and texture in her work.
Elaine wove and dyed panels of the Color Fall piece hanging in the Lied Center on the University of Nebraska campus in Lincoln, NE. She has done altar clothes for a church in York as well as York General Hearthstone. She has won awards in the Association of Nebraska Artists traveling show, as well as Nebraska State Fair, county fairs, Bellevue Artist Association, and Lincoln Hand Weavers Guild shows.
Elaine is currently exploring weaving using hand held and small looms. She is constantly studying color play in her work.
Maggie Howe: Rust Dyeing, Hot Pot Natural Dyeing, Serendipity Dyeing Yes
Maggie Howe has been creating unruly yarns and making dye messes for about 12 years. Her kitchen is usually full of boiling weeds and jars of what her partner calls "dye science". She loves to explore color, texture, and whimsy! Everything is play and nothing is too serious so come to her classes with an attitude of fun, we will have a good time!
Rhonda McClure: Needle Felting for Every "Bunny"
Rhonda McClure has been teaching 2D and 3D needle felting for more than 10 years. Her realistic animal sculptures have been exhibited in Museums and retail outlets across the Midwest. Rhonda and
her husband produce quality fine wool of the type she prefers for her artwork.
Kay McCoy: Pine Needle Ornament
Kay McCoy developed a passion for the fiber arts first when she learned macrame’ and wheat weaving as a 4-Her and that passion continued when she learned to spin her own yarn 23 years ago. Kay loves fiber – and loves finding new ways to feed her fiber enthusiasm. When she is not enjoying fiber arts, Kay is supporting her fiber habit in her career as a Farm Loan Manager for Farm Service Agency in Seneca, Kansas. Kay, along with her sister, Sally Brandon and their mom own the Shepherd’s Mill Retail Store in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Located with the Shepherd’s Mill Fiber Processing Mill, the Retail Store offers quality fiber arts equipment, specialty yarns and fiber arts classes.
Darlene Megli: Beginning Rigid Heddle Weaving
Darlene lives in SW Missouri on a farm with a few sheep and an alpaca. She owns A Twist In Time with best friend Judy Crouch and they vend and teach in the Midwest.
Darlene has been involved in the fiber world about 30 years and she loves to share what she has learned with others.
Matt Nowak: Wet Felted Purse
Matt has taught this same class for at least 12 years at the annual Missouri Fiber Retreat and has been doing traditional wet felting at home for many years as well as spinning and weaving for at least 30+ years. He recently retired from 46 years as a forester and natural resources specialist and his hobbies include bicycling, wood working, organic gardening, and playing the ukulele, violin , and harmonica.
Bex Oliger: Continuous Strand Weaving
Bex Oliger grew up in her mother’s (Carol Leigh Brack-Kaiser, author of Continuous Strand Weaving Magic and Nature Provides) weaving and dyeing studio. She has been weaving, spinning, natural dyeing and knitting for over 35 years. Bex is currently a knitwear designer and owner of Hillcreek yarn Shoppe in Columbia, MO. She and her husband travel to Fiber Festivals across the country to vend and teach knitting and weaving.
Nicole Trautman: Fundamentals of Sock Knitting
Nicole Trautman is an everyday mom with a passion for the fiber arts. She is a professional 7-12 science educator and mother of two young boys, but always makes sure her evening schedule includes quality knitting time. Nicole has been knitting for almost a decade and enjoys teaching others this relaxing and rewarding hobby. She knits an variety of woolly wear from hats, to mittens, shawls, blankets, sweaters and loads of socks to keep her family warm and stylish. Nicole is eager to teach you the science of knitting!