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Posts from the ‘Volunteer’ Category
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Love Love Love
Wanna show your love?Volunteers are needed for 3-hour shifts May 18-20. Tasks vary, from handing out maps/schedules, to directing visitors to classrooms, to staffing the info table, to hosting the Fiber Cozy and other jobs.
Visit the volunteer page to get started. And, thanks in advance!
Aug 13
Explore
Explore the world of fiber. Discover diverse cultures and their fiber traditions.
Imagine the places you might go during three days of free demos.
You’ll enjoy seeing spinners, knitters, crocheters, weavers, tatters, lacemakers, felters and embroiderers. Get acquainted with rug hooking. Follow that with bobbin lace. Admire works-in-progress and finished objects.
Tumble to creative ways to be kind to the planet with green projects such as the elegant black and silver clutch (pictured left). It was knitted and crocheted with VHS videotape.
Montagnard-style spinning wheel
Want more? Weaving looms. Machine knitting. Montagnard-style spinning wheels like the one below. Fiber carding, combing and blending.
Chat with experts. Learn about materials, tools and techniques. Marvel at antique fiber equipment. Ask questions. Pick up the lingo. And try your hand at something new. Who knows, you just might love it.
