Summer School January 2010

Preparing & spinning a fine yarn
Kristen Duckworth

This class will look at various preparations of fibre for fine spinning, from the sheep through to finishing the yarn.

Students will also be dealing with tops, sliver and other commercial fibres.

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Weaving
Sylvia Mason

“ BAGS ARE FUN” .
Make a delightful bag that will hold an A4 folder or table mat. To do this class students should have dressed a loom at least once.

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Shibori silk
Colleen Weste

Students will learn Shibori, the Japanese tradition of producing textile design by giving cloth a three dimensional form by folding, stitching, twisting, pleating and wrapping. The cloth is then secured in a number of ways such as binding and knotting before dying.

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Dying a colour wheel
Carol Everett

Dying beautiful colour wheels in the microwave

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Knitting stainglass windows
Joan Dever

Learn how to make a sampler of a lovely rug using up lots of your odd balls of wool. By using easy knitting and crochet stitches this pattern knits up into a beautiful stain glass window effect. Beginners welcome.

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Silk spinning
Helen Keefe

This Class will cover the basics of preparing and spinning different silk preparations; silkcaps, tussah, and mulberry silk. Students will also blend silk with exotic fibres, and will then be encouraged to creatively incorporate silk into the production of beautiful yarns.

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Botanical dying leaf prints
Pam Hovell

This class will explore two options of botanical contact printing on cloth, using suitable plant material and various mordant methods. Students will need to have completed Helen Rossi’s Class, making a nuno felted scarf for this summer school class.

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Beginning felting
Judy Craig

Learn the basics of felting techniques with well known fibre artist Judy Craig. This Class will be using the techniques to make a choice of hat or boots. See www.becreatif.com.au

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Blending luxury fibres
Carmel Hanna 

Learn how to prepare and blend many different fibres using both worsted and woolen techniques depending on the type of preparation.

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Advanced felting
Judy Craig

This class will learn how to nuno felt a silk scarf, embellished with different fibres to create an original piece of art work to wear.

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Stump work pincushions - wool embroidery
Jan Kerton

Make a lovely embroidered pin cushion decorated with flowers fruit or mushrooms.

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Weaving a scarf on a Kae-loom
Jeannie Row

Creating a scarf on a Kae-loom which is a board of nails technique similar to French knitting.

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Needle felting cone critters
Jenny Romano

Make a lovely needle felted critter of your choice created from core fibre covered in a layer of coloured fleece. Legs are created by wet felting a tube and attaching needle felted paws.

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Solomon's knots crochet shawl
Phyllis Thomas

Learn to make Solomon’s Knots to create beautiful shawls. Those who are quick learners can also learn to hair pin crochet.

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Mosaic knitting
Dolores Anderson

Colour knitting using mosaic patterns. Patterns: contrast colours, using 2 rows of each colour and slipped stitches to make the pattern.

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Novelty yarns
Teresa Bennett

This class will explore the realms of fibre to create fantastic unusual yarns.

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Kumihimo braiding
Alison Morton

Learn how to make beautiful Japanese braiding. In the morning session we will be making an eight strand braid. In the afternoon session we will use silk to make an eight strand bracelet.

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Silk painting
Pat Beasley

Using French Dyes, the workshop will explore the possibilities of painting on silk, working wet into wet as in water colours and using salt and alcohol to create different effects. Graphic imagery will be obtained by using gutta resist and wax.