Learning for All Catalog Fall 2017 | Page 9

Arts ! NEW Wet Felting Felt may be the oldest form of textile known to man. It is a non- ! NEW Low Tech Spinning: woven textile made from animal Beautiful Yarn and the fibers. Learn the process known Ancient Spindle as wet felting which requires Have you ever wanted to spin your roving (wool), hot water, soap own yarns? Here's the class for you! and pressure/agitation which you In two sessions, you'll learn how supply by working the roving with to spin on the ancient, beautiful your hands. During class you will drop spindle, a challenging but make simple felted shapes that extraordinary tool that allows you you can later turn into jewelry or to spin wherever and whenever use as embellishments with other you have a few spare minutes. projects. Bring a plastic bowl to class. ! NEW Lacemaking: Learn to Tat All equipment and materials are A $5 material fee is payable to the Come make beautiful lace by hand, provided for you, including a instructor at class. Alise Leguizamón in a technique called "tatting." beautiful, midweight maple spindle. In three nights you will learn to Although you will not leave class an Date: Wed, Oct 18 make the double-hitch knot and expert, you'll be producing yarns Time: 6:00–8:30 pm arrange them in 3–4 simple patterns that you can start knitting with and Cost: $19 including a ring a